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Display Published Date In Google Search Results
Display the Date a Web Page Was Published in Google’s Search Results

Edit A File Without Changing Its Last Modified Timestamp
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How to remove folders from Media Center’s Media Library, including those that you can’t normally.

Drop In PHP Caching Function
Cache complex content using PHP without greatly modifying the existing code structure.

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How to simplify the Exchange 2010 OWA address without causing all sorts of problems.

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How to remove the My Sharing Folders icon from My Computer in Windows Vista, XP.

Soundblaster Live ASIO Support
How to use a Soundblaster Live with APS drivers to provide ASIO support

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You receive an error “The action can’t be completed because the folder or a file in it is open in another program. Close the file or folder and try again” and it mentions Thumbs.db.

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A few things I have found useful while running Kodi (XBMC)

Windows Media Centre Remote Control & Winamp
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Bypass PHP Output Buffering When Using Apache Mod_deflate
How to output content immediately to the browser by bypassing PHP’s output buffering using flush() & ob_flush() while still using Apache mod_deflate to compress page contents.

Perform A Regular Expression Search And Replace
This page lets you perform a PHP perl-compatible regular expression find and replace using preg_replace.