Archive for December, 2009
Nuke the Sticky / Filter Keys popup dialog
StickyKeys and FilterKeys are two Windows accessibility features for those that suffer physical disabilities. StickyKeys allows the user to activate a modifier key – such as Alt or Ctrl – and have it remain active until another key is pressed. FilterKeys, when activated, instructs Windows to ignore brief or repeated keystrokes and as a result, [...]
Maintain icon layout between resolution changes
I’m not a huge supporter of using the Windows Desktop as a means to organize and quick-launch applications or other types of files but I do have a few items strategically placed in my arsenal. In my profession, however, I’ve seen users with dozens of icons littered about their desktop – with no rhyme or [...]
Recovering software raid arrays in Windows with Raid 2 Raid
RAID is generally a complicated piece of technology that has become more mainstream thanks to it’s inclusion in a lot of consumer-based motherboards. On the surface, RAID is a method of disk redundancy and potential performance gains that involves combining a bunch of hard drives together, presenting one large file system to the operating system. [...]
Have Firefox always open links in the current tab
We’ve all experience this: you are happily doing your daily web surfing, clicking links here and there until you hit that one website. This annoying website has their web links all configured to open in a new browser window! Perhaps, now that every browser supports tab-based browsing, if the link opened in a new tab [...]
Relieving DLL hell with DLL Archive
Have you ever wondered why a fresh installation of Windows only consumes 10 GB yet in a matter of months, the installation size blossoms two-fold? Look no further than the multitude of DLL files that come along for the ride when you are installing applications. Loosely, DLL stands for dynamically linked libraries and are a [...]
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