If you’ve started using the beta of Firefox 3, you’ve probably already seen the new Smart Bookmarks folder that is created by default. This folder can be useful for looking up sites you just visited or bookmarked… but how do you get it back if you accidentally deleted it? Luckily there’s a simple about:config tweak that will restore it, requiring almost no work at all. In case you aren’t sure what we’re talking about, here’s the default Smart Bookmarks folder, which dynamically shows you the “Most Visited”, “Recently Bookmarked” and “Recent Tags” bookmarks: key in about:config into the address bar, accept the warning message, and then filter by the following:...

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And no, I’m not going to just tell you to install Firefox. Of course I’ll suggest it, sinceFirefoxis an excellent web app… But for most people, Internet Explorer works just fine and does everything you need. So let’s get that web app working properly again! Disable Internet Explorer Add-Ons shut the “safe mode” IE window, and then open Internet Explorer normally. netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled You’ll have to reboot the computer after making this change....

But it looks sweet! More how-to goodness tomorrow, I promise.

If you just want to get right to the utility, skip down to the bottom. The first thing we’ll want to do is navigate down to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.reg. nudge the Apply button and you are done. Download PreviewConfig from winhelponline.com[mirror]

But what about regular people? Isn’t there a simpler solution? choose the icon in the system tray, and then go to the Other tab. you could do that from the Windows Hotkeys tab… very useful! For this example we’ll choose Internet \ Web search. Now whenever you hit your shortcut key, your text will be inserted. it’s possible for you to also pass in arguments as well if you gotta.

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This article was written by MysticGeek, a tech blogger at the How-To Geek Blogs. First initiate the MDB (Microsoft Database) containing the table you want to check for duplicates. punch the Queries tab and New. This will pop crack open the New Query dialog box. Highlight Find Duplicates Query Wizard then click OK. Now highlight the table you want to check for duplicate data. you could also choose Queries or both Tables and Queries....

But we can get that down to a single keystroke with an AutoHotkey script. If you’d rather not do that, there’s a compiled version further down. At this point you might use the F12 key to pop kick off the calendar. If you want to terminate the script out, there’s an icon in the system tray. Note: you’ve got the option to substitute another key instead of F12 if you want....

In the Desktop Items dialog you might select one of the icons and hit the Change Icon button. Now just smack the Browse button, and pick whichever icon file you would prefer. The IconFile line can be adjusted to point to a custom icon file. If you are pointing to a .ico file you should change the IconIndex line to 0 instead. you’re free to also set the default folder icon using this tool....

One of the few things about Vista that just drives me crazy is the problems with Windows Explorer. Unfortunately these often seem to get corrupted somehow, which is the main reason everything goes haywire. That way if you screw anything up, you could just restore the backup by double-clicking on it. Download, install, and then launch the ExplorerView tool. Check the box for “Disallow Explorer to Auto-Detect Folder Contents”, and you are done....

Update: Looks like Google removed the survey box now! That didn’t take long, gotta love Google. Good thing Firefox is customizable, so we can easily remove it with a Stylish script. Note: for loads of submitted user styles, you should check outuserstyles.org.

It takes forever, especially when you want to hide whatever you shouldn’t have been doing. As usual, there’s a simpler way to do it. XP is the only one with abunch of menus to go through. Either way this should work the same across both versions. You’ll see them disappear from the Recent menu immediately.