Tag Archives: Windows 7

Growl for Windows Live Messenger

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 [...]

Stop viruses attacking from within installer files

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 [...]

HardLink Shell Extension (Vista & Windows 7)

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 [...]

Rollback RX vs Comodo Time Machine

I have always been a fan of programs that can restore a PC in the event of a disaster such as corruptions and virus attacks or just software you cannot be bothered to uninstall. There is a major piece of software out there called Rollback RX that does exactly that. Unlike Windows restore, you can [...]

Windows 7 EFS Problem Solved

This is a Public retraction to Microsoft after giving there EFS on Windows 7 a 0/10 score and saying it was useless. A few days after writing my blog entry about the EFS system, i was contacted by a gentlemen in American called Mike Grass who works for Microsoft and actually designed the EFS system [...]

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