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How to add Album Art to iTunes

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Sometimes Album art may not be avaliable or you would like to add your own here is how you do it.

  1. Open iTunes and go to your Music Library. View it in Grid View so that all of your albums are displayed.
  2. Rightclick the album whose album art you wish to change. Select Get Info.
  3. When asked if you are sure you want to edit information for multiple items, click the Yes button.
  4. Go to the Artwork section and double-click on it.
  5. Browse to the desired album art and click the Open button.
  6. The songs will be updated with the new album art and it will then be displayed in your Music Library.

You can also Copy & Paste Album art directly into it by right clicking the image you want and select copy. Then right click the Artwork screen in iTunes and select paste.

Google Calendar Sync Error 1011

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  1. Open Outlook
  2. Click File
  3. Click Help
  4. Click Options
  5. Click Add-ins
  6. Click the Manage dropdown list
  7. Click Disabled Items
  8. Click Go
  9. Select Addin:google..
  10. Click Enable
  11. Click Ok
  12. Now do a Google Calender Sync

Sims Social Practice Hammering 7 Times

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Having problems with the Canvas Stretcher promotion and needing to Practice Hammering 7 Times? The fix for this is simple.

  1. In the Sims Social click on Career Quest (to the lower right of your avatar)
  2. Click Jobs
  3. Then click Practice Hammering (the 10 minute job to top left)
  4. Go back every 10 Minutes to finish the job, until you have completed it 7 times.

How to stop SysPrep from starting

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Having issues with sysprep popping up all the time? Follow the instructions below to stop that annoyance from happening.

  1. Click Start
  2. Click Run
  3. Type: regedit
  4. Once the Registry Editor loads, navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMSetup
  5. Now to the right you should see some registry entries which you need to edit.
  6. Change AuditInProgress to “0”
  7. Change cmdLine to “setup –newsetup”
  8. Change FactoryPreInstallInProgress to “0”
  9. Change MiniSetupInProgress to “0”
  10. Change SetupType to “0”
  11. Change SystemSetupInProgress to “0”

You are pretty much changing Yes I do want to run SysPrep to No I don’t want to.

  1. Finally, navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEMicrosoftFactory and delete Factory.

You are now safe to delete the SYSPREP folder where it may be (ie C:SYSPREP)

How to repair Windows Boot Loader

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First things first! In order to repair the Windows boot loaders you need the appropriate Windows CD/DVD for example: Windows XP Home/Professional CD for the Windows XP installation & Windows 7 DVD for Windows 7 install.

Windows XP

The instructions on repairing this are similar to the DDL Kernel fix.

To access the recover console follow the prompts below:

  1. First thing you need to have a Windows XP CD
  2. Put CD in drive and boot from it, you may have to press ESC or F8 to open Boot Prompt to select CD Drive.
  3. Once it has loaded choose Recovery Console
  4. Type: bootcfg /rebuild (This will generate a new Boot.ini file)
  5. Press Enter twice at the prompts that follow.
  6. Type: fixboot
  7. Press Enter
  8. Type: fixmbr
  9. Press Enter
  10. Type: exit (This will restart your computer, eject your CD)

Windows Vista/Windows 7

The bootloader fix for both Windows Vista and Windows 7 is luckily similar.

  1. First thing you need to do is get your Windows Vista/Windows 7 DVD
  2. Put DVD in drive and boot from it, once prompted select Repair This Computer (lower left hand side of the Windows dialog)
  3. Select your Windows install you want to repair and select Next
  4. Now you should be greeted with the Advanced System Recovery dialog box, select Command Prompt
  5. Type: bootrec.exe /FixMbr
  6. Press Enter
  7. Type: bootrec.exe /FixBoot
  8. Press Enter
  9. Type: exit (to close the Command Prompt)
  10. Restart your machine & eject the CD/DVD ROM.