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HOWTO: Batch Convert Video Files in BadaBoom

BadaBoom is a truly unique video conversion program that uses your CUDA-enabled nVidia GPU. It is very consumer-friendly, but it lacks the simple but more advanced option to perform batch conversion of video files. I have rectified this with creation of an AutoIt script called BadaBoomBatch.

Childproof your computer

Infants, toddlers, and even older children seek to mimic their parents in whatever they do. Have you ever been typing on a computer when your child comes in to the room? They naturally want to play with it, of course! But aside from turning off the computer, your little boy or girl could wreck havoc upon your personal computing device, deleting programs, messing up your desktop, or worse. Yet at the same time, turning off the computer just so your kid can play with it for a few minutes is really inconvenient. So what is one to do?

Recovering Lost Form Data, E-mails, and Everything

Have you ever filled out a lengthy form on a web page? Imagine you are writing a blog post, for example. You click submit, but for some reason your connection breaks and the post isn't submitted. What happens? You click back, and the form is clear and blank! All your hard work is gone!

HOWTO: Setup Winamp Remote on your computer

Setting up Winamp Remote on your Windows computer (compatible with XP and up, 32-bit and 64-bit) is relatively easy. All you need to do is follow these simple steps:

  1. Go to http://www.winamp.com and download the WINAMP media player. Choose WINAMP Remote as part of your WINAMP install.
  2. Activate WINAMP Remote - After you install Winamp Remote, create an account, add some playlists, share some music and rate your music.

HOWTO: Add/change Languages in Windows

This example is one of the most complex options for Windows XP Users, installing Simplified Chinese:

Go to the Control Panel >> Regional and Language Options
Select the Languages tab and check the "Install files for East Asian languages" checkbox
Click Apply (You usually need your installation CD to copy the extra files over)
...wait for it to be done...
Click the "Details..." button on the same frame. This should open the Text Services and Input Languages window.
From there, click the Add button in the "Installed Services" frame

HOWTO: Take a Screen Shot in Windows

There are a variety of tools that allow you to take screen shots. Windows XP and Vista have the basic ability built in. Simply press the Print Screen (Prnt Scrn is another variation) button and an image will be copied to the clipboard.

Open up Microsoft Paint (press Windows Key + R, type mspaint, and hit enter) and press Ctrl + V to paste the screen shot into the blank image. From there, you can easily save the screen shot.

Note: The best screenshot image format to use is PNG

HOWTO: Bypass X-trap without a programming degree

X-trap is a program that prevents the use of macro software, even if it is for legitimate and reasonable purpose. This is a simple guide to bypass it.

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