How to change the landing page of your Google Onsite Advertiser Signup page!

July 10, 2006 20067 5:45 pm | In Tech | 3 Comments

If you've seen my previous post, I'm sure you'll wanna know how to cover your tracks properly. This is really simple but hardly used by many.

1. Login to your Adsense account.
2. Click on the "My Account" tab.
3. Search for the part that says "Onsite Advertiser Sign-Up", click on the edit link:

4. Under the textbox that says "Site Name", delete everything there and that's it!

Of course this is no guarantee you're 100% safe from the kaypoh ones in the blogosphere but it's just another way to cover your tracks, especially those who put up hate blogs and put up ads somemore!

How to know if a blog belongs to another blogger?

July 10, 2006 20067 5:40 pm | In Tech | Comments Off

Well, we've seen a couple of blogs on PPS and SARA which belong to some of the more entrepreneurial bloggers but most of the time, some of the blogs belong to just a handful of people.

How do I know that? Well, Adsense not only provides an avenue for bloggers to make money but can also be used to find out more information about the publisher and this is how you do it. At the end of the Adsense ads there's something which says: Advertise on this site.

Click on that and it'll bring you to a place which shows the name of the blog, e.g. for my own it shows something like this:

Well, alot of people do not bother to edit the settings for this option in their Adsense account, so if they didn't change it, you'll be able to see their original blog when they signed up for Adsense. So, I'll let you guys have some fun today and here's another post on how to change the settings in Adsense if you're interested to know =)

TrueVector Problem in latest ZoneAlarm update!

June 29, 2006 20066 6:34 am | In Tech | Comments Off

This is for any of you out there experiencing the same thing as me:

- TrueVector service shutting down by itself several times when ZoneAlarm is running
- Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) when trying to reinstall it
-etc

But thanks to SlyFox in Zonealarm forum, I found the solution. I skipped some steps and here's what I did:

1. Download a new copy of the zonealarm file –> Link

2. Goto Start Menu –> All Programs –> ZoneLabs –> Uninstall Zone Labs Security but don't left-click it! Right click instead and select Properties.

3. Now in the box that says Target: "C:Program FilesZone LabsZoneAlarmzauninst.exe" change it into this:

"C:Program FilesZone LabsZoneAlarmzauninst.exe" /clean

*Note that the /clean part is together and is one space away from the quotation mark ".

4. Double-click the Zonealarm icon in your tray. Under Overview section, click on the Preferences tab and uncheck the part that says "Load ZoneAlarm at startup". Close it once you're done. If your download has finished, disconnect your LAN cable/internet connection.

5. Now, goto Start Menu –> All Programs –> ZoneLabs –> Uninstall Zone Labs Security and left-click on it. It'll start uninstalling and click YES to all popups that come up. When finished, it'll ask for a reboot. Click Yes.

6. After you've rebooted, you'll need to check to see if the following files are deleted (if they're not delete them):

- Delete the WINDOWSInternet Logs folder
- Delete Program FilesZone Labs folder
- Delete the WINDOWSSystem32Zone Labs folder
- Empty the WINDOWSPre-Fetch folder (i.e. delete everything inside the folder)
- Empty Recycle Bin

Reboot again.

7. Now once you've rebooted, install Zonealarm again and it should all be allright now.

*Note that all your previous settings e.g. trusted zones, program permissions will be deleted! If you prefer to be safer, follow SlyFox's longer method here

Forget what I've said, go download Kerio Firewall, but i think their ad filtering needs some tweaking. Even my surfing speed increased significantly after removing Zonealarm and installing Kerio!

Step-by-Step Method to disable BitTorrent in Opera?

June 24, 2006 20066 5:29 pm | In Tech | 12 Comments

Hi,

Although it's good for Opera 9 to have the bittorrent feature, for users who need more power, I think some of us here would prefer uTorrent/Azureus as the bittorrent application, but how do you disable that in Opera?

Well, here's a step-by-step method of doing it, might not be the best way but it works:

1. Type opera:config in your address bar to reach the preferences page:

You'll need to uncheck the box that says "Enable".

2. Next go to your favourite torrent site, choose the torrent file that you want by clicking on it and Opera will present you with a pop up with more options:

In the line that says Opens with "Opera" line, click the button that says "Change"

3. Another window will appear:

Click on the radio button that says "Open with other application", then find the executable file for the program you want e.g. uTorrent is utorrent.exe.

And now everytime you click on a torrent link, it'll appear right away in your utorrent list.

How to remove ads from MSN Messenger?

June 22, 2006 20066 4:23 pm | In Tech | 2 Comments

I don't normally write tech posts, but this time I have to write this for the benefit of those out there who search for the phrase 'how to remove ads from msn messenger' and get a result which uses resource hacker, a utility which won't be very familiar for most ppl and needless to say take quite a long time to do and might be too complex for most to understand.

So thanks to this Chinese website, this guy created a patch that just requires you to download and double-click to open it and it'll work right away.

So just to make it clear to those still unsure, this is the step-by-step method of doing it:

*Make sure your MSN Messenger is switched off first

1. Download the patch - Link
2. Once done, double-click on it to run it.
3. A pop-up will come up telling you that it's compatible with MSN versions 6.X - 8.X and if you like it you can donate some money to the developer.
4. That's it, you can now run your MSN Messenger ad-free.

The developer often updates it whenever a new MSN version is out, so it should work for all versions.

Note that by using the patch you're violating the Microsoft EULA. I decline all responsibility for your actions! This site is not affiliated in any way with the Microsoft Corporation. All registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Update: If you wanna do more than remove the ads at the bottom, try A-Patch as well - Link. With 70 features which you can disable/add, this could be the ultimate software for customising your MSN.