Ye blog of Adam Wright

DIY, tutorials, stuff for geeks, all updated when I have the time to spare.

Monthly Archives: October 2011

How To Reinstall Windows 7 Without Changing Your Personal Settings, Installed Programs & Drivers

How To Reinstall Windows 7 Without Changing Your Personal Settings, Installed Programs & Drivers Windows has a tendency to accumulate errors and problems over time. While some of this virtual wear and tear can be delayed by rigorous system maintenance and keeping malware at the gate, the time will come when you will be forced [...]

Configure Firefox To Install Add-Ons Faster

I install a lot of Firefox add-ons every week. First add-ons that I may use personally and then add-ons for review here on Ghacks or other sites. One of the things that bothered me for some time now is the artificial delay that Mozilla added to the installation process of extensions in the web browser. [...]

How To Make Skype Use libnotify in Linux

How To Make Skype Use libnotify [Linux] If you use Skype or certain other applications on Linux, you may be annoyed by how those programs use their own notification system rather than using the system default, known as libnotify. libnotify is responsible for creating those nice little bubbles or windows that aren’t intrusive on the [...]

Aero Adjuster – Automatic Aero Color Changer

Aero Adjuster, Automatically Change Aero Color Based On Wallpaper The Windows 7 operating system shipped with a built-in automatic wallpaper changer that allowed users to pick multiple desktop backgrounds that the operating system would rotate automatically. Previously users had to use third party software like Wallperizer or John’s Background Switcher for that functionality. Microsoft’s upcoming [...]

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