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Archive for the ‘Tips & Tricks’ Category

June 29th, 2007

Is Your Newly Purchased Computer a Drag?

I have been hearing about newly bought computers with Windows Vista installed performing so slow.
I remember when I was testing out the laptop which I eventually bought, it was also so slow. I could not understand how a Dual Core and 2GB of memory took forever to open explorer. As I navigated around the different […]

By Milo -- 2 comments

June 20th, 2007

Technet Vista Gadgets

Technet reports that they have released Technet Windows Sidebar Gadget.
In an excerpt: TechNet Gadget for Australia and New Zealand delivers information from several of the common news feeds and security alerts.
It supports up to 6 feeds with TechNet Highlights and Basic Security Alerts as default options. A range of other feeds are selectable with options […]

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June 15th, 2007

Activate Windows Vista to Prevent Blackout

Make sure you activate Windows Vista so as to be recognized as a genuine copy. Upon installation Microsoft Windows Vista treats itself as non-genuine, disabling Windows Aero and ReadyBoost.
This is not bad at all since you shouldn’t care less about Windows Aero as it does not impact productivity. I actually find Windows Aero as […]

By Milo -- 2 comments

June 14th, 2007

Sign Up for Windows Vista Services

Microsoft has put up helpful services for Windows Vista which you should sign up to at least one of them.
You can see all the free services via the Welcome Center which is located here — Control Panel\System and Maintenance\Welcome Center.

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June 13th, 2007

Activate Windows Vista Automatic Updates for June Patch

Windows Vista Update was released. The complete bulletin detailing four critical, one important, and one moderate update is found here.
You can obtain the June Patch via automatic updates, just make sure it is turned on. To turn on automatic updates:
1. Click windows menu
2. Click Control Panel
3. Click Security
4. Go to Windows Update
5. Turn automatic updating […]

By Milo -- 6 comments

May 30th, 2007

Diagnose and Repair for your Wifi problems

More information on Windows Vista.
I recently wrote about the problems I encountered with my Wifi connection and Windows Vista (post here).
The solution
Tags: Microsoft, Vista, Windows

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May 26th, 2007

Install Virtual Server 2005 R2 in Windows Vista

I previously wrote about problems I encountered installing and configuring Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 in Windows Home Premium. Apparently, home premium didn’t actually allow the installation so I had to switch over to Windows Vista Enterprise Edition (version description found here) which installed successfully.

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May 21st, 2007

Simple Hack for User Access Control (UAC)

Joanna Rutkowska, an expert looking for breaches related to Windows Vista said that integrity levels (ILs) of User Access Control are designed to allow security breaches.

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May 16th, 2007

Quick Solution for DLL Errors in Applications

Have you experienced DLL errors when running applications in Windows Vista even if Vista has not notified you of compatibility issues?

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April 27th, 2007

Tips & Tricks: Accidentally Deleting Files When User is Deleted

This suggestion is a brute force approach, when a better way has been found out, it shall be posted here.
As an administrator you have the power to delete other user accounts. Upon deleting user accounts, you have the option to keep the files or delete the files. If for unfortunate events you accidentally chose deleting […]

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April 18th, 2007

Problems in China Continue

Microsoft is finding the root cause for the poor performance of Windows Vista in China. In the first two weeks of the release of the software, Microsoft were only able to sell 244 copies.

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April 16th, 2007

The Tale of the Lost 1GB of RAM

I was navigating through the Dell website, and using their computer customization service I added 4GB of Ram to their laptop when I realized whether Windows Vista would have problems with that much RAM. Obviously it should have no problems but I still researched to be sure.

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April 16th, 2007

LabVIEW 8.2.1 Support Windows Vista

LabVIEW 8.2.1 which is a graphical design platform for test, control and embedded system development now supports Windows Vista for 32-bit and 64-bit versions as announced by their maker — National Instruments.

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April 14th, 2007

Tips and Tricks: Solving the Common Error in Activating Windows Vista

This should help you solve errors with DNS not found messages encountered when activating Windows Vista, a lot of them where expererienced through VPN.

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March 29th, 2007

Video: Vista theme on xp pc using style xp

Tags: Microsoft, Vista, Windows

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March 24th, 2007

Tips: Defrag Windows Vista Faster

More information on Windows Vista.
Instead of using the standard Windows Vista Defrag Tool, use the combination of Contig and PowerDefragmenter to make the process ten times faster.
Steps:
Tags: Microsoft, Vista, Windows

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March 16th, 2007

Windows Vista Can Be Used Without Being Activated

Computerworld reported that Brian Livingston, windows expert, published a documented feature of Windows Vista which allows you to avoid activation for at least a year.

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March 10th, 2007

Tips: Windows Vista Security Groups

To be able to maintain different security permissions of users Windows Vista support a long-time feature called Security Groups. Each group has defined permission set which are automatically cascaded to its members.
Below are the security groups of Windows Vista:

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March 10th, 2007

Support for QuarkXPress 7 is Under Way

Quark has announced that they are fully committed to have their products run on Windows Vista; and as such, their update for QuarkXPress 7 can be downloaded at their site.

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February 25th, 2007

Windows Vista Demo Readiness Toolkit

Microsoft has released their Demo Readiness Toolkit (DRT which contains sample documents, demo files, sample applications, shortcuts, etc. which gives you the ease of presenting your custom applications running on Windows Vista.

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