HOWTO: Create a Strong Password

need a strong password? try http://strongpasswordgenerator.com/
this site allows you to define the length of the password and will include letters, numbers, and symbols.

to check the strength of your new generated password, try http://www.passwordmeter.com/
this site will compare your password against its own formulation and deduce its overall strength and weakness.

and to tie it all together, use securelogin, a firefox extension to manage all your online passwords. no need to remember!

cheers,

HOWTO: Speed Up TightVNC Viewer Performance

Have you noticed that tightVNC is kinda slow over the network? Ever wonder how to speed up the performance of tightVNC. I found a quick solution. Install DFMirage display driver.

This drivers will make tightVNC behave like a terminal service, only broadcasting changes in the current screen, not the entire screen itself. I've tried it myself and I noticed the improved performance right away!

Try it out!

I found the original article here: http://www.pcmech.com/article/speed-up-tightvnc-performance/

cheers,

HOWTO: Completly Uninstall a Program

Ever had a hard time uninstalling a specific program? Ever think that you have successfully uninstalled a program, only to find it try to load on startup, or have random folders and files lying around? I found this cool tool that helps eliminate the entire trace of a program that you want to uninstall.

Revo Uninstaller

This tool executes the program uninstall program and then removes all folders and files related to the program as well as removes the program from windows registry. This all happens behind the scenes and it is relatively fast.

I used it to remove windows defender! works like a charm!

check it out, its free: http://www.revouninstaller.com/

cheers,

HOWTO: Petro Points Rewards

So, I am a petro-canada customer with alot of petro points. What to do with em? There really isn't anything worth getting with petro points. But, I wanted to compare and see if it is better to get the 5cents off per litre or a petro canada gift card. I did some simple math and here is what I get:

Lets assume I have 100000 petro points, yeah I have a gas guzzler :)

Reward - 5 cents off per litre for 200 litres
Cost: 14000 petro points (15000 petro points if you redeem in store)
Savings: $0.05 x 200 = $10

Reward - $50 gift card
Cost: 90000 petro points
Savings: $50

Now, right off the bat, you would say the gift card is the better choice! Yeah $50! That's 1 free tank of gas! But, since the 5 cents off per litre for 200 litres rewards is only 14000 points, I can redeem that rewards over 7 times! Thus 7 x $10 = $70!...Now, to see the $70 savings, you need to guzzle 7 *200 litres = 1400 litres, but hey, you end up saving more in the long run!

Conclusion: get the 5 cents off per litre for 200 litres while you can!

cheers,

HOWTO: Clearing combobox in Visual Basic

need to clear a combobox in vb.net, but not remove the items from the combobox?

ComboBox2.Items.Clear() will remove all items from the combobox.
so try this,

ComboBox2.SelectedIndex = -1

cheers,

JOKE

Q: What's the difference between a woman and a computer?
A: Women don't take 3 1/2'' floppies.

JOKE

Liquor in the front, Poker in the back!