Video files downloaded from GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar or similar services use a special codec in order to play them. On the plus side, the videos are well compressed and optimised for this kind of use, but on the downside, the codec is not a “standard Windows” codec that can be used by other players such as […]
Archive | January, 2012
Recovering Windows Password – Sticky Keys Technique
The “sticky keys” technique for resetting the password on a Windows system is described in many places around the web, but all tend to over-complicate the steps. I’m describing it here for my own reference, so I have a reminder of how it works. The technique basically provides access to a command prompt from the […]
New WooCommerce site now live
The www.relaxtimeout.com website was launched over Christmas. It is my first foray into WooCommerce, the free WordPress e-commerce plugin from WooThemes. Although this free shop is designed to hook you into purchasing themes and plugins, it really is a complete product just as it is, and functions well out of the box. I wanted to […]
Kinamu Reporter – set datatypes for exporting
Kinamu Reporter is a reporting tool for Sugar CRM. It supports basic reports and allows the data to be exported to Excel. The problem I was having was that some values stored in Sugar come out as numbers (integers). That was fine until the report was exported to Excel. Once Excel got the numbers, it […]