If you want to test an explorer shell plugin or registry hack without having to log off, more technical users will usually just kill the explorer.exe process in Task Manager. Windows Vista has another way to do the same thing that you might not be aware of. This tip was sent in by Justin, one […]
Many people familiar with prior versions of Windows are curious what happened to the built-in Administrator account that was always created by default. Does this account still exist, and how can you access it?
You may have created normal hidden folders in windows Xp and vista to store your private files , but these normal type of hidden folders in vista and windows Xp is quite old technique. As even if you create a hidden folder using this old technique almost every one or a normal windows user would […]
Voice recognition software has been around for a long time, but it’s only in the last few years that it has become accurate enough and simple enough to use with any regularity. It has also been rather expensive, with “basic” versions running around $80-100 and “premium” versions running to several hundred dollars – prompting many […]
All versions of vista come with the ability to rip music to mp3 files for free. Many music players, including Apple’s iPod, will not play the default wma format. By using the mp3 format, you ensure that you can listen to your music on any music device.
Windows Vista 32-Bit by default cannot detect more than 4 GB of RAM. Basically this limitation is set because 32 bit system always lose efficiency in managing memory. Here is a there’s a really technical explanation for this. However there is hack which will easily let you go beyond the limitation.
The new WordPress 2.3 release supports keyword tagging without requiring external plug-ins like Ultimate Tag Warrior or Simple Tagging. With the new Windows Live Writer 2008, you can easily add keyword tags to WordPress blog posts (see screen capture) though this feature is not enabled by default.
This gallery is also available as a TechRepublic blog post and download. Let’s face it — sometimes things go wrong, especially when you are dealing with computers, networks, electronic gadgetry, and the people who use them. When it comes to saved files on a hard drive, users have been known to delete, modify, and otherwise […]
Yesterday I’ve created a step-by-step tutorial on "How to Dual Boot Vista and XP with Vista Installed First". Today I am going to show you how to dual boot XP and Vista with XP installed first. It’s a different scenario than yesterday.
One of my major hangups with vista is the ‘Search Bar’. When I first started using Vista I felt that Microsoft had done a great thing They made it so I could launch my favorite program with one click instead of two. I was quickly disappointed to find that when you type a word into […]
Similar to How to install Ubuntu in OS X using Parallels - a complete walkthrough, this tutorial will take you every single step of the way through installing Windows Vista using Parallels for OS X. The steps and screenshots used for this tutorial are specific to Parallels Build 1970 running on a MacBook Pro w/ […]
The Snipping Tool is a program that is part of the Vista Tablet PC Optional Components feature. Snipping Tool allows you to take selections of your windows or desktop and save them as snips, or screen shots, on your computer. In the past if you wanted a full featured screen shot program you needed to […]
In this article, I will try to describe the main steps required to install 4 different OS (Mac OS X, Linux, Microsoft Vista et Microsoft Windows XP) on a Mac Pro. We have decided to avoid providing a step-by-step procedure to prevent beginners to try it out, considering the procedure as piece of cake, whereas […]
Hurray! The product we have been developing for one of our customers successfully passed Microsoft’s “Certified for Windows Vista” logo testing (in fact we already have two applications passed it by this time). Since the product itself doesn’t require deep interaction with the system, we expected that preparing it for the submission would be a […]
Most tools used to crack a Windows 2k/XP password haven’t been updated to work with Windows Vista’s SAM and SYS Hives, I decided to write this tutorial to shed some light on your options.
Before you run off and start cracking, do you really need to do this? I don’t mean hack the box, is changing […]