Avoid restarting Windows automatically

Somethimes my Windows just restarts - why?

This may be because of a system failure.
Then Windows automatically restarts.

If you want to disable the restarting, the follow this guide.


Windows 2000 or XP

1. Right-click "This computer" and choose properties.
   Alternatively press Windows-pause.


2. Choose tab Advanced


3. Choose startup and recovery


4. Remove checkmark at "Restart automatically"

Windows Vista

1. Start


2. Write 'System, Properties, Advanced' and press enter


3. Choose startup and recovery


4. Remove checkmark at "Restart automatically"

Windows XP Performance Tweaks

My Window is running slow -> Tweak it!

Here's a very good article about Windows
XP Performance Tweaks.

(Click on the article to read the full story)

1. Graphical User Interface and Themes


2. Enable ClearType


3. Disable Last Access Timestamp


4. Kernel Paging and Cache Tuning


5. Separate Window Processes


6. Processor Scheduling


7. Turn Off the Indexing Service

Disabling Windows autorun for CDRoms

Windows automatically runs autorun.inf - I don't want that

Startup registrationeditor (Press Start - Run - regedit)
Navigate down to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom
Here you'll have an element Autorun.
Set it's value to 0 (double-click on it).

7 Clever Google Tricks Worth Knowing

I want more out of Google!

See:7 Clever Google Tricks Worth Knowing

Introducing continuous integration

How continuous is your integration and what could your team be doing to improve it?

A JavaWorld excerpt from Continuous Integration: Improving Software Quality and Reducing Risk (Addison-Wesley Professional, June 2007)

Read the article.

1 kilobytes is no longer 1024 bytes...

According to Berlingske is 1 kilobytes no longer 1024 bytes as we learned in school...

It's now 1000 bytes - It's easier to remember, and the old definition can still be used.
1024 bytes is now kibibyte or KiB.

The same goes for a megabyte is now a million bytes (1000²). If you want to note 1024² it's MiB.

.. and of course same story for gigabytes, terabytes and so on.

See original post:
1 kilobyte er ikke længere 1024 bytes - Viden og sundhed - Nyheder - Berlingske Tidende

Introduction to Java's Reflection

What is and how do I use Java's Reflection?

Have you ever wondered what is Java's Reflection and how do you use it?
If so, you may have interest in reading this article that gives you a brief introduction on the subject with examples.

Digital Security & Privacy - For human rights defenders

Bruce Schneier posted a link to a pdf with 164 pages about Digital Security & Privacy - For human rights defenders.

The book is written by Dmitri Vitaliev and is about:

Security and Insecurity

Security awareness

Threat assessment and the security circle

Windows Security

Password Protection

Information Backup, Destruction and Recovery

Cryptology

Internet Surveillance and Monitoring

Circumvention of Internet censorship and filtering

Encryption on the Internet

Malicious software and Spam

Identity Theft and Profiling

... and more

From RAW to print (danish text)

I have made a colorprofile for my monitor, but the printing of images look different!

The way you can fix that, is by using colorprofile for the printer as well.
This article tells you how: (a danish site)
http://www.digitalmagasinet.dk/%5Cshow.asp?ID=1093