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Here is a simple guide on how to move iTunes to an external hard drive. First open iTunes and go to preferences. Then go to Advanced and write down where your iTunes folder currently resides. Next, change where your iTunes folder location is to your external hard drive. Then, under the Advanced menu at the top of your toolbar, select Consolidate Library. This copies everything to your external hard drive. Now go back to where your iTunes folder was located (you should have written this down) and delete the iTunes Music folder, (nothing else!). Now you should have all of your ratings, play count, and other metadata still intact when you moved to the external hard drive. Was this guide helpful with all of the information you needed? Post your thoughts in the comments!

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http://techupdate.blogvis.com/2008/04/14/evernote-beta-invites/

Then post a comment either on the other post, or this one if you would like an Evernote invite.

Despite the fact that most of you prefer XP to Vista and would rather Microsoft extended XP’s shelf-life, several new and improved features available in Vista would be great to have in XP. This new functionality may not be enough to get you to switch to Vista, but that doesn’t mean you’re out of luck.

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Could there be a bigger threat than Linux to Microsoft’s OS dominance? If an open-source version of Windows can be developed that is totally compatible with the abundance of Windows drivers
—the idea behind ReactOS—then Microsoft will have to go back to work.

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Apple is expected to announce today an across-the-board deal to sell new release films at its iTunes Store. The deal is said to allow Apple to offer a “broad slate of top-shelf films” day-and-date with home video releases — a long time sticking point with brick-and-mortar interests who want to keep their early edge on digital downloads.

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Microsoft Corporation is underwriting an online movie-making contest to stimulate sales and burnish the reputation of its Windows Vista operating system.

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Error Message: Your Password Must Be at Least 18770 Characters and Cannot Repeat Any of Your Previous 30689 Passwords

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Here is a simple guide on how to move iTunes to an external hard drive. First open iTunes and go to preferences. Then go to Advanced and write down where your iTunes folder currently resides. Next, change where your iTunes folder location is to your external hard drive. Then, under the Advanced menu at the top of your toolbar, select Consolidate Library. This copies everything to your external hard drive. Now go back to where your iTunes folder was located (you should have written this down) and delete the iTunes Music folder, (nothing else!). Now you should have all of your ratings, play count, and other metadata still intact when you moved to the external hard drive. Was this guide helpful with all of the information you needed? Post your thoughts in the comments!

All versions of Windows whether it be 98, 2000, XP, or Vista, use one form of the Task Manger or another. The answer to your problems when a program stops responding is crtl-alt-delete. Usually a normal user uses this dialog to open the task manager and end the program that is not responding. But….if you dive in a little deeper into the task manager, you can find loads more information from it. For example, see those tabs at the top, click on processes. These are all of the parts, bits and pieces of programs running right now on your system. explorer.exe is Windows explorer and you can end this process and re-enable it by going up to run… (I wouldn’t advise this though as windows explorer can cause problems if ended improperly). Let’s say that Firefox all of a sudden stopped responding. You opened up task manager, and you clicked on Firefox and end task. Nothing happened. Now what??? You can use your newly acquired knowledge with Task Manager and dive into the process. If you click the name column at the top, it sorts them alphabetically, easier to find. Locate firefox about 1/3 of the way down. Now highlight it and select end process in the bottom right corner. That’s it, Firefox ends immediately.

This solution is helpful, but with most guides, excercise caution with using the windows task manager, as one wrong process ended and you could crash your system.

For all of you with an amazing desktop whether it be on a mac, windows, or linux, here is a place to show off your hard work and effort. Simply email your screenshot to tech.update.info@gmail.com along with the title, operating system, a short discription (optional) and your display name.