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How to Change the Default Print Setting in IE7

Recently a user requested to change the default print style in IE7 from Shrink to Fit to 100% but I was unable to really find any straightforward procedure to assist in the process. The typical procedure to change this value is to select Print Preview then change the setting from Shrink to Fit to the desired percentage value from the drop down menu. I personally prefer the default as Shrink to Fit, but having the option to change the default is always a nice application feature.

The general online consensus seemed to be that Microsoft had not placed an easy way to change this default within the latest browser release and it had become quite an issue for users and web developers alike. But never fear User Dear, there is a workaround (as there usually is) and below is the process you need to perform in order to make this change after you save your current registry settings of course.

Navigate to this location in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl

Manually add the following registry Key:

FEATURE_STF_Scale_Min

Then create a new DWORD with a Value name of iexplore.exe and a Value data of 64 (The 64 is equal to 100% for the default print value).

Reboot and you should be able to default to 100% instead of Shrink to Fit in IE7.

I found out about this particular registry key from a fix Microsoft did for print issues in other programs such as Outlook or Microsoft Mail and it just so happens to work the same with IE7. You do not need to apply the hotfix in order to get this to work for IE7. I thought that the hotfix would install this specific key, but it did not so I had to manually add it. Aside from manually creating the key, I do not know how it gets created as described in that article. I would love to know, so if you do, drop me a line and educate me.

BioShock

BioShock, BioShock, and more BioShock.

Fortunately The Farm Boy is letting me borrow his copy to play and so far, I am mighty impressed.

Xbox 360 Gaming with a Wiimote

How sweet is this?

Damn sweet is right!

Freedom isn't Free

Have you ever been in a rough spot and received a letter that took you away from it all? You tore open the envelope, began to read and then you forgot about the random bullshit, the responsibilities, the swelling that was consuming your mind if only for a minute.

I have.

I cherish those moments when I felt the card in my hands, smiled at a picture and read the letters jumbled on the paper. You may not know these people, but try to remember that much needed escape you received and try to pass it on to someone who really needs a moments distraction from every day life. Go on...give a lil click over to Any Soldier and find out how.

If you would rather send a care package to a soldier, go to Treat Any Soldier. They have several different types of care packages to choose from. Now who doesn't like care packages?

www.WhatAmIReading.com

After many technical hassles with my old web host (more on that later), I received a couple new domains with my new host. Now given the amazing amount of traffic Princess Fix IT gets these days (hardy har har), I was trying to think of what I could do with the other domains I received. I like to hear about what other people are reading and what they think of those books, so I decided to come up with a site that shares that information.

WhatAmIReading.com seemed fun so I now have that site currently under construction. I want to have a few different features such as book reviews and recommendations, individual lists, discussion forums and maybe even a book exchange program, but all of that is in the early stages. Right now I am just wrestling with design issues and the like.

I am always open to suggestions, so please feel free to speak your mind.

I will make a formal announcement here and via email when things are ready to go.

You Can Go Home

While visiting my folks back home recently, a very old friend contacted me. This in itself is not very unusual, but considering the effort I have put forth into keeping my past at bay, the successful contact was quite a feat. To see people who knew you when you were just beginning to discover yourself, knew you when all that mattered was having a good time, knew you when you were just a dumb punk, is a bit refreshing.

I have not seen these friends for approximately 10 years, which puts me at about 24 or so when I last shared laughs and traded rounds with them. I like to think I have changed a lot since then, for the better I hope, but you never really lose who you become through those crucial years of your life, do you? I split off, like friends often do through time (and stubbornness) and often over these last several years I have thought fondly of them. At that point in my life I still had a lot to figure out and times got very tough after I moved on without them. What I didn't realize then was that it would have been beneficial to me to still have that group to lean on rather than try to steer my life all on my own. Naturally, one only comes to those conclusions after the fact. The Infinite Jest and all that...

Some things haven't changed and a lot has, but that's the beauty of life, right? You move forward learning what you can from each person that touches your life and hopefully, if you are lucky enough, you put that knowledge to good use.

Fuck.

I hope I'm lucky enough.