Room Cleanout 2010!

Some of you might remember the last time I did a major cleanup 3 years ago when I threw out gave away a bunch of stuff.

(Scroll down for the list of stuff)

Back in 2007...

Well, its happening again!

First of all, I'm sorry to those who gave me presents which are being given away. I'm just running out of room so stuff just has to go! Don't take it personally, I mean there's some stuff here from over 2 decades ago just collecting dust.

If you want something, just leave a comment or contact me on Facebook/IM and we'll work something out.

First come first served. If nobody claims it then it'll go on eBay. If its not sold I'll just put it up on Gumtree or palm it off to little nieces/nephews.

Another note, if you want something but you're from overseas, just pay for shipping and I'll post it off to you (in a box of course).

The give-away

Stuff that is not free

• $30: Guitar Hero 1 on Wii (with game and guitar) Nimol Yol
• $20: NetComm NB5Plus4W (ADSL2+ modem with 11g wireless)
• $10: Sound Blaster Vibra 128 PCI sound card
• $15: Resident Evil Collection Tin Case (No movies! Fits 3)
  (pic #14)
• $10: Spiderman 3 Tin Case (No movie! Fits 1) (pic #15)

Stuff that IS free

Misc

• Keyring finder (with batteries) Nimol Yol
• Screen guard for 4" screens
• Wall-E rubix cube Thi
• Pin point impression (pic #6) Jennatools
• Mazda "Zoom Zoom" yoyo (lights up when spun) Raechel
• Phone case for Nokia phone
• Looney Tunes and Marvel tazo pieces and Sonic the Hedgehog glow-in-the-dark slammer (pic #1) Raechel
• 3 bow hair-ties (I think they're Helen's?) (pic #2) Thienticles
• Expandable colourful thingy (pic #17) Thienticles MUM!
• Pokeball with Pokemon inside (pic #18) Thienticles MUM!
• Sonic the Hedgehog games (x2) (pic #18) Elaine
• Sonic the Hedgehog candy dispenser (pic #18, on the right) Elaine
• Yellow Robot thingy (pic #18) MUM!
• Purple Zizzle (pic #18) MUM!
• Bionicle (pic #18, black thing) Thienticles MUM!
• Naruto figurines: Neji, Rock Lee, Naruto x2, Gaara, Kakashi, Sasuke, Sakura Bien MUM!
• Bag of marbles Jennatools
• A Halloween candy container (pic #22, the big one) MUM!
• Small McDonalds Halloween pumpkin MUM!

Soft toys

• Graduation teddy (pic #3, left) Vania
• Polar bear (pic #3, middle) Vania
• Me 2 U bear (pic #3, right) Elaine
• 3 fishies Vania
• Small brown teddy with movable limbs (pic #5, left) Vania
• Fluffy teddy bear (pic #24, right) Vania
• Looney Tunes - Road Runner Bien
• Little Miss something (pic #5, third from left) Veronica
• That little Kangaroo from Winnie the Pooh (I think?) (pic #5, right) Vania
• M&M plush toy Tammy or Veronica
• Giraffe plush toy (very soft) Veronica

Gizmos

• 1.2gb PATA harddrive
• Canon ixus i5 (Shutter is stuck, if you can fix it then you have a perfectly working camera) Bien
• USB infra-red adaptor
• CD writer (24x write, 10x rewrite, 40x read) Jessi-Guitar
• Dynalink ADSL1 modem
• ASUS EN7300GT Silent PCI-E graphics card
• White Speakers (pic #12) Studster Keou
• Logitech R-20 speakers (Power button needs to be replaced, then you have a perfectly working set of speakers) Thi
• Doraemon phone dangly thing (lights up when you get a call) (pic #21) Jaja

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Greasemonkey script to remove "People Who Dugg This Also Dugg"

I've made a simple script to remove the beta box.

Link

Remove Nero Search from Taskbar

After updating my Daemon Tools today, which now comes with alot of adware crap, I made some routine checks to ensure that my computer is as adware free as possible.

I noticed that I had an option in my "toolbars" that I never noticed before called "Nero Search".


What the fuck? How did that slip in there?

A quick search online gave the results on how to remove this royal peice of shit from my taskbar.

[ Source ]

Cmd.exe /c regsvr32 /u /s "%ProgramFiles%\Common Files\Ahead\Lib\NeroSearch.dll" && regsvr32 /u /s "%ProgramFiles%\Common Files\Ahead\Lib\NeroSearchBar.dll" && regsvr32 /u /s "%ProgramFiles%\Common Files\Ahead\Lib\NeroSearchTray.dll"

Everything should be working fine after that.

Remove Bonjour! (mDNSResponder.exe)

Bonjour is Apple's implementation of set of techniques which allow for a zero-configuration IP based network. It comes standard with Mac OS X, and mDNSResponder.exe is the Windows port/version.

In laymens terms, that translates to a simple setup of devices on a network which "just work" without the need of specialised servers or configuration. It makes it easier to find printers, other computers, share files, etc.

The service runs in the background broadcasting your networking information so other devices (such as printers) can respond if they offer a service you may require.

I've noticed it bundled in installers such as Adobe Photoshop, Skype and iTunes.
The annoying thing is theres no uninstallation option for it!

For me, being the sort that likes to set things up myself, I don't need it.
And it is annoying having another application running unecessarily in the background.

To remove Bonjour, follow the steps below:

1. Open command prompt.
2. Type: "cd %PROGRAMFILES%\Bonjour"
3. Type: "mDNSResponder.exe -remove"
4. Type: "rename mdnsNSP.dll mdnsNSP_old.dll"
5. Restart your computer.
6. Once Windows has rebooted, delete that folder and its contents.

Sources
ProcessLibrary, Raymond.cc, Wikipedia

Remove Dell Solution Center link from Start Menu

For those who cant be stuffed reformatting the O/S from the factory default, you can remove the "Dell Solution Center" from the start menu by following the steps below.

1. Right click on the taskbar and click "Properties"
2. Click on the "Start Menu" tab and then "Customise"
3. Click on the "Advanced" tab
4. Under "Start menu items", scroll down to find "Manufacturer link" and untick it.
5. Click OK and save your settings.

The settings should take place immediately.

MSN Live - Remove "My Sharing Folders" from Explorer

Argh, more useless services that I dont want!
Can giant software companies stop adding shovelware into the installation files!?

Anyways, to get rid of the extra location "My Sharing Folders" which appears in your Explorer after installing Messenger Live, run this command.

1. Copy this command into the run prompt (but dont run it yet)
regsvr32 -u -s "C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\fsshext..dll"

2. Navigate to that folder and copy the filename starting with "fsshext".
3. Paste the correct filename into the run prompt and run it.

"My Sharing Folders" should now be removed from your Explorer and quite possibly MSN Live.
You can activate it again via MSN when you need it.