How to Remove Windows Messenger from Windows XP

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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Activating Windows Seven God Mode, Uber Elite Control Panel

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

Escaping forced IFRAME ads from your Webhost with JavaScript

Are you irritated by those forced advertisements placed through IFRAMEs on your free web space from your host? In this guide, I will show you how to escape the IFRAMEs used when masking / redirecting to your destination address.

These ads are displayed at the top of a forced IFRAME , with the main content being forwarded to the clients destination, all while remaining nested inside the parent frame so as to keep the main ad in the main frame on display through out the user’s entire browsing session.

Using the following JavaScript will help you get your content forwarded first, and then exit the forced ad’s by reloading itself without the IFRAME, thus no more IFRAME advertisements. Continue Reading