Imagine the situation that you are running Windows Vista and need to run XP or even Linux. Well, you have two options before you, viz. install Linux or XP as a dual boot or run it within your Operating System as a virtual machine.
There are two free softwares available that achieve the second purpose, viz. [...]
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If you are using Windows, the number of shortcuts that Windows presents you is phenomenal. You even have the option to create your own shortcuts to launch applications.
Here are ten shortcuts that can improve productivity:
Windows Key + R
Open the Run window
Windows Key + F
Open the search window
Windows Key + E
Open Windows Explorer
Windows Key + 1, [...]
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Microsoft signed a deal with Oil and Natural Gas Corporatiom Ltd. to deploy Microsoft Windows Vista over 18,000 computers.
This makes ONGC the largest customer of Windows Vista in Asia.
Via: CIOL
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You have a whole collection of photos and would love to view them regularly, preferably as your screensaver.
You can use instaSaver for the purpose.
It is as easy as 1-2-3. Just specify the name, get photos from Flickr or upload favorite pictures, and the screensaver with over 150 transition effects is ready! You will get a [...]
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If there is one thing I really don’t like to hear is any sound when I am starting up the computer. Windows Vista doesn’t allow you to customize the startup sound and you are stuck with the same version. Well, I chose to disable it.
And here is how you do it:
1. Right click on an [...]
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Long back, I covered a quick method of disabling User Access Control in Windows Vista via editing the registry. Registry editing is something for advanced users only.
TweakUAC is a simple tool dedicated for this purpose. With a click of a button you can disable Windows Vista User Access Control.
You have three options in TweakUAC. The [...]
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Considering the numerous threats that we are subject to online ranging from viruses and trojans to computer hijacking, security software has become a part and parcel of our daily life, be it the inbuilt Windows Firewall or more expensive paid solutions for antivirus software or anti-spyware software.
I stumbled across DriveSentry the other day. DriveSentry is [...]
Having installed Windows Vista SP1, the probablity of you removing it is rather bleak. However, when you install SP1, Vista gives you the provision of removing it, in case you choose to do so in the past.
This is done, by keeping the old files that were replaced by the SP1 update. You can choose to [...]
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Windows Vista® Performance and Tuning is a guide from Microsoft that focuses on performance improvements on a single computer running Windows Vista, but also takes a look at some of the tools used in enterprise environments to help make performance tuning manageable on a much larger scale.
Microsoft has finally gone ahead and released Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1. This release is aimed at Web Developers and Testers to understand what Microsoft has in store.
Considering that the browser is still so fresh, an emulate Internet Explorer 7 button has been put in to browse the web similar to using Internet Explorer 7.
Five [...]
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