The reason why Windows deletes directories so slowly

Because you delete into the trashcan. Try Shift-Delete in the file manager instead of Delete and you'll delete things much faster. But beware: you won't be able to restore things deleted this way!

How to overcome the 200 video limit of a Youtube playlist

The Youtube playlist randomizer mentioned before acquired a new feature. It can mix and play videos from several playlists instead of only one.

You can use it to listen your classical and pop music playlist mixed together if you want, but it is much more useful to overcome the built in Youtube playlist limit.

A Youtube playlist can only have a maximum of 200 videos in it. If you have more than 200 favorite videos then you can put them into separate playlists and using this feature you can play those lists like a single, long playlist, so you can effectively have a playlist of infinite length. In theory, at least :).

How to fix show me as away when inactive in Skype?

Setting your Skype-status to away automatically when you are away from the computer is not really working anymore, is it? If that's the case it's easy to fix.

Go to Tools/Options and change Show me as away after X minutes to some other value. Like 4 minutes. Save it.

Then go to Tools/Options again and set it to some other value again like 5 minutes. Save it.

After you changed it twice it will work correctly. Stupid, isn't it? But at least it can be fixed.

How to play a Youtube playlist in random order (shuffle)?

With the recent redesign of Youtube they've taken out the randomize option, so you can set your playlist to autoplay, but it will always play in the same order. Boring, isn't it?

Luckily, there is a handy site which allows you to play/shuffle a Youtube playlist in randomized order. It does not have a fancy design, but it does the shuffling well.

You just give your Youtube user name, it lists your playlists and you can choose one to play in random order. It even have a Play Next button if you want to skip a number.

User javascript stopped working in Opera 10.50

Just use window.addEventListener instead of document.addEventListener

Eliminate PHP warning: strtotime() [function.strtotime]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings.

Uncomment and set the date.timezone value in your php.ini

E.g. date.timezone = Europe/Paris

How to fix atapi.sys Packed.Protector.C trojan warning by Avg?

I got some virus called av_dm.exe. Check your startup programs with msconfig to find where it is located, delete it from everywhere and untick these entries from msconfig startup.

It fixed the process which ate the CPU, but AVG still complained about a trojan in atapi.sys


I didn't know what to do with it, because AVG couldn't remove it, so I downloaded the service pack for XP manually (search for it on Google), and renamed it to .cab, so I can look into it. Renamed the trojan atapi.sys to .bak in case the fix doesn't work, copied atapi.sys from the service pack and rebooted.

This eliminated the warnings by AVG. Let me know if it works for you or if you have a better idea how to deal with this pest.