Great Blogging Tips for Newbies!

After uninstalling MySQL from my computer, I found that the service still remained.

Later on, I found that we can manually remove it.

To do it, follow these simple steps.

1. Navigate to Start button -> All Programs -> Accessories ->Command Prompt. Right click on Command Prompt and select ‘Run as administrator’.
   

   Right click Command Prompt and click 'Run as administrator'

2. Type sc delete mysql and press Enter. Voila! The service is now removed.

As a software developer, it is unavoidable that we sometimes need to enable Administrator user account in Windows 7 to modify some settings. But be reminded not to use this account as default because it’ll make you exposed to certain security threats.

Here’s a simple tutorial on how to enable Administrator user account in Windows 7.

1. Navigate to Start button -> All Programs -> Accessories ->Command Prompt. Right click on Command Prompt and select ‘Run as administrator’.
   

   Right click Command Prompt and click 'Run as administrator'

    

2. Type “net user administrator /active:yes” and press Enter.
   

   Type "net user administrator /active:yes" and press Enter

    

3. When you switch user, you will be able to see an Administrator user account.
   

   When you switch user, you will be able to see an Administrator account

Recently I’ve bought a new laptop from Dell. When I wanted to change the wallpaper, it still remains the same no matter how many times I try to change it.

After some research, I finally found the solution. It’s actually really simple. Just follow these 3 steps and you’re good to go.

1. Open Windows Explorer.
   

   Open Windows Explorer

    

2. Navigate to %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes
   

   Navigate to %USERPROFILE%AppDataRoamingMicrosoftWindowsThemes

    

3. Delete the image file in that directory and try to re-apply a new wallpaper
   

   Delete the image file

1. Go to Dashboard and click on ‘New Post’.
   
2. Click on ‘Edit Pages’.
   
3. When prompted, click ‘Yes’.
   
4. Click on ‘New Page’.
   
5. Type in your Page Name and content. Click ‘Publish Page’.
   
6. Click ‘Add the Page List Gadget’.
   
7. Configure the order and click ‘Save’ when done.
   
8. Pages gadget will appear in your blog.
   

1. Continuous scrolling, from the left:

   Insert this: <marquee behavior=”scroll” direction=”left”>TEXT</marquee>

   Result:TEXT

2. Text bouncing:

   Insert this: <marquee behavior=”alternate”>TEXT</marquee>

   Result: TEXT

3. Scrolling upwards:

   Insert this: <marquee behavior=”scroll” direction=”up”>TEXT</marquee>

   Result: TEXT

4. Stop the movement with the mouse (click and hold the mouse down):

   Insert this: <marquee behavior=”scroll” direction=”left” onmousedown=”this.stop();” onmouseup=”this.start();”>TEXT</marquee>

   Result: TEXT

5. Stop the movement with the mouse (hover towards it):

   Insert this: <marquee behavior=”scroll” direction=”left” onmouseover=”this.stop();” onmouseout=”this.start();”>TEXT</marquee>

   Result: TEXT