Here’s the script itself: (to copy-paste: first click the “Plain text” header; in FF2, RightClick->”Select all” works well)
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Also: 5 content theft myths, and why they are false.

And more links:

• free internet fax
• anti-spam email 1 (recommended)
• anti-spam email 2
• create on-demand snapshot (archive) of the cited web-page

Update generally went well, except for the message I got on the main page:

Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn’t here.

It was quite easy to figure out that new WP conflicts with an elderly “Sideblog” plugin - so I had to deactivate that one, and will have to update all the active plugins to avoid some other less evident problems… (actually, just completed updating all the plugins… quite a time-eater, that was.)

Also, there will be a slight change to what and how I write. No other details for now - but stay tuned! All the changes with no exceptions are planned for the good of readers, and for the users’ benefits!

It does exist - Ultimate boot CD. That CD has numerous freeware testing and diagnosing utilities which will help you - if you are up to some good old (read “small fast”) DOS utilities. And not that old, actually - modern hardware is supported.

The only modification I’ll do to the Ultimate boot CD will be adding freeware Biew bin/hex viewer/editor. Surely, more utils to come - with original size of just 115MB, there’s plenty of room to add extensions. You can even extend the CD image with non-free software, like Partition Magic.

Found this one useful when looking for string conversion to uppercase - CodeCodex has it for 10 languages (alas, Ada isn’t among them - but it’s present in tiny pieces here and there, when searching for it at CodeCodex).

Finally, just a useful resource if you need a shiny name for your brand-new 2.0-beta project: anagram server.

When I switched to English (UK) UI, everything went just as described in the help article, and I added one address to fetch emails from.

After fetching some mails, I switched back to Ukrainian UI, and - quite expectedly - the Fetcher part disappeared from the Settings/Accounts. Now I’m waiting to see if the Fetcher is nonetheless functional, or if it is also disabled… It’s functioning! So the only thing which was really changing in this case was the portion of the Settings/Accounts page not displayed while using Ukrainian UI.

The moral of the story is: when you think that some functionality is missing in the Google service you’re using - just switch to English UI!

There’s also an extremely comprehensive Excel sheet, which maps numerous *.adm-file options to their registry equivalents - Group Policy Settings Reference (PolicySettings.xls). This file is for Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 2003.

It’s actually possible to install gpedit.msc snap-in for MMC in Windows XP Home Edition. I found the list of necessary files on some French site, which also had the archive of all necessary (French) files and the installation batch-file (look for “gpedit pour xp home.zip”, or go here; it’s easy to figure out what to do even if you do not understand French, but do know what gpedit.msc is for). Other language versions of the necessary files can be retrieved from corresponding-language installations of WinXP Professional; English version can also be downloaded from microsoft.com (look for “ADMFiles”, “ADM Files for XP SP2″ or similar).

Disclaimer: I do not know if modifying (enhancing) your WinXP HE in such a way is a violation of any EULAs. It’s your own responsibility to check this out and comply with any such regulations. Also, be advised that modifying any settings using gpedit.msc on WinXP HE may render some parts of the OS inoperable.