Thorny problem resolved

Every now and then you get a rock in your shoe or a burr under your saddle that just stays there because you don't have time to take care of it. For the last 6 months, I've been blocked from changing Internet Options from within IE 7... and no idea what munged the settings in the first place.

Today I found the answer on a 5-year-old forum post:

1. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions
2. Change value of "NoBrowserOptions" from 1 to 0
3. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel
4. Change value of "Homepage" from 1 to 0. (This un-grays the home page field)

I use Firefox almost exclusively, which is why I didn't really take the time to go fix it long ago, but I have to fire up IE now and then when I'm designing web pages to check how things display over there.


Small problem, but what a relief to have it fixed. Like getting that little rock out of your shoe...

Computer gripes...

Just need to let off some steam here:




(Click on the pics for larger versions)

1. You can't tell me Firefox 3 isn't a resource hog. My system slows down to a crawl when I'm using it... today I caught the bugger in the act, and the problem persisted even after I had closed the application.
   
   
   
   
   
   Get your act together, Mozilla.


2. Open Letter to Microsoft:
   
   Dear Microsoft, when an application hangs, and I get the menu to end the application now, and I click on "Yes",
   
   

   End the effing process!

   
   


3. The Microsoft Error Message They Don't Want You to See:
   
   
   
   

Thank you. I feel much better now.

Hallowe'en

My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haul
ccdesan goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as The Old Wolf... a Lupine Shaman.
alaskawolf gives you 2 red apple-flavoured gummy bats.
archae gives you 6 dark green chocolate-flavoured gumdrops.
canisrufus_uk tricks you! You lose 1 pieces of candy!
coyoty tricks you! You get a rock.
daemionfox gives you 7 purple lime-flavoured pieces of bubblegum.
deckardcanine tricks you! You lose 3 pieces of candy!
dennier gives you 10 light blue peach-flavoured wafers.
dewhitton gives you 16 teal banana-flavoured nuggets.
dhlawrence gives you 7 light yellow watermelon-flavoured pieces of taffy.
fearciuil gives you 1 milky white cherry-flavoured pieces of taffy.
ccdesan ends up with 45 pieces of candy, and a rock.
Go trick-or-treating! Username:
Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern.

Wow! 45 pieces of candy... I'll put the rock in my garden.

Off we go...

Back to full connectivity around the 22nd. Play nice while I'm gone, eat healthy food, and take good care of yourselves.

Photos to follow...