This little annoying tray icon may irritate you, if you are like me, you dont like things popping up for no good reason. Here is how you disable it, but read the description because by doing so you lose some functionality (that you may not care about though).

Download the free tool from the divx site here:

http://support.divx.com/cgi-bin/divx.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1630

Direct link > DivX Toolbar Toggle Tool

Description: This tool turns on and off the DivX Toolbar (DivXSM.exe), which appears by the system tray when you play a DivX file. Notes: If you turn the Toolbar off, you will not be able to control the advanced features of DivX Media files in third-party media players, and the DivX video decoder may run with default settings.

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I caught this via Steve Clayton (who caught it via Jeff Sandquist showing off his home) - Stardock has a really neat application called LogonStudio that allows you to change the background of your logon screen in Windows Vista. I absolutely love the space background.

LogonStudio is available as a free download and also allows you to create your own backgrounds as well as download logon backgrounds via Stardock’s WinCustomize Gallery too. Folks who create their own backgrounds can submit them to the WinCustomize Gallery. Give it a try. Let me know what you think.

THANK GOD I AM A VISTA EXTERMINATOR! A VISTABUSTER!

Yes… I get many calls each day from people in dismay pleading
for my expert help.

Just like they call the Ghostbusters, but in my case I am the VistaBuster!

I remove vista from the computer leaving it fast clean with no vistabugs vistaghosts and vistaghouls, and I install the best OS Microsoft has made: XP!

Call 1800-VISTABUSTERS-00

:-)

Get the midi Ghostbusters tune here to sing along with me… !!! WHOOHOOOO!!!!

http://www.ex-designz.net/englishmidis/nowplaying.asp?mid=540

You can Right click on the midi title link on that page and hit “Save Target As” so you can save it on your computer.

Vistabusters…

If there’s somethin’ strange in your network neighborhood
Who ya gonna call (Vistabusters)
If it’s somethin’ weird an it won’t work good
Who ya gonna call (Vistabusters)

I ain’t afraid a no Vista
I ain’t afraid a no Vista
If you’re seein’ things runnin’ thru your OS
Who can you call (Vistabusters)
An’ invisible process sleepin’ in your dll
Oh who ya gonna call (Vistabusters)
I ain’t afraid a no Vista
I ain’t afraid a no Vista
Who ya gonna call (Vistabusters)
If you’re all alone call phone support
An call (Vistabusters)

I ain’t afraid a no Vista
I hear it likes the girls
I ain’t afraid a no Vista
Who you gonna call (Vistabusters)
Mm…if you’ve had dos
Of a freaky Vistababy
You better call Vistabusters
Bustin’ makes me feel good
I ain’t afraid a no Vista

Don’t get caught alone oh no…Vistabuster
When it comes through your dvd
Unless you’ve just got some more
I think you better call Vistabusters
Ooh… who you gonna call (Vistabusters)
Who you gonna call (Vistabusters)
Ah, I think you better call (Vistabusters)

I can’t hear you…(Vistabusters)
Who you gonna call (Vistabusters)
Louder Vistabusters
Who you gonna call (Vistabusters)
Who you can call Vistabusters…(till fade)

 

Itching to make Windows Vista behave the way you want it to, not the way Microsoft does? Take these fun and useful hacks for a whirl.

You’ve run Windows Vista, you’ve played around with the Aero interface, and maybe you’ve even mucked around a little bit in Vista’s innards to see what makes it tick.

Now what?

Now is when the fun begins. There are plenty of ways you can hack Windows Vista, make it jump through hoops, bend it to your will and generally make it behave the way you want it to behave, not the way Microsoft does.

Where to begin? I’ve put together 10 of my favorite hacks for Windows Vista. They’ll let you do everything from speed up Windows Aero to unlock a supersecret administrator’s account and juice up the right-click context menu — and yes, even hack the dreaded User Account Control. So if you want to take control of Windows Vista, read on.

A word of warning: Some of these tips involve editing the Windows Registry, which can be a dangerous thing to do. So before you touch the Registry, use System Restore to create a restore point so that you can revert to the previous version of the Registry if something goes awry. To create a restore point, choose Control Panel > System and Maintenance > Restore files from backup > Create a restore point or change settings.

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Top 10 Vista Hacks

1. Hack User Account Control

2. Unlock the supersecret Administrator
       account

3. Tweak Aero’s glass borders

4. Protect your privacy by removing Windows
       Vista metadata

5. Power up Windows Vista’s context menu

6. Speed up or turn off Windows Aero

7. Bypass the Windows Vista log-on screen
       on multiaccount PCs

8. Hack Vista’s blinking cursor

9. Hack Vista’s screensavers

10. Make Windows animation go slo-mo

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source: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9015738#1