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Portableapps U3 Hack
Posted by Tjeerdoo in gadgets, software, technology on October 17th, 2009
I own a sandisk cruzer U3 drive, and I recently installed Windows 7 on my laptop. U3 (for now) doesn’t work on windows 7. I also think portableapps has more to offer then U3.
On a U3 drive you actually have 2 partitions, 1 virtual CD and a normal partition where you store your data. The CD part uses the autorun function to automaticly start the U3 launchpad.
Since it doesn’t work on Windows 7 there had to be a way to use the CD partition to launch portableapps instead of the U3 launchpad. I searched google and found a great tutorial to replace the U3 software with your own custom software.
Just follow the steps provided here ; http://portableapps.com/node/5221
A description of portableapps ;
With portableapps you can carry your favorite computer programs along with all of your bookmarks, settings, email and more with you. Use them on any Windows computer. All without leaving any personal data behind.
PortableApps.com provides a truly open platform that works with any hardware you like (USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive, etc). The entire platform is open source built around an open format that any hardware or software provider can use.
The PortableApps.com Suite and Platform is free. It contains no spyware. There are no advertisements. It isn’t a limited or trial version. There is no additional hardware or software to buy. You don’t even have to give out your email address. It’s 100% free to use, free to copy and free to share.
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OverDisk
OverDisk is a disk usage browser. It can be used to quickly find out how a partition’s space is distributed among the file system hierarchy.
I’ve currently stopped working on it, due to a bug in the libraries of the original developing environment. However, I intend to move the project into another suite and incorporate more features from some other utilities I have. So, stay tuned… final version coming Real Soon Now™ 
In the meantime, you can download an alpha version, complete with installer/uninstaller and (slightly out-of-date) documentation. Note that this is pre-release software and represents work in progress. Nevertheless, I’ve been using it for quite some time now and the only problem is that it occasionally crashes after several refreshes. No serious system implications have been observed, especially on WinXP, which is a pretty robust OS! 
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TwitterBar
- Image via Wikipedia
TwitterBar allows you to post to Twitter from Firefox’s address bar. A small Twitter icon sits to the right of your address bar; clicking on it will post your tweet, and you can hover your mouse over it to see how many characters you have left.
You can also post by typing “–post” at the end of your tweet. Clicking the Twitter icon when visiting a webpage will send a tweet containing the URL of the webpage you are currently viewing.
download the add-on here: https://addons.mozilla.org
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How to change the Windows 7 logon screen
I recently installed Windows 7 on my new ASUS U50 laptop, and all is working great.. I just didn’t like the default logon screen that came with it. Under XP you needed a 3rd party application (like tune up utilities) but now it’s just a simple registry adjustment.
you can find the complete article here;
And here’s the short version;
Open the Registry editor and navigate to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background and check DWORD value named OEMBackground. It is 1 for enabled and 0 for disabled.
The images shown are taken from %windir%\system32\oobe\info\backgrounds So, just place your images in the above directory and please note that the size should be 256KB at max.
Important !
Now put in any JPG file with size less than 256 kb in this folder and rename it to backgroundDefault.jpg. This file will be stretched to fit the screen, so you would want it to match the resolution of your screen so that image doesn’t look bad. You can something like smush.it or Photoshop’s Save as/Save for Web feature to reduce image size.
source: blogsolute.com
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Wakoopa Linux
Wakoopa is a little program (tracker) that records the software that you use.
You can track your apps, How productive are you? Know what you use and for how long.
Discover new software, the wakoopa engine recommends you the best web apps and software by looking at your day-to-day usage
Share, Make a widget for your site or forum and let everybody know what you love (check it out in my sidebar on the right)
Wakoopa is now also available for linux ! ( I’m running on a dual boot laptop windows/ubuntu )
Check it out www.wakoopa.com
Popularity: 6%
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