Atheros AR928X / NE-771 stuck in G mode – A Fix

A few posts back, I mentioned that Net4Switch had stuck my Atheros AR928X aka AzureWave NE-771 into G mode at 54mbps, rather than its native N mode at 300mbps.
I finally found a solution to getting it back up to 300, so I’d share it seeing as I found no conclusive solution that works elsewhere.
Here’s how to set the ar928x to 300mbps.

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Vista / Win 7 Desktop Icon Size

I’ve been looking all around control panel for the advanced appearance settings they had in XP, but I couldn’t find it anywhere. Eventually, I found a forum post that made me realise how ridiculously easy it is.
Right click the desktop > View > Small Icons
>_<

Then I found a way to customise the size even more, thanks to Keith Dsouza over at Techie Buzz.

Click the Ctrl key while you are viewing the desktop and scroll your wheel upwards or downwards.

In my defence, I’ve been using a trackerball mouse for the last 8 months and only just plugged in an optical with a scroll wheel today.