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Friday, December 10, 2010

How to make a veggie patty


Ingredients:
  • 2 tablespoon Olive oil or any oil that you prefer
  • 1 Idaho Potato, grated
  • 1 medium Carrot, grated
  • 1 Sweet Potato, grated
  • 1 Zucchini, grated
  • 1/4 cup Broccoli, finely chopped
  • 2 tablespoons wheat flour
  • salt & pepper to the taste
Preparation:
  1. Wash Potato, Carrot, Sweet Potato, Zucchini and Broccoli
  2. Peel and grate in one big mixing bowl: Potato, Carrot, Sweet Potato and Zucchini
  3. Now squeeze out as much liquid as possible by taking a handful at a time and squeezing as hard as you can.
  4. Finely chop Broccoli over the squeezed veggies. 
  5. Add salt and pepper to the taste, Olive oil, wheat flour and mix everything well. 
  6. Taste for salt and spice and adjust to the taste
  7. Make patties about 3 inches in diameter and about half inch thick
  8. Cook till crisp and golden brown on both sides at medium heat on a non-stick pan
  9. Enjoy on a burger bun with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, bell pepper and ketchup

How to make Windows 7 remember network share credentials

Microsoft Windows 7 (and perhaps Microsoft Windows Vista) depicted an annoyance today. I bought Synology DS409 NAS and created a network share. Then I mapped that shared network drive using the username and password combination on NAS. It mapped perfectly fine, but the moment I restarted computer and went into Windows Explorer, the drive was shown disconnected. When I clicked on it, Windows 7 asked me put the username and password again despite having checked the box that says remember password. So every time I reboot, it kept loosing the credentials till I performed following steps:

  1. Click on Start icon
  2. Click on "Control Panel"
  3. Click on "User Accounts and Family Safety"
  4. Click on "Credential Manager"
  5. In "Windows Credentials" section, click on "Add a windows credential"
  6. In Internet or network address, type your address, e.g. "\\machineName\SharedDrive"
  7. Type in Username and Password in the respective boxes and click Ok button.
  8. Close Control Panel Window and restart computer. If it reconnects your mapped network drive without asking for credentials, above exercise was successful.

If you try above and it works for you, kindly drop a line.

Sunday, December 5, 2010

How to move a window in Windows 7

If you are missing the move command to move windows in Windows 7, this would help you.

Use case: I've ATI HD5870 Eyefinity 6 setup and 3 monitors attached to it. When my work load is low, I only keep the center monitor on and side two monitors turned off, but some windows appear on those monitors from time to time as they remember their last positions. It is a bit annoying to turn on the side monitors just to bring them on the main screen. In past till Windows XP, I used to right click on the application in taskbar and select move command, but that is gone in Windows 7, so below is the tip to do it.

Window 7:
  1. Select Application Window that you want to move in task bar.
  2. Press Alt + Space
  3. Press M key
  4. Now move your mouse to bring it in the monitor where you want it
  5. Left click to drop it
Windows XP:
  1. Select Application Window that you want to move in task bar.
  2. Right click and select "move" command
  3. Now left click and hold and move your mouse to bring it in the monitor where you want it
  4. Left click to drop it