Nice, Nice XP and Win2K Tweaks

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Bob Adkins wrote in
http://www.yogandrew.com/c/XP-Tweaks.chm

It's a compiled help file (CHM) and has tons of nice tweaks, tips, and
tricks. No install, just click and go.
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Thanks, nice - but...the file you point to says version 1.4 and the
chm file is 9.52MB. A version 2.0, chm file size 5.16MB - can be
downloaded from what seems to be the original source site
<http://windowsxp.homedns.org/xp/>. Download comes in form of a msi
file (5.45MB), so installation required.

Btw: The right side menu on above page did not show in Opera, had to
use IE to access the site. So - here is a direct link to the download
page <http://windowsxp.homedns.org/xp/asp/twg/twg.asp>
and the download link:
<http://www.ntfs.org/users/avdhorst/xp-tweaks.msi>

From the about page:
<qoute>
"WindowsXP.homedns.org was started by Lex van der Horst May 2003
inspired by the "The Tweaking Experience" formerly know as the
Windows XP Tweaking Guide. After a few months of developing "The
Tweaking Experience" went to live on July 18 2003"
</qoute>


Excerpt from the installed licence.txt:
<quote>
This EULA grants you the following rights:

Installation and Use.
You may install and use one copy of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT on a
single computer. Optionally you may store or install the
SOFTWARE PRODUCT on a storage device, such as a network server,
to run the SOFTWARE PRODUCT on your computer or your other
computers; however the same license may not be shared or used
concurrently on different computers or servers. Sufficient
licenses must be acquired for each shared or concurrently used
SOFTWARE PRODUCT.

Reproduction and Distribution.
You may not reproduce or distribute the SOFTWARE PRODUCT except
to make backup copies, or to install as provided for above.
</quote>

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen
 
Thanks, nice - but...the file you point to says version 1.4 and the
chm file is 9.52MB. A version 2.0, chm file size 5.16MB - can be
downloaded from what seems to be the original source site
<http://windowsxp.homedns.org/xp/>. Download comes in form of a msi
file (5.45MB), so installation required.
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Thanks Bjorn. Got it!

The installed file is still a stand-alone CHM file of only 5.XX MB. . :)

Bob
 
Sounds interesting, Bob, but what is this .chm file that immediately wants
to download? Not familiar with that one...

Thanks!!! e.t.
 
omega wrote in
A small tip on reading CHMs.

1. On any page in the CHM which you might have extra interest in, right-click.
2. Choose "Properties" from the pop-up context menu.
3. In the Properties box, select and copy the URL.
4. Paste that URL into Explorer's addressbar. "mk:@MSITStore:[...].htm"
5. Now you have access to "Save As," "Find in Page", etc.
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Hi Karen, nice tip - didn't know that one. It seems this only works
with some help files, including windows own, but not others - like the
one mentioned in this thread. I guess this feature depends on if the
author and/or his help compiler included and/or allowed for this
option, don't know.

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen
 
Sounds interesting, Bob, but what is this .chm file that immediately wants
to download? Not familiar with that one...
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It's a nice tips, tweaks. and links list in CHM (compiled help file)
format. Get it, you won't regret it. :)

Bob
 
Bob Adkins said:
It's a nice tips, tweaks. and links list in CHM (compiled help file)
format. Get it, you won't regret it. :)
Click to expand...

A small tip on reading CHMs.

1. On any page in the CHM which you might have extra interest in, right-click.
2. Choose "Properties" from the pop-up context menu.
3. In the Properties box, select and copy the URL.
4. Paste that URL into Explorer's addressbar. "mk:@MSITStore:[...].htm"
5. Now you have access to "Save As," "Find in Page", etc.
 
Bjorn Simonsen said:
omega wrote in
1. On any page in the CHM which you might have extra interest in, right-click.
2. Choose "Properties" from the pop-up context menu.
3. In the Properties box, select and copy the URL.
4. Paste that URL into Explorer's addressbar. "mk:@MSITStore:[...].htm"
5. Now you have access to "Save As," "Find in Page", etc.
Click to expand...

Hi Karen, nice tip - didn't know that one. It seems this only works
with some help files, including windows own, but not others - like the
one mentioned in this thread. I guess this feature depends on if the
author and/or his help compiler included and/or allowed for this
option, don't know.
Click to expand...

Hi, Bjorn. I didn't know about that. The only issue in my experience had
been if you wanted pics in your SaveAs. There were two files mentioned in
this thread. Which one should I download? I'm curious to explore the
limitation.
 
Bjorn,
Hi Karen, nice tip - didn't know that one. It seems this only works
with some help files, including windows own, but not others - like the
one mentioned in this thread. I guess this feature depends on if the
author and/or his help compiler included and/or allowed for this
option, don't know.
Click to expand...

FWIW, the author of The Tweaking Experience help file has disabled the
right-click context menu and tried to protect the text from being
copied by adding a few attributes to the <body> tag on each page:

<BODY oncontextmenu="return false" onselectstart="return true"
ondragstart="return false">
 
Pete Lees wrote in
FWIW, the author of The Tweaking Experience help file has disabled the
right-click context menu and tried to protect the text from being
copied by adding a few attributes to the <body> tag on each page:
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Makes sense, thanks for the info.

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen
 
Thanks, Tiger! Take care, e.t.
Tiger said:
Windows help file.

--
Tiger

"In the devil's theology, the important thing is to be absolutely right
and prove everyone else is absolutely wrong." - Thomas Merton
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