How to Disable Java Auto Update even when you Can't Disable Java Auto Update from Control Panel

got this resolution from here:

On certain versions of Windows, if you open the Java applet from Control Panel, and navigate to the Update tab and uncheck "Check for Updates Automatically", the setting will not be retained after clicking Ok or Apply and OK.

Resolution:
This is due to the Java Control Panel must be run by a user as an administrator for those settings to be maintained.  You can run the applet as an administrator as follows.

- For 64bit Windows Operating systems, navigate to C:\program files (x86)\java\jre6\bin\.  Right Click on javacpl file and select run as administrator.  Uncheck the Check for Updates Automatically and Click ok.

- For 32bit Windows Operating systems, navigate to C:\program files\java\jre6\bin\.  Right Click on javacpl file and select run as administrator.  Uncheck the Check for Updates Automatically and Click ok.

This will prevent client machines from automatically updating Java JRE updates which may be incompatible with certain Avocent Appliances and software.  Please check the release notes for your avocent product to see what versions of Java are supported by the product.

OneNote installation messed up my MS Office file associations, here is how to restore Office file associations

I can not understand why installing a MS product ended messing up with my MS Office file associations but it did! If you are in the same situation this is what solved my problem: (from: eHow article)

Instructions

1. • 1
     Click on the Start button and choose Run. Type the following in the run command box and press the Enter key: "winword /regserver". Doing so will start the Microsoft Word application and automatically re-associate all word processing file types with the Word program.
   • 2
     Click on the Start button and choose Run. Type the following in the run command box and press the Enter key: "excel /regserver". This will start the Microsoft Excel application and will associate all spreadsheet data file types with the Excel program.
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     Click on the Start button and choose Run. Type the following in the run command box and press the Enter key: "powerpnt /regserver". This will start the Microsoft Powerpoint application and will associate all Powerpoint presentation files with the Powerpoint program.
   • 4
     Click on the Start button and choose Run. Type the following in the run command box and press the Enter key: "msaccess /regserver". The Microsoft Access application will start and it will associate all appropriate database file types with the Access program.

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Chrome - How to remove wrong auto-complete text entries in Chrome

I had a couple of sites where Chrome would suggest usernames as part of auto-complete feature. This did not bother me when username was correct but the problem was I had a couple of wrong username suggestions and I could not find out how to remove those. Looked at cookies, and other usual suspects without luck. I finally find an answer here: http://superuser.com/questions/171198/remove-auto-complete-field-entries-in-google-chrome
I have clipped the answer below:

You can remove entries from the list using the following steps:

1. Select the "Username" field and make sure it is blank
2. Press ↓ on your keyboard, a list of all of the "remembered" entries should appear.
3. Using ↑ & ↓ highlight an entry you would like to delete.
4. Press delete. (Note that you may need to use shift+delete, fn+delete, ctrl+delete(Ubuntu) in some instances, like if the remembered entry is in the address / URL bar). (I HAD TO USE SHIFT DELETE ON Windows7!)
5. Repeat steps 2-4 until satisfied.

How to fix: iPhone DCIM/Picture folder not showing on Windows 7

I sync my iPhone with my MAC but sometimes I connect my iPhone to my Windows 7 machine in order to copy pictures/movies directly from the iPhone into a folder without using iTunes. For some reason, last time I decided to do that, I could not see the  my iPhone as a windows device anymore. This is what solved my problem:
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1) The iPhone was not showing as a Windows device:
(clipped from http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/162248-iphone-not-showing-up-in-windows-explorer ) thanks for UYI6067 reply:
"Uninstalled iPhone in Device Manager (with phone connected), unplugged it, waited a minute, then connected and waited for automatic install to take its course. Resolved!"

2) The iPhone now showed as a Windows device but the DCIM folder was empty (not loading properly):
(clipped from http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-pictures/i-cannot-see-any-photos-in-the-dcim-folder-of-my/92a7c831-539a-48a5-b199-2b2a1213d343 ) thanks for d0ppay 's reply:
" If your screen locks on the iPhone/iPad, and if it was locked while you plugged it into your computer, then the DCIM folder that typically contains all the pictures on your camera roll will be empty (security). Unlock and plug it back in to USB. Detailed steps here: http://davidvielmetter.com/tips/access-the-dcim-folder-on-your-iphone/
"

Those 2 actions fixed my problem.

How to Open Excel files on separate windows (Windows 7 and Excell 2007)

For over a year I have struggled with Excel opening all my spreadsheets on the same window. I know you can use View to split/arrange/move the open spreadsheets around but sometimes I just prefer to have 2 separated independent windows like what happens with Word files...I looked into multiple  solutions, some even suggesting register changes but I found the answer in a MS forum here and it is so simple I have clipped the answer that solved my problem below (Thanks Bananarama_1 whoever you are!) so you don't need to look for the right answer in the forum.

Just open another Excel instance by simply clickink the Excel icon on the task bar with the mouse wheel and voila, you have an independent Excel instance you can use to open another file!