Useful Code Snippets
Wednesday, 03 March 2010
Most of these code snippets will require knowledge programming in Delphi such as creating variables and/or functions.This code snippet shows how the drives and their types can be listed in a TCheckListBox component :Code: var     Drive: Char;     DriveLetter: String[4];begin          Checklistbox1.Items.Clear;         for Drive := 'A' to 'Z'... Read more...

A basic explaination of conditions
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
The If..Then..Else Statement This compares values and then from the result allows further code to be executed or if the first statement is not true then it can move to the else statement and run the code after that. for example: if value1 = value2 then label1.caption := 'they are the same' else label1.caption := 'they are not the same'; So if [value1] and [value2] are the same then the labels caption states that [they are the same]. However if they are not the same the else statement... Read more...

Useful VI commands
Thursday, 11 March 2010
List of useful functions in VI Commands Descriptions a Append text from current position i Insert text from current position x Delete a single character from current position dd Delete a single line from current position / Start a search by entering the search string after the / . When the / is pressed again , the same search string can be looked for again by just pressing enter :q Quits from the editor :w Saves the current changes to the files :wq Writes and then quits from the editor :q!... Read more...

Useful Linux commands
Saturday, 28 November 2009
Question(s) Answer(s) How can I find the most recently file created and copy it in Linux or Unix ls -1t <filename/wildcard > | cp `head -n1` <destination> How can I show the top 10 largest areas from where I currently am. du -x -k | sort -nr | head -10 How do I list just directories from where I am in either Unix or Linux? ls -ail | grep drw How do I get a list of groups that a user belongs to groups <username> How do I get a list of users connected to samba? samba -b or samba... Read more...

Finding out what may be slowing you PC down
Saturday, 17 July 2010
Introduction   Now and again a PC or laptop can suddenly start slowing down even if nothing new has been installed. There are numerous reasons for this some can be simply the operating system performing back ground tasks but other times more serious reasons can occur such as a virus or spyware.   The following guide can show what might be causing this to happen.   Please note: The use of the Task Manager is a very powerful utility and can even stop Windows from operating if it is not used... Read more...

Getting Detailed Info on your PC in Windows
Monday, 14 June 2010
There are several ways to get the information about your PC however most of these are in different locations of Windows and can take time to gather all of it together.On Windows XP , vista and 7, a command called systeminfo can give you detailed information about your PC. To run systeminfo click on Start then Run and in the Run open: prompt type in cmd. If your running Windows Vista or 7 then in the search box on the Start Menu type in Run and the program will appear in the menu,... Read more...