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Welcome to this 6 part video lesson on how to use GarageBand for Mac OS 10.5. All videos are free, and should provide ample information for you to start using GarageBand 08. These set of GarageBand tips and tutorials include setting preferences, creating a GarageBand project, editing and adding artwork, splitting and joining tracks, using Magic GarageBand, and viewing and editing music.

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How to Use GarageBand Video Tutorial Part 1 - Preferences
How to Use GarageBand Video Tutorial Part 2 - Creating a Project
How to Use GarageBand Video Tutorial Part 3 - Editing and Adding Artwork
How to Use GarageBand Video Tutorial Part 4 - Splitting and Joining
How to Use GarageBand Video Tutorial Part 5 - Magic GarageBand
How to Use GarageBand Video Tutorial Part 6 - View and Edit Music

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FileMon is a free Microsoft utility which monitors and displays file system activity on a system.  This includes when  a file is opened, read, write or deleted. Like it’s sister utility RegMon, FileMon can be used if you suspect some Malware is residing on your computer, so you can monitor what’s occurring at your Windows based computer. And, you are doing this at very level.

For those working in an enterprise environment, it comes in handy when attempting to discover what specific files are written to during certain actions. This came in handy when I used an ADP time sheet program in which ADP insisted we provide local Administrator privileges for each user. Talk about trying to to take the easy way out. Using FileMon, I was able to determine that the time sheet program, called Etimesheet, created temp files when started. So, instead of allowing local Admin permissions for every person on our domain, I simply provided write permissions on the files and individual folders required for the program.

To see how FileMon works, watch my VIDEO.

Tags: Free Stuff, Software, Utilities, Windows by simon
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AutoRuns is a great utility which packs a powerful punch! It shows you what programs are configured to run during system boot up or login. This is a nifty way to disable those annoying programs which start automatically – chat programs being notorious after installation. By disabling unwanted or unneeded programs at startup or login, Windows will start faster, and you’ll free up some memory. [Read more →]

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Welcome to the final video of this 11 part video tutorial series on Inkscape.  Inkscape includes the ability to import bitmap images and photographs for modification. Learn how.

VIDEO - Part 11

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Welcome to part 10 of this 11 part video tutorial series on Inkscape.  Let’s review the concept of tiling using the tiling dialog box.

VIDEO - Part 10

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