how to redirect an output to a spool file in sqlplus

May 7th, 2010 by Girish | No Comments | Filed in General, IT Howtos

Many times when you run a sql file, we need to get the output for further analysis , but if the screen buffer is too small , there are chances to miss the output . So it is always a good idea to spool your output to a file which will be stored in your local harddisk. Lets see how to enable spooling in sqlplus. (more…)

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How to set default message priority in Microsoft outlook

September 3rd, 2009 by Girish | 2 Comments | Filed in IT Howtos, Windows

How to set default message priority in Microsoft outlook

You can set Priority for your outgoing emails send from Microsoft Outlook as follows
On your compose new message windows you just need to press red ! sign to set it as high importance and down arrow for low importance. (more…)

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Alternative for chkconfig in Ubuntu – sysv-rc-conf – enable or disable services at startup

August 31st, 2009 by Girish | 1 Comment | Filed in Linux

Alternative for chkconfig in Ubuntu – sysv-rc-conf – enable or disable services at startup (more…)

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Windows 7 Tips : Performance improve and monitor

July 30th, 2009 by Girish | 1 Comment | Filed in Tips & Tools

Windows 7 Performance improvement and monitoring

Microsoft is working on windows 7 performance which was one of the reason for the failure of Vista. There were a lot of memory leak and other performance and driver related issues in Windows Vista,So this time Windows 7 is shipped with few good performance monitoring tools. (more…)

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Google wave registration started

July 25th, 2009 by Girish | 3 Comments | Filed in Tips & Tools

We had discussed about ‘Wave‘ from Google in our earlier post, It is time to register yourself .
Google started inviting application from users who can be the first 100,000 users to use Google Wave. There is an option to write few words about why you need to try Google wave on this registration page. (more…)

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How to transfer files from computers to mobile phones using bluetooth

July 22nd, 2009 by Girish | No Comments | Filed in IT Howtos

How to transfer files from computers to mobile phones using bluetooth

Bluetooth is a wireless technology that enables users to transfer data files which includes photos, videos, songs etc from one device(bluetooth enabled computer) to other bluetooth enabled device (mobile phones). For this you need a computer with bluetooth technology, and an latest blue tooth supported cell phone . If your computer doesn’t have bluetooth support , you can buy a bluetooth dongle from your nearest eletronic store which may cost you approximatly $10 You will be able to transfer files very easly to your PC, and vice versa. Process is quite simple. (more…)

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How to convert docx to doc without Microsoft Word 2007

July 13th, 2009 by Girish | No Comments | Filed in Windows

How to convert docx to doc without Microsoft Word 2007

One of my friend was asking about the tool to convert docx to doc , today morning he got a document with docx extension from his client.
If you are surprised to see a docx file, it is nothing but a new document format from Microsoft word 2007. Problem here is this format is not supported by older versions of Microsoft Word. (more…)

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How to login without password using putty- Private key / Public authentication – ssh

July 13th, 2009 by Girish | 2 Comments | Filed in Linux

How to login without password using putty- Private key / Public authentication – ssh

linux-penguin This is how I setup a password less authentication using putty to one of the unix/linux box.
I am assuming that you are trying to login from a windows box using the ssh tool ‘putty’ to a Unix/Linux box. (more…)

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Security exploit discovered in Internet Explorer – 972890 – Solution/FIX and workarounds

July 8th, 2009 by Girish | 2 Comments | Filed in Tips & Tools

Security exploit discovered in Internet Explorer – 972890 – Solution and workarounds

Microsoft Security Advisory is reporting a new security issue which is found on Internet Explorer. In a Web-based attack scenario, an attacker could host a web site that contains a web page that is used to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the local user (more…)

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