Customer Service Pet Peeves

• When you call a customer-service line, an automated voice often asks you to punch in your account information. So why does the live operator ask you for that information all over again?
• Why can't stores ever deliver an appliance or piece of furniture when they say they will? And why do I have to sit around all day waiting for them to show up?
• Why are public-address systems frequently inaudible? This isn't just a problem with antiquated speakers in subway stations. Brand-new sound systems in airports and other transportation hubs can also be impossible to hear.
• Why can't you buy a nonproprietary cellphone and use it with any carrier, the way you can do with a land line?
• How come banks immediately take money out of your account for debit- card transactions, but when it comes to depositing money it can take as long as five days for a check to clear and be posted to your account?
• Why do you have to pay for incoming and out- going minutes on cellphones? Essentially, a cellphone carrier is collecting twice for one call -- from the caller and from the person receiving the call. Shouldn't only outgoing calls cost money?
• Why do rental-car companies charge so much money to put gas in the tank, forcing travelers to drive around near airports looking for a normal gas station so they don't get gouged? Also, why is rental-car insurance so confusing? You already have insurance through your credit- card company or your own auto insurer, so why do they try to sell you double coverage?
• If companies are allowed to sell personal information about you to third-party marketers, even without your consent, why can't you just sell your own information directly to marketers?
• Why is mobile directory assistance so unreliable? It seems that when you call from your cellphone, they can never find the number you need.
• Why are items in hotel minibars so expensive? Do candy bars and bottles of water really have to cost $5? While we're at it, why do cheap and midprice hotels often provide wireless access free, while expensive hotels charge for it?

Lazy Sunday

What a day. What a lazy day. I got stuff I know I need to do..............
It's raining a slow drizzle outside right now and the sun is no where in sight.
It's all I can do to keep my eyes open.
I think I'm going to throw a movie in the dvd player and lay on the couch.
Things will just have to wait some more.

113 run commands

Accessibility Controls


access.cpl


Add Hardware Wizard


hdwwiz.cpl

Add/Remove Programs


appwiz.cpl

Administrative Tools


control admintools

Automatic Updates


wuaucpl.cpl

Bluetooth Transfer Wizard


fsquirt

Calculator


calc

Certificate Manager


certmgr.msc

Character Map


charmap

Check Disk Utility


chkdsk

Clipboard Viewer


clipbrd

Command Prompt


cmd

Component Services


dcomcnfg

Computer Management


compmgmt.msc

Date and Time Properties


timedate.cpl

DDE Shares


ddeshare

Device Manager


devmgmt.msc

Direct X Control Panel (If Installed)*


directx.cpl

Direct X Troubleshooter


dxdiag

Disk Cleanup Utility


cleanmgr

Disk Defragment


dfrg.msc

Disk Management


diskmgmt.msc

Disk Partition Manager


diskpart

Display Properties


control desktop

Display Properties


desk.cpl

Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected)


control color

Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility


drwtsn32

Driver Verifier Utility


verifier

Event Viewer


eventvwr.msc

File Signature Verification Tool


sigverif

Findfast


findfast.cpl

Folders Properties


control folders

Fonts


control fonts

Fonts Folder


fonts

Free Cell Card Game


freecell

Game Controllers


joy.cpl

Group Policy Editor (XP Prof)


gpedit.msc

Hearts Card Game


mshearts

Iexpress Wizard


iexpress

Indexing Service


ciadv.msc

Internet Properties


inetcpl.cpl
IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration) ipconfig /all
IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents) ipconfig /displaydns
IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents) ipconfig /flushdns
IP Configuration (Release All Connections) ipconfig /release
IP Configuration (Renew All Connections) ipconfig /renew
IP Configuration (Refreshes DHCP & Re-Registers DNS) ipconfig /registerdns
IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID) ipconfig /showclassid
IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID) ipconfig /setclassid

Java Control Panel (If Installed)


jpicpl32.cpl

Java Control Panel (If Installed)


javaws

Keyboard Properties


control keyboard

Local Security Settings


secpol.msc

Local Users and Groups


lusrmgr.msc

Logs You Out Of Windows


logoff

Microsoft Chat


winchat

Minesweeper Game


winmine

Mouse Properties


control mouse

Mouse Properties


main.cpl

Network Connections


control netconnections

Network Connections


ncpa.cpl

Network Setup Wizard


netsetup.cpl
Notepad notepad

Nview Desktop Manager (If Installed)


nvtuicpl.cpl

Object Packager


packager

ODBC Data Source Administrator


odbccp32.cpl

On Screen Keyboard


osk

Opens AC3 Filter (If Installed)


ac3filter.cpl

Password Properties


password.cpl

Performance Monitor


perfmon.msc

Performance Monitor


perfmon

Phone and Modem Options


telephon.cpl

Power Configuration


powercfg.cpl

Printers and Faxes


control printers

Printers Folder


printers

Private Character Editor


eudcedit

Quicktime (If Installed)


QuickTime.cpl

Regional Settings


intl.cpl

Registry Editor


regedit

Registry Editor


regedit32
Remote Desktop mstsc

Removable Storage


ntmsmgr.msc

Removable Storage Operator Requests


ntmsoprq.msc

Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof)


rsop.msc

Scanners and Cameras


sticpl.cpl

Scheduled Tasks


control schedtasks

Security Center


wscui.cpl

Services


services.msc

Shared Folders


fsmgmt.msc

Shuts Down Windows


shutdown

Sounds and Audio


mmsys.cpl

Spider Solitare Card Game


spider

SQL Client Configuration


cliconfg

System Configuration Editor


sysedit

System Configuration Utility


msconfig
System File Checker Utility (Scan Immediately) sfc /scannow
System File Checker Utility (Scan Once At Next Boot) sfc /scanonce
System File Checker Utility (Scan On Every Boot) sfc /scanboot
System File Checker Utility (Return to Default Setting) sfc /revert
System File Checker Utility (Purge File Cache) sfc /purgecache

System File Checker Utility (Set Cache Size to size x)


sfc /cachesize=x

System Properties


sysdm.cpl

Task Manager


taskmgr

Telnet Client


telnet

User Account Management


nusrmgr.cpl

Utility Manager


utilman

Windows Firewall


firewall.cpl

Windows Magnifier


magnify

Windows Management Infrastructure


wmimgmt.msc

Windows System Security Tool


syskey

Windows Update Launches


wupdmgr

Windows XP Tour Wizard


tourstart

Wordpad


write

Simple Paint

This little painting program is intended to teach small kids to handle the mouse and have fun with colors and shapes. Use 40 different colors and 10 different sized brushes or use the 15 available clipart pictures as stamps. It is even possible to 'smear' lots of identical images while holding the mousebutton pressed. The drawing surface can be deleted by filling it with any available color. Unfortunately there's no saving or printing option (yet)!

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Kaleidoscope 1.5

Enjoy beautiful mandala-style ornaments with this Kaleidoscope program. You can let the shapes rotate, draw only outlines, change the angle and create an "explode effect". It's amazing how many different scenes you can get from just 6 different shapes (square, rhombus, triangles, circle and star).
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pd-Halloween 4.0

Warning-Beware There are monsters and other scary looking things recorded in this program, it is not for the squeamish. The tunes have been known to attract ghouls and goblins, please watch with a friend, have your lights on and your escape route planned. We are NOT responsible if you get frightened and scream or cry! We recommend that you peep around your fingers while watching. Watch and listen at your own risk!!! And Have A Happy Halloween!!!

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Free Spell Checker 1.0

Free Spell Checker is an online, English and German, spell checker, type in or paste your text into the box and click the "Spell Check" button. You can also add the spell checker to your own website,

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MB Divination Dictionary 1.0

MB Free Divination Dictionary Software,the largest esoteric dictionary online. This software is an easy reference of words and definitions related to Astrology, Tarot, Runes, Psychic, Numerology and Dream Interpretations. This glossary describes all the basics as well as the definitions for the concepts used in these fields.
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Reminders 1.0

Reminders is a limited but easy-to-use program to set reminders for Dates and Times, reminder notes can be stored in a list for re-use as needed, includes a calendar & program can be set to start with Windows.

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Password Revealer

Password Revealer is a utility that can show you most passwords that are typed in a password edit box (those that hide the password and show asterisks instead).

Bring the password box on the screen, run Password Revealer, and click the button to reveal the password. That's all.

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Mihov Picture Downloader 1.4

Mihov Picture Downloader is a handy and useful tool for downloading all the pictures from one or several web pages. Just type in the address and let this program do the rest. One click and all the graphics will be transfered to your hard drive, without clicking on every link and viewing every thumbnail. You can also preview images as they get downloaded.

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RapidCaps 2.1

RapidCaps is a freeware program that creates Video caps (sample pictures called captures of a video) which give you a preview across the whole length of the video. Unlike other programs which create the caps using a video on your harddisk, RapidCaps creates caps directly from an internet url. This means that you can see the sample caps of a video before actually downloading it thus saving bandwidth, time and money. RapidCaps supports almost all video files and works with file sharing sites on which you have a premium account too

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Free Online Image Editor 1.0

Free online image editor, with lots of functions like resize, crop, annotate, mirror etc. also overlay (with animated images). Enhance your phots - add text, borders, frames, overlays, masks, animations and more. Save your creation back to your hard drive or upload it to the ImageShack free service. You can also create your own animation online.

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Switcher 2.1

Switcher - LPT device handler, a simple software to handle devices such as antennas connected to an LPT port. The “1” button erects a logical one at pin 2 of an LPT-port, the “2” button sets high level at pin 3 and so on. The program can be launched with several command line parameters.

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HTML TIDY 1.0

Clean up your web pages. When editing HTML it's easy to make mistakes. Wouldn't it be nice if there was a simple way to fix these mistakes automatically and tidy up sloppy editing into nicely layed out markup? Well now there is! Dave Raggett's HTML TIDY is a free utility for doing just that. It also works great on the atrociously hard to read markup generated by specialized HTML editors and conversion tools, and can help you identify where you need to pay further attention on making your pages more accessible to people with disabilities.

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DHTML Sudoku 1.3

DHTML Sudoku offers four difficulty levels as well as different colors for entering the numbers to give a better overview of the game. The puzzles can be printed or solved and verfied online. I was getting annoyed by ordinary web versions of the game as they simply keep displaying puzzles drawn from a database. I was thinking about a mathematically elegant way of generating new puzzles instead. DHTML Sudoku is coded in dynamic html and will therefore work on every platform and in every modern browser. Every puzzle is generated on the spot

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LockAnEXE 1.1

LockAnEXE is a simple EXE securtiy tool that lets you 'lock' down executable files including setup files and prevents them from being opened. Simply click 'Open File' and browse to the program EXE or the setup EXE, click the option you prefer and click 'Do It' to lock or unlock the EXE. It is simple, yet efficient.
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Vampeer 2.3

Vampeer is perfect for anyone using P2P tools to share data across the network, it keeps you free from unwanted sources, thus keeping your privacy secure. The package includes the main application, a blocklist converter and four blocklists (Anti-P2P, Anti-Ads, Anti-Spyware, Anti-Trojans). Of course you are free to change the purpose of the program by simply providing another blocklist.
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LockWorkstation 1.0

LockWorkstation adds a Quick Launch button to your Taskbar, if you press it your computer will be locked immediately and you need to type your username and password to get access to your account again.

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A.L.A.R.M. 1.0

ALARM - A Laptop A/C Removal Monitor silently sits in your system tray until you lock your workstation. If now somebody removes the A/C power connection to steal your laptop, A.L.A.R.M. will play a loud sound from your Laptop speakers until power is back again.

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