Enable Windows netbios over Wireless network

May 25th, 2009

By default, Windows will not recognize netbios over wireless networks.

The following screen shots show how to enable netbios over a wireless network in Windows Vista.









Facebook Smiley Parser

May 10th, 2009

Current version: R9

Changelog:
R9
Added more pages support

R8
Fixed bug where some elements were not being converted into smileys on the home and profile pages
Added code for future implementation of selecting different sets of smiley icons

R7
Minor code optimizations (improved load time by upto 20ms )
Changed smiley image host
Fixed bug where settings were reset after closing the browser

R6
Minor performance increase
Minor style update for settings dialog
Added option to change the time interval between updating the page

R5
Fixed bug for when traversing through pages the facebook header slightly overlaps the content (R2 only worked on the “Home” and “Profile” pages)
Added “Friends” page to the list of pages to process

R4
Minor optimization of code
Added ability to disable auto update feature on the settings dialog

R3
Fixed bug of loading header only after refresh
Added auto update feature. When the facebook homepage is loaded, the script checks to see if it the most recent version, and notifies you if it is outdated

R2
Added options page with ability to disable the script header
Fixed bug for when traversing through pages the facebook header slightly overlaps the content

What it does:
Converts common smiley symbols into smiley images More features to be added soon

Example:

Supported smiley symbols:

:D
:)
=)
:oops:
:)
:|
:o
:shock:
:?
:?:
8-)
:lol:
:x
:P
:cry:
:evil:
:twisted:
:roll:
;)
:mrgreen:
:worship:
:arrow:
:idea:
:!:

How it works:
It runs as a perfectly safe custom user JavaScript resource which loads whenever a facebook page is displayed in your chosen web browser

Supported browsers:
Tested and working:
Opera 9.5
Firefox 3
Internet Explorer 7
Google Chrome

Browsers that should work but haven’t been tested:
Safari
Any other browser which conforms to XHTML and JavaScript standards

How to install:
Opera:
1. Download the script
2. Place it into a blank folder somewhere on your hard disk.
3. In Opera, go to Tools > Preferences > Advanced > Content > JavaScript options and at the bottom select the folder you put it into.
4. Goto facebook homepage to test if it works. If it is working, you’ll see “Running Facebook Smiley Parser” in the header menu (if not, try refreshing).

Firefox:
Straight forward user script installation.

1. Install Greasemonkey: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748
2. Go to the script: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/47604
3. Click install and follow instructions.
4. Goto facebook homepage to test if it works. If it is working, you’ll see “Running Facebook Smiley Parser” in the header menu (if not, try refreshing).

Google Chrome:
Installation is a little complicated

1. Download and install Greasemetal: http://greasemetal.31tools.com/
2. Download the script and save it in the Greasemetal “userjs” program directory
3. On any shortcuts pointing to Google Chrome (eg. Desktop, Start Menu, Quicklaunch), right click > Properties, and change the “Target” field to the Greasemetal application (”C:\Program Files (x86)\Greasemetal\Greasemetal.exe”), and set the “Start In” to the Greasemetal program directory (”C:\Program Files (x86)\Greasemetal\”)
4. Click change icon, click OK to the windows error message, click browse, and point to the Google Chrome exe file (eg. Change directory to “C:\Users\Bob\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\”)
5. Click OK, and then OK again
6. Whenever you need to load Google Chrome, make sure to use one of the modified shortcuts
4. Goto facebook homepage to test if it works. If it is working, you’ll see “Running Facebook Smiley Parser” in the header menu

Internet Explorer:
Warning: IE sucks, hardcore

1. Download and install this: http://www.gm4ie.com/gm4ie_setup.exe
2. Edit the “extensions.list” file in the GM4IE program directory, and add:

[Facebook Smiley Parser]
Name=Facebook Smiley Parser
Domains=www.facebook.com
ScriptFileName=facebook.user.js
version=1

3. Download the script and save it in the scripts directory of the GM4IE program directory
4. Load up GM4IE. On the main screen, click “Stop GM4IE” and then “Start GM4IE”
5. Goto facebook homepage to test if it works. If it is working, you’ll see “Running Facebook Smiley Parser” in the header menu (if not, try refreshing).

Download location:
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/47604

If there are any questions, comments, suggestions etc., fell free to comment