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Getting the old MSN messenger. [Basic]

August 22nd, 2011 | Posted by Lee in geeky-stuff - (0 Comments)
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This is a real basic how-to, but something I constantly find people asking about. Most people don’t like the new Microsoft Live messenger, and soon regret ever updating to it, hard to avoid in the first place as Microsoft flag it as recommended in Windows updates.

Not many people know, but Microsoft do keep the old messenger themselves, this is to account for people on Windows XP, which doesn’t support the new Live essentials stuff. Follow the steps below to uninstall live essentials and get the old messenger back, if you don’t have the new messenger skip to step 2.

  1. Removing the new Live Messenger and Essentials. This is the part most people have problems with. Click the Windows Orb (Start button) , then Control Panel. Under Programs click Uninstall a program. Go to the bottom and you’ll see “Windows Live Essentials 2011″, this contains Live messenger. Right click it then click Uninstall/Change. Select “Remove one or more Windows Live programs”, for the old messenger to install we need to lose all trace of Essentials, so select ALL of the boxes then click the Uninstall button. Afterwards you should restart your pc.
  2. Go to http://explore.live.com/windows-live-Messenger-XP. This is the old msn that everyone used to know and love, allowing you to block users, etc. I recommend getting it from here and not one of the 3rd party sites. Next to the download button, select your language, then click Download.
  3. Once it’s downloaded select messenger, you’ll probably want the

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Getting that Facebook video [Advanced]

August 19th, 2011 | Posted by Lee in geeky-stuff - (0 Comments)

Many users know how to get videos and music off existing sources that were designed to be viewed live, eg youtube, whether it’s using a downloaded program or a 3rd party website that rips the content and allows you to download it.
Users wanting to download somebody else’s video of Facebook will realize this isn’t possible, and third party methods are most probably ruled out because of privacy settings.

There is a way though, using your browsers (Firefox in this case) cache. A cache is a copy of something that your computer stores enabling you to access it faster next time, without the need to re-download the content from the server.

  1. Go to the video page using Firefox, don’t play it yet.
  2. Click the Start button, click your user name that you’re logged into Windows with. eg mine is LEthaLity. You should see a folder called AppData, if you do skip to step 4, if not, read on.
  3. You need to enable the viewing of hidden folders, click the organise button in the top left, ->Folder and Search Options, then click the View tab, under Files and Folders there’s a “Hidden files and folders” option. Click the radio button enabling “Show hidden files, folders, and drives”. Then click Apply, and ok, you should now see AppData.
  4. Enter AppData, then click Local->Mozilla->Firefox->Profiles. You will then see a folder named in the following manner “imm40evz.default”, the bit before default will probably be different for you. Enter this folder, then go into Cache.

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