Chrome can be started out of the box and will run great. However, there are a could of things I don't want to be running when I'm using Chrome to speed it up even further. My Chrome shortcut is modified to be:
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe -disable-dev-tools -disable-hang-monitor -disable-logging -disable-metrics -disable-metrics-reporting -disable-prompt-on-repost
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Google Chrome Hidden Configurations
Here is list of Google Chrome Hidden Pages or Configuration Parameters. You have to input about:parameter in address bar to open this hidden treasure. (Replaceparameter with respective word) as listed.
about:network
about:ipc
about:histograms
about:histograms/Loop
about:objects
about:crash
about:hang
about:shorthangabout:dns
about:memory
about:cache
about:version
about:internets (Easter egg)
about:ipc
about:histograms
about:histograms/Loop
about:objects
about:crash
about:hang
about:shorthangabout:dns
about:memory
about:cache
about:version
about:internets (Easter egg)
Google Chrome Offline / Standalone Installer
Grab it from here:
- http://dl.google.com/chrome/install/154.36/chrome_installer.exe
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Firefox x64 (64-bit)
Mozilla started to build official x64 Firefox builds and it's available here:
- ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-central/
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Disable ThinkVantage Passowrd Manager
- Click Start -> Run
- Type:
- C:\Program Files\Lenovo\Client Security Solution\css_pwmgr_toggle.exe
- Hit enter
- Agree to disable
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Create Installer With WinRar
I am going to create an installer for SharePod. Possibly the best iPod software there is. It consists of two files:
- SharePod.exe
- Readme.txt
- Select all the two files above to include in your installer.
- Right Click -> WinRar -> Add to archive ...
- Check "Create SFX archive" and "Create solid archive".
- In the "Archive name" field, change the suggested name given by WinRAR to SharePodInstaller.exe, then choose "Best" from the "compression method" combo box.
- Go to "Advanced" tab. Press "SFX options". The "Advanced SFX options" dialog box appears with the "General" tab activated.
- In the "Path to extract" field, type "SharePod" without quotes.
- - This means that the package (SFX) will be extract, during installation, to: %ProgramFiles%\SharePod.
- Make sure the "Create in "Program Files" radio button is selected.
- Make sure the "Save and restore paths" check box is not checked.
- Still in the "Advanced SFX options" dialog box, press the "Advanced" tab.
- Press the "Add shortcut..." button. The "Add shortcut" dialog box appears.
- Select "Start Menu/Programs". In the "Source file name" field, type "SharePod.exe" without quotes. This is the name of the file you create a shortcut to which is you selected to be in your installer.
- In the "Destination folder" field, type "SharePod" without quotes.
- This is the name of the shortcut folder that will be created under: %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs.
- In the "Shortcut description" field, type: "Transfer music and video files from an iPod/iPod Touch/iPhone to a PC." without quotes.
- In the "Shortcut name" field, type "SharePod" without quotes.
- This is the link that will appear as: %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\SharePod\SharePod.lnk
- Press "Ok" to return back to the "Advanced" tab. Repeat the same steps again to create more shortcuts if needed.
- Still in the "Advanced SFX options" dialog box, press the "Modes" tab.
- Under "Silent mode", select "Hide all". This tells the SFX not to show setup screens. In this case, I left it un-checked.
- Under "Overwrite mode", select "Overwrite all files". This tells the SFX to overwrite any files pre-existing in the destination folder: %ProgramFiles%\SharePod, if there's any.
- Press "Ok" on the "Advanced SFX options" dialog box to close.
- Press "Ok" on the "Archive name and parameters" dialog box and wait for the compression process to finish. SharePodInstaller.exe is now created.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Show Hidden Processor Power Configurations In Windows 7
You need to know what you're doing before changing these values. Execute the below commands in cmd.exe
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR 06cadf0e-64ed-448a-8927-ce7bf90eb35d -ATTRIB_HIDE
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR 12a0ab44-fe28-4fa9-b3bd-4b64f44960a6 -ATTRIB_HIDE
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR 40fbefc7-2e9d-4d25-a185-0cfd8574bac6 -ATTRIB_HIDE
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR 4b92d758-5a24-4851-a470-815d78aee119 -ATTRIB_HIDE
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR 7b224883-b3cc-4d79-819f-8374152cbe7c -ATTRIB_HIDE
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR 943c8cb6-6f93-4227-ad87-e9a3feec08d1 -ATTRIB_HIDE
Then, go to Power Options, Change Plan Settings, Change Advanced Power Settings. You should see those values under Processor Power Management.
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR 06cadf0e-64ed-448a-8927-ce7bf90eb35d -ATTRIB_HIDE
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR 12a0ab44-fe28-4fa9-b3bd-4b64f44960a6 -ATTRIB_HIDE
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR 40fbefc7-2e9d-4d25-a185-0cfd8574bac6 -ATTRIB_HIDE
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR 4b92d758-5a24-4851-a470-815d78aee119 -ATTRIB_HIDE
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR 7b224883-b3cc-4d79-819f-8374152cbe7c -ATTRIB_HIDE
powercfg -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR 943c8cb6-6f93-4227-ad87-e9a3feec08d1 -ATTRIB_HIDE
Then, go to Power Options, Change Plan Settings, Change Advanced Power Settings. You should see those values under Processor Power Management.
Friday, December 24, 2010
Blackberry Address Book Wireless Sync Option Disappeared or Disabled
To fix this problem: You need to reset “Desktop Sync Service book” using the following steps:
Go to Settings > Options > Advanced Options > Service Book
Select the Desktop [Sync] Service book from the menu, and select “Delete”
From the menu, select “Undelete” to restore the “Desktop [Sync]” service book
Settings > Options > Advanced Options > Enterprise Activation (Sometimes this step is not needed, check your contacts options)
From the menu, select “Activate” to re-try the wireless synchronization process
After Enterprise Activation process finishes check your settings for synchronization of your address book.
Address Book > Menu > Options
You will see that “Wireless Synchronization” has a “yes” value again (as it had disappeared before)
Go to Settings > Options > Advanced Options > Service Book
Select the Desktop [Sync] Service book from the menu, and select “Delete”
From the menu, select “Undelete” to restore the “Desktop [Sync]” service book
Settings > Options > Advanced Options > Enterprise Activation (Sometimes this step is not needed, check your contacts options)
From the menu, select “Activate” to re-try the wireless synchronization process
After Enterprise Activation process finishes check your settings for synchronization of your address book.
Address Book > Menu > Options
You will see that “Wireless Synchronization” has a “yes” value again (as it had disappeared before)
Warning:
Make sure you backup your pictures, videos, etc. This is going to delete all that.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Ubuntu - Adjust trackpoint sensitivity to light trouch
Log on as su, then execute (on X201s):
echo -n 206 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/sensitivity
echo -n 208 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/speed
echo -n 206 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/sensitivity
echo -n 208 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/speed
Ubuntu - Set CPU Frequency
- Find supported frequencies
- cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu
/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies - Examples:
- cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies
- cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies
- Display your current set frequencies
- grep MHz /proc/cpuinfo
- Set the freqency
- cpufreq-selector -c
-f - For example:
- cpufreq-selector -c 0 -f 2401000
- cpufreq-selector -c 1 -f 2401000
- Your max speed is at /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq.
# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq700000
# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_min_freq500000
# echo 700000 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_setspeed# cat /proc/cpuinfocpu MHz : 697.252# echo 900000 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_setspeed# cat /proc/cpuinfocpu MHz : 976.152
Ubuntu - Enable TrackPoint On Thinkpads
To query the available options
To enable vertical scrolling
To enable horizontal scrolling in addition to vertical scrolling
To enable middle button emulation (using left- and right-click simultaneously)
xinput list-props "TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint"
To enable vertical scrolling
xinput set-int-prop "TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint" "Evdev Wheel Emulation" 8 1
xinput set-int-prop "TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint" "Evdev Wheel Emulation Button" 8 2
xinput set-int-prop "TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint" "Evdev Wheel Emulation Timeout" 8 200
To enable horizontal scrolling in addition to vertical scrolling
xinput set-int-prop "TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint" "Evdev Wheel Emulation Axes" 8 6 7 4 5
To enable middle button emulation (using left- and right-click simultaneously)
xinput set-int-prop "TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint" "Evdev Middle Button Emulation" 8 1
xinput set-int-prop "TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint" "Evdev Middle Button Timeout" 8 50
Friday, November 5, 2010
Windows Live Essentials 2011 (Wave 4) Final Direct Download Links
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
FireFox - Color/Highlight The Active Tab
If you want the active tab to stand out in your current tab exactly like below:
Then edit your userChrome.css file located in your profile folder and add the following lines:
tab[selected="true"] {
background-color: rgb(205,69,50) !important;
color: black !important;
}
tab {
-moz-appearance: none !important;
}
Then edit your userChrome.css file located in your profile folder and add the following lines:
tab[selected="true"] {
background-color: rgb(205,69,50) !important;
color: black !important;
}
tab {
-moz-appearance: none !important;
}
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Change the Windows 7 Taskbar Button Length or Width Size
With the following registry trick, user can also change or adjust the width, or length of the buttons appear on the Windows 7 Taskbar. The hack has been used to simulate “not combine or stack but hide labels” option to limit the width of buttons with label so that label (text after the icon on button which normally takes the form of window’s title) is hidden and the button is left with just the icon.
How to Adjust Button Length or Width Size in Windows 7 Taskbar
1. Run Registry Editor (RegEdit).
2. Navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics
3. Right click on a blank space on the right pane, select New, then String Value. Name the new string value as MinWidth.
Note: If “MinWidth” already exists, skip this step.
4. Double click on “MinWidth”, and change the value data according to the preferred size. By default, Windows 7 has the following MinWidth value (estimated), when MinWidth is not defined or not created:
Button with standard or normal icons: 56
Button with small icons: 40
MinWidth
5. Restart the computer, or log off and log on again.
Note: Above change button width trick only work when Taskbar is set to display “button”, which mean it doesn’t work is Taskbar buttons’ behavior is set to “Always combine, hide labels”, where Windows 7 will always use it default size for icon-only button.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Disable Folder Type Auto Discovery In Windows Visa and 7 (x86/x64)
Open Notepad and paste the following and save it as FolderTweak.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell]
"FolderType"="NotSpecified"
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Friday, April 23, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
VMWare Workstation - Turning off the PC speaker for all virtual machines
mks.noBeep = "TRUE"
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Ubuntu - Installing bz2 files like FileZilla
- The latest version of FileZilla is 3.3.2.1. You can get it from here.
- Run these command in terminal:
sudo tar jxvf FileZilla_3.3.2.1_i586-linux-gnu.tar.bz2 -C /opt/
sudo chown -R root:root /opt/FileZilla3/
sudo chmod -R 755 /opt/FileZilla3/
- Create a menu item:
sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/filezilla.desktopAdd the following:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=FileZilla
Comment=FTP Client
Exec=/opt/FileZilla3/bin/filezilla
Icon=/opt/FileZilla3/share/pixmaps/filezilla.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;Network;
StartupNotify=true
Ubuntu - Enable/Disable Root Account
- To Enable:
- Open Terminal
- Type "sudo passwd root"
- To Disable
- Open Terminal
- Type "sudo passwd -l root"
Ubuntu - Show Desktop Icons
-
Open the Configuration Editor, by running the program gconf-editor from terminal.
-
Choose
apps->nautilus->desktop.
-
Tick the box beside computer_icon_visible, home_icon_visible, and trash_icon_visible. The changes take effect immediately.
Friday, April 2, 2010
Fix: An error occurred while Windows was synchronizing with time.windows.com
- Most of the time you get the error is due to the time server being down, so try again later.
- Try another Server. ( time.nist.gov )
- Your firewall might be blocking W32Time, disable firewall, update time and enable again.
- The following steps will stop and start the time update application:
Start > Run cmd.exe
net stop w32time
w32tm.exe /unregister
w32tm.exe /register
net start w32time
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Start TaskManager Minimized With Windows
- Click Start -> Run
- Type: regedit
- Click ok
- Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
- Add a string name TaskManager, Value: "C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe" /c "start" /min taskmgr.exe
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"TaskMgr"=""C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe" /c "start" /min taskmgr.exe"
Monday, August 31, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Disable Finder Auto-Opening of Mounted External Drives
I recently made a DMG of OSX 10.5.6 off of the original Apple Install DVD via Disk Utility. I then restored it to a partition on my PCI ExpressCard to act as an installer and boot from it when needed.
The problem I am having is that when I rebook, Finder opens as if I had inserted the actual optical disc. To solve this problem, you need to open Terminal and execute:
sudo bless -folder /Volumes/X
Where X is the drive name.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
LifeTime of a Solid State Hard Drive (SSD)
Solid State Hard Drives (SSD) are incredibly fast. Nowadays, you don't replace your laptop, you replace your hard drive. However, there are a couple of things you need to know about SSDs. For example, their limited lifetime. Let's take for example Intel X25-M 80GB SSD.
Intel aimed to make it last AT LEAST 5 years under NORMAL USAGE CONDITIONS, the 5 year estimate is based on a ludicrously high amount of writes per day.
Only Intel guarantees that their SSDs will lasts 5 years at least. If you manage to somehow use it up before that they will replace it under warranty. However, it is totally unrealistic even on a heavy server load.
80GB x 100,000 life-time writes * (1 data unit /1.1 write amplification overhead) = 7.27 million GB lifetime writes of data. Write speed 70 MB/s = 0.07 GB/s
7.27 million GB lifetime writes of data / 0.07 GB/s = 103.8 million seconds lifetime writes of data
103.8 x 1,000,000/1 million x minute/60 seconds x hour / 60 minutes x day / 24 hours x year / 365 days = 3.29 year lifetime writes of data. (double it for the 160GB version)
So if you max out the sequential writes at a nice flat 70MB/s which is the drive's max, and it has a write amplification of 1.1, and you do that 24/7/365 non stop, it will last 3.29 years.
of course, to put this in perspective:
0.07 GB/s x 60 seconds / minute x 60 minutes / hour x 24 hours / day = 6048 GB a day written to an 80GB drive. every day, 24/7/365 non stop writing.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Windows Live Messenger Configurations
I always wanted to start Windows Live Messenger in the background but I don't want it to automatically start when I log on to windows. In the Tools->Options, under Sign In, if you uncheck "Automatically run windows live messenger when I log on to windows" you can not un-check "Open Windows Live Messenger main window when Windows Live Messenger starts". To hack this, you need to modify your registry settings or paste the below to notepad and save it as MSN.REG then double-click on it.
Another settings I use is to disable the tabs, and the annoying MSN Today window, logging, and enable showing messenger in the task bar. NOTE: open your registry and change XXXXX according to your specific number.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MSNMessenger]
"AppSettings"=hex:42,00,01,00
"AlwaysOnTop"=hex:00,00,00,00
Another settings I use is to disable the tabs, and the annoying MSN Today window, logging, and enable showing messenger in the task bar. NOTE: open your registry and change XXXXX according to your specific number.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MSNMessenger\PerPassportSettings\XXXXX]
"DisableTabs"=dword:00000001
"DisableMSNToday"=hex:01,00,00,00
"MessageLoggingEnabled"=dword:00000000
"ShowTaskbar"=hex:01,00,00,00
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Remove AcroRd32Info.exe
When PDF files are selected in Windows Explorer, a hook to pdfshell.dll calls on AcroRd32Info.exe to load the selected PDF file, extract the required information, and then pass it back to the shell for display. The shell integration is also what allows for the PDF tab in the file properties. If you like to stop this behavior:
- Click on Start->Run
- Type:
- regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\pdfshell.dll" /u
- Click Ok
Sunday, June 22, 2008
PeerGuardian 2 and history.db
If you don't know what PeerGuardian 2, the possibilities of your PC making an unwanted connections to P-2-P or other sites on the last 24 hours is close to 99.99%!
PeerGuardian 2 is premier IP blocker for Windows that protects your privacy and make tracking you back specially when you're using P-2-P difficult if not impossible.
| File | Description | Size |
|---|---|---|
| pg2-9x.exe | PeerGuardian 2 for Windows 98/ME | 0.82MiB |
| pg2-nt.exe | PeerGuardian 2 for Windows 2000/XP/2003 | 0.84MiB |
| pg2-x64.exe | PeerGuardian 2 for Windows XP/2003 x64 Edition | 1.07MiB |
| pg2-src.zip | PeerGuardian 2 source code (for programmers) | 1.33MiB |
The only drawbacks of PeerGuardian 2 is, it keeps log of your blocked connections and the problem is even worse if you are logging the allowed connections. What that means is, with time your history.db size could take up some Gigabytes of your hard drive.
In my situation, I'm pretty comfortable with the connections I make and I don't want any history logging. The best way to solve this is
- Disable PeerGuardian 2
- Go to C:\Program Files\PeerGuardian2\
- Delete the history.db
- Enable PeerGuardian 2
Sunday, June 8, 2008
CHM Viewers For Apple Mac
If you're like me reading a lot of eBooks, Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft CHM engine are great tool if you are working under windows. However, under Apple Mac, For PDF, we have (Preview) which I think is even better than Adobe Acrobat as well as we have Adobe Acrobat for Macs.
The challenge is what about those Microsoft compiled HTML files or CHM? Well, we have a couple of choices:
- Chmox - No Search function
- xCHM - Slow and bad rendering of HTML
- Chimp - Discontinued & It's the best
luckily, Chimp 1.1 can be downloaded from here: Chimp 1.1
Thursday, June 5, 2008
War Of The Launchers
- Slickrun <- Small, light, and powerful.
- SmartStartMenu <- Powerful and I recommend it since it does auto-indexing of your start menu.
- slimKEYS <- Not Free. AppRocket is better choice.
- Colibri <- Failed to launch some of my applications.
- Launchy <- Terrible, word completion is not working properly.
- AppRocket <- Not Free. Looks good and works well but uses .NET Technology.
- ActiveWords <- Don't even look at it.
- Dave’s Quick Search Bar <- See the above
- Google Desktop <- Google, the name says it all! Too big on system resources.
- Find and Run Robot <-Failed to launch some of my applications.
Literally, I have tried all of these applications. Non of them come close to QuickSilver except one that is not mentioned above here. The reason is you have to spend some extra $$$ to get it. It is called Dash Command and you can download it from here. (Download). Dash is the latest attempt for the Microsoft Windows platforms to emulate the power, flexibility, and usefulness of QuickSilver. Dash Command seems to be a great step in the right direction unlike many of the above listed applications. It’s elegant, and very light of system resources, and the functionality is even fairly fluid.
You can try use it for free and it will do everything from launching your applications on the start menu, except you can't define your own actions nor launch system commands. You have to buy a license for that, but if launching applications on the tip of your finger is all what you're seeking, Dash Command is your friend!
Read the full review here Replacing Start Run - The Quest Continues.
How To Enable Root Account on Mac OSX
Some of us need to have the root account enabled, in my case I need it to run Dynamips for labs.
- Login using the Admin account
- Open up a the Terminal application by selecting -
- Macintosh HD
- Applications
- Utilities
- Terminal
- Type this command
- sudo passwd root
- You will then get the following prompts.
- Enter Password:
- The password of the admin account for verification
- New password:
- Enter your new password for root
- Verify password:
- Verify the password from step2
- The root account is now enabled, with your chosen password
Tweak Leopard's Hidden Features with Secrets
There are a lot of web sites that carries Mac secrets and code to improve your OS X. The truth is, non of them come close to this web site:
secrets.textdriven.com
Here is what you need to do:
- Download and install Secrets
- Un-zip it and double click on (Secrets.prefPane)
- Run System Preferences
- On the bottom under (Other) section, you should see secrets icon. Click it
- If you are connected to the internet, secrets should automatically download secrets file
- Tweak Leopard to your liking!
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Clone Your Hard Drive
BartPE is a great program, but the truth is you only need SysLinux with some free cloning program. So how do you clone your hard drive for future recovery?
The hard part is done for you! Download and Burn on CD
Speed Up FireFox!
Firefox is fast but can be faster! Depending on your situation, do the following:
- If FireFox is running, you need to close it. Copy the instructions into WordPad then close FireFox
- Run Notepad
- Click File->Open and change the (Files of type) to (All files)
- Navigate to:
C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR USER NAME\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\SPECIAL NUMBER.default - Select the file prefs.js
- Click Save As, and Save it as prefs.js_Backup
- Re-open prefs.js
- Paste the following code at the end of the file:
- IF YOU HAVE FAST COMPUTER AND FAST INTERNET CONNECTION:
- user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true);
- user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining", true);
- user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 8);
- user_pref("content.notify.backoffcount", 5);
- user_pref("plugin.expose_full_path", true);
- user_pref("ui.submenuDelay", 0);
- user_pref("content.interrupt.parsing", true);
- user_pref("content.max.tokenizing.time", 2250000);
- user_pref("content.notify.interval", 750000);
- user_pref("content.notify.ontimer", true);
- user_pref("content.switch.threshold", 750000);
- user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0);
- user_pref("network.http.max-connections", 48);
- user_pref("network.http.max-connections-per-server", 16);
- user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy", 16);
- user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server", 8);
- user_pref("browser.cache.memory.capacity", 65536);
- IF YOU HAVE FAST COMPUTER, SLOWER CONNECTION:
- user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true);
- user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining", true);
- user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 8);
- user_pref("content.notify.backoffcount", 5);
- user_pref("plugin.expose_full_path", true);
- user_pref("ui.submenuDelay", 0);
- user_pref("content.max.tokenizing.time", 2250000);
- user_pref("content.notify.interval", 750000);
- user_pref("content.notify.ontimer", true);
- user_pref("content.switch.threshold", 750000);
- user_pref("network.http.max-connections", 48);
- user_pref("network.http.max-connections-per-server", 16);
- user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy", 16);
- user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server", 8);
- user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0);
- user_pref("browser.cache.memory.capacity", 65536);
- IF YOU HAVE FAST COMPUTER, SLOW CONNECTION:
- user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true);
- user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining", true);
- user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 8);
- user_pref("content.notify.backoffcount", 5);
- user_pref("plugin.expose_full_path", true);
- user_pref("ui.submenuDelay", 0);
- user_pref("browser.xul.error_pages.enabled", true);
- user_pref("content.interrupt.parsing", true);
- user_pref("content.max.tokenizing.time", 3000000);
- user_pref("content.maxtextrun" 8191);
- user_pref("content.notify.interval", 750000);
- user_pref("content.notify.ontimer", true);
- user_pref("content.switch.threshold", 750000);
- user_pref("network.http.max-connections", 32);
- user_pref("network.http.max-connections-per-server", 8);
- user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy", 8);
- user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server", 4);
- user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0);
- user_pref("browser.cache.memory.capacity", 65536);
- IF YOU HAVE SLOW COMPUTER, FAST CONNECTION:
- user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true);
- user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining", true);
- user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 8);
- user_pref("content.notify.backoffcount", 5);
- user_pref("plugin.expose_full_path", true);
- user_pref("ui.submenuDelay", 0);
- user_pref("content.max.tokenizing.time", 3000000);
- user_pref("content.notify.backoffcount", 5);
- user_pref("content.notify.interval", 1000000);
- user_pref("content.notify.ontimer", true);
- user_pref("content.switch.threshold", 1000000);
- user_pref("content.maxtextrun", 4095);
- user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 1000);
- user_pref("network.http.max-connections", 48);
- user_pref("network.http.max-connections-per-server", 16);
- user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy", 16);
- user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server", 8);
- user_pref("dom.disable_window_status_change", true);
- IF YOU HAVE FAST COMPUTER AND FAST INTERNET CONNECTION:
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Windows Live (Mail/Messenger/Writer/Photo) Installers
When you want to install one of the following:
- Windows Live Messenger
- Windows Live Mail
- Windows Live Writer
- Windows Live Photo
You have to download a small online installation file (WLinstaller.exe), but where are the standalone installers?
Download and save the below original installation files, next time you want to install any of the above on another machine or reinstall them, you don't need to be under the mercy of Microsoft Online Installer (WLinstaller.exe).
Download The Standalone Installers - Originals from download.microsoft.com:
- Windows Live Messenger - 8.5.1302.1018 (Download)
- Windows Live Mail - (Download)
- Windows Live Writer - (Download)
- Windows Live Sign-in Assistant - (Download)
- Windows Live Photo Gallery - (Download)
Monday, June 2, 2008
Check Hotmail using Outlook Without Subscription
For people who have Microsoft Outlook 2003 or Outlook 2007, Microsoft has released a free utility for Microsoft Outlook called "Microsoft Office Outlook Connector" that allows you to Read/Write emails from your Windows Live Hotmail account using Microsoft Office Outlook WITHOUT Live Hotmail Plus subscription
Download Outlook Connector
OR
Click Here
Microsoft Office Outlook Connector only works with Microsoft Outlook 2003 and 2007. Earlier version of Microsoft Outlook and also Outlook Express won't work.
Configuring:
Install soft Office Outlook Connector
After soft Office Outlook Connector has been installed, a menu option (Outlook Connector) is added in Outlook:
Click on Outlook Connector menu option , choose "Add a new Account..." and just fill up the email information - user name and password.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Speed Up Microsoft Windows
There are a lot of software that claim to speed up Microsoft Windows, some stand up to that claim, but wisdom says (If you don't know how to drive, don't buy a car!) <--My wisdom! So, let's see how we can speed up Windows!
Click Start->Run->Type (services.msc) without the parentheses
Find the below services and stop them (Double Click on them, change startup type to Disabled)
- .NET Runtime Optimization Service v2.0.50727_X86 (or similar version)
- Alerter
- Automatic Updates (Run it manually when needed)
- ClipBook
- Computer Browser
- Error Reporting Service (Yeah, just close the program if error happens)
- Fast User Switching Compatibility (If you have only one user using the PC)
- Help and Support (For dummies)
- Indexing Service (Slowing my PC as hell!)
- Messenger (Should be disabled since SP1-security reasons)
- Net.Tcp Port Sharing Service
- Network DDE
- Network DDE DSDM
- Remote Registry (Hackers love this one when it's running)
- Routing and Remote Access
- Secondary Logon (If you have only one user using the PC, plus for security reasons)
- Server
- SSDP Discovery Service
- System Event Notification
- Task Scheduler
- TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
- Telnet
- Visual Studio 2008 Remote Debugger
- Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)
Either download and run this TweakRegistry or Do it manually!
Run Notepad, copy and save all what's between the lines as tweaks.REG - Make sure you change the (save as type) to all. Double click the file when you copied the below lines and click ok.
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[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]
"ClearPageFileAtShutdown"=dword:00000001
"DisablePagingExecutive"=dword:00000001
"LargeSystemCache"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AlwaysUnloadDLL]
@="1"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OptimalLayout]
"EnableAutoLayout"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Disable Script Debugger"="yes"
"Show_FullURL"="yes"
"Start Page"="about:blank"
"Page_Transitions"=dword:00000000
"FullScreen"="no"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem]
"NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation"=dword:00000001
"NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"AutoEndTasks"="1"
"HungAppTimeout"="500"
"MenuShowDelay"="0"
"WaitToKillAppTimeout"="500"
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop]
"AutoEndTasks"="1"
"HungAppTimeout"="500"
"MenuShowDelay"="0"
"WaitToKillAppTimeout"="500"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:00000080
"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:00000080
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile]
"IsShortcut"=-
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoResolveTrack"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters]
"EnablePrefetcher"=dword:00000003
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\stisvc]
"Start"=dword:00000004
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoSaveSettings"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"NoNetCrawling"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoRemoteRecursiveEvents"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem]
"NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\InstantMessaging]
"ForceDisableIM"=dword:00000001
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- Smooth Edges of screen fonts
- use drop shadows for icons and labels on the desktop
- use visual styles on windows and buttons
- C:\Documents and Settings\
\Local Settings\Application Data\Adobe\Acrobat\8.0\Updater\ - C:\Documents and Settings\
\Local Settings\History\ - C:\Documents and Settings\
\Local Settings\Temp\ - C:\Documents and Settings\
\Cookies\ - C:\WINDOWS\Temp\
- C:\WINDOWS\Internet Logs\
- C:\WINDOWS\assembly\temp\
- C:\Documents and Settings\
\Local Settings\Application Data\ApplicationHistory\ - C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\InstallTemp\
- C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Installations\
- C:\WINDOWS\pchealth\helpctr\Logs\
- C:\WINDOWS\pchealth\helpctr\Temp\
- C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download\
- C:\Program Files\Common Files\WindowsLiveInstaller\Logs\
- C:\Program Files\Common Files\WindowsLiveInstaller\Temp\
Stop Windows Live Messenger Ads
There are a lot of patches and such to stop and remove ads from Windows Live Messenger. I even tried some (without naming), at the cost of stability of the program (Video/Audio chat stopped working), also these patches don't actually stop pulling the ads from Microsoft Ad Server! They just remove the banner ad at the bottom of Windows Live Messenger!
So, what's the easiest most effective way to stop Windows Live Messenger from pulling the Ads from Microsoft servers while you know what's going on? Well, the old plain loopback trick!
- Click Start->Run
- Type: cmd and hit OK
- Type and Hit enter after each line:
- echo 127.0.0.1 rad.msn.com >> c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
- echo 127.0.0.1 rad.live.com >> c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
That's it! No more ads from Micro$oft!
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