Cool windows admin..

As always,its always advisable to run windows with limited priviledge i.e. not administrator.
A cool way to do just those things that requires admin right like installation and stuff is to runas the exe.
Note that almost all of windows do-ables have the .exe somewhere in the windows folders. e.g. clipbrd.exe and cmd.exe for the clipboard and command prompt respectively.
A very cool way to gain admin power while still logged in as a normal user is to locate the explore.exe in the windows folder,hold down shift and right click and choose runas. Then you'll put the admin username and password.
It brings out an explorer windows and in that windows you can do whatever it is you wanna do!
Of cause you'll need an admin username and password. It will also put any profile related thing in that particular profile you used in the explorer window; which grou a problem in any way!
See it as your little window in the corridors of power!:-):-)!

..work

Work hard..
Work smart..
Just get the work done!!

..work

Work hard..
Work smart..
Just get the work done!!

Can I..

..can I ever get to blog as often as I want?
I really think blogging is so cool and I want to blog as often as possible,and I remember all that always,but I keep thinking what is the right thing to blog about!
I want my blog to be rich in content so I always want something really hot to happen before I blog...but end up blogging like this!!
..guess it doesnt work like that,so am just gonna blog whenever I want to..any time!!
...cool..!!

Software Piracy…. For or Against!!

 

The fact is pirating software; another person(s) intellectual property is a bad thing. Mean, somebody worked hard to get this done, and how do we expect such person to move forward in developing that particular program if he know its eventually going to stolen!!

Piracy as we all know could be done for gain…which is the very bad side of piracy. Its like reaping where you did not sow… like stealing from somebody and I whole-heartedly oppose that!!

The other part, which by the way is the most common type, is what I can't say I entirely disapprove. Pirating because one simply can't afford the product (full stop). It doesn't seem to make sense really, but considering the fact that the majority of the big software manufacturers (Microsoft in particular, Adobe, e.t.c.) are rich any way, there anti-piracy measures only encourage hackers to really prove that they can't stop them.

In a country like Nigeria, an average person, who is still struggling to have a PC just can't afford $300-$400 for an operating system. I didn't say he doesn't have, I said he can't afford it for that course….and by the way he probably doesn't have it too. The president of Romania recently said the IT sector of his country is developed because of pirated softwares… Funny it seems, but that's just the very fact for a lot of countries, developing and just developed!! He's just bold (or stupid, as the case may be) enough to say it publicly. India is another perfect example. For every India that wasn't born rich, working in Microsoft or any where else, I would assume that the major part of his software development life was mastered on pirated softwares; not a fact, but a very sound assumption, considering the fact that I was first made to really know about software piracy by a brilliant Indian friend!!!

Buying hundreds or thousands dollar worth of software isn't just viable in this place, and the very next option is to look for it free or pay very little for.

A copy of Microsoft windows vista ultimate (the preferred version) cost $400, officially. On the piracy market, you can get it for about N500 (500 Naira) in Nigeria (about $4!!).But then that's just for the software on DVD, the main issue is the activation, and windows update. Microsoft pulled out this stunt first with XP, and as of today, it doesn't affect any body who knows a little work around to it any way. There are various cracks popping up for windows Vista, and my guess is very soon, very very soon, if not already, there will be a UNIVERSALLY accepted one - just like there is for XP - that Microsoft herself can't break, that's if there isn't already!!

The bottom line is software piracy is bad for upcoming developer, and they should be encouraged to give us wonderful creativity…

Its also bad for the big boys too, but they are things that are even worse!! They already have all the money anyway, how rich do they want to be!!!

 

 

Content Advisor Problem in IE

Had to deal with this little problem on a folk's laptop. IE kept blocking sites, google inclusive(arghh) reporting that the site was block by content advisor.. and when i tried to change the setting, it was passworded... how that happen is what i dont know cause the owner said he didnt password it...

anyway following these steps as explained in this site fixed it!! there are some other useful stuff there too for you folks!!

300 - The Movie

Whao!!!
I just saw this movie (300) now at the cinema..
really really mind blowing... I'd say everyone should go see it.... at the cinema for the added effects...not out on DVD yet anyway!!

What trips me most is the fact that it was all stage played, with some wonderful computer effect..
Troy & Gladiator are understatements beside this movies....

Check out there site for more info...

I'll rate it 4.5 on a scale of !!

Folder Option Missing in XP

Missing Folder Option;

I got this problem after a little virus attack...... (I'v got antivirus, antispyware and stuff though) here's a little fix to it after the virus as being removed:

Note that it probably disabled the registry too so you might need to enable it again with this simple steps..
from the Run box, type gpedit.msc , then enter
locate user configuration/administrative templates/system
locate "prevent access to registry editing tools" and double click
choose the disable option and "ok"

now you should be able to access the registry if you cant before;
at the Run box, type regedit and enter
from the menu bar, click edit and choose find; or simple click "Ctrl + F"
type NoFolderOption" (one word) hit enter
double click the registry entry that comes up
the value will be 1, set it to 0; or simple delete
now you are done. You can close the registry editor
You wont notice it yet until you log off on back on; or you simple end explorer.exe process from the task manager, and the start it again

you are done!

--
Kenniy Nimbe, C.C.N.A

So Far,.. So Long...

Its being a while...
I really have to start..if just 2 times in a week!!