Removing Low Disk Space Checks (Windows XP)

That's it! It finally pissed me off to the point where I went online and found the way to disable that Windows' popup message to remind you that the disk space is low. I know myself when I am close to zero since I am the one who is filling up the hard drive. I agree that this message might be helpful to some newbie Windows users; however, I also believe that there should be a gui option to disable it - for those who do not touch registry too often and also who do not want the message to appear.

Here is how you can do it.

1. START -> Run...
2. Type 'regedit' and hit Enter
3. In regedit application, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> Software -> Microsoft -> Windows -> CurrentVersion -> Policies -> Explorer
4. Create a DWORD value named "NoLowDiskSpaceChecks"
5. Double-click it and set its value to 1.
6. I haven't seen the message since then (Windows might need to be restarted first)

Update: Found another easy solution in one line. Read at Downloadsquad.

Usenet Etiquette

I've been using news groups for quite a while now. Out there people are quite picky about the format the messages are submitted in. Since there are a lot of 'newbies' in this area, there are quite a few webpages summarizing Usenet Etiquette. If you are not using it, once in while you'll get slapped back with a message suggesting you to do so, which becomes annoying in a sense as well. In my opinion, most of them make sense, giving you a better efficiency and making your point clear to everyone.

Here are couple of guides. If you go to one page, most likely it will link you to another one.

• Why is Bottom-posting better than Top-posting
• The art of Quoting (good manners in posting on Usenet)