Emporium of Uselessness

I have created an icon set for Trillian Astra 4.2 (may work with others, I haven’t tested). It is the same as the standard Astra set, but I have added emoticons that are the same as Android text messaging, and a few others that I felt were important.

Instructions

• Download AndroidEmoticons-16×16.zip
• Unzip into C:\Program Files\Trillian\stixe\plugins\ (or C:\Program Files (x86)\Trillian\stixe\plugins\ if you have 64-bit Windows)
• In Trillian, go to Preferences -> Skins -> “Emoticons, Icons, and more”. Select the new set called “Astra Set with some Android Emoticons”

Now you’ll have some fancy new emoticons (to bring up your full emoticon list, hit CTRL+E while in a chat window).

“Although its name suggests perhaps even grander capabilities, Windows enthusiasts are excited over the discovery of a hidden “GodMode” feature that lets users access all of the operating system’s control panels from within a single folder.”

“To enter ‘GodMode,’ one need only create a new folder and then rename the folder to the following:

GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

Once that is done, the folder’s icon will change to resemble a control panel and will contain dozens of control options. I’m not sure it’s my idea of playing God, but it is a handy way to get to all kinds of controls.”

Source: CNET

I get asked this a lot.

• Open Control Panel.
• Under User Account and Family settings click on the “Add or remove user account.” Even though this is not at all what you want to do. This should really just say “Edit User Accounts” or something like that.
• Click Continue when UAC asks you for permission to look in there.
• Click the “Go to the main User Account page” link at the bottom.
• Under “Make changes to your user account” click on the “Turn User Account Control on or off” link at the bottom of the list.
• Give your permission to UAC by clicking Continue.
• Click to uncheck the “Use User Account Control (UAC) to help protect your computer” checkbox.
• Click OK.
• Now, of course, it has to restart to apply those settings.