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5 Best Websites For Free Windows Mobile Software

Techie — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:03:28 +0000

With all the hype being generated by Android, Blackberry, and iPhones as of late, Iâm sure quite a few Windows Mobile users have begun to feel a little left out. Hopefully the release of Windows Mobile 7 later this year (fingers crossed) will improve the situation, but until then I am here to tell give you some good news; Windows Mobile isn’t dead yet. There’s still a large database of free Windows Mobile software games, apps, and utilities out there for anyone that wants it, the trick is to find it. More importantly, is the fact that an extremely large percentage of these programs are completely free!

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5 Best Websites For Free Windows Mobile Software

Fix File Associations In Windows 7 With File Association Fixer

Techie — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:57:01 +0000

File Association Fixer is a portable tool for Windows 7 and Vista that aims to fix corrupted file association with click. You can use this tool when you are not able to open one or more file types in Windows.

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Fix File Associations In Windows 7 With File Association Fixer

Tweak Me : Another Impressive Windows 7 Tweaking Tool

Techie — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:23:30 +0000

It appears that with the market share of Windows 7, Windows 7 tweaking tools list is also growing at a rapid rate. In the past, we reviewed tens of free tweaking tools for the latest version of Windows, and here is another impressive tool to the growing list.

Tweak Me is a portable Windows 7 tweaking tool to change advanced Windows 7 settings without opening the registry. The tool offers several tweaks under different categories.

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Tweak Me : Another Impressive Windows 7 Tweaking Tool

Kill or End Process Without Getting ‘This System Is Shutting Down’

chandu — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:10:20 +0000

Have you ever kill a process or end a task from your task manager and then you get 30 seconds of countdown before it restarts or shutdowns by itself? When trying to manually remove a virus, the first thing to do is to end the process first before removing it from registry. That’s because some virus are persistent and whenever you remove the auto start entry, it’ll add it back again. Let’s say you are trying to end a task of a running virus from your Windows Task Manager. The next thing you get is a popup that says ‘This system is shutting down. Please save all your work in progress and log off. Any unsaved changes will be lost. This shutdown was initiated by ComputerName\User. Time before shutdown‘

Here is how to kill or end a process without getting ‘This system is shutting down’ error popup.

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Kill or End Process Without Getting ‘This System Is Shutting Down’

Download Windows Search 4.0 Preview

chandu — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:06:32 +0000

Windows Search 4.0 (WS4) is the next version of desktop search for system running Windows operating system. Windows Search 4.0 which replaces Windows Desktop Search (WDS) and automatically upgrades WDS version 2.6 and later (older versions must be uninstalled first), can perform instant search on user’s computer to find and preview documents, e-mail messages, music [...]
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How to Create a Shortcut to Eject CD or DVD Drive

chandu — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:05:47 +0000

Windows provides a contextual right click menu item of ‘Eject’, which will be shown when users right click on CD-ROM, DVD-ROM or CD/DVD burner/writer optical drive, and when selected will eject or open the CD/DVD disc tray. For some reason, it may be useful to create an Eject shortcut or icon that will auto eject [...]

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How to Create a Shortcut to Eject CD or DVD Drive

Unknown Device Identifier: Identify Hardware Type, Model & Driver for Unknown Devices in Windows Device Manager

chandu — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:44:31 +0000

Unknown Device Identifier is a freeware Windows application that allows you to identify unknown devices in the Device Manager, highlighted by yellow question mark and labeled as �??Unknown Device�?�. It then displays a detailed summary of the device manufacturer�??s name, OEM name, device type, device model and even the exact name of the unknown device. With the resulting information, you can contact your hardware manufacturer for support or search the Internet for the corresponding driver with a simple click. Known devices recognized by Microsoft Windows can also be analyzed independent of the operating system.

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Unknown Device Identifier: Identify Hardware Type, Model & Driver for Unknown Devices in Windows Device Manager

Remove unwanted programs from Windows Vista

chandu — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:39:39 +0000

Windows Vista ships and installs with a lot of programs and features that I do not need. I�??m not only talking about games and wallpapers but also about Windows Media Player, Internet Explorer or support for Tablet PCs. These applications and functions are nevertheless installed when you install Windows Vista and there is no way of disabling many of them during the installation.

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Remove unwanted programs from Windows Vista

View Comic Books with CDisplay

chandu — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:35:42 +0000

Have you ever come across files with the extension cbr or cbz? These are the standard file formats for digital comic books. Whether you have a subscription to a comic book archive or had the files given to you by a friend, the bottom line is what are you supposed to do with them.

If you�??re using Windows, then you might want to try CDisplay

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View Comic Books with CDisplay

Extend the Windows Clipboard

chandu — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:03:29 +0000

The Windows clipboard can store a single text phrase in its memory, once a new phrase is copied to the clipboard the old one is lost. If you want to copy two different text phrases for instance you need to copy the first, paste it somewhere, copy the second and paste it as well. A tool that would save more than one record at a time would optimize the process considerably.

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Extend the Windows Clipboard

Three Ways To Access Linux Partitions from Windows

chandu — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:23:13 +0000

If you have a dual-boot Windows/Linux system, you probably know this
problem: you can access files from your Windows installation while you
are in Linux, but not the other way round. This tutorial shows three
ways how you can access your Linux partitions (with ext2 or ext3
filesystem) from within Windows: Explore2fs, DiskInternals Linux Reader, and the Ext2 Installable File System For Windows.
While the first two provide read-only access, the Ext2 Installable File
System For Windows can be used for read and write operations.

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Three Ways To Access Linux Partitions from Windows

Recovering Ubuntu after a Windows installation

chandu — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:18:34 +0000

What follows is a small step-by-step guide on how to recover the ability to boot your Ubuntu partition after a new Windows installation

problem: Windows overwrites the Master Boot Record (MBR), effectively destroying any LILO or GRUB setup you might have had; contrary to what several websites claim: just setting the proper partition active will NOT fix the problem
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Recovering Ubuntu after a Windows installation

How to run KDE applications on Windows

chandu — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:25:48 +0000

Want to run some open source Linux applications designed for the KDE desktop environment, without you know, installing Linux? The KDE Windows Project makes it possible to run some KDE programs in a Windows environment.

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How to run KDE applications on Windows

How to find out what keeps your hard drive busy under Windows Vista

chandu — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:50:10 +0000

Did it ever happen to you that your computer was unbelievably slow because your hard disk was so busy? I am sure it did. Sometimes you know the culprit keeping the light of your disk drive blinking like wild. But most of the time you probably wonder what the heck could have a higher priority for Windows other than loading the application you just launched.

There are tools that can help you track down the program that keeps your hard disk busy, but usually you don’t have them to hand when needed.

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How to find out what keeps your hard drive busy under Windows Vista

How to fix your Windows MBR with an Ubuntu liveCD

chandu — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:47:38 +0000

Something happen to a windows Master Boot Record (MBR) that you’re responsible for? Want a very quick, very easy way to restore it with nothing but your craft, native intelligence and a liveCD?

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How to fix your Windows MBR with an Ubuntu liveCD

Install and Run Software on Windows XP without affecting Registry/Disk using ‘RunAs’

chandu — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:41:25 +0000

Here is a quick tip to install and run applications on Windows XP without affecting the registry. While this is not strictly comparable to Windows Vista’s inbuilt Sandbox, Registry & File System Virtualization feature, it is a quick method to run programs such as IE on XP in restricted mode, preventing malware or viirus from affecting the registry or drive.

To use RunAs, right click the program’s executable or shortcut and select ‘Run As’�. If the option is not visible, press Shift and then click on the icon. Then select ‘current user’� and check the option ‘Protect my computer and data from unauthorized program activity’ box is ticked.

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Install and Run Software on Windows XP without affecting Registry/Disk using ‘RunAs’�

uxtheme.dll Patcher for Windows XP and Vista

chandu — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:09:04 +0000

The file uxtheme.dll is a digitally signed file that validates themes during boot and theme installation. It is restricted and usually means that you can only install a handful of Microsoft certified themes. If you want to add and use custom themes in Windows XP or Windows Vista you have to update the file uxtheme.dll. Once the file is patched you can install and use custom themes.

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uxtheme.dll Patcher for Windows XP and Vista

Customize your Windows boot screen with BootSkin

chandu — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:07:11 +0000

There are plenty of programs out there that let you skin Windows to make it look like Linux, OS X, another version of Windows, or something else altogether. But if you’re just tired of looking at your Windows 2000 or XP bootup screen while waiting for your computer to start, all you need is BootSkin.

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Customize your Windows boot screen with BootSkin

Customize Windows settings with FreshUI

chandu — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:05:00 +0000

If you’re looking for an easy to use application for tweaking just about every setting you could ever want to tweak in Windows, you might want to check out Fresh UI. This Windows tweaking tool is both powerful and easy to use. And it has features that work with pretty much every version of Windows from Windows 95 through Vista.

Fresh UI divides tweaks up into a couple of different sections, including UI tweaks, system tweaks, and hardware settings.

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Customize Windows settings with FreshUI

Update Windows with Offline Update

chandu — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:39:55 +0000

Autopatcher was the perfect solution to update your Windows operating system while it lasted. You could download all patches to your local computer and execute them there. This made it possible to download patches once and update several computers locally without download the patches several times from Microsoft servers.

Autopatcher has been closed down by Microsoft. There is an alternative, a great one that can be used instead. It is called Offline Updater. It supports Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, windows Server 2003, 64-bit editions of XP and Server 2003 as well as Windows Vista. Besides the operating systems it also supports Office 2000, Office XP, Office 2003 and Office 2007. As you can see from the screenshot below lots of different languages are supported as well.

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Update Windows with Offline Update

Free Copies of Windows Server, SQL Server and Visual Studio 2008

chandu — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:32:53 +0000

Heroes Happen {Here} is what Microsoft calls the promotional tour for three of its 2008 products which will come to many cities in the United States this year. Users who attend a launch event will get a promotional kit of the three Microsoft products Windows Server� 2008 operating system, Microsoft� SQL Server� 2008, and Microsoft Visual Studio� 2008.

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Free Copies of Windows Server, SQL Server and Visual Studio 2008

Identify Which Service or Driver Failed During System Startup

chandu — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:36:00 +0000

I often see this error message “At least one service or driver failed during system startup. Use Event Viewer to examine the event log for details” in Windows NT and 2000 when I was working in a computer learning center where Windows 2000 Server are frequently being installed for students to use.

This usually happens [...]

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Identify Which Service or Driver Failed During System Startup

Identify Loaded SVCHOST.EXE in Windows Task List

chandu — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:35:19 +0000

Many times I’ve been asked what is svchost or svchost.exe that’s loaded in Windows?
Svchost as the name implies stands for “Service Host“. Many of components of the Windows operating system are implemented as what are called “services“, a fancy name for programs that run in the background and aren’t necessarily associated with whomever is logged [...]

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Access Linux partitions (ext2, ext3) from Windows Vista

chandu — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 10:02:33 +0000

This is a guide to access your Linux partitions (ext2 or ext3) from your windows Vista, if you are using XP read this.

First Download the FS-Driver from its webpage.

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How To Repair or Replace Boot.ini in Windows XP

chandu — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:44:58 +0000

The boot.ini file is a hidden file that is used to identify in what folder on which partition and on which hard drive Windows XP is located. Boot.ini can become damaged, corrupted or deleted for a number of reasons and is usually brought to your attention by an error message.
Follow these easy steps to [...]

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Improve Your Windows XP – Speed Access

chandu — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:36:08 +0000

Every time your laptop connects to a Wi-Fi hot spot, whether it�s in your home or down at the coffee shop, it logs the name of the access point that you connected to in the Windows Preferred Network settings. If you accidentally (or maybe even deliberately) connect to your neighbor�s access point, and then find [...]

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10 must-have tools to improve Windows

chandu — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:35:07 +0000

Every version of Windows Microsoft has released has always left its users wanting more � either more features, more control or simply more value. And that�s left a huge hole for the many computer programmers out there to fill. In the end, we think they�ve done an admirable job providing solutions for Windows gaps that [...]

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Simple Tweaks to Improve the Speed of your Windows PC

chandu — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:34:45 +0000

Here are four simple tweaks for your PC that will help improve your overall computing and internet browsing experience.
Step 1: Change the IE Concurrent Download Limit – Internet Explorer’s default settings only enable you to download up to two downloads at the same time. Optimizing the download settings enables you to download up to [...]

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Simple Tweaks to Improve the Speed of your Windows PC

How to restore XP activation status information after a reformat

chandu — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 06:47:08 +0000

Double-click My Computer, then double-click on the “C” drive. (Or the drive in which you installed windows)

Navigate to the C:\Windows\System32 folder.

Locate the files named “wpa.dbl” and “wpa.bak” and copy them to a safe location such as a USB key or CD.

Reformat your disk and reinstall Windows XP on your reformatted hard drive, click “No” when asked if you want to activate Windows.

Reboot your computer into SafeMode (press F8 as Windows is booting up to see the Windows Advanced Options menu and select SAFEBOOT_OPTION=Minimal)

Double-click My Computer, then double-click on the “C” drive again.

Navigate to the C:\Windows\System32 folder again.

Locate the files named “wpa.dbl” and “wpa.bak” (if it exists) and rename them to “wpadbl.new” and “wpabak.new”

Copy your original “wpa.dbl” and “wpa.bak” files from your USB key, CD or DVD or other location into the C:\Windows\System32 folder

Restart your system.

[Via: Wxpnews]

Technorati Tags: WindowsXP, Activation, Restore

Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup Utility

chandu — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:43:12 +0000

An MPEG-2 decoder is software that allows you to play DVDs and files
that contain video content that was encoded in the MPEG-2 format (such
as DVR-MS files, MPG files, and some AVI files).

The Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup Utility helps you determine
if an MPEG-2 video decoder (also called a DVD decoder) is installed on
your Windows XP computer and whether or not the decoder is compatible
with Windows Media Player 10 and Windows XP Media Center Edition.

If you encounter a problem while using Windows Media Player 10 to
synchronize (copy) recorded TV shows to a Portable Media Center or
other device, use this utility to verify that you have a compatible
MPEG-2 decoder installed on your computer.

Get it here : Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup Utility

Technorati Tags: WindowsXP, MPEG-2, Decoder

Windows Media Player Plugin for Firefox

chandu — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:42:11 +0000

Some websites require the use of the Windows Media Player (WMP) plugin for certain content such as embedded audio and video.

In Windows XP and earlier, the WMP plugin file “npdsplay.dll” and related plugin files are normally included in the Windows Media Player program folder. The WMP plugin is automatically detected through plugin scanning and will be used by Mozilla applications for embedded media that require the WMP plugin.

Windows Vista and some versions of Windows XP do not include the standard WMP plugin. Microsoft’s Technet division has developed a new Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin (file name “np-mswmp.dll”) for Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2 systems.

Download it here

(Via MozillaZine)

Technorati Tags: Windows, Firefox, MediaPlayer, Plugin

Hiding users in Windows Vista & XP

chandu — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:31:25 +0000

Windows XP and Vista will automatically show all user accounts on the welcome screen with no easy option to disable this. You may want to have a hidden one that no one knows about, and using this tutorial, you will learn how to hide a user account from the welcome screen.

How to hide users in Windows Vista & XP

Technorati Tags: WindowsXP, Vista, Howto, Tips, Tricks, Security

Fixing Corrupted Windows Media Player in Vista

chandu — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:18:31 +0000

If you are receiving “The specified protocol is not supported” errors
in Windows Vista, the following fix should resolve this issue and get WMP11 running again without requiring a reinstall.

Fixing Corrupted Windows Media Player in Vista

Technorati Tags: WMP11, Windows, Vista, Tricks

Firefox Hack: Synchronize Profiles, Bookmarks, etc between Windows XP & Vista!

Techie — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:32:04 +0000

If you are using a system with Windows XP and Windows Vista and also use Firefox on both installations then you may find it annoying to manually synchronize profile settings like Bookmarks, Extensions, Passwords, History, Cookies, Preferences, etc between two Firefox installations!
here is DO-ONES SYNC-FOREVER method!

How To Identify Video Card (The Manual Way)

chandu — Tue, 08 May 2007 08:41:46 +0000

Just yesterday my customer encountered a problem where his computer wasn’t able to boot in Windows. It just got to the point where it loading Windows with the bar and then the screen is blank. However, there’s no problem in booting into Safe Mode. My guess is if you’re able to boot in Safe Mode but not in Windows, chances are the drivers might be corrupted. I uninstalled the display driver from Safe Mode. True enough, I am able to boot in to normal Windows but without display driver. So everything looks big with the 640 x 480 resolution.

Now I need to download the latest display driver to install on to the computer. I asked my customer whether he has any idea what video card is on his computer and he didn’t had a clue. I can use a CD or USB flash drive that contains utility that can automatically detect the video card on that computer. There’s another method on how you can manually detect what video card you have by using the built-in Windows debug tool.
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How To Identify Video Card (The Manual Way)

Originally from Raymond.CC Blog by Raymond

Speedup Windows XP in Minutes!

chandu — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:14:37 +0000

It�s not always wise to upgrade your hardware every time you feel your computer is getting slow. Here are some easy tricks to get most out of your hardware (Originally posted in http://www.mobile-pedia.com)

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Speedup Windows XP in Minutes!

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Quick Tips: Look for those space munchers

chandu — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:41:45 +0000

Ever wondered which files took out the biggest percentage of your hard disk? Use Windirstat. It shows you just how your hard drive is being used by which files. WinDirStat reads the whole directory tree once and then presents it in three useful views:

The directory list, which resembles the tree view of the Windows Explorer but is sorted by file/subtree size
The treemap, which shows the whole contents of the directory tree straight away
The extension list, which serves as a legend and shows statistics about the file types.

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Quick Tips: Look for those space munchers

Originally from That Damn PC by Kiven

How to save keystrokes in IE

chandu — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:33:57 +0000

Typing URLs into the address bar of the web browser can get tedious, but you don’t always have to type that entire address. You probably already know that IE automatically adds “http://” when you begin a URL with “www” but did you know that it will add “http://www” to the beginning and “.com” to the end of whatever you’ve typed if you then press CTRL+ENTER? So, to go to my web site at www.debshinder.com, you only have to type “debshinder” and then hit CTRL+ENTER, saving a number of keystrokes (Note that this also works in Firefox 2.0.0.3).

How to save keystrokes in IE

Originally from Windows XP help by blbsnj

How to completely clean out the Temp folder in Vista

chandu — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:33:44 +0000

If you use the Disk Cleanup utility in Vista to clean out your Temp folder, you may be unknowingly leaving files there, because it only lists the files that are more than a week old. If you want to adopt a “no temp file left behind” policy, you have to empty the folder manually. Here’s how:

Click Start and in the Search box, type %temp%

This will open the Temp folder, which is located by default in the Users\\AppData\Local path on the drive where Vista is installed.

Manually highlight all files by pressing CTRL+A.

Press Delete or right click and select Delete from the context menu.

How to completely clean out the Temp folder in Vista

Originally from Windows XP help by blbsnj

How to get XP back after you install Vista

chandu — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:18:34 +0000

Although a clean install is often the best policy, some may prefer to go the upgrade route and install Windows Vista over an existing Windows XP system. This procedure has the virtue of (mostly) preserving old settings. However, all may not be satisfactory after this type of installation and you may want your XP system back. How to do this is explained in this Microsoft article.

Of course, you should have made a complete backup of your previous system before installing Vista and restoring that backup may be easier than the process given in the article. One thing to remember is that Vista changes the boot process so you may need to restore the boot sector as outlined in the Microsoft article. Also whatever backup method that was used should include the hidden boot files boot.ini and Ntldr. A complete disk image is my preferred backup method.
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How to get XP back after you install Vista

Originally from Windows Tips and Tricks by Vic

Enhance Windows Explorer

chandu — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:07:13 +0000

It is really painful to copy files using the Windows explorer. It only displays one folder at a time and it is often inevitable to open two explorer windows to copy files from one folder to another. This takes lots of time and is not very ergonomic. The software Folder Box is a windows explorer upgrade which adds another window to the windows explorer. This makes it very easy to transfer files from one folder to the other or perform other file operations that require two folders.

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Enhance Windows Explorer

Originally from gHacks tech news by Martin

Free WMA to MP3 Converter

chandu — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:20:44 +0000

Several software music players and mp3 players do not support WMA files at all. Wma, Windows Media Audio, is a format that was developed by Microsoft and initially designed to compete with the popular mp3 format. WMA however never received the popularity of the mp3 format and many users don’t like WMA at all because of its DRM capabilities. Converting WMA to MP3 is one solution to get rid of WMA files and make them playable in your software and mp3 players. One way to convert wma audio files to mp3 is to use the software Free WMA to MP3 Converter.

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Free WMA to MP3 Converter

Originally from gHacks tech news by Martin

View, Examine and Delete INDEX.DAT Contents

chandu — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:16:07 +0000

In the Microsoft Windows operating system, index.dat is a file used by the Internet Explorer web browser. Index.dat files are hidden files on your computer that contain all tracks of your online activity, where have you been on internet, what sites you visited, list of URLs, files and documents you recently accessed. Index.dat files stored on your computer are obviously a potential privacy threat as they can be found and viewed without your knowledge.

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View, Examine and Delete INDEX.DAT Contents

Originally from Raymond.CC Blog by Raymond

MIT puts its entire curriculum online for free

chandu — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:17:19 +0000

One of the Internet’s great educational resources is going to get even better. InformationWeek reports that MIT is going to make its entire curriculum available:
On Tuesday, school officials revealed plans to make available the university’s entire 1,800-course curriculum by year’s end. Currently, some 1.5 million online independent learners log on the MIT OpenCourseWare [...]

MIT puts its entire curriculum online for free

Originally from Windows Tips and Tricks by Vic

How to Enable More Than 4 GB of Memory in 32-Bit Vista installs

chandu — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:10:33 +0000

Windows Vista 32-Bit cannot by default detect more than 4 GB of physical RAM. This limit is set because beyond 4 GB, many 32-Bit operating systems lose effeciency in managing memory.

You can manually bump this up however if you have a machine with more than 4 GB of memory and only have access to the 32-Bit versions of Vista.

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How to Enable More Than 4 GB of Memory in 32-Bit Vista installs

Originally from ArsGeek by arsgeek

Increase the Number of Simultaneous Downloads in Vista with IE7

chandu — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:09:21 +0000

Internet Explorer 7 will only allow you to run two downloads at the same time. For folks with fast connections and lots of disk space, this can be annoying. Here�s a Vista registry hack to get around this.

First, go to your Start pebble and click it. In the search box, type:

regedit

Hit enter to launch the registry editor. Once you have this up, find the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings

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Increase the Number of Simultaneous Downloads in Vista with IE7

Originally from ArsGeek by arsgeek

New Filters for Vista Search

chandu — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 03:54:54 +0000

Did you know that you can add ifilters to the search function in Windows Vista ? The new ifilters, think of plugins if you like, add content indexing for various formats that the default Vista search (and desktop search) does not support, those include Adobe Reader documents, mp3, wmv and wma files as well as various other formats including zip, rar and help files. This is a great addition to the search in Windows Vista, especially if you do work with those file formats regularly.

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New Filters for Vista Search

Originally from gHacks tech news by Martin

Enable or Disable Built-in Administrator Account in Windows Vista

chandu — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 03:53:47 +0000

Unlike Windows XP where the built-in Administrator user account is created with blank password (no password) during Out-of-Box-Experience (OOBE) and simply hidden from the view of users, Windows Vista also by default will create a built-in Administrator account with empty password, but this Administrator account is disabled by default in all clean installations and upgrades [...]

Enable or Disable Built-in Administrator Account in Windows Vista

Originally from My Digital Life by admin

Universal Extractor

chandu — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:18:59 +0000

If you ever wanted to have a free software that would be able to handle all the different zip formats then you might want to take a look at the open source program called Universal Extractor. Universal Extractor can only be used to extract archives handling this task excellently. It supports a multitude of zip formats including the following popular ones: 7-zip archive, ace archive, arj, gzip, rar, tar and zip archives.

Next to that it can also unpack files from installation packages, it would be no problem for instance to unpack Windows Installer Package files (msi) or unpack the latest Firefox release with the Universal Extractor. It does not make that much sense to use a program like Winrar if you never pack files yourself, a tool that would extract all the archives would be more than enough.

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Universal Extractor

Originally from gHacks tech news by Martin

Convert Physical Windows Systems Into Virtual Machines To Be Run On A Linux Desktop

chandu — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:11:05 +0000

This article shows how you can convert a physical Windows system (XP, 2003, 2000, NT4 SP4+) into a VMware virtual machine with the free VMware Converter Starter. The resulting virtual machine can be run in the free VMware Player and VMware Server, and also in VMware Workstation and other VMware products. Vmware Converter comes in handy if you want to switch to a Linux desktop, but feel the need to run your old Windows desktop from time to time. By converting your Windows desktop into a virtual machine, you can run it under VMware Server/Player, etc. on your Linux desktop.

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Convert Physical Windows Systems Into Virtual Machines To Be Run On A Linux Desktop

Originally from Linux and Open Source Blog by E@zyVG