Getting “What I’m listening to” working with Windows Media Player 11

Posted by andy gaskell on May 20th, 2006

I just got the new Windows Media Player 11 Beta and it’s pretty cool. The upgrade broke the Turn on “What I’m listening to” feature in MSN / Windows Live Messenger. Here’s the steps to getting Turn on “What I’m listening to” working again.

Click the Now Playing menu (not the button).

Scroll to plug-ins – Other – and make sure that “Windows Live Messenger Music Plugin” is selected. I’m guessing there’s similiar option for MSN Messenger Music Plugin, but I can’t say for sure.

How to remove Comcast branding from Internet Explorer

Posted by andy gaskell on Apr 14th, 2006

I just switched over to Comcast’s 8 meg connection – wewt! Anyway, I wasn’t too happy with their software branding IE and resetting my homepage.

Here’s how to remove the branding:

Click Start, then Run… type 

Rundll32 iedkcs32.dll,Clear

exactly as shown. Click OK.

Another great idea is installing Firefox – the download is small and it’s a very nice, secure web browser. Click the link below to learn more about Firefox.