Try nasonia vitripennis and muscidifurax zaraptor in conjunction with each other. Flies avoid the smell of vodka. So, try hanging bags of vodka around your porch or any other recreational outdoor area. Quarter gallon freezer bags, tied with string to a gutter, work well. Any cheap vodka will work. You can also try putting small amounts of vodka on your skin, although beware of the pungent smell and your skin drying. While some plants simply repel flies, others actually eat flies: Venus Fly Trap, Pitcher Plant, etc. Flies are deterred by the scents of some plants, so keep potted plants on your patio or near your doors that repel flies: Basil, Elderberry, Lavender, Mint, and False Indigo. The smell of cloves repels flies. Decoratively placing cloves on an outdoor dinning table can deter flies from landing on food. Flies are strongly attracted to the smell of meat and will swarm your barbecue grill the minute you bring meat outside to cook it. Keep all meat covered tightly when it is not on the grill. Keep the barbecue grill lid closed while the meat is cooking. Protect your grilling tongs and utensilsflies will smell the meat and land on them. (If you see flies have landed on your grilling utensils, take them inside and wash them before you pierce or turn the meat with them.)

Summary: Buy predatory bugs that eat fly larvae or otherwise interrupt the life cycle. Hang vodka bags. Landscape with carnivorous plants. Landscape with fly-repelling plants. Place cloves around an outdoor dining area. Avoid leaving meat out.

It is always preferable to locate an attorney who has specialized expertise in the practice area that your case involves (e.g., malpractice law, bankruptcy law, etc.). It's also a good idea to find attorney familiar with the courts and laws of the area where you live. This will enable your attorney to best represent your interests. Some examples of practice areas include: Bankruptcy law. This will be helpful if you are struggling with your finances. Criminal law. An attorney who specializes in criminal law is important if your case involves a crime or potentially illegal activity. Disability specialist. Disability specialists can handle Social Security and/or veteran's disability claims. Trusts and estates. This type of lawyer deals with issues such as estate planning, qualifying for Medicaid, probating an estate, and obtaining guardianship of an elderly parent or grandparent. Family Law. Family law attorneys handle matters such as separation, divorce, pre-nuptial agreements, adoption, guardianship, child custody and support. Personal injury law. Personal injury attorneys handle cases involving medical malpractice, dog bites, car accidents and any injury to a person that may be the fault of another. Employment law. Employment attorneys can help your business set up employment policies or handle cases where either an employee sues a business for wrongful termination or a where a business is sued. Small business or corporate law. If you are looking to establish a business, a small business attorney or corporate attorney is your best choice. State bar associations keep public records about complaints and disciplinary actions taken against attorneys licensed to practice in the state. Most local bar associations also have free referral services that can help you find an attorney to suit your case's needs. You can find your bar association's website by selecting your state from the State & Local Bar Associations page provided by the American Bar Association. Many websites offer free reviews of businesses. Some places to look for lawyer reviews include: LegalZoom, Rocketlawyer, LawTrades, and Avvo.com. Some websites, such as LawHelp.org, focus on helping low-income individuals find attorneys. Cross reference reviews from more than one website. This will help counter any bias in reviews you find. Talk to friends and family members who used an attorney. Find out who they hired, for what type of service, if they were happy with the services, and why or why not. Ask if they would recommend the attorney. Include the attorney's name, address, phone number and website address. This will help you organize your search as you move forward. You will want to look for information about the type of law the attorney practices. In addition, look for background information on the attorney, such as his or her law school and areas of specialization. Look for some general information about the type of legal issue you need help with, including a frequently asked questions (FAQ) section, or a blog with articles pertaining to your legal issue. The best attorneys will maintain well-developed websites offering a lot of information. Most attorneys' websites will provide information about each attorney working for the firm. Take a look at each attorney's educational background and work history. Typically, you should look for an attorney with at least three to five years of experience practicing the type of law you need help with. Additionally, you should choose an attorney that currently practices in the area you need help with. Remember that many attorneys are also on social media such as Twitter, LinkedIn, or Facebook. Check these profiles as well. How an attorney conveys him- or herself to the public may help you get a sense of how you would be able to work with him or her. Law firms can vary in size ranging from one attorney to many attorneys, so you need to choose a law firm that you think will be best suited to your situation. Big corporations may want to hire a big-time firm to handle extremely complicated, often international, legal matters. However, if you are simply looking for someone to help you with your divorce or to help you write a will, you should feel comfortable hiring an attorney from a smaller firm.

Summary: Determine what type of attorney you need. Contact your local bar association for qualified attorneys in your area. Review online listings of attorneys. Get referrals and recommendations from friends and family. Make a list of the potential attorneys you have found in your area. Review each attorney's website. Keep in mind that the size of the firm may matter.

This will open the "Run" program from which you can access your PC's registry. Doing so will launch the Registry Editor tool. You'll need to navigate through several of the folders listed here in order to reach your destination. Since the registry holds most of your computer's sensitive system information, consider clicking File and then Export in the top left corner of your screen to back up your registry before proceeding. Note that you'll need to click the + sign to the left of the folder to expand it--don't click the folder itself. Each folder you need to expand after this point will be inside of the previous folder (for example, "SOFTWARE" was inside of "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" and so on). Don't expand this one. You should see its contents listed in a window on the right side of the Registry Editor page. These should be several pairs and sequences of random numbers. This should remove the values listed here. It doesn't matter what you put here, but you'll need to keep the format consistent (for example, if you deleted four characters, you'll need to replace that section with four characters). This will save your changes. Remember, you can hold Win and tap R to do so. Exclude the quotation marks. Entering this command opens the Windows XP activation wizard. For best results, simply copy and paste this text into the Run field. This option should say "Yes, I want to telephone a customer service representative to activate Windows" and there should be a clickable check box to the left of it. If you see a note that says "Windows XP is already activated", changing your key manually isn't working. Please proceed to the Windows Key Finder method. This is at the bottom of the "Activate" window. Note that you may have to attempt this step a few times with different keys. If you don't know the version of Windows XP your computer is currently running, consult your computer's manual to verify before you proceed with trying the linked product keys. This will generate a new Windows XP ID for your computer. After this process completes, you'll need to confirm your activation of Windows XP. This will allow you to activate your version of XP quickly. Note that calling Microsoft using the "telephone a customer representative" option likely won't work since Microsoft discontinued support for Windows XP on April 8th, 2014. After you've completed your Windows XP activation, you should be able to use it without getting locked out of the system.
Summary: Hold down Win and tap R. Type "regedit" into the Run field. Press Enter. Review the options tree on the left side of your screen. Expand the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" folder. Expand the "SOFTWARE" folder. Expand the "Microsoft" folder. Expand the "Windows NT" folder. Expand the "CurrentVersion" folder. Click the "WPA Events" folder. Right-click the "OOBETimer" entry. Click Modify. Select the "OOBETimer" contents. Tap Delete. Type in new numbers. Click OK once you're done. Exit the Registry Editor tool. Open the Run tool again. Type "%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a" into the Run window. Click OK. Select the telephone option. Click Next. Click Change Product Key. Enter a Windows XP product key. Click Update. Click Back. Check the "Activate Windows over the Internet" option. Follow the on-screen instructions.