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Windows Vista Weblog

June 8th, 2008

Video on installing MAC cursors in Vista and XP.

Above is a video which teaches how to install MAC cursors in Vista/XP. Embedding is disabled, but the page is here.
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June 7th, 2008

Wordpad, blast from the past…

Remember wordpad? I must admit I am a notepad addict but I just came across a site mentioning wordpad was in Vista so I decided to run “wordpad” in the run menu and there it was. This is a blast from the past. The wordpad included in Vista contain features up to 2002 version (Word […]

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June 7th, 2008

Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK)

Have you heard of the Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK)? Microsoft describes this as follows:
Overview
The Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) is designed to help corporate IT professionals customize and deploy the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 family of operation systems. By using Windows AIK, you can perform unattended Windows installations, capture Windows […]

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June 7th, 2008

Windows XP SP3 crashes routers

APCMag report router crashing problems with Windows XP SP3. In an excerpt:
Broadband modem/router maker Billion says XP SP3 has been causing its BiPAC 5200-series routers to go into a constant crash and reboot cycle.
The company has produced firmware upgrades that solve the problem.
Although Windows XP SP3 has been available for manual download from […]

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June 7th, 2008

Find Specific information on your Cached and Cookies Folder

I needed to delete specific cached pages and cookies information in Windows Vista. I was able to do it through the following steps:
1. Type “explorer” in the run startup
2. Click explorer from the search results
3. Click “Organize” from the drop-down menu
4. Click “Folder and Search Options”
5. Click “View” tab
6. Select “Show hidden files and folders” […]

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June 7th, 2008

Using Windows 7 for choking tactics to Upgrade to Windows Vista

Microsoft VP Mike Nash has written a white paper about risks related to skipping Windows Vista and waiting for Windows 7.
The major points are as follows:
1. Implications for security, support, and regulatory compliance and reduce flexibility in the face of changing business requirements.
2. By not deploying Windows Vista, it means missing out on the proven […]

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June 7th, 2008

Windows Vista Movie Maker

Below is a video for Windows Vista Movie Maker.

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May 31st, 2008

Is Microsoft making the same mistakes with Windows 7?

This article questions whether Microsoft is making the same mistakes with Windows 7.
from the article: Apple didn’t invent touchscreen technology. In fact, Microsoft was working on the concept long before Apple publicly demonstrated its efforts. However, touchscreen technology has become almost synonymous with Apple and the iPhone, Gartenberg said, and he wonders why Microsoft is […]

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May 31st, 2008

Windows Vista Styler Video

This is a video on Windows Vista styler.
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May 31st, 2008

An Aussie’s rant on Windows 7 and Vista

This shows the rant of an Aussie on Windows 7 and Vista.
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May 31st, 2008

Another Windows 7 Multi-Touch Demo

Another multi-touch Windows 7 video.
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May 31st, 2008

Video on Windows 7 Multi Touch Keynote Demo at D6 Conference

This is a keynote demo on Windows 7 multi-touch screen capability.
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May 27th, 2008

Windows Vista Download 1 second remaining

Did Windows Vista say 1 second remaining? Or was it 10minutes? How about never? I have a lot of free disk space in my hardisk and could not understand this message of Windows Vista and how come it stopped downloading from there.
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May 27th, 2008

How to Stop Too Many Programs Running at Startup

I have recently been pissed off with so many applications loading at startup of Windows Vista. I wasn’t careful during the weekend and was installing every toolbar and running a lot of downloaded applications. As a result, so many applications load at startup and takes too long closing them up. To add up, the applications […]

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May 20th, 2008

Link Reads: 05.20.08

Angry Listener Attacks Steve Ballmer During Presentation (Techticles)
Has Windows Vista’s UAC feature failed Microsoft? (ZDNet)
Windows Vista Not Popular In Big Corporations, Symantec Says (InformationWeek)
Developers slow to build on Windows Vista (TechRepublic)
More than 200,000 demand Microsoft save XP (InfoWorld)
More Windows Vista Woes (HalfLifeSource)
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May 20th, 2008

Windows XP extended but not for PCs

The official end-date of Windows XP is June 30, 2008 and from that date onwards, users are expected to buy Windows Vista for their new desktop or laptop.
Fortunately, for ULPCs, Microsoft has extended the end-date of XP to June 30, 2010. Sales of ULPCs are soaring rapidly and majority these low powered computers would not […]

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May 20th, 2008

The Missing Document on Five Misunderstood Features in Windows Vista

Microsoft Vista Blog reported on an article Microsoft is releasing on enterprises titled: 5 Misunderstood Features in Windows Vista
But after they released the document, it went missing and the site says the link to the document is down. Maybe they need to revise it a little to make it more appealing. The contents of the […]

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May 20th, 2008

Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 Service Pack 1

We have reported about Virtual PC 2007 for Windows Vista more than a year ago. Many Windows Vista users and developers use virtualization to run and test applications in different OS versions.
Recently, Microsoft released Virtual PC 2007 Service Pack 1 and hopefully this fixes some crashing problems I experienced in the last year or so.
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May 20th, 2008

How To Enable Windows Vista Drive Shares

Do you miss the Windows XP sharing method of adding the “$” at the end of the drive name to share it within members of a workgroup? Sharing used to be as simple as “\\mywinxppc\c$”.
That is no longer easily done in Windows Vista because it is blocked in the network and to be able to […]

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May 18th, 2008

List of Microsoft keyboard shortcuts

Below are keyboard shortcuts for use with Microsoft keyboards:
Open or close the Start menu: Windows logo key
Display the System Properties dialog box: Windows logo key +PAUSE
Display the desktop: Windows logo key +D
Minimize all windows: Windows logo key +M
Restore minimized windows to the desktop: Windows logo key +SHIFT+M
Open Computer: Windows logo key +E
Search for a file […]

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