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C.O.D. Protests The Protect IP Act

C.O.D. Protests The Protect IP Act

Personally, I am sick and tired of the United States government meddling more and more in our lives.  The movie and music industry is using our elected officials like puppets (muppets) and we are sitting idly by and letting it happen.  Well, I signed the petition, and my voice will be heard next election.  G.R.I.P. – Get Rid of Incumbent Politicians.  If we really want to make changes, we have to get those that pander to big business out of office and let them know that we have the power to do it.  After all, they are there to represent Read More…

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I recently had an interesting issue that was near impossible to find a solution to.  My Windows Vista installation had suffered a bit and it seems that all of my folder views were completely whacked.  I couldn't reset the views to defaults and it was driving me crazy.

There is an easy way, as a last resort, to restore your folder views back to the default state, but it requires that you modify your registry.

NOTE: Editing the Registry incorrectly can cause serious, system-wide problems that may require you to re-install Windows Vista to correct them. Microsoft nor computingondemand.com cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the use of Registry editing can be solved. Back up your registry first, but use at your own risk.

  1. Click Start
  2. In the Start Search box, type regedit

  3. In the Programs list, click regedit. (If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type your password, or click Continue.)
  4. Locate and then delete the following registry branch:  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags
  5. Locate and then delete the following registry branch:  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagsMRU
  6. Log off or reboot

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Your windows should now be restored to the state at installation.  All customizations and views are completely reset.

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In early 2000 I became increasingly frustrated with hardware review sites praising less than satisfactory products. The saying: “if you want something done right, do it yourself” applies here. I wasn’t satisfied, so I did it myself; and here we are years later.