Sciencetext Tips & Tricks

What is DisableUserTOSSetting

December 1st, 2008 · 3 Comments

old-windows-tossDisableUserTOSSetting is a Microsoft Windows registry setting. It is not a pr0n filter nor does it media bull shiitake passing through your PC, although I really hoped it would. No, according to MS it’s found in the registry under the…

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The Black Friday Scam

November 27th, 2008 · 4 Comments

turkeyA Happy Thanksgiving to our American readers! Don’t overdo the turkey…mind you and remember that Black Friday, the Friday after Thanksgiving, although the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping season is not actually an official holiday, so get back to…

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Twitter Obscura

November 24th, 2008 · 11 Comments

Here are a few random screengrabs from my fellow Twitter users (if you’re on Twitter, follow me here as sciencebase). What do they have in common (no offense meant).

  

You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to notice that…

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Don’t Clean Your Windows

November 21st, 2008 · 4 Comments

window-cleanerIf you’re Windows XP machine is getting slower day by day, then you might imagine that clearing out your Windows “Prefetch” folder would somehow speed up your machine.

This is a myth that has been doing the rounds on the internet…

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Twitterank Phishing Scam

November 13th, 2008 · 9 Comments

TwitterAre you a narcissistic Twitter user like me? If so, you may have tested out Twitterank to see how well received are you’re tweets. If so, you may have been the victim of a phishing expedition. This from ZDNet:

Twitterrank has…

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