Windows 7

Show A Hidden System Tray Icon In Windows 7

November 15, 2009 by Jason

System tray icon has been taken quite seriously in windows 7, the windows 7 taskbar has been designed keeping in mind that system tray icons of the various third party applications should not occupy the task bar space. So, by default any program which has a system tray icon is hidden by default in windows...

Microsoft Reacts to Windows 7 0-Day DoS Vulnerability

November 14, 2009 by Jason

Microsoft has reacted rapidly to public reports of a zero-day denial-of-service vulnerability in its latest iterations of the Windows client and server operating systems, and is providing customers with guidance on how to block potential attempts to take advantage of the security flaw. In this regard,...

Windows Vista

Vista SP2 and XP SP3 Patch Security Release ISO Image

November 14, 2009 by Jason

A DVD5 ISO image file containing all the security bulletins made available on November 10th, 2009 for all supported Windows platforms, is now up for grabs via the Microsoft Download Center. As is the case every month, the Redmond company is accompanying the security patched it offers through Windows...

Vista to Windows 7 Upgrades Kill Access to OEM Recovery Applications

October 12, 2009 by Jason

Users that upgrade Windows Vista OEM computers to Windows 7 might find that the recovery applications set in place by the original equipment manufacturer are no longer accessible. This scenario is valid for some OEM machines that were acquired with Windows Vista pre-installed, the Redmond company...

Windows XP

Vista SP2 and XP SP3 Patch Security Release ISO Image

November 14, 2009 by Jason

A DVD5 ISO image file containing all the security bulletins made available on November 10th, 2009 for all supported Windows platforms, is now up for grabs via the Microsoft Download Center. As is the case every month, the Redmond company is accompanying the security patched it offers through Windows...

Windows XP Mode RTMs

October 05, 2009 by Jason

Redmond-based software company Microsoft released several months ago its own solution aimed at offering Windows 7 RC users the possibility to enjoy compatibility with the older Windows XP operating system, the Windows XP Mode. Available for download initially in a beta flavor, the RC iteration of Windows...

Linux

Fix Ubuntu Bootloader

July 19, 2009 by Jason

Have you installed Windows and Ubuntu in dual boot? If yes, you might have installed Windows First and the Ubuntu, which is a good way of doing it. In case you have already Installed Windows on your computer, then you have another good options to install Ubuntu inside windows without formatting hard...

Internet Explorer in Ubuntu Linux

June 22, 2009 by Jason

IEs4Linux is the simpler way to have Microsoft Internet Explorer running on Linux (or any OS running Wine). No clicks needed. No boring setup processes. No Wine complications. Just one easy script and you’ll get three IE versions to test your Sites. And it’s free and open source.This may be very...

Mac

How to make sure you will always have a responsive Mac

August 04, 2009 by Jason

Whether you are talking about your car, phone, dog, your favorite football player or even about trying to make the best out of your work day, speed is one of the things – if not the most important – that always come up. The same theory applies to your Mac and the way you want it to respond...

Finding an App’s Original Icon Set in Mac OS X

August 04, 2009 by Jason

Say you’re doing a project for school, a presentation, or you simply need to get a hold of an application’s original (512 x 512) icon. Searching Google Images may do the trick, but you’ll often find yourself with pictures that are too small, blurry, modified or just not the one you’re...

Firefox

Firefox 3.6 Beta 3 Is Cooking

November 18, 2009 by Jason

Mozilla is cooking a new Beta Build of the next iteration of its open source browser. Early adopters will have a fresh revision, the third one since Firefox 3.6 debuted into Beta stage, available for download soon. Whether referred to as Firefox 3.6 Beta 3 or Firefox 3.6 Beta revision 3, the new release...

Firefox 3.6 Beta for Windows 7

November 01, 2009 by Jason

The first fully-fledged Beta development milestone of the next generation of Mozilla’s open source browser is currently available for download. Testers and early adopters that have been waiting for Firefox 3.6, codenamed Namoroka, to evolve from Alpha stage are now free to access, download, install...

Internet

Google Plugin Enables Chrome to Run Inside IE

September 27, 2009 by Jason

A lot of people hate Internet Explorer 6 and for good reason. Developers don’t like it because making their projects work on the aging browser with all its quirks eats up precious time and users don’t like it because of its severe lack of features and poor performance. But for many upgrading...

Control ill-behaved apps with DEP in IE

September 17, 2009 by Jason

Internet Explorer 8 includes a security feature that shuts down misbehaving applications before they can harm your system. This capability, known as Data Execution Prevention (DEP), runs by default when IE 8 is installed on XP SP3 and Vista SP1 or later, but it may not always be clear to you why DEP...

Hardware

Windows 7 RTM Drivers from Microsoft Hardware

November 01, 2009 by Jason

Microsoft’s “Better Together” slogan apparently applies not only to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 but also to the latest iteration of the Windows client and the Redmond company’s peripherals. The vast majority of products offered by Microsoft Hardware features the Windows 7 Compatible...

Six tips for greening your PC

September 30, 2009 by Jason

When you consider that computers now consume about 10 percent of the electricity generated in North America and that a great many PCs still end up in landfills, leaching deadly chemicals, it makes sense to adopt more eco-friendly computing options. John Hiddema, technical consultant for Nerds on Site,...

Software

More tricks to evade keyloggers on public PCs

September 24, 2009 by Jason

The revised Vesik method involves typing nonsense characters into a password input box when using a public PC and then rearranging some of the letters to form your actual password with the mouse. If the PC contains a hardware keylogger or is infected with a software keylogger, rearranging a password...

DirectX 11 Resources for Windows 7 and Vista

September 11, 2009 by Jason

Microsoft has made available for download updated DirectX 11 resources tailored to Windows 7 and Windows Vista, but also additional Windows client and server operating systems. According to the Redmond-based company, the refreshed DirectX 11 release brings to the table the RTM version of Direct3D. Essentially,...

Ms Office

Office 2010 Beta Available for Download

November 18, 2009 by Jason

The first fully-fledged Beta Build of Office 2010 is now available for download to subscribers of Microsoft’s developer and IT professional portals. The Redmond company managed to live up to its promise to offer Office 2010 Beta by the end of November 2009, with public availability of the bits expected...

Office 2010 Build 14.0.4417.1000

September 01, 2009 by Jason

A new development milestone of the next iteration of the Office System has been leaked and made available for download in the wild. Microsoft is currently making its way to the first Beta of office 2011, a release slated to be available to all users as a public testing build. However, the Redmond-based...

Computers

Top10 – October 2009 Popular Tips

November 01, 2009 by Jason

1. Make Windows 7 faster – Part 1 2. Make Windows 7 faster – Part 3 3. Make Windows 7 faster – Part 2 4. Vista to Windows 7 Upgrades Kill Access to OEM Recovery Applications 5. UI Changes to Expect in Firefox 4.0 6. Recover Windows 7 from Driver Update 7. Patch Registration Cleanup Tool...

Microsoft Patches 34 Security Vulnerabilities

October 15, 2009 by Jason

On October 13th, 2009, Microsoft started serving to Windows users patches for no less than 34 vulnerabilities, releasing the most security bulletins in the company’s history. The 13 security bulletins made available are designed to offer fixes for a range of security issues affecting Windows, Internet...