Gizmodo: fix

Win 7 Tip: Miss Vista's Quick Launch? Here's How You Get It Back

Erica Ho — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:39:00 EST

The taskbar in Windows 7 is a revamped combination of the previous Quick Launch and Vista's taskbar, but if you really, really miss Quick Launch, then keep reading.

1. First, right-click on the taskbar and turn off "Lock the Taskbar."
2. Right-click the taskbar, hover over Toolbars, and select New Toolbar.
3. When it asks you to select a folder, enter this string: %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
4. Find Quick Launch (it may be on the right side of the taskbar), right-click the divider and disable "Show Text" and "Show Title." Make sure "Small Icons" is enabled.
5. Drag the divider to rearrange Quick Launch on your taskbar (using left-click).
6. Right-click and lock your toolbar again.

You're welcome. I love you too. [MaximumPC]

View our other Windows 7 tips and our continuing coverage here.

The Penicillin Fix For Your iWork '09 Trojan VD

John Mahoney — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:15:48 EST

Here's a fix for the trojan you may have picked up while dipping unprotected into murky pirate waters for a bootleg copy of Apple's iWork '09.

You can do it all manual-like, with the following Terminal incantations (But be careful! That's some unprotected deleting going on there):

1) (open Terminal.app)

2) sudo su (enter password)

3) rm -r /System/Library/StartupItems/iWorkServices

4) rm /private/tmp/.iWorkServices

5) rm /usr/bin/iWorkServices

6) rm -r /Library/Receipts/iWorkServices.pkg

7) killall -9 iWorkServices

Or, the folks at MacScan have released a free utility that handles the cleanup by itself. Download it here. [Macrumors]

iTunes Support Store: iPhone App Crashes Fixed

Elaine Chow — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:45:00 EDT

Good news, iPhone users! Looks like Apple has finally fixed that 2.0 app crashing problem. One Gizmodo reader received an email last night from the iTunes Support Store with instructions for redownloading applications you've already bought (for free, of course) and was given a $15 gift certificate for his troubles! Maybe Adam will convert to Macs after all? [ - Thanks Henry!]

iPhone 1.1.3 Mixing Up Your SMS Order? Here's How You Fix It

Jason Chen — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:29:43 EST

If your iPhone's displaying SMS messages out of order on firmware version 1.1.3, it's because your phone has a different time/date setting from your cellular provider. To fix it, just switch your phone to auto-sync from the network. [Apple]

Zune 2 Software Mixing Up Album Art?

Jason Chen — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:17:53 EST

If your new Zune software has been mixing up your album art, here's how to fix it. [Zunerama]

DIY: Fix Your Defective Guitar Hero 2 Controller

Travis Hudson — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:00:15 EDT

The Gizmodo crew has been busy playing the hell out of Guitar Hero 2 on Xbox 360 and we are indeed encountering the problematic whammy bar. Luckily instead of taking the guitar back (and have to look like a moron carrying a fake guitar across town) there is a handy DIY fix to the non-responsive whammy bar.

All you have to do is crack the guitar open, loosen some screws, rotate a unit, and whammy (pun intended) you are ready to go. I'll probably be doing this rather than having to take the unit back or—gasp—RMA'ing the unit and having to go without my beloved GH2 for days. Hit the link below for instructions. –Travis Hudson

Faulty Guitar Hero II Controller Fix [Via Gearfuse]

No PSP2, But Sony is Jonesing

johnb — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 10:21:34 EDT

A Kotaku reader—we're sure there are at least two of them—attended a Sony focus group to discuss the PSP Fix, which he assumed was some sort of injected PSP designed to block certain neuroreceptors and incite euphoria in the user. No such luck.

It is, in fact, Jampack for PSP which includes shitty versions of a) downloadable music content b) videos c) whatever else Sony can dig out of the Sony Music Dumpsters. Uh huh. Nice. Considering I haven't played my PSP in about two months, I'm thinking they need a little bit more than videos to save that franchise. How about some games I'd actually like to play? – John Biggs

Mole: It's No PSP2, But A "PSP Fix" [Kotaku]