Shortcut or Hotkey for “Ejecting” USB devices
How-To Geek has a nice writeup on how to create a shortcut or hotkey for the “Safely Remove Hardware” dialog. Comes in handy if you’re like me and use a flash drive alot.
Running Windows Apps in Linux
Lifehacker has a great writeup on running Windows apps inside Linux with VirtualBox.
Tweak Windows XP
MaximumPC HOWTO on tweaking XP, from speeding up the Windows Start Menu (to give the appearance of a boost!), to diagnostics, and other enhancements.
Get the right codecs to play your media file
CodecInstaller helps determine what codecs you need to play a media file properly. If you end up using the software alot, drop the guy a couple of bucks, since the app is free.
Disable Vista Permissions Prompt
From Lifehacker, disable the “Need your permission to continue” prompt
Reclaiming System Memory (Windows)
Lifehacker has an article on how to reclaim memory by managing running processes. Not for your average user.
Wired: Optimize A Fresh Ubuntu Installation
A nice article in Wired:HowTo wiki on how to optimize your fresh Ubuntu installation with a few add-ons
Unable to open shim database version registry key – v2.0.50727.00000
Problem: Event log was registering the following .NET Runtime error: Unable to open shim database version registry key – v2.0.50727.00000 The problem didn’t manifest itself in any way that affected the user, or application, that I know of. In other words, the user did not complain. But I figured I should fix the “problem” anyway. Solution: Using…
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Faulting application iexplore.exe, version 6.0.2900.2180
Problem: User’s Internet Explorer crashing alot. Event log registered the following error message on numerous occasions: Faulting application iexplore.exe, version 6.0.2900.2180, faulting module unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00000000. Almost ALWAYS, this error is caused by some third party adware app that’s installed. Sometimes it’s a fancy IE toolbar (not yahoo or google), such…
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