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Disable “Advance Text Services” via the Windows registry

musashi — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:08:47 +0000

The following vbs code will disable Advanced Text Services:

Option Explicit
Dim objShell
Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
objShell.RegWrite _
"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\CTF\Disable Thread Input Manager", "1", "REG_DWORD"
objShell.RegWrite _
"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\CTF\Langbar\ExtraIconsOnMinimized", "0", "REG_DWORD"
objShell.RegWrite _
"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\CTF\Langbar\ShowStatus", "2", "REG_DWORD"
objShell.RegWrite _
"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\CTF\MSUTB\ShowDeskBand", "1", "REG_DWORD"

If you would like to uninstall this service completely (and prevent ctfmon.exe from running) then see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282599

Autoresponse 1.6.3 (bugfix) Released

musashi — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:22:08 +0000

Autoresponse 1.6.3 has been released. This is a bugfix release that fixed an issue with “case sensitive” e-mail addresses. Basically, UsEr@domain.tld or USER@DOMAIN.TLD — both valid addresses, were not able to set an autoresponse message for user@domain.tld (…after the user authenticated with the server via SASL of course). This is no longer an issue thanks to this release.

Autoresponse on HowToForge

musashi — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:32:37 +0000

Autoresponse now has a tutorial on HowToForge! Be sure to check it out. I also suggest signing up because there is a wealth of information on there, and with a paid subscription you can download any tutorial as a PDF (other formats are available as well) without the ads, graphics, and other unrelated items… it’s well worth it.

Autoresponse 1.6.2 (bugfix) released!

musashi — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:15:02 +0000

This version of autoresponse addresses a minor bug that could cause any text in the message body that resembles a “To” header to be replaced with something other than what the user intended. There was a fairly small chance that this would happen, but it’s an improvement nonetheless. You can find the new version on the projects page.

Autoresponse 1.6.1 (bugfix) released!

musashi — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:32:09 +0000

Well the first round of bugs have been discovered (and fixed). The major issue resolved by this release is that a rogue user with a forged from header could set an autoresponse message for someone else. We now require SASL authentication which addresses this. This is a highly recommended update; you can find it under the “projects” link in the upper-right corner.