Alright, alright....here is another prank you can play

I got a pretty good response to the last prank so here is another one for you. This is good to do if you have an IT guy on your staff that you would like to bug the crap out of.
Setup is simple and you need only a few seconds to set it all up. When you get a chance, right-click on your Internet Explorer or some other commonly used program. Edit the properties and change the target to: “%windir%\system32\shutdown.exe -r -t 00″ Every time you click on that program the computer will restart. You can see how long it takes your IT guy to figure out the problem and laugh at his frustrations.

I am evil, I know....but you all asked for another fun prank...so there you go.

Apple Ipad

First of all, pretty cool little gadget here! I was able to demo the product and give a review which you will see soon. After playing around on it for quite some time, it was covered in finger prints and smudge marks and I wanted to return in to my friend nice and clean. I did some research on the proper way to clean it and was surprised by some of the results so I thought I would share.

How to Clean Your iPad
Apple recommends cleaning your iPad in one particular approach through the iPad User Guide (iPad Only Link) that can be found as a bookmark in Safari on your iPad.

They suggest to clean the iPad:

unplug all cables and disconnect the iPad from any accessories or docks
Turn off the iPad by holding the Sleep/Wake button and sliding the onscreen slider off
Use a soft, slightly damp cloth but be sure to not allow moisture in any openings in the iPad
DO NOT use window cleaners. These can damage the oleo phobic coating on the iPad screen and reduce the functionality of the iPad over time
Wipe the iPad in a circular motion and be sure that no sand, dirt, or dust is on the cloth used to whip the screen
The iPad Screen coating is designed to repel oil. That may be why finger prints show up so quickly on the screen. You can easily wipe them off with the lint-free cloth and have the iPad screen looking new and clean again.

I would recommend that you invest in some sort of Ipad case, this will prevent damage to the screen or the back of the unit as well. I do recommend that if you want something to play around with at the house to check email, etc. an Ipad is worth the few hundred bucks.

For more information on this product contact me at www.mcdacre8tiveconsultinggroup.com

Recording a barter transaction in Quickbooks

This is a good tip on barter transactions.....we used this tip to help out a family member who owns his own small construction business.

If you have customers who are also vendors you may decide to trade some or all of your services / products in exchange for payment.

To record such a barter transaction, invoice the customer for the goods provided or services performed as you normally would. To record the "payment" use the "Receive Payment" function to apply the barter amount against the invoice the same as you would when receiving cash or a check as follows:

Go to Customers: Receive Payment. Payment Amount will be the barter amount (the amount of the invoice you received from your vendor). Pmt. Method will be Barter. Check the radio button for "Group with other undeposited funds". Save this transaction.

Go to Banking: Make Deposits. The payment you just received will come up in the Payments to Deposit screen. If there are also other payments to deposit, make sure you select only the payment(s) being recorded for the barter exchange. When you hit OK the Make Deposits screen will come up with the barter deposit(s) showing. Before recording the deposit make a negative deposit entry on the next blank line below the barter deposit for the amount of the barter as follows:

Deposit To is your normal operating checking account. Date is the date you would have normally paid your vendors invoice. Memo should be changed from Deposit to Barter.

If you have entered the vendors invoice as a bill for payment, Received From is the vendor name and From Account is Accounts Payable.

If you have not entered the vendors invoice as a bill for payment, leave Received From blank. In the From Account column select the expense account you would charge the vendors invoice to, the same as if you were entering it for payment. In the Memo column note the vendors invoice number.

In the Amount column enter the vendors invoice amount with a negative sign first. This negative amount should exactly offset the deposit amount above, resulting in a "Zero" deposit transaction. Save the "deposit" and the transaction is complete.

For help with quickbooks or any other financial situation please contact us at www.mcdacre8tiveconsultinggroup.com

Display a legal message or any other message when windows starts

If you would like to display a legal message or any other message in a pop-up window when windows starts read below:

Start>Run>regedit
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Modify the key legalnoticecaption with what you want to name the window.

Modify the key legalnoticetext with what you want the window to say.

Restart.


We can install this as a server function if you would like to deploy this as a company wide policy on all user computers. We just helped a client deploy this out to 100+ users to be in compliance with their ITAR regulations. For more information contact us at www.mcdacre8tiveconsultinggroup.com

Shutting off check disk at startup

Does your computer run through a check disk every time you computer starts up? We will be helping a client tomorrow resolve this issue. It is a simple process to shut it off, there are actually multiple ways to do it, but here is a simple way.

Method 1: Using CHKNTFS utility
CHKNTFS is a utility that has been developed by Microsoft to disable disk checking on certain drives at Windows startup. To use this utility go to Start –> Run –> cmd.

If you want to disable check disk on C: drive, use the following command on command prompt.

chkntfs /X C:

If you want to disable check disk on two or more drives, just keep on adding the drives:

chkntfs /X C: D: E:

This will disable check disk on C, D and E drives.

If you want to restore what you have done, that is, enable automatic disk checking on all the drives again, just run the following command:

chkntfs /D

This will restore all the drives to automatic disk checkup.

Locking your computer

It is always a good idea to lock your computer when you are away from it. You can do the traditional WinKey+L and it will lock it, or you can create a desktop icon to click on.

This is a cool little tool to lock your computer faster.....try it out.

Right-click on your desktop > New > Shortcut


In Location box, type (or copy/paste)


%windir%\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation

Click Next. Give a name box type a name for the shortcut (i.e. Lock Computer)

Click Finish.

Then select an appropriate icon for it and you are done.

How about a practical joke....

I have been posting a lot of fixes, tips, etc... Time for a good joke that you can pull on a collegue. When he/she is away from their desk hold down the alt key, then the ctrl key and press the down cursor key. The screen will temporarily switch off, when it comes back on the screen will be upside down!

I think this will only work on XP.

To get the screen back just repeat the process with the up cursor.

To make it even funnier tell the person that this is a keyboard fault, hold the relevant keys in to switch the screen back and bang the keyboard on the desk, the screen will switch back. When your work colleague moves from his/her desk again switch it back, sit back and enjoy as they bang the keyboard on the desk!!!