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How to Apply a Screen Protector

posted Jan 17, 2012 3:57 AM by Erez Kalman [ updated Jan 17, 2012 4:01 AM ]

Turn your device OFF and remove the battery (if possible) and close the battery compartment protector

Make a placement solution:

In a clean bowl: fill with water (distilled if possible) and add 1-2 drops of dish washer soap (I recommend to use brands that do not add moisturizer's), mix well and put in a new clean spray bottle.

your hands with soap and dry them

onto fingertips

protective cover from screen protector

screen protector in one hand and spray adhesive and non adhesive side - Caution! DO NOT SPRAY YOUR DEVICE!!

screen protector to the device, adhesive side towards the screen/device, and slide into place

using a squeegee (or any stiff PLASTIC card), push the excess moisture and any bubbles away from the center towards the edges, and away from any open or uncovered ports

soak up any excess moisture with a lint-free cloth(recommended) or paper towel

For best results: Allow 12-24 hours for the screen protector to properly set

Notes:

1) The images in this page were taken from Zagg however this site and this page/instructions are not endorsed or affiliated with Zagg in any way.

2) Zagg has their own special solution which they call SHIELDSpray™ which is made of >99% water and the rest are substances mainly used in soaps (see attached MSDS).

| Attachments: 1200673_MSDS.pdf

Envelopes and nail polish

posted Nov 30, 2011 12:25 PM by Erez Kalman

Did you know you can open most envelopes by exposing it to steam (e.g. from your kettle) ?!

Well first of all - it might be easier to open the letter by simply freezing it in your freezer for 30 min. (may take an hour and more, varies

from freezer to freezer) and then using a knife to easily open the letter!

Resealing is easy, once it heats back up just moisten the glue strip and reseal.

So - what's with the nail polish you ask ?!

Nail polish has many uses - one of my favorites is using clear or colored nail polish to seal an envelope.

This also prevents the letter from being opened (in both methods described) without leaving evidence it was

forced open and provides a stronger seal than the (usually) low grade glue provided in the envelopes and

doesn't require glue moistening (if the envelope has a glue removal strip then remove it and place nail

polish on exposed glue).

Looking for a quick and easy way to wrap your electrical extension cord?!

posted Nov 30, 2011 12:20 PM by Erez Kalman

1. "U" the cable so you have both ends at one side

2. Tie a loose granny knot on the closed side (not the side with the ends of the cable)

3. Start looping by running a bit of cable through the loop over and over again

Preventing WiFi mapping

posted Nov 15, 2011 11:08 PM by Erez Kalman

Google has announced it will not map/remove mapped WiFi APN's if you make one small change to the SSID name - add _nomap to the SSID name (at the end).

For example: If your SSID is 12345 then you need to change the name to 12345_nomap

The reason they opt.'ed for this method is they wanted a cross platform method to opt-out that other sources

can also respect.

Original Google Post

Remove and restore CSS formatting

posted Feb 22, 2011 11:51 PM by Erez Kalman

Did you know that in Google Chrome CTRL+SHIFT+S (Remember is stands for Style) removes/restores applying the CSS page formatting!

Google Chrome for Business

posted Dec 15, 2010 12:19 PM by Erez Kalman

Google has released MSI, ADM/ADMX and everything you need to deploy and manage one of the best browsers

available today!

Google Apps for Business

Google Chrome Blog Press Release

Ever had print jobs stuck

posted Dec 13, 2010 1:47 AM by Erez Kalman

Ever had print jobs stuck in Windows and deleting them/restarting the print spooler didn't help?!

Well, I have a friend that has Windows XP and has both Windows and DOS based program's and a problematic

printer that cause's a specific job from clogging the print queue which also cause's the spooler to stick preventing

further printing.

After removing all driver's and printer's and reinstalling I finally created a batch script, see below, that he can run which

will clear the queue and return him to work in under 30 seconds.

Here is the batch (bat) script I wrote (works great!!):

@echo off

echo Stopping print service

net stop spooler 1>nul 2>nul

ping -n 5 127.0.0.1 1>nul 2>nul

cd c:\windows\system32\spool\printers

echo Deleting print jobs

del /q *.spl 1>nul 2>nul

del /q *.shd 1>nul 2>nul

cd\

echo Starting print service

net start spooler 1>nul 2>nul

ping -n 5 127.0.0.1 1>nul 2>nul

echo All Print Jobs Deleted!

ping -n 6 127.0.0.1 1>nul 2>nul

Based on:

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/WindowsNT/AdminTips/Print/DeleteStuckPrintJob.html

20 Awesome Windows shortcut keys

posted Dec 7, 2010 5:16 AM by Erez Kalman

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/37176/20-windows-keyboard-shortcuts-you-might-not-know/

Or via the PDF attached

| Attachments: Awesome_Windows_Shortcuts.pdf

Printing issues - SOLVED!

posted Dec 6, 2010 11:41 AM by Erez Kalman [ updated Dec 6, 2010 11:44 AM ]

A customer had some serious print spooler issues, after MS support page's didn't help...., I found:

http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/CleanPrinterDrivers.htm

Thanks to Google (and Bruce)!!

Attached is also a PDF as this page is a gold mine!!

| Attachments: Bruces Printing Pages.pdf

Windows installer logging

posted Nov 28, 2010 7:41 AM by Erez Kalman

To setup full dump for all MSI actions see page: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314852

Or open gpedit.msc > machine > admin template > win installer > logging > enable: voicewarmup

The dump will be found in the %temp% directory, name will begin with msi and end in .log

To debug an MSI installation you can also use MSIEXEC /i MSIPATH_AND_FILE /l*v c:\msilog.txt

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