Hacks
Ad Destroy 6.0: For Yahoo Messenger
As you probably know after Dedndave stopped releasing patches for new yahoo builds (Yahoo Messenger 10) there wasn’t an alternative to patch yahoo messenger. This is where AD Destroy comes in developed by Dermot and currently in version 6 its one of the best or rather the only hassle free patching tool for Yahoo Messenger 10 builds(I haven’t tested it on lower builds but there should be no difference), but it doesn’t stop there as there is the older versions for people who use Yahoo Messenger 9 or below.
AD Destroy 6.0 comes in both 32bit and 64bit and will work only with the official Y-Messenger builds.
Supported versions:
10.0.0.525
10.0.0.542
10.0.0.1102
Cheat Sheets for common programs.
Here are some cheat sheets for some of the most popular software that we use on a day to day basis. For those who don’t know what a cheatsheet is it can be described as a set of summarized commands or notes that will give the user an idea of a programs capabilities and functions. And since its given in a summarized format its easier and faster to understand so the user can get the most out of the program.
The list of Cheat Sheets given in this post are:
- Mozilla Firefox
- Google Chrome
- HTML,HTML5,CSS,CSS3,JavaScript
- SQL Server
- Regular Expression
- Google Search
- Linux/Unix
- Photoshop
- Search Engine Optimization
- Wordpress
A zip file with all the above cheat sheets is included at the end of this post. All files are in PDF format and needs a PDF viewer to view them.(Adobe Reader, Foxit PDF Reader..etc)
First up lets start with browsers
These cheat sheets will include important directories, keyboard shortcuts, command line switches, browser commands and several tips and tricks used in browsers.
Mozilla Firefox
Fix Flash Video Flickering or Stuttering in Firefox
YouTube and other flash based videos stutter/flicker in Firefox, and this is a major annoyance (usually Firefox has none) with Firefox. This does not happen with other browsers, so why is Firefox causing this? well Its because of its amazing snapshot system which takes a snapshot of your browsing every 10 seconds, this is very nice but this is the main cause of the flickering effect. So how do you get rid of it? Well there is a simple and easy fix for this issue.
- Open Firefox options with about:config (type this in address bar and press enter without quotes).
- In the configuration settings in the filter box type: browser.sessionstore.interval
- You will find this setting to be with the default value of 10000 (this is in milliseconds which is 10 sec)
- Change the value to a higher state anything more than 60000 is good but we recommend that you set it to 120000 which is 2 min or 120 seconds.
- Restart Firefox and load a flash video and now the flickering or stuttering has gone.
Fix: Unable to install Daemon tools on Windows 7
Daemon tools had issues with its SPTD driver installation in Windows 7 earlier builds. This was fixed up to an extent with their 4.30 Lite update that includes version 1.58 of the SPTD driver.
Currently the problem most people are facing with daemon tools is that after an upgrade from Vista to Windows 7 or from Windows 7 to another new build, completely breaks the Daemon tools installation. And what’s worse is that even if you try to re-install it will keep asking to reboot endlessly. Earlier I upgraded a Vista installation to Windows 7 and faced the same problem myself, after trying various methods I finally managed to (re)install Daemon tools properly.
According to the Daemon tools site you can try to use the SPTD driver installer to uninstall DT, but it didn’t work out at all. So here’s what you should do to get Daemon tools working.
Home page never changed
Alot of applications change the home page of the browser when they are installed.i can mention that some change the home page to ask.com or yahoo.com….
It is so annoying that you have to restore the home page again everytime one of these programs change it. now i don’t have to restore it anymore cuz it won’t be changed anymore 
i found this way that will make the home page never changed
Critical security flaw found in Firefox 3.5
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Mozilla has released Firefox 3.5.1. Go to www.getfirefox.com or update your current version
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Mozilla confirmed a critical security vulnerability that could lead to remote code execution. This vulnerability was found by MilwOrm. According to Mozilla a security patch will be released soon. The exploit is related to Firefox TraceMonkey JavaScript optimizer. Until there is an update for Firefox this issue can be fixed by disabling the optimizer.
To do this type in about:config in the locationbar and type in
javascript.options.jit.content and set its property to false. (you can do this by double clicking it)
Note: The above setting disables the TraceMonkey JavaScript engine and will reduce performance of Firefox 3.5
Auto Login to Live Mail Using IE While IE is Not The Default Browser
Whenever you click the new mail icon of the live messenger, you are sent to the live mail login page in whatever browser is the default in your PC, so if IE is your default browser then no problem, but most people including me prefer Firefox. Well in that case you will have to (unfortunately) manually login to your email account.
But what if you would like to login to your Live mail account using IE (without the manual login hassles, and security issues), while Firefox is still your default browser?
Disable avira notifier
If you have this free version of avira.Then probably the notifier that keeps advertising for the premium version is annoying you.
Now after you do what is in this post,you will no longer see that notifier. i tried that myself
1-start>control panel>Administrative tools-> Local security policy
or simply …….start>run (or win key+R) Â secpol.msc
2-Click on Software Restriction Policy-> Action (at the top)-> create new restriction policies
3-Right-click additional rules (on the right side)-> new path rule
4-Click Browse and navigate to C:\Program Files\(Avira)\AntiVir Desktop\ and double-click avnotify.exe
5-Set the security level to Disallowed-> apply-> ok
you have done it.
no more notifications like these try it
Direct links for Adobe CS4 Products
Old method working again visit this link:Â http://dotnetwizard.net/soft-apps/direct-links-for-adobe-cs4-products
Earlier I posted about a workaround to get Adobe CS4 links before it was released to the public. But once they released the workaround used then became obsolete. Presently adobe has changed the download method again making it harder to download. So I thought of adding a new way to download them.
If you have tried to download a trial application from Adobe.com you will probably know that to download it is necessary to use the Akamai java based download manager. Currently if you paste one of their direct links it will only redirect you to their downloads page. Here I will show you how to get the direct links and how to download it using a download manager.
Keep in mind this is just a workaround and requires some patience. If you have a fast connection then you probably wont be needing this.
For this tutorial I’m going to download the trial version of Adobe Dreamweaver CS4. The download manager used here is Internet download manager.
First Create an account at Adobe.com
After creating the account follow these steps to download.
Enable/Disable Live Messenger 2009 Photo sharing
Photo sharing was added to WLM 2009 wave 3 onwards. What this feature does is it starts photo sharing automatically when an image is dragged into the messenger window.(pretty cool at the start). What’s bad about it is that if you need to send an image photo sharing is enabled and it takes up your space in WLM window making chatting a nightmare.
So how do we disable Photosharing?
There are two ways this can be done…
1. Patching msnmsgr.exe using a HEX editor
2. Using a 3rd party plug-in for Messenger Plus Live
while the first option removes photosharing permanently the second one gives you the option to change it when you want.
