Archive for October, 2006

WGA is a pain in the butt for many of us. Even if we have a legal copy of windows it just makes us do things we don’t want to. So here is a solution for all you WGA haters out there :

1. Download Orca (remember to disable your pop-up blocker when on that page) and install it.
2. Open WindowsDefender.msi with Orca
3. Go to the “CustomAction” table on the left
4. Right-click on the “CHECK_WGA” action and select “Drop Row”
5. Now got to “Dialog” table on the left
6. Look for the dialog “CheckWGA”, change the Attribute from 2 to 0
7. File > Save (DO NOT use Save As…)
8. Close Orca and run the installer.

That’s it! Worked for you? Do drop us a line.

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We all have seen the traditional 404 Page popup numerous number of times in IE and frankly speaking it was quite dry and boring uptill IE 6.0. Not anymore, seems like the good old 404 page has gotten a worthy facelift.

Among other thingsm we see the addition of the vista information icon as well as a blue gradient background. Javascript has also been incorporated into the new 404 Page to allow a neat and organized more information link.

What do you think? A well deserved upgrade?

The Firefox vs IE Bashing can go on for days on end but the truth of the fact is that both browsers have their own benifits and downfalls. Here is a list of four features in the recently released Internet Explorer v7 that I found to be quite useful and a probable dose of advice for future Firefox builds. Do note that I hold no bias against any of the two browsers:

Feature #1 : QuickTabs

Now I know that there are a million and two extentions in firefox that will let you do this but the point is not that, the point is the useability of this feature and the fact that it should be a standard feature in Firefox aswell.

I found it espicially easy to navigate though my 20 odd tabs in quicktabs mode while doing research and it made the whole process much faster that your good ole’ Ctrl-Tab. Read the rest of this entry »

Google is a powerful tool but remembering some of those keywords and sequences can be hard on our brain…Well have no fear! Javascript is here. Using this simple javascript code you can easily use the power of Google to your advantage!

The Code:

Download it here (kindly right-click and save-as)

How to use it?

Simple paste it in your browser’s address bar and press enter

Can’t bother with copy/paste? Bookmark it for easy use later on.
Happy googling!

Here is something from our recent past! Who knew that when John Pemberton concocted the Coca Cola formula in a three legged brass kettle in his backyard, it would actually become one of the top selling cold drinks in the world?

As cheesy as the old day’s ads used to be here are 243 ads that Coca-Cola dished out over the years to market their now insanely popular drink!

Just click on the picture above to see all 243 of them, and if you want them for your personal collection grab the entire archive here (~30 MB)

Brings back memories dosen’t it?