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Archive for December 2007

December 31st, 2007

Happy New Year!!!

Happy and Prosperous New Year to all Windows Vista Weblog Readers!
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December 31st, 2007

Link Reads: 12.31

Everything you need to know about Microsoft certs (ComputerWorld)
Windows Vista Runs On Asus Eee PC (HTLounge)
PCWorld Says Firefox is Strong, Vista is Weak (SlashDot)
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December 31st, 2007

Windows Vista Live on YouTube

There is a new channel in YouTube named WindowsVistaAndLive. It seems it was started on December 21, 2007 and shows video about Vista. How about Microsoft using their competitor Google’s bandwidth for their campaign? Anyways, you might want to subscribe and see how Vista Live can be used.
The YouTube site is here.
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December 31st, 2007

Windows Vista YM

Techtree has a report on a Windows Vista Yahoo Messenger. It is cool, except for this: Yahoo Messenger has been a popular Instant Messaging client till Google Talk came into existence (it’s still a favorite for many). At least so many stats show that Google Talk is not even close to either AOL, MSN […]

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December 31st, 2007

Not Enough Space on the Disk?

What is wrong with this? I am copying a file 14.6 MB in size while the free space for my destination drive is 42.1 GB. What the hell is Windows Vista telling me here? I figured out my source hard disk has 0 bytes left and after cleaning it up for a few mega bytes, […]

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December 23rd, 2007

Happy Holidays!!!

Happy Holidays to all WindowsVistaWeblog readers!!!
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December 23rd, 2007

Link Reads: 12.24.07

Windows SideShow for Vista Comes to iPhone (Gizmodo)
Windows Vista gets pounded in year-end recaps (SeattlePI)
MCTS 70-620 Exam Prep: Upgrading to Windows Vista (Informit)
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December 23rd, 2007

Gateway® One ZX190

I am fascinated by the new Gateway One ZX190 desktop computer. It is a cool product from Gateway which features a large display ultra bright screen, sleek design, powerful hardware specs and other new things stuffed into it. The hardware itself already looks so cool and when loaded with Windows Vista, you get yourself one […]

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December 23rd, 2007

How to Add Video in the titles of WMM

You can add a video in the titles of Windows Movie Maker by using a tool created by Trugga.
The tool would give you a code that you will copy and paste to a file in Program Files Movie Maker location.
Enjoy!
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December 23rd, 2007

Windows Vista Language Packs

The Windows Vista language packs is only allowed in Vista Ultimate and the Enterpise edition. Even if you get a separate language pack, it would not allow you to install it in other versions.
Below are the steps to help you install your desired language pack:
1. Go to Control Panel.
2. Then click Clock, Language, and Region
3. […]

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December 23rd, 2007

Windows Movie Maker

The Windows Movie Maker should be adequate for most of your needs. It may not be equivalent to retail movie makers but it definitely provides 80-90% of the features that 100 USD products can do.
To get the most of your Windows Vista Movie Maker, go to this forum and be able to use WMM to […]

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December 23rd, 2007

vLite 1.1 beta 2

vLite is a tool for customizing Windows Vista installation before you have actually installed the operating system
vLite has now released their latest version, vLite 1.1 beta 2. The changes are as follows:
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December 23rd, 2007

iTunes on Vista 64-bit

There are problems installing iTunes 7.5 on a 64-bit Vista after Quicktime gets installed successfully. The problem could be because iTunes wants to install in an unsecured setting that is why they want VBScript to be enabled.
To enable VBScript simply type “regsvr32 vbscript.dll” in the command console. Just make sure you run the console in […]

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December 18th, 2007

Windows Sidebar Styler

Windows Sidebar cannot be customized out of the box; but Stanimir created an application to make Windows Sidebar customization possible.
In an excerpt:
Windows Sidebar Styler takes advantage of the new technologies introduced in Windows Vista™ in order to provide extensions to the existing functionality of Windows® Sidebar.
Custom styles allow for resizing and customizing the appearance of […]

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December 18th, 2007

The 15 Biggest Tech Disappointments of 2007

ComputerWorld has listed their 15 biggest tech disappointments of 2007 and expectedly they placed Vista in the number 1 list. Why wouldn’t they? After all, it it would generate the most buzz and mojo.
Seriously, Vista generated very high expectations given the price tag and the marketing WOW Microsoft gave to Vista that any fault […]

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December 17th, 2007

Vista on Asus Eee PC

If you are looking around for an Ultra Mobile PC, the cheapest in the market right now is Asus Eee PC. I would have bought it without second thought had it run Windows Vista. The hardware comes with Linux as the operating system but you should be able to load Windows XP in it. Load […]

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December 17th, 2007

Book: Windows Vista Annoyances

David A. Karp is best known for writing books centered on making problems solveable to make the life of users easy and productive. There is no better timing than his recent books titled: Windows Vista Annoyances.
The book is described as follows:
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December 17th, 2007

Windows Vista vs Windows 95

I was reading this post over at GeekZone and one interesting statement he made goes like this:
Running Windows 3.11 was just phenomonal on this, insanely quick.
In contrast, the Vista machine was just poke-slow in everything it did, took 3 minutes to start up, took 24 seconds to load Word, and usually taking about double the […]

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December 17th, 2007

Windows Installer CleanUp Utility

Back in the days of Windows 95, when I was in College, a cleanup tool is a necessity on my box as I always screwed up my system with frequent and so many installs here and there. Fast track today, I never feel the need for such a utility as I would test the software […]

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December 13th, 2007

The Big Book of Windows Hacks and Windows Vista in a Nutshell are up for grabs

Preston Gralla is giving away two of his latest books, “The Big Book of Windows Hacks” and “Windows Vista in a Nutshell” as a prize for whoever fixes his network problems in Vista.
His problem in a nutshell: When I install Vista SP1 on one of my Vista machines, I can see all the PCs on […]

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