Permalink: http://www.ghost-house.co.uk/wordpress/2010/06/growl-for-windows-live-messenger/
Sunday 27th June 2010
Finding scripts to work with Growl or Snarl is not the easiest thing in the world. I re-wrote a simple script to show most of the variables of msn messenger for use with Growl.
Two ways to install
1: Complete Growl Script Here
2: Or do the following.
Get Growl Notify here: http://www.growlforwindows.com/gfw/help/growlnotify.aspx and you’ll also need an icon, i took a generic msn icon and just placed it in the windows folder. Using Msn plus just add a new script and paste this code in and it should basically work.
var shell = new ActiveXObject("wscript.shell");
var Growlexe = ‘"’ + MsgPlus.ScriptFilesPath + ‘\\growlnotify.exe"’;
var GrowlIcon = ‘"’ + MsgPlus.ScriptFilesPath + ‘\\icon.png"’;
function OnEvent_ContactSignin(Email){
var cmd = Growlexe + Email + ‘" signed in " /t:"Windows Live Messenger" /i:’+GrowlIcon+”;
shell.Run(cmd);
}
function OnEvent_ContactSignout(Email){
var cmd = Growlexe + Email + ‘" signed out " /t:"Windows Live Messenger" /i:’+GrowlIcon+”;
shell.Run(cmd);
}
function OnEvent_ContactBlocked(Email){
var cmd = Growlexe + Email + ‘" has been blocked " /t:"Windows Live Messenger" /i:’+GrowlIcon+”;
shell.Run(cmd);
}
function OnEvent_ContactUnblocked(Email){
var cmd = Growlexe + Email + ‘" has been unblocked " /t:"Windows Live Messenger" /i:’+GrowlIcon+”;
shell.Run(cmd);
}
function OnEvent_ContactPsmChange(Email){
var cmd = Growlexe + Email + ‘" has changed PSM " /t:"Windows Live Messenger" /i:’+GrowlIcon+”;
shell.Run(cmd);
}
function OnEvent_ContactNameChange(Email){
var cmd = Growlexe + Email + ‘" has changed Nick name " /t:"Windows Live Messenger" /i:’+GrowlIcon+”;
shell.Run(cmd);
}
Tags: Windows 7, WLM
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Permalink: http://www.ghost-house.co.uk/wordpress/2010/06/stop-viruses-attacking-from-within-installer-files/
Monday 14th June 2010
Here is a nice little tip for those who like to install software. Recently unscrupulous people have been building windows installers that although look genuine are not – they can contain viruses. A little tip is to get hold of 7zip (http://www.7-zip.org/) and then right click on the installer and then select open under the 7zip folder. You should be able to open the installer file up and see what it inside. Below is a picture for a DivX installer and as you can see there is a file in there called “new.exe” – this is a virus and my virus detector never saw it coming. I just extract the real installer and then check that too – if it looks clean i continue to install the application.
Fig1. Contains a virus.
Fig2. Pulled the real installer out and opened it to check it
After you have installed the application, you can breath a sigh of relief that it wasn’t virused.
Tags: installers. Tips, Windows 7
Posted in Windows TIPS | 1 Comment »
Permalink: http://www.ghost-house.co.uk/wordpress/2010/06/hardlink-shell-extension-vista-windows-7/
Monday 14th June 2010
Here is a complicated but great advanced tip for windows. If you are someone who has to regularly re-install your computer and you find you loose important things such as Windows Live Messenger Emoticons (like i do) then this should help keep them in place if you do loose the rest of the system. Hardlink Shell Extension is a graphical add-on to an already well established Windows Function called Symbolic Links. You can essentially move the MSN emoticons cache system to a protected area on the disk, in this case a hidden partition. What i have done on my laptop is created a new hidden partition and then moved the emoticons cache to that and then using hardlink shell extension i have created a symbolic link back to the original location – this allows any updates, changes or added icons to be put in the correct location but that “actual” files are stored elsewhere.
Illustration 1 is the original place for the msn messenger cache files (the purple means its a symbolic link)
Illustration 2 is the new location and yet windows see’s this as transparent and therefore the above picture is what windows uses to store its files.
What does all this mean. Well if you accidently mess windows up – your files are still there upon re-install and just need the paths altered to the new place once again using hardlinks and then all your updated emoticons are all in place and ready to use 
Tags: Hard links, Windows 7
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Permalink: http://www.ghost-house.co.uk/wordpress/2010/05/intel-throttling-feature-is-a-pain/
Monday 24th May 2010
One of the most annoying things about dual and quad core computers is the inbuilt throttling. The throttle feature is designed to keep the core cool when it is being overworked – however this feature can be rather annoying as it can kick in during the most inopportune times causing the application you are using to run very very slow. On my laptop the throttling feature kicks in all the time and i am constantly turning the thing off which is just annoying. I have tried to disabling the throttling feature and even resorted to locking certain registry keys to try to stop it from kicking in and no matter what i try it seems to just spring back to life. Now the feature is there for a specific reason and as i said its to help cool the core down, but on my laptop it actually does the opposite and causes it to warm up more because it is actually trying to throttle as well as carry out the commands from the applications i am using – its a truly no win situation. Now i do know that after doing some research my laptop is a little unique when it comes to throttling problems and it is known that the problem causes an annoyance for many users. I have tried applying the latest bios updates in order to combat the problem without any luck. I have tried a few alternative programs to Rightmark CPU clock utility such as throttlestop which is designed to keep it cooler but then i run into unforeseen problems such as crashing. My core in general runs between 38’c to 66’c on average and turning off the throttle part actually does cool it down. I also under volt my laptop to encourage rapid cooling as well. I guess until a newer bios update can be sent out to either disable or cause the throttling to kick in at much higher temperatures then i guess i will have to live with it.
Rightmark CPU Utility
Get Throttle Stop here
Tags: CPU, dualcore, laptop, throttle, throttling
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