Tag Archive | "password"

How To Solve The Problem Of Always Having To Log On To A Network Drive In Windows

Thursday, April 21, 2011

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If you try to map a network drive in Windows, and use different user credentials, you’ll realise that you’ll need to always type in the username and password every single session. If you shut down your computer everyday, that means you’ll need to do this on a daily basis. This is horrible too, if you [...]

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SingTel 3G Mobile Broadband Internet Settings

Thursday, November 11, 2010

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Following up on my previous post on getting the setting for Starhub 3G APN settings, I got an Android phone with Singtel, and had to play around with the APN settings. If you need the APN settings for Singtel 3G network, then these will work. You can use it in case you’ve loaded a new [...]

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How To Login To Apple Genius When Your Password Is Rejected

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

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I was trying out Apple’s iTunes Genius today, but then kept getting an error message saying that my Apple login credentials (username or password) was invalid. I was 100% sure that my username and password were correct, and even went to Apple.com to login again to make sure. It was annoying, but I finally found [...]

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How To Reset The MySQL Root User Password and Privileges

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

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Problem: I was developing using PHPMyAdmin when I added a new root user (with a host value of %), and removed the rights of the default root user. When you do that, you’ll get a gut-wrenching feel that you just made a huge boo-boo, find that suddenly everything will not work, and kick yourself in [...]

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How To Lock Your Mac Like in Windows

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

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It was in class when I realised that I need to lock my Mac when I had to go to the bathroom, but couldn’t because I didn’t know how to. I didn’t mean a physical lock, but locking my system from other people. Windows has a function that you could just hit Windows Key + [...]

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How To Enable Macros With A Password-Protected Workbook in Microsoft Excel 2007

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

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Well, guess what, you can’t. Microsoft Office 2007. A brand new way to create frustration in your life. I was trying to create a macro in Microsoft Excel 2007 and nearly tore out my hair. The thing with macros in Excel 2003 was that it was relatively easy to accomplish, but it’s a whole different [...]

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Password Protect Sensitive Applications (SMS, Mail) on the iPhone

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

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I have the iPhone, and I’d like to have the functionality to password protect certain applications on it, such as SMS/Text and Mail. It’s just something about me, because sometimes people borrow my phone, and I don’t feel comfortable having my personal information seen and read. Well if you have a jailbroken phone with the [...]

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