My sister was having problems using ManyCam with Windows 7.  She could enter her login details to connect and setup her subscription but when she closed the program all the details were lost.  This caused her an additional problem where she could not use the same details again next time as it threw a subscription error at her.  She runs Windows 7 using an admin account so the solution was pretty simple:

1. Right click the ManyCam desktop icon
2. Choose the “Compatibility” tab
3. At the bottom tick “Run this program as an administrator”
4. Click OK
5. The next time you run ManyCam it will now correctly save your settings file at the end when you close the program
6. Note that if you are not running as an administrator then you may have to provide their login details when you use the shortcut

I think this ManyCam problem is because the program is trying to save the config file in its main program directory which it can’t do when run as a standard user.  Running as an admin means it can save the file.  This is not the ideal solution as it means granting admin access to the ManyCam program but at least it will get you going until they provide a proper fix.

I have a HTC Vive and lately when browsing various sites including engadget & Tom’s Hardware I notice SteamVR keeps opening.  Turns out some dickhead advertisers are trying to force VR ads on me.  The problem is I work with lots of Firefox tabs open across 3 screens and when you try to close SteamVR it also wants to close Firefox.  The solution is pretty simple, just disable VR in Firefox:

1. Type about:config in the address bar
2. Type VR into the search box at the top of the config page
3. Double click both “dom.vr.enabled” and “dom.vr.openvr.enabled” so the right side value column says “false”

Done.  It’s a bit of a pain if you do any browser based VR work but you can always re-enable it while working and turn it off again afterwards.

It took me ages but I finally managed to pull out all the old content from the blog and wiki systems. Now I just have to go through the 200+ pages and 400+ comments, giving them the once over before making each one live.

So all the big complicated jobs have been done, now it’s just a case of a few big repetitive boring jobs so another 2-3 weeks. Then I can spend some time polishing the site theme off.

I’ve been a member of the G-Camp Muay Thai school for almost 8 years, I’ve had 13 ring fights, helped out at many of the inter-clubs and made many good friends along the way. I realised quite a while ago that I had reached a plateau and wasn’t getting any better, I actually felt over the last year I had gotten worse. I put that down to most of my actual fight training ending when Horace stopped teaching the fight class on Tuesdays. A couple of good friends did come down on Saturdays to help people including myself which was great but once a week isn’t really enough and they couldn’t make it all the time. That meant we were left with watching pad-work combos before Mike would disappear out of the room to play with his phone, it’s extremely rare that he comes over and gives you direct guidance such as good footwork or fighting stance, he prefers to shout “throw more jabs, do more low kicks, stand your ground”, as he’s leaving the room to make another call. There are people that go to a few of the classes and think otherwise and wave the flag of allegiance which I also once carried but after visiting some other gyms it was quickly obvious how wrong I had been. I’ve always accepted that I am part of the problem, I could be watching lots more fight training videos online or going to other gyms as well but then what am I paying an expert for? I can do keep-fit at home with the Insanity Workout videos.

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This is a simple short tip on how to copy one or more layers and/or layer groups to a new Adobe Photoshop document.

1. Open the document you want to duplicate layers from.
2. Create a new document you want the duplicated layers to be placed in or open a current document.
3. In the Layers panel, select the layer(s) and/or group(s) you want to copy.
4. Right click what you selected in the Layers panel and choose Duplicate.
5. In the popup there is a “Destination” section. In the dropdown pick the name of the document you created/opened in step 2 and click OK.
6. Done! If you checkout the new file you made/opened earlier in step 2 you will see your layers/groups have been duplicated to there.
7. Alternatively, you don’t have to create the new document first, in the “Destinations” dropdown the bottom option is “New” which means it will create a new document for you. You just have to fill in the “Name” field which is the title for the new document.

This has seriously had me screaming long streams of swear words but I finally sussed it out. What was I trying to do? Well I recently installed Windows 7 and therefore did a fresh install of Outlook 2010 as well. I had saved my old PST file so now I had just done “File->Account Settings->Data Files” and then added it there. It seemed ok but then I started getting phone calls from people asking why I hadn’t replied to their emails. Turns out I was a doofus and thought that my PST file would also hold the account settings. Wrong!

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After doing a fresh install of Outlook 2010 I noticed an area above my email accounts titled Favorites. I don’t use this, I don’t plan on using this and it takes up about 2cm of vertical space which is much needed with all my email accounts. It’s easy to get rid of but you have to know where to look.

• Expand the top ribbon bar if it is not already open and choose the “View” tab.
• Click on the “Navigation Pane” option and then choose the “Favorites” item.
• That’s it. That menu option acts as a toggle to turn it on and off.

See, I said it was easy