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Zune – Installing Zune 2 Software in Windows XP Professional x64

Update: These instructions still work when installing the recently released Zune 2.5 software.

Microsoft currently does not support Zune software being installed on Windows XP Professional x64. The only 64-bit operating system the software officially supports is Vista 64-bit edition. However there is a hack to get the Zune 2 software to work with Windows XP Pro x64 and the syncing with the Zune device works as well. The instructions for doing this are available on this blog post.

Here is a copy of the instructions which appear on the blog site (without the screenshots):

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Microsoft Outlook – Connect to more than one Exchange server

Update: Support for Outlook 2003 has been added to ExtraOutlook.

Update: In case the main ExtraOutlook website is down, I uploaded a copy of the program onto this website. A copy of ExtraOutlook 1.2 is available here: ExtraOutlook 1.2

Normally you can only connect to one Exchange server at a time with Outlook. But a recently released 3rd party application name ExtraOutlook will allow you to open more than one instance of Outlook with each instance connected to a different Exchange server. Currently this 3rd party application only works with Outlook 2007 but an Outlook 2003 version is being worked on by the developers. You can download the application from the Hammer of God Website.

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Open Firmware Password Reset

Pre-Intel processor Macs have something called the “Open Firmware”. This is roughly equivalent to the BIOS on non-Apple PC computers. You can set a password on the Open Firmware which will prevent people from booting off a CD among other things. Here is how you reset the Open Firmware password:

1. Change the amount of memory in the computer. It does not matter if you add or subtract memory. If you only have one stick of memory in your computer or memory must be installed in pairs and you only have a sigle pair, then you may need to buy more memory.

2. After changing the amount of memory, reset the PRAM on the computer by pressing command+option+p+r when you boot it up. When you hear a chime that means the PRAM has been reset. Continue holding down command+option+p+r when you hear the chime and keep holding the keys down until you hear 2 more chimes for a total of 3 chimes. You want to reset the PRAM 3 times to ensure it is truly reset. Doing this 3 times ensures it is definitely reset.

3. Restore the amount of memory that the computer should have.

4. Done. The Open firmware password has now been reset.

Google Maps – How to Enter GPS Coordinates

To find a location in Google maps using GPS coordinates, specify the coordinates in the search field in this format:

[latitude degrees] [latitude minutes] – [longitude degrees] [longitude minutes]

Do not include the “[” or “]” characters above when you enter the search coordinates in Google Maps. Here is an example of some coordinates and how you would enter them into Google maps:

Latitude: 8 33' N
Longitude: 83 30' W

Enter this into the Google Maps search field:

8 33.000 - 83 30.000

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