http://www.systemsabuse.com helping you abuse your system one day at a time Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:35:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Since I started playing Guitar Hero 3 a month or so ago I've been keeping an ear out for songs that I think would be awesome to play in Guitar Hero.  Today, I thought of the perfect song, which I found a few months ago on the blog of Fake ... http://www.systemsabuse.com/2008/07/01/guitar-hero-3-ultimate-song-request-hocus-pocus-by-focus/ I picked up Metal Gear Solid 4 today and ran into an issue.  After you install the game, you get to the screen where it says "This game saves data automatically at certain points...".  On this screen, you have to it X to continue.  The problem was, X didn't do ... http://www.systemsabuse.com/2008/06/23/metal-gear-solid-4-cant-get-past-first-this-game-saves-data-screen/ In Windows Vista, you can no longer drag a folder from Explorer on to a Command Prompt and have it change to that directory.  They say it is a security feature.  But, they did add the ability to shift+right-click on a folder to show the option to Open Command Window ... http://www.systemsabuse.com/2008/05/28/better-than-open-command-window-here-vista-explorer-shortcut/ On a Dell Precision 670 (@work), updated to Vista SP1, and a new Dell Inspiron 530 (@friend) with Vista SP1 installed on it when it was received, I have been having issues using the Internet.  Every time I restart my computer, my Internet connection won't work even though the globe ... http://www.systemsabuse.com/2008/05/14/windows-vista-sp1-causing-internet-connection-problems/ The original post can be found here: http://www.systemsabuse.com/2007/12/27/xp-service-pack-3-sp3-where-did-my-toolbars-address-bar-go-missing/ MuvEnum has released the MuvEnum Address Bar v1.3.1.0; the ultimate replacement for the missing address bar in Windows XP SP3! MuvEnum Address Bar (x86 and x64 compatible with Windows XP, Vista, and 2003 Server) Download: www.muvenum.com/downloads/freeware/muvenumaddressbarsetup.exe Update 04/30/2008: v1.3.1.0 Released Added x64 support. Added support for checking for updates from the ... http://www.systemsabuse.com/2008/04/30/muvenum-address-bar-updated-with-x64-support/ As easy as this turned out to be and as easy as it seemed it should be, it took a little digging to find out how to really accomplish this. Since John and I both manage the blog I wanted all comment moderation requests to come to both of us ... http://www.systemsabuse.com/2008/04/29/creating-a-single-forward-to-multiple-email-addresses-with-cpanel/ I was talking with some friends at work about all the stupid lawsuits we've seen which reminded me of the most worthless class action lawsuit I've ever been a part of. Anyone remember Hollywood Video?  Yes, I know they still exist, for some people, but I stopped renting there a long ... http://www.systemsabuse.com/2008/04/04/how-not-to-do-business-a-worthless-class-action-suit/ MuvEnum is looking for 20 beta testers for its latest product: MuvUnder Cover: The Album Art Sleuth, which is a Windows WPF application for automatically finding and embedding album art into the following file types: APE, ASF, FLAC, M4A, M4P, M4V, MP3, MP4, MPC, MPP, MP+, WMA, WMV, and WV. Using ... http://www.systemsabuse.com/2008/03/29/beta-testers-needed-for-muvunder-cover-the-album-art-sleuth/ Since I've been trying to finish my latest project using WPF, Silverlight 2.0 excites me because I will be able to take a lot of stuff that I've done and learned and use it in Silverlight 2.0!  Scott Guthrie just posted a sneak peak into the latest offerings that will be ... http://www.systemsabuse.com/2008/02/23/silverlight-20-will-include-a-watermarkedtextbox-aka-infotextbox/ For those of us that find ourselves disabling Vista UAC for the whole system (points finger at self), we now have the ability to disable UAC per application. Thanks to Microsoft KB946932, here's the solution: Using the tool and steps below, you may disable UAC prompt for the specific application. This ... http://www.systemsabuse.com/2008/01/02/dont-disable-completely-vista-uac-disable-vista-uac-per-application/