How to remove ICQ from “New Tab” search in Internet Explorer

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How do I uninstall the ICQ “New Tab” Search from Internet Explorer 8? It’s easy to remove ICQ from your browser and there are a coupe things you can do. You’ll want to close Internet Explorer before doing this.

1) If it’s still available you can download the uninstaller and remove it using ICQs tool.  The Uninstaller can be downloaded by clicking here or the image below.

click do download from icq.com

This is what it looks like when you run the program itself.

This is what happens when you launch the program

2) This method involves editing your registry. Do this at your own risk!

Click the start button > click “run” > in the box enter text “regedit” without quotes. This will launch the registry editor.

Now you need to navigate to this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AboutURLs

Now right click on “tabs” to bring up the menu > then left click on “modify” > in the “edit string” window replace the text in the “value data” box with the following:
res://ieframe.dll/tabswelcome.htm

Close the registry editor, launch Internet Explorer, and you should see the original “New Tab” screen instead of the ICQ search. If you need more assistance with ICQ then I recommend checking out their knowledge base and message board.

How to remove ICQ default search in FireFox

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I installed ICQ 7 the other (ICQ 7.2) and it took over my PC a little. It installed a toolbar for FireFox and Internet Explorer and also set itself as the default search engine. To remove it I went into my control panel, clicked on Programs and Features, removed the ICQ Toolbar. But ICQ was still the default search when I typed something in the address bar (instead of the search bar). So I searched and searched and found the solution in the ICQ forums (Too bad, as of April 3rd 2011, ICQ blogs, groups fight and forums are no longer
supported at ICQ.com)

To remove ICQ toolbar from FireFox

  1. Go to Tools->Addons and find the ICQ Toolbar and uninstall it.

To change the FireFox search back to normal:

  1. Open a new tab in FireFox
  2. Type about:config in the address bar
  3. Type keyword.URL to find the entry
  4. Right click on it and choose reset or click modify change that entry to http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&q= to return to the normal Google search. (keyword.URL should currently show http://search.icq.com/search/afe_results.php?ch_id=afex&tb_ver=2.0.0.4&q=)
keyword url function in firefox

keyword.url function in firefox

You can change the default search URL to anything you want instead of Google. Here’s more info about the FireFox keyword.URL

How to check free disk space on FreeBSD server

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How can you check and display free disk space available on a FreeBSD server? The best way is using the command ‘df -h’ and here’s exactly what I found from doing some research online. Just type “df” (df means disk free) which will show you the raw numbers or you can type “df -h” which means human readable and makes the output easier to read by displaying it in kilobytes, megabytes, and gigabytes instead of the default kilobytes.. I did this on one of my servers and here’s what it will look like…

SSH commands for checking freebsd server disk space

Here’s text from one server:

-bash-3.2$ df
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/md2             1888170872  83453524 1707256624   5% /
/dev/md0                101018     20914     74888  22% /boot
tmpfs                  4088788         0   4088788   0% /dev/shm
-bash-3.2$ df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/md2              1.8T   80G  1.6T   5% /
/dev/md0               99M   21M   74M  22% /boot
tmpfs                 3.9G     0  3.9G   0% /dev/shm
-bash-3.2$

Here’s text from another server:

$ df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/ad0s1a 128990 60892 57780 51% /
/dev/ad0s1f 257998 1440 235920 1% /tmp
/dev/ad0s1g 155014798 126948208 15665408 89% /usr
/dev/ad0s1e 257998 10454 226906 4% /var
procfs 4 4 0 100% /proc
/dev/ad3s1c 384602638 13645514 340188914 4% /usr/www/virtual/yyy/drive2
$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/ad0s1a 126M 59M 56M 51% /
/dev/ad0s1f 252M 1.4M 230M 1% /tmp
/dev/ad0s1g 148G 121G 15G 89% /usr
/dev/ad0s1e 252M 10M 222M 4% /var
procfs 4.0K 4.0K 0B 100% /proc
/dev/ad3s1c 367G 13G 324G 4% /usr/www/virtual/yyy/drive2
$

If you want to know more about FeeBSD and server commands, I recommend this book: Absolute FreeBSD: The Complete Guide to FreeBSD

How to clear html text box values

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Here’s what’s happened to me recently. I have a form on a website with a textbox. I wanted to have predefined default text in the box (like ‘Enter Your ID Number’) but have it disappear when the cursor clicks the box. I originally used onFocus=”clear_textbox()” but that stopped working. So I then changed it to onclick=”this.value=”; and it works like a charm! Here’s working example (minus the submit button):

And here’s a code example:

<form name=”text_form” id=”text_form”>
<input name=”userid” type=”text” onclick=”this.value=”;” value=”Enter Your ID Number” size=”25″/>
<input type=”submit” value=”Set ID” />
</form>

How to use basic SSH commands

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Here are some basic SSH commands. Some work in redhat linux, some work in freebsd. Just incase you were wondering on how to do these.

HOW TO CREATE NEW FTP USER IN SSH:

  • ftpnew /usr/www/virtual/
  • ftp WWW.DOMAIN.COM

HOW TO RESTART APACHE SSH COMMAND:

  • /www/apache/bin/apachectl – restart
    (or try this)
  • /www/apache/bin/apachectl – stop
  • /www/apache/bin/apachectl – start
    (or try this)
  • /usr/local//libexec/apachectl radical restart

HOW TO RESTART MYSQL SSH COMMAND:

  • /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server.sh restart

These worked for me. So if they work for you great! If not, then I suppose you’ll have to do some more searching Google.

How to sort Microsoft Outlook 2003 categories

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Microsoft Outlook 2003 Categories – You cannot sort by this field (Solution)!

So I’ve been getting this error in my Contacts manager in Microsoft Outlook 2003. I can arrange or sort by any field except Categories which is annoying!

It seems to be a bug. I’ve searched for a solution but found none. So here’s the work around that I’ve discovered.

Right Click on the Categories Field. Click Arrage By. Choose ‘Categories’ however this will sort by category but it won’t sort it alphabetical. If you have a better solution please comment!

If you’re interested in running the latest version of Microsoft Office or want to know what it’s all about, check out this link

How to fix svchost.exe 100% CPU usage

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svchost.exe 100% CPU usage and then my PC crashes (Solution)

Holy crap… my computer has been FREAKING out this week and I have no idea why. So I did the alt+ctr+delete and took a look at the running processes. svchost.exe was going crazy and using 99-100% of my CPU all the time! If I clicked on end task it would come back a few minutes later… not to mention the beautiful look of Windows XP got messed up after I ended the task (and you know how everybody wants their Windows to look slick). So I did some searching and searching and searching and tried many different things…

The problem
Here’s why svchost was using so much of my CPU. The culprit is Windows Update! I had automatic updates on and svhost would flip out.

Here’s what didn’t work for me:
* I tried to do Windows Update manually. My computer just froze up, nothing would happen after a few minutes, my PC got really hot.
* I tried a patch from Microsoft, but I didn’t bookmark it. I also read this…
Link: Microsoft Support
Description: FIX: When you run Windows Update to scan for updates that use Windows Installer, including Office updates, CPU utilization may reach 100 percent for prolonged periods

Here’s what I did…

Part 1 of the svchost fix
Correct Services Setup
1. Click Start -> Run, type “services.msc” (without quotation marks) in the open box and click OK.
2. Double click the service “Automatic Updates”.
3. Click on the Log On tab, please ensure the option “Local System Account” is selected and the option “Allow service to interact with desktop” is unchecked.
4. Check if this service has been enabled on the listed Hardware Profile. If not, please click the Enable button to enable it.
5. Click on the tab “General ” and make sure the “Startup Type” is “Automatic”. Then please click the button “Start” under “Service Status” to start the service.
6. Repeat the above steps with the other service: Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)

Part 2 of the svchost fix
Re-register Windows Update components and Clear the corrupted Windows Update temp folder.

1. Click on Start and then click Run,
2. In the open field type “REGSVR32 WUAPI.DLL” (without quotation marks) and press Enter.
3. When you receive the “DllRegisterServer in WUAPI.DLL succeeded” message, click OK.
4. Please repeat these steps for each of the following commands:

REGSVR32 WUAUENG.DLL
REGSVR32 WUAUENG1.DLL
REGSVR32 ATL.DLL
REGSVR32 WUCLTUI.DLL
REGSVR32 WUPS.DLL
REGSVR32 WUPS2.DLL
REGSVR32 WUWEB.DLL

Part 3 of the svchost fix
After the above steps are finished, since temporary folder of Windows Update may be corrupted, we can refer to the following steps to rename this folder so a new one will be created.

1. Click Start, Run, type: cmd and press Enter. Please run the following command in the opened window. “net stop WuAuServ” (note, you might need to reboot before the net stop command will work… I did not have to reboot)
2. Click Start, Run, type: %windir% and press Enter.
3. In the opened folder, rename the folder SoftwareDistribution to SDold.
4. Click Start, Run, type: cmd and press Enter. Please run the following command in the opened window.
net start WuAuServ

You could always upgrade to the latest version of Microsoft Windows!

After I did all of this I rebooted my PC. I haven’t activated Windows Automatic Updates. I then did Windows Update manually and updated my PC. Everything is now working just fine.

How to block the voices in your head

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Ever have one of those days where you wish you could just listen to nothing?

Well, have I got a treat for you!  If you look through the wiki pages, you can learn about the different “colors” of noise, and find the one that suits you.

Next, there is a place that you can generate Simply Noise.  Pick your color (currently only white, pink, and red/brown), then the volume, and wash your troubles away…

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Actually... it all depends where the voices in your head are really coming from, doesn't it?

How to fix connect error with Windows 7 and iTunes

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Problem: “Can’t Connect to iTunes Store”

Detailed Problem: After I reinstalled Windows 7 and installed the latest iTunes (version 9.2.0.61) I started getting this error  no matter what internet connection I was using. iTunes would update apps, update my podcast subscriptions, but always just hang there saying it’s loading the iTunes store but eventually fail every time. So I did some searching on the net and here’s the solution that worked for me.

Solution:

  1. If you have any custom settings in the preferences, take note of these first because they’ll be gone after you follow these instructions. In iTunes you click Edit then click Preferences. (I changed some settings before such as where I store my library. )
  2. Close / Exit iTunes
  3. Find the iTunesPrefs.xml file. You can search your computer to find this, or navigate your way to C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes but most likely your AppData folder is hidden, but you can get there by clicking My Computer, C (Local Disk), Users, then your User Name, then in the address bar just click the text area after your username, and type at the end \AppData and hit enter. Then navigate to \Roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes
  4. You should see iTunesPrefs.xml in that folder (C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes) so either rename it to iTunesPrefs.xml.backup or you can delete it if you want. I choose to rename the file in case I need to restore to the original one for some reason later on (like if I didn’t write down all of my settings correctly from step 1).
  5. Launch iTunes, follow the setup instructions from iTunes.
  6. Make sure to go into the preferences (Edit > Preferences) and change your settings back to anything custom you had before. For example, I don’t keep my iTunes library in the default location so I had to change the location again because iTunes reset the Preferences to the default settings.

How to fix Microsoft Outlook Error: Interface not registered

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So I installed some video editing software, did some updates, and then BAM!! I can no longer send email. Whenever I hit send I get an error from Microsoft Word saying “Interface not registered” but then there was the internet… and I found the solution…

Solution is here at the MS site

“You receive the “Interface not registered” error message when you try to send or to save an e-mail message to the Drafts folder in Outlook 2002

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Article ID : 870707
Last Review : August 10, 2004
Revision : 1.0

SYMPTOMS
If you use Microsoft Word as your e-mail editor in Microsoft Office Outlook 2002, and you try to send e-mail messages or to save e-mail messages to the Drafts folder, you may receive the following error message:
Interface not registered
Or, you may experience the following symptoms:
“¢ You receive an error message.
“¢ The e-mail message is not sent.
“¢ The e-mail message is not saved to the Drafts folder.

CAUSE
This behavior occurs if the Ole32.dll file that is located in the %Windir%\System32 folder is not registered correctly in the registry.

RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, register the Ole32.dll file. To do this, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, click Run, type the following command in the Open box, and then click OK:
Regsvr32.exe %Windir%\System32\Ole32.dll
2. In the RegSvr32 dialog box, click OK.”

In microsoft outlook, interface not registered = a most sucky error

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