Automating start up and shutdown of a computer

Preferable for servers which should not always be on all the time,but can be plugged into a power source to enable wake up later on.You will use wake on lan technology and windows scheduler .The following is freeware works well on server environment as well as home and office

Need

1.Auto shutdown Genius 

2. Wol.exe  

3. Mac address of the first computer.In cmd type ipconfig /all

4. A second computer.

Procedure

1. Enable Wake on LAN feature in the bios of the machine.It is usualy found under power management

2. In cmd type ipconfig /all to get the mac address of the first computer.

3. In the second computer go to Start menu > Control panel > Task scheduler.

4. Create a new scheduled job with the following settings

4. In the Run text-box enter "D:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Downloads\wol.exe" 001cc4bdd756 9

-where the the link points to the wol.exe file.

-where the 001cc4bdd756 is the mac address of the first computer and the last digit 9 is the port number

5.In the Start as text box enter "D:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Downloads"

 -which is the folder where wol.exe is found.

6.Edit the schedule to reflect the time you want the wake on lan magic packets to be sent to computer one.

7. Install Auto Shutdown Genius in the first computer.

8. Schedule the shut down times for computer one.

9. Voila you have a functioning machine that can strart up whenever you schedule it to.

10. You can also use this site to do it automaticaly on your phone or cyber cafe or from home

http://www.wakeonlan.me/

Microsoft windows phone 8 buy back

http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/2012/12/06/microsoft-is-paying-users-to-switch-to-windows-phone-8/

Wow when Android sales are up. I guess u have to do anything .Windows never thought open source would ever bite them where it hurts.Linux rules the third world. My government started a new IT policy to move away form proprietary systems to open source systems.

Send big files over internet

Email has its limitations and you cant always send the size of the files that you want .Sending larger files become a hustle.The following two free services might help.

1.www.wetransfer.com

   This site uploads your file then sends a link to up to 20 emails .The file is stored for up to 2 weeks/14 days.you can transfer up to 2gb of files.

2. www.dropbox.com 

  This site is like a virtual hard disk anywhere you are you can access your shared files any where on registered PC, Android, IOS and browser.You download the application on whatever platform you are on just drop the files on the dropbox folder and your good to go.for collaborative work you can can right click and the dropbox website gives you a link to the file or folder .That is just one awsome way of sharing files.

Unable to open.chm files

Found this link that is just the key to .chm files not opening under XP

http://www.drexplain.com/press/articles/error_accessing_and_displaying_chm_files_reasons_and_solutions/

The site has a listing of the probable causes for your .chm files not opening

A security update for Windows XP® may block access to CHM files

Windows XP® security update blocks active content in CHM files to protect your system security. Additional information is available here.

Solution: Run Windows Explorer, right-click on the CHM file, and select Properties from the popup menu. Click on the Unblock button immediately below the Advanced button on the General page. Click Apply to show the content. Once the CHM file has been unblocked, the Unblock button disappears.