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Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

PerfectDisk 2008 Build 64 Released

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This is the pay-for program I use for defragging:

Updates include:

* New feature — Support for per-user quotas set with File Server Resource Manager
* Bug fixes and enhancements to the defragmentation driver
* Fixed bug where system tray icon could show that PerfectDisk was idle while defragmenting
* Fixed potential vulnerability of calling CreateProcess() or ShellExecute funcrions without using quoted paths
* Fixed defragmentation of Virtual Machine host files not working with all options unchecked.

Source: Perfectdisk Blog
Update from within the program.
Why I use Perfectdisk

Firefox 3: Getting rid of the drop-downs

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Just a quick How-To. I can’t stand the drop down menu in the Firefox address bar. Here are the 2 keys to change the behavior.

Type: about:config in the address bar and navigate down to:

– To go back to the old style of drop down that only showed where you had already been:
browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped change false to true by double-clicking on it.

– To change the number of items in the drop down: browser.urlbar.maxRichResults change to a number you want. 0=none (This looks like you’ve disabled the drop down but you really haven’t. I haven’t found an easy way to actually disable it.


Double-Bonus time:
I use Google as my home page and I hate the new “suggestions” in the search box. Want to get rid of it? Change your home page / bookmark / search page to this url:
http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=0