I am looking for some recommendations on antivirus/antimalware software for Windows. Specifically I am looking for an antivirus program that will allow me to selectively turn on/off components as needed. [more inside]
posted by DerekTheGeek on Oct 26, 2009 - 7 answers

How might I disable or muffle the beeps that my appliances make (when buttons are pressed, when cooking cycle is finished) without risking my life or that of the unit? The toaster-oven is the most egregious offender, but the microwave is problematic too.
posted by xo on Jul 1, 2009 - 3 answers

Is possible to disable "find in page" on Safari 4 Beta? [more inside]
posted by Leech on Jun 7, 2009 - 13 answers

Is there a way to disable the right-click menu on a particular web page I visit that isn't managed by me? [more inside]
posted by maxwelton on May 30, 2009 - 3 answers

Turn off style for a specific element? [more inside]
posted by doomtop on Mar 19, 2009 - 11 answers

Is there a way to disable Mail.app on my mac (OS 10.4.11)? It pops up whenever I mistakenly click on a mailto link. I don't use it for my email, so it's really annoying. [more inside]
posted by bluefly on Mar 6, 2009 - 11 answers

Is there a way to selectively disable the CD/DVD drive in my computer? [more inside]
posted by brandman on Feb 22, 2009 - 8 answers

How do I keep peoples avatars from coming up in Google Talk window when i highlight their name? [more inside]
posted by Izzmeister on Feb 11, 2009 - 6 answers

How can I disable favicon animation in Firefox 3? [more inside]
posted by equalpants on Mar 25, 2008 - 4 answers

How can I temporarily disable the alt+tab shortcut when I'm playing games in Windows XP? [more inside]
posted by good in a vacuum on Mar 5, 2008 - 2 answers

Server2003/Exchange - can I disable an account but still have its mail delivered/forwarded? [more inside]
posted by bartleby on Dec 21, 2007 - 3 answers

We need to turn off the internet! What is the best program for temporarily disabling our access? We need one solution for a Mac and one for Windows. Ideally we'd like something with a timer (where the internet is turned off for x number of hours) or something that requires a difficult process to unlock it. [more inside]
posted by barnone on Sep 19, 2007 - 10 answers

I thought I was a Mac geek, but I'm beginning to think I'm not. Can one take an Intel iMac, plug in an external monitor and TOTALLY DISABLE the internal screen? I'm beginning to think it's not possible.
posted by clango on Jun 29, 2007 - 9 answers

I came home today and woke my Mac (OS X 10.3.9) from sleep, triggering a horrible cocophony from the disc tray, which I opened to find that my darling son had stacked a DVD and a Delta blues CD on top of each other in there. Luckily, the drive wasn't damaged, but I want to disable the top right disc eject button to prevent him from doing this again. How? [more inside]
posted by planetkyoto on Jan 8, 2006 - 11 answers

Ok, I have a Dell box with Windows XP. I also have two very smart children (ages 11 and 13). I want to figure out a way to disable the internet connection from time to time. For example, child A doesn't clean their room, so I want to disable internet while at work, from (8a-4p). Is there a way I can do this, some software? The connection is DSL.
posted by patrickje on Jul 27, 2004 - 19 answers

MS Word 2003 task panes: when I start Word, I get a "getting started" side bar and an Adobe Acrobat tool menu that I can't seem to permanently disable. This is driving me bonkers. [more inside]
posted by muckster on Apr 20, 2004 - 3 answers

Demons of the keyboard - I use both an iMac and an Apple laptop, and they both have certain keys which fill me with dread. The "Esc" and "Clear" keys erase the text in my browser's (IE 5.0,5.1) text input box. How can I turn off these key functions or resurrect the deleted text ? (more inside) [more inside]
posted by troutfishing on Feb 7, 2004 - 8 answers

Is there any way to stop animated gifs from animating in Firebird? I'm just starting to use 0.7 (the last stable release), and I really like it, except that you apparently can't turn off the damn gifs. This is a deal-killer for me, I'm afraid. A gif (or several gifs, and I'm looking at you, Guardian) flashing at me is really distracting when I'm trying to read a page. (Bouncing java applets ditto, but they're another kind of problem.)

I've looked on the Mozilla boards and the answer seems to be, 'no, there's no way to stop the animation', but I thought I'd ask around just to sure. I don't want to go back to IE... [more inside]
posted by Slithy_Tove on Dec 13, 2003 - 13 answers