Hardware woes from Lenovo

20/06/09

If s/w 'sellers' had thr share of time killing, Hardware folks came with some cards to make a point to come to notice even if it takes a piece of nuisance...Lenovo Veriface...Saif doin ads of face recognition!!

Redundancy at its pinnacle...well, hope thez guys dont get d word as thr's no bound n dearth of junk human mind can churn...

Here's how to get rid of it
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080305055633AARVi1h

Another rounds of tweaks to make d lame VISTA run faster

20 Ju 09


Disable Shortcut Icon Arrow Overlay in Windows 7 or Vista
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/disable-shortcut-icon-arrow-overlay-in-windows-vista/

Hide the Recycle Bin Icon Text on Windows Vista
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/hide-the-recycle-bin-icon-text-on-windows-vista/

The original author has the following address, for ppl with surplus of time at disposal
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/16-tweaks-for-vista-look-feel/

PS : word of the day....Linux Rocks!

FlashBlock for web browsers

19 Jun '09

Subject needs no illustration except to bring to fore the fact to all uninitiated that most pestering ads u come across on sites r done in flash.

Pls note many features like graphs, youtube videos r also in flash so decide as to how ur usage is...
Mozilla firefox
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433

Google Chrome
http://chromespot.com/showthread.php?p=10829

Ps : Apologies for the fact that above forum requires registeration for downloading the code. But tht's 'safe'. Tried & then recommended....

More Tweaks For the crappy VISTA

19/06/09

The more u do, much more remains to be done....so another chain of tweaks :

http://archive.laptopmag.com/Features/Top-Ten-Windows-Vista-Tweaks-and-Shortcuts.htm?Page=1

Ps: Not for the folks who like the baby-sitting from the M$ stable

Right-Click Context Menu Cleanup for Vista

19 Jun '09

Basically show casing two utilities from Nirsoft.com

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/how-to-clean-up-your-messy-windows-context-menu/

Ps: author has tried both have them & found them okay.

Booting Vista faster

As a matter of fact i m quite vocal of redundancies in OS from stable of MS(still an euphemism...a Linux lover at heart wud understand)...

But stuck with a config that holds above(on account of nexus b/w MS & hardware manufacturers)...here a a few tweaks to get rid of some camouflage...

In order of relevance :

• http://www.winvistaclub.com/t1.html
  
  
  
• http://www.winvistaclub.com/t76.html