Tried to find out how to convert windows-1252 code files to utf-8 without messing up Norwegian characters today. Couldn’t really find anything good other than linux tools and php stuff. Finally, *facepalm*, I remembered it might be possible using Notepad… And sure enough, seems to work great. Just open up the windows-1252 encoded file in Notepad, then choose ‘Save as’ and set encoding to UTF-8.
Hopefully I won’t forget this the next time I need it… *sigh*
Say you have a bunch of files and you want to quickly change or remove the file extension of all of them. Turns out that’s very simple to do with the command-line in Windows. I had no idea…
Will change all files with ‘old’ file extension to have the ‘new’ file extension.
Will remove the ‘old’ file extension.
Simple!
Probably an obscure issue I’ll never experience again, but in case it does, I found a solution that worked in a thread on Yahoo Answers.
Run one of the commands below in a Command Prompt or just stick it into the Run dialog (win + r). Then restart Skype *sigh*… 
Note: You may of course also find and delete the file by using Windows Explorer. I just prefer a quick one-off command
Core FTP mini-sftp-server interface
I’m the only one who use my computer and it’s in my room and I don’t really care about locking it or anything like that. I just find it annoying that I have to type a password everytime I boot it up or it comes back from sleep or screen saver mode.
I usually do this whenever I reinstall Windows. At least on my desktop computer. My laptops usually have password protection enabled. Anyways, I don’t reinstall that often so I always forget how to do it. Even though it’s very simple… Decided to share the procedure here, so I know where to find it
Do you love the taskbar thumbnails in Windows 7, but think they show up a bit too slow? I did, so I did some research and found a way to change the delay.
Just a small registry script that makes status messages during startup and shutdown procedures in Windows 7 (and possibly Vista?) more interesting.
