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VmmemWSL: What is it, why it consumes so much memory, and how to shut it down

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To find the IMEI number, sometimes referred to as the serial number, simply follow the below: 1) Ensure you are on the home screen of your mobile. 2) Type *#06# 3) The IMEI number will appear on screen I believe this works on most mobile phones, however, I can’t guarantee it. We have seen this

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Display the software version of your Nokia mobile phone

9 January 2007 0 Comments

To find the software version of your Nokia simply follow the below: 1) Ensure you are on the home screen of your mobile. 2) Type *#0000# 3) The software version etc will now be displayed on screen We believe this works on all Nokia mobile phones, however, we can’t guarantee it.

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Join Windows XP MCE (Media Center Edition) to a domain

14 December 2006 0 Comments

As you probably know if you’re reading this, you can join Windows XP Medic Center Edition to a domain at install, but it won’t let you afterwards. Well here’s a work around: Insert Windows XP CD. 1) Start > Run > D:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons (Replace D with the drive letter of your cd drive) 2) Acknowledge

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Use your BT Home Hub – Use it as a print server – Windows XP guide

3 December 2006 0 Comments

This article was written for the BT Home Hub V1 only and has not been tested on any other versions. Have you ever wondered what that USB port on your BT Home Hub was for? Well it turns out that you can use it to connect a printer to and therefore turning you BT Home

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Remove border lines around links in firefox

17 October 2006 0 Comments

Have you noticed those nasty dotted lines around links when you click on them in Firefox? Well here’s how to get rid of them, and it’s quite simple really just add the below text to you <a> tag: onfocus="blur()" So your final link would look something like this: <a href="page.htm" onfocus="blur()">link text</a> Or an image

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GPRS/3G Connection on your laptop via your mobile phone

5 October 2006 0 Comments

To enable your computer / laptop to connect to the internet via GPRS you must first have: Mobile phone (with GPRS service enabled) Method of connecting the mobile phone to your computer (i.e. USB cable / Infared / Bluetooth) Mobile phone network GPRS username and password My preferred method is Bluetooth. Connect your computer to

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