http://jen3ral.wordpress.com Solving computer problems and pulling out my hair so you don't have to. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:24:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I don't know why it's disabled by default and I use it quite often because I'm always playing around and installing things so it's incredibly irritating to me that you can't just press ctrl+alt+backspace to restart x. To enable it you can do it through editing the xorg.conf file: 1. Open a ... http://jen3ral.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/enable-ctrlaltbackspace-in-jaunty/ A few other utilities I got from the PC World article linked to in the previous post are RocketDock and Ultimate Windows Tweaker. RocketDock Being the multi-tasker that I am, I found this little tool to be pretty handy along with VirtuaWin. I have a few programs in my quicklaunch bar, ... http://jen3ral.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/free-utilities-for-tweaking-windows-part-2/ I decided to come up with a list a programs I use to maintain my Vista laptop.  I got some from this PC World article and others I found on download.com.  Instead of making one massive post I'll break it up into two or three. First on my list and the ... http://jen3ral.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/free-utilities-for-tweaking-windows-part-1/ I found directions online for how to set automatic login in Vista on machine that's also on a domain. Normally to set it to automatically log in you can just check a box in the advanced user account settings window. But that box isn't there if your machine ... http://jen3ral.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/vista-automatic-login/ I was pleasantly surprised to see that the fight to get dual screens working properly with the ATI graphics card wasn't as difficult as it has been in the past. The restricted hardware manager didn't lock up on me after activating the ATI driver, but I still couldn't get ... http://jen3ral.wordpress.com/2009/04/23/ati-big-desktop-in-jaunty-jackalope/ I finally got fed up with the highlights section of Facebook and went searching in the help section for a way to filter out what I see.  It turns out there's no way to filter this irritating section of Facebook.  I don't care what groups my friends recently joined, what ... http://jen3ral.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/how-to-remove-facebooks-highlights-section/ I went to install Malwarebytes on my desktop computer but got a weird installation error message; "mbam.exe - Unable To Locate Component.  This application has failed to start because MSVBVM60.DLL was not found. Re-installing the application may fix the problem." I tried downloading another copy of Malwarebytes and re-installing it, thinking ... http://jen3ral.wordpress.com/2009/03/27/malwarebytes-installation-error/ This is just  quick little post about another annoyance I found in Vista.  I noticed that after going to all programs there was a programs folder that had duplicate shortcuts to everything already in the menu.  I never saw that folder before so I have no idea where it came ... http://jen3ral.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/vista-start-menu-duplicate-programs-folder/ My Aunt called me up awhile back asking me if I knew why Internet Explorer would be so painfully slow, on both computers, not just one. The first thing I did was remote into her computers one night and run the standard virus and spyware scans, but those didn't ... http://jen3ral.wordpress.com/2009/03/20/internet-explorer-speed-problem/ Yes, it's that time of year again.  A friendly reminder to NEVER open attachments or click on links in emails if you don't know who or where it's coming from.  Curiosity killed the cat, your curiosity might kill your computer. This virus is probably most commonly known as W32.Ackantta@mm, at least ... http://jen3ral.wordpress.com/2009/03/06/you-have-received-a-hallmark-e-card/