Archive gmial emails in the inbox

1. Open google mail in a browser
2. In the search bar enter the following: in: inbox: before: 2013/01/01
3. It looks for any mail before 2013/01/01
4. Click on  the following to select all the mails.This will select all the the mails that fit the search specified
5. Then click on the following to select all the mails fitting the criteria.    
6. Then click on the following to archive the emails.

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How to do a network audit

     This is a not so detailed solution to how to go about this task. The following is an edited version of the description by an networking Guru on how to go about this task. Who goes by the username steve.freke on techrepublic. I have added some stuff of mine onto what he had shared .

      Use the OSI model. Define what it was layer 1 – that is, all the physical connectivity between the active devices on the network. This includes cable runs between server rooms and wiring closets. This step will take the longest and is the most often ignored because it is the most tedious.

 Move up to layer 2 – document collision domains, STP instances, etc. Move to layer 3 – document broadcast domains, subnets and routing instances, including which routing protocol is being used, interface IP addresses, etc.

"Once you have documented layers 1-3 and understand the network infrastructure, you can start looking at the client/server infrastructure. There are many tools available, but you probably won't have the budget to spend $10K on audit or packet analysis tools. You can manually get this info from examining the active equipment, ARP tables (cross referenced with forwarding tables), and the routing tables. DHCP scopes are also useful.

"Ensure that you have a complete picture of each layer before you look at the next. If you don't have an accurate picture of layer 1, any info you collect about layers 2-3 will be flawed. For example, I once discovered that a cable I thought ran the length of the building was actually two cables connected with an old bridge that was hidden in the ceiling and also happened to be an STP root bridge. Disconnect that and the network would stop.

"Be methodical and take the time that is necessary to complete the task. I once audited a 2,500 desktop site with 80 servers in a farm. Working by myself for 12 hours a day for 4 days of the week, it took me nearly 3 months because I could trust nothing the client said, since he had not conducted a reliable audit using a sound methodology. It turned out he had two STP instances running, which explained why his network stopped working when he disconnected an "unused" segment.

"Never trust what the client says – always confirm any information for yourself. If he was to be trusted, you wouldn't be needed in the first place. Collect your raw data and then use it to produce node lists and physical and logical diagrams."

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all in one mail and social networking

  All the applications that I want to see my self make

1.    The future seems like the applications is to move into the era where companies embrace the amalgamation of social networks and email.
The following is an example of an application that does just that
http://www.digsby.com/?utm_campaign=vid&utm_source=vid&utm_medium=vid&utm_content=vid
   i) connecting to yahoo messenger link
   ii) connecting to facebook c sharp link
 2   *A good idea to do this in a application for Android and ios and windows RT.

  3. * network file sharing simply with everyone else . simple window to store and when the file is removed you can decide if it will  left on or not .
  4. Auto downloader for lan locations . enter lan address .drop downlist for folders and files . checkbox files of select entire folder.
  5. Building an outlook clone 1.link
                                             2.link 2

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Force unistall of office 2007

The following is a link detailing how you can unistall office 2007 . It may be a failed instalation or corrupted files that reneder the instalation uninstalllable . Your only bet is to use microsofts own bag of tricks to sort yourself out.
The following is the link to the windows knowledge base.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928218

succeded using the microsoft fixit download it automates the whole thing you only need to run the instalation and it will do the rest for you.
http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9669698

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A liblary to create your own interactive maps

This is a project in github and it enable you to create your own maps
This is the home page to the project

http://unfoldingmaps.org/examples/40_marker-mbta-lines.html

This is the link to get the source code of the project


https://github.com/tillnagel/unfolding/tree/develop

The source is Java . Its open source and free and can be used with eclipse ide Which is also free to use.The possibilities are endless .

You can also develop something using google maps API(Application programming interface). Its also cool since you dont have to start from scratch and the guys at google have done all the work for you so you are cool to do what you please with the amount of work they have already done for you.
Even on the google api there is functionality specifically for tracking purposes.

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creating a menu for a blogger page

The following link is an awesome way to add functionality given by blogger to make your blog into something its not . Yes make it awesome and it isn't that hard. Learnt something new though that <a> and  aren't the same and may make your Blog not display the way it was intended to in the first place. This Blog is a testament to how nice that link makes your Blog . ITs fast and easy

http://randomjuvament.blogspot.com/2012/08/how-to-create-drop-down-menu-in-blogger.html


There is also a you tube video to accompany the post it is easy and realy fun when it works. Doesnt need you to know much html or css .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syAxtSNHVO8

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clear the print documents in system 32

the following resource is and awsome asset in knowing how to realy clear documents in the print que
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/89483-print-spooler-queue-clear-reset.html
by going to

windows\system32\spool\printers


this is where the print documents are stored temporarily before being printed

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Published A Solutions Co Ltd's first open source project

Created A Solutions Co Ltd's first open source application and published it on https://terminatorx.codeplex.com/
code plex is a windows website for sharing open-source software
The application is called TerminatorX its work is to shut down your application by following a schedule.
check it out

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SMEs(Small and medium scale enterprises) in Kenya

     Doing business in Kenya is tough . The big shots have all the business and every idea you think of as innovative already has someone successfully filling that niche market . But small firms in Kenya are the way forward . IT in Kenya has infinite potential . With the devolution of the government it means that the Counties will need IT to collect taxes and to run the county governments . This means a boom in the need for IT  services . I have read about 3 year old companies having 50 million in assets . You cannot see that kind of growth in any other sector. This means the need is not perceived. The problem is there is innovation but the innovation is solutions that don't have any real world applications for now . But there are innovations that have real world applications and are impacting the future of the country.
 
   Innovation is the heart and soul of information technology and this is what we strive to provide to the market. It isn't a secret IT is the largest industry in the entire world , there is finance but even finance industry depends heavily on information systems to make accurate decisions and timely forecasts of the markets.I feel proud to be a part of the IT innovators in this country and hope to soon make my mark in this our country.
  SMEs have great potential in this country with an over educated unemployed youth . Small and medium scale enterprises can fill the gap that is left over by both the large corporates and the government as employers . The amount of talent that is around is allot we can also export our skills and bring in business from foreign countries . 

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check us out on facebook

You can find our page on facebook

https://www.facebook.com/ASolutionCoLtd

like like like

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Online scam be ware of this site www.earnparttimejobs.com

The site www.earnparttimejobs.com is a scam and you should be ware of this scam in this hard times there are people working harder to scam people of their time and money. The website offers online jobs which seem attractive and easy enough to do but never pay . The website is a proven internet scam as can be proven by these links below. So Be ware .

http://www.consumercomplaints.in/complaints/earnparttimejobscom-c506127.html

http://www.consumercomplaints.in/complaints/referral-program-httpearnparttimejobscom-c184318.html

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Laptop using water to charge battery

Follow this link to this amazing technology. They charge using only water and hydrolysis .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kaq1c-kDlI8

And that is a great idea

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Computer maintainance

We do computer maintenance and hardware support . We can travel to your location with in Kenya to do repairs and general maintenance work on computers . We also deal in data recovery for desktops and laptops . From screen repairs to keyboards for laptops come to us for a bargain and have your machines working like they are new.

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our first client

The road was hard starting out.I thought adverts get you the first job but its word of mouth we found ours. But i guess its advertising still. It was a small maintainance job the work was small and the takings not alot but we wanted to please and gain our clients trust.

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" Error could not send the message to the program " microsoft office excel

SOFTWARE: MICROSOFT OFFICE 2010 EXCEL

Problem: when you double click an excel it the following error is displayed "error could not send the message to the program".
Work around : first open excel then drag and drop the excel sheet onto it .or open the file using > file > open

SOLUTION
START > RUN
then enter the following into the run text box.start with the first line hit enter then the second line then hit enter

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.exe" /unregserver

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.exe" /regserver


or for an 64bit instalation
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE" /regserver
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE" /unregserver


ALTERNATE SOLUTION
1. enter the following into run

excel /r

WHAT ITS DOING

In the process, it resets the file associations for the files it uses, such as .XLS (2003 -2007) and
 .xlsx (2010) files. You can close the command prompt window and double-click on a document; EXCEL
should start right up.
2. Go to add remove programs then to microsoft office then click on change . Then choose repair. It will repair install the Office suit.
3. Download CC Cleaner . Then run registry repair on your machine. Should work like a charm.
4. Uninstall the latest Microsoft Office Update that was downloaded.

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Best outlook alternative, eM Client.

    I always wonder why everyone keeps trying to force feed us Thunderbird. After a few years in outlook you may hate the price but the interface is so familiar and everything is so easy to get at . Thunderbirds inteface is a mess . I love open source but just like gimp is int Photoshop so is Thunderbird not outlook so what to do .
  The options are either give in to Thunderbird or shut up and put up with pricy bloated Microsoft outlook . Took a while and finaly found an Outlook clone . The name is eM client this is a lightweiht client . The largest downside is that it takes like forever to install. But its lighter that outlook and when you are coming from outlook you can import the .pst data file or import the .pst file .
 The following is a chart comparing the two
http://email-client.findthebest.com/compare/2-6/Thunderbird-vs-eM-Client

 Most people dont seem to like thunderbird and I think it stems from the outlook experience that thunderbird just cannot compare.

Pros
 1. Outlook clone.
 2. There is a free version.
 3.  There aren't many limits to the free version.

 4. You can use Google, Yahoo easily.

Cons
 1.  For commercial use you have to use the Pro version.
 2.  The free version limits you to two accounts.
 3.  You need to register for the free key and then activate.

Other alternatives to Outlook and Thunderbird
1. Zimbra Desktop


2. Pegasus Mail

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Dumest thing I never knew

The single most dumbest thing I never knew until recently last year was how to reset a single start button computer. I wondered and wondered how can manufactures could remove the reset button for a world full of windows and no doors what if there is a fire(read "hang") how do I get out if the windows are closed ? I wondered the day I was shown how I almost knocked myself unconscious because its so dumb. Long press the power button and you are able to hard reset a computer (read "laptop")
 And no one made that obvious to any one except the genius who created that and the other genius who removed the start button in win 8 .God they must be well paid to come up with such unuser friendly user interfaces.

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Mail server configuration

Are you a cooperate aiming at securing your emails .Then you need to host your own mail server . We provide Mail Server configurations . We do both linux mail servers and Microsoft based servers .
0701477507 nairobi kenya

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mail utilities

The following link will take you to a web page where you will find a web page that has links to mail utilities. These are best suited to tacling any email issiues with the server or client

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Mail_Utilities

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Web design

   We offer web design as a service from simple static website to an eCommerce website. If you intend to sell things through the internet we have a solution for you .If you are an institution and you are looking for  a student web portal solution we are the place to look to .
   Also if you want to upgrade your website we are the place to look to for a fresh new look and functionality to your website. Look forward to seeing you at our doors.

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A solution services

    We offer IT technical services . If you need to outsource your IT technical support , we can help you out in that from day to day technical support to IT consultancy. We can help you with your company's path into the IT world . When making upgrades from software to hardware we can be key in making the right decision and sourcing of the hardware and software for upgrades.
  You can try us out for a trial run and we can offer you a taste of what we are made of

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A solution

Company Profile 

        Founded in 2011 as an IT consultancy business. Registered as a limited company in January 2013.
    
       We are an IT solutions and consulting company. Our core business is ERP (enterprise resource planing software). We can make your company run on the software from scatch or if you were using other software we do data conversion.

        We also specialize in networking . Expansions upgrades and entirely new networks . Computer installations and configuration .Server installation and configuration .Software resale software such as Sage pastel evolution , Anti-virus software , School management software IT management software Sacco management software, (Point of sale)POS software .

     We also  in graphic design, linux installations, ubuntu cyber cafe (alternative to windows)
windows 7 resale

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