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Get a GNOME look in Windows XP

December 17th, 2009 by Connor McBrine-Ellis | View Comments | Filed in Offline

GNOME is a popular *NIX desktop environment, which has a very soft, simple, and user-friendly interface many have tried to emulate.  It is possible to get GNOME themes for Windows XP by using a hacked uxtheme.dll file.

Let’s install our hacked DLL file:

  1. Download a small tool called Replacer. Let’s extract Replacer to the desktop.
  2. Run the file replacer.cmd
  3. Open up C:\Windows\system32 and find uxtheme.dll. Drag the file into the command prompt window. Hit enter.
  4. Drag that unlocked uxtheme.dll file you found earlier into the command prompt window.  Hit enter.
  5. Agree to replace the file, and when the tool finishes, restart your computer.

Done!  Now lets get some awesome GNOME visual styles.

To install these styles, extract them to (C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes).  The name of the msstyles file should match the name of the folder it’s in.

Enjoy your newly skinned Windows XP!

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Screenshots in Mac OS X

October 18th, 2009 by Austin McBrine-Ellis | View Comments | Filed in How Tos, Offline, Tech

A great feature of Mac OS X is the Screenshot feature.  It is more highly developed than Window’s rudimentary Print Screen, and the combinations in which you can use it make the possibilities endless. This does not need any download what so ever, which is great!

Here’s the 3 screenshot keystrokes for Mac OS X.  All of the screenshots you take will show up on your desktop.

  1. This takes  picture of your whole screen (does the same thing as Print Screen, but I think it’s superior because it saves the file at the same time instead of just copying it to the clipboard).
    Apple Key + Shift + 3
  2. Select an custom sized area by dragging with the mouse – select any area of your desktop.
    Apple Key + Shift + 4
  3. Your cursor will appear as a camera.  It takes pictures of the blue selected area that shows up when you hover over certain items.  It’s very handy for taking a picture of just one window or a certain area of the screen.
    Apple Key + Shift + 4 + Space
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Fast Dial – Clone of Opera’s Speed Dial

May 29th, 2009 by Connor McBrine-Ellis | View Comments | Filed in Apps, Offline, Tech

Fast Dial displays a list of thumbnails of your favorite sites in new tabs.  It is a sleek, easy way to access you favorite sites with each new tab you open.  Opera, an excellent browser, first pioneered this feature, along with it’s famous sidebar.  Opera’s Speed Dial looks a bit different from Fast dial, but Fast Dial still gets the job done.  Fast Dial also has a little search box at the top of the page, which is a nice added touch.

Download Fast Dial

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Flash in Firefox without Admin Privileges

May 20th, 2009 by Connor McBrine-Ellis | View Comments | Filed in Apps, How Tos, Offline, Tech

If you’re trying to either install Adobe Flash into a Firefox install on a computer you don’t have admin rights on, or install it into Portable Firefox, then you’re probably having trouble.  The solution is relatively simple considering Adobe Flash runs off of only just two files!  Just copy those files and you’re set.

Download the flash installer, then use a program such as WinRAR or PeaZip to “extract the .EXE file”.

Then find the files flashplayer.xpt and NPSWF32.dll which you already extracted, and copy those to the folder Moziilla Firefox/plugins.

Restart Firefox, and it’s really as simple as that!

Another option if for some reason this doesn’t work though it should, is to download this extension and install it inside firefox: http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/xpi/current/flashplayer-win.xpi

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Introducing Sandboxie: a complete testbed solution

April 18th, 2009 by Connor McBrine-Ellis | View Comments | Filed in Apps, Offline, Tech
Sandboxie Screenshot

Sandboxie Control

Sandboxie is an all-in one solution to trying out stuff on your computer that you don’t trust at all.  It is a brilliant idea, because it basically acts as a middleman between your PC and any programs and applications that are running on it, and it runs them inside a restricted environment, while still allowing regular interaction with the operating system.

This is a definite alternative to the virtual machine I have been using for years, and I’ll probably switch over due to the speed of not having to emulate a whole computer.

A brilliant idea overall!

Download it now! (Freeware)

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Instant Boss: The Perfect Work and Break Alarm

March 25th, 2009 by Connor McBrine-Ellis | View Comments | Filed in Apps, Offline, Tech

Instant Boss, my new favorite app for the time being, is great for procrastinators and the easily distracted (myself, in other words).

It is the perfect solution to people who get distracted and are constantly thinking about something other than their work – thus creating the perfect solution – work for ten minutes, then a window pops up and says Take a Break.

Watch out now – the boss is coming ;)

This is good because it gives you a visual notification that pops up and reminds you.  One feature could be a firewall that blocks all except work sites until the break ;) .

Other than that, this is a great neat little too that is good for when you are doing work sessions – at work, or at home!

(App made in Borland Delphi)

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Kernel Panic when mounting DMGs in OSX86

February 27th, 2009 by Connor McBrine-Ellis | View Comments | Filed in How Tos, Offline, Tech

The way to fix this is if you have 10.5.6, then download the seatbelt.kext from the 10.5.5 release then this will probably fix it!

I experienced this problem with iDeneb 1.4, and this easily fixed the problem.

Thanks to Pere from uphuck.ggrn.de forums for link to solution!

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Cracked LegitLibM.dll for Windows Media Player 11

February 3rd, 2009 by Connor McBrine-Ellis | View Comments | Filed in How Tos, Offline, Online, Tech

Still having trouble downloading Windows Media Player??  Here’s how to download and install it easily.

Download Windows Media Player 11 here without any WGA validation requests.

After doing that, you have your Windows Media Player Installer.  Install a program like WinRAR and then right click on the WMP installer and click on ‘Extract To’.

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Now open the new wmp11 folder that appears, not the original .exe.

The folder will look like this (the important files are circled):

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You need to replace LegitLibM.dll with the cracked one.  Download the cracked LegitLibM.dll and then drag it into the directory.  Windows will ask you if you really want to replace the file – replace it.

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Click yes to replace it, and then go into the folder and launch setup_wm.exe as you saw in the above folder picture.

Enjoy Windows Media Player 11!

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How to fix the Calibration on the Digitizer of Palms

January 14th, 2009 by Connor McBrine-Ellis | View Comments | Filed in How Tos, Offline, Tech

PowerDiGi

As you’ve had your Palm for a while, you may find that you start having problems with your touchscreen. A few other things may break down too, like the power button, but that’s a different problem.

On your Palm, there is an LCD and a Digitizer. The digitizer is on top of the LCD and it senses pressure on the screen from your taps. The digitizer can break and visually you may not notice much.

My digitizer on my Palm seems to be breaking – as many times as I went to the calibration section of the “Prefs” app, whenever I used the touch screen, the point that showed on the LCD was WAY off calibration. I’m still not sure why this happens, but still, the way to fix it is to get a program called PowerDigi. You can download a trial here.

If you have Preference Remover and remove preference ID #49529 then your 14-day trial will not expire.

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XP drivers for NVidia GeForce 8400M GS

December 12th, 2008 by Connor McBrine-Ellis | View Comments | Filed in Offline, Tech

Get the drivers here:

http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/nvidia/180series/18070.exe

After much searching this is the one that works!

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