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Growl for Windows Live Messenger

27 Jun

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);
}

 
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Stop viruses attacking from within installer files

14 Jun

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.

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Fig2. Pulled the real installer out and opened it to check it

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After you have installed the application, you can breath a sigh of relief that it wasn’t virused.

 
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HardLink Shell Extension (Vista & Windows 7)

14 Jun

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)

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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.

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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 :)

 
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