As an assistant manager and tech for a computer repair shop, I find myself dealing with problems over and over again on a regular basis, and sometimes, I develop little tools that prove to be helpful in that process. In this case, I had a machine that had been locked up pretty good -

Registry editing had been disabled, so I couldn’t even run my usual registry script that unlocks the ability to run regedit and taskmanager - So I did a little searching, and found another way to unlock registry editing abilities.

I’ve put together this little three part kit - Instructions, a shortcut to the run command, and a registry file that fixes lots of things:

  • Restores the Desktop and Screensaver tabs in display properties control panel
  • Restores hidden drives in My Computer
  • Restores More Programs list in Start Menu
  • Restores Toolbar Customization
  • Restores all display/appearance options

Not a whole lot of stuff quite yet, but most of the stuff that is commonly hacked by malware.

Download zipped files: registry-fixes.zip

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Sony has been cramming hard drives into its Netjuke stereos for quite a while now, but if you still haven’t found one to your liking, you now have three more to consider from the company, two of which also boast the added bonus of networking capability. On the top-end, the NAS-M700HD (available in black only) packs a 160GB hard drive along with a CD player and a MiniDisc player, as well as some beefier speakers and a higher-quality S-Master amplifier that’s not found in its lower-end counterparts. The NAS-M500HD, on the other hand, also boasts a 160GB hard drive and network-readiness but drops the MiniDisc player, while the pink CMT-E300HD takes things all the way down to 80GB and drops the networking capability as well. Like Sony’s other similar systems, however, these ones are exclusive to Japan, where they’ll set you back between ¥45,000 and ¥85,000, or roughly $420 to $790.
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Mootools Javascript Framework

I’m going to be working on including some mootools effects into this template - Yes, yes, I know - I didn’t design the template, well, I’m too strapped for time to figure out the intricacies of the template system in wordpress lately, so I settled with a fantastic design I found and started playing with it. Check out the link at the bottom of the page if you want to see the original design. Mine will progressively deviate, of course.

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Just moved to a new server. Haven’t uploaded everything back up to the server yet.

Will be back to normality soon…ish.

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