By Calophi ( May 14, 2008 at 5:46 pm) · Filed under Tips & Tricks, Vista, computers, menus, Vista, windows
It took me a bit to scour the internet and find all the information I needed to get rid of annoying extra items in my Windows Vista context menus. Of ultimate annoyance were the “Send To” and “New” menus.
Many sites weren’t of any help at all, and some replies to this question on forums were met with, “Uninstall the program”, which is perhaps the stupidest answer of all.
So here’s the resources I finally used, so you don’t need to look anymore.
Removing “Send To” Entries:
Customize the Windows Vista Send To Menu - Simple, easy, and won’t break your computer.
Removing “New” Entries:
Clear Unwanted Entries from Explorer’s New Menu - For the more advanced only! You’ll have to edit your registry for this, but it’s relatively straightforward.
General Menu Customization
Fast Explorer - For the more advanced only! It was useful for getting rid of one of my general context menus that popped up on any file or folder I clicked for an archive program I used.
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By Calophi ( April 26, 2007 at 2:28 pm) · Filed under Tips & Tricks, computers, mac, mkvs softsubs, subtitles, windows
There’s been a lot of debate going around about subbing groups encoding things with SoftSubs or in MKV format. I used to hate those things too, but now I find that they’re pretty awesome, especially for taking screenshots! So I did a little research and put together a little guide to get things looking pretty on Windows and Mac, displaying subtitles the way the group intended for them to look.
To see what I mean, check out these screenshots:
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By Calophi ( November 13, 2006 at 10:34 am) · Filed under Browsers, applications, computers, internet explorer, windows
There are a lot of different tips, techniques, and cheats for installing multiple versions of Internet Explorer on a Windows XP machine. Most of them are a huge pain in the butt for the functionality, and even then, when you’re doing it without using a virtual machine, some things still are broken, like cookies and conditional comments.
Well there’s a new program out on the block - Multiple IE by TredoSoft.
The installer allows you to run other versions of IE (versions 3-6) next to your IE 7 installation. The cookies and conditional comments work right, too! There are still a few issues, but it’s clearly better than any other solution out there.
Essentially, you just upgrade your IE6 to IE7 normally so that everything works properly, and then run the Multiple IE installer. 
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