Remove Ads from Windows Live Messenger 8.1

Tired of those annoying WLM ads, the one that when your mouse rolls over, it starts playing videos? Well I am, and it seems like a lot of others are - enough for people to come up with something to stop it (and therefore give you more viewing area for your contacts)! =)

A-Patch for MSN Messenger allows you to do that and a lot more! Get it here:
http://apatch.org/downloads.php

Don't do ribbons?

If you want classic menus back on Office 2007, take a look at this!



http://www.addintools.com/english/menuoffice/default.htm

Windows Media Player @ Firefox

Yes, finally! Microsoft came to their senses. They have made a plug-in for Firefox available through their open-source developer platform. The bitches don't want to put it at Microsoft.com! But at least they made it available somewhere, so lets be thankful.



http://port25.technet.com/pages/windows-media-player-firefox-plugin-download.aspx

HHCTRL.OCX error on bootup

Are any of you getting a HHCTRL.OCX related error on booting up? If so, it's thanks to Windows Update - Microsoft updated some system file. It causes errors in RealTek sound hardware drivers etc due to a system file relocation (or something like that). Anyway, here's the patch to fix it.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935448/en-us