Once in a while we have a little fun at the office. Here’s our latest, the new and improved I.T. Suggestion Box, digital in all forms including the well placed “Easy” button provided by Staples.

This guide is for how to automatically remove www from a domain name, or multiple domain names.
If you want to add WWW, read this guide titled Automatically redirect non-www requests to www for all URLs and All Domains.

The below code will enable you to remove WWW for one domain, multiple domains, or all domains. It is generic enough that you just install it in your domains root folder for a singular domain, or the parent folder above multiple domain names if you want it to apply to all domains hosted in child folders (for shared hosting scenarios).

Insert the below code into a text file. Save the file as htaccess.txt, and upload it to your domains folder. Once there, rename it to “.htaccess” without quotes. If you need help on this, read the applicable instructions in my other post Automatically redirect non-www requests to www for all URLs and All Domains.

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%1/$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%1/$1 [R=301,L]

Adobe Flash Player addon for Mozilla Firefox does not send HTTP referrers.

This is a public notification for web developers, something I discovered, tested and confirmed across multiple platforms and reproduced multiple times.

Behavior Observed: Adobe Flash Player addon for Mozilla Firefox does not send HTTP referrers.
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Windows XP comes with Windows Messenger, the integrated version of what’s known as MSN Messenger or Windows Live Messenger. If you’ve ever tried to uninstall it, or delete it’s folder, you’ve noticed that it magically reappears and will not stay gone.

There is a way to remove it for good. Here’s the instructions to do this very simply in under 30 seconds.

Go to your Start Menu, Start, and then Run and then type in:
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Windows Seven contains a few “Easter eggs” or features for-the-finding. One of these, has been nicknamed “God Mode”, an uber-elite combination of the control panel, system manager, and other assorted control panels, combined to form an AIO (all-in-one) master control panel.

The benefits and applications of such an uber-elite control panel, to any IT savvy computer user, systems administrator, or technician are limitless; Easier and more direct access to troubleshooting and diagnosing system issues, system maintenance, LDAP and domain client-side configuration, etc.

To activate the “God Mode” control panel, we need to create a folder with the specific system registry trigger, included in the folder name. This quick visual guide will cover how to do this in under two minutes. Continue Reading