Registry Tweaks to Enhance Your Windows XPerience VI
The moment has come once again to pimp your Windows XP with the skills of a power user and the tool that will always be at your disposal, Notepad. This article, along with the previous ones, will allow you to enhance and customize your operating system with advanced IT knowledge.
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29.11.2008 Start Windows
Something old is new again in Microsoft marketing: Start.
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17.2.2009 Start++ 0.3.2 for Windows Vista
Users of WDS on XP may recall the Deskbar Shortcuts functionality that allows you to create little aliases between words or characters with commands and searches.
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24.2.2007 Windows 7 Start Menu
Windows 7, the successor of Windows Vista, is set to bring to the table an overhauled graphical user interface.
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26.2.2008 Vista Start Menu
Vista Start Menu is the convenient alternative to the plain Start menu you find in Windows XP and Windows Vista.
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11.9.2008 Is Microsoft Going to Start a Linux War?
With software, the idea is to create some sort of code that is jammed into Linux and whose sole purpose is to let some proprietary code run under Linux without actually "touching" Linux in any way that would subject the proprietary code to the GPL.
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8.11.2006 Vista Start Menu 2.1 PRO
Vista Start Menu has been in development as an attractive and efficient alternative to the Start Menu in Windows XP and Windows Vista for one year.
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28.1.2007 Should Microsoft start paying for vulnerabilities?
Hackers are starting to agitate for Microsoft to start paying for information on security flaws found in its software products.
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16.3.2007 A Quick Start with ASP.NET
ASP.NET is a server side technology from Microsoft that allows you to create dynamic websites and web applications that run mainly on Windows web servers.
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29.12.2007 AT&T to start sending copyright warnings
AT&T Inc., the nation's largest Internet service provider, will start sending warnings to its subscribers when music labels and movie studios allege that they are trafficking in pirated material, according to an executive.
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28.3.2009 Xbox 360 Off to Slow Start in Japan
Microsoft may have to try a little harder in marketing the Xbox 360 to Japanese consumers if initial reports coming out of the country Saturday are correct. According to several press outlets, reaction to the new console from Japanese customers appeared to be somewhat apathetic.
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11.12.2005 Microsoft: Fast start for Vista in businesses
Microsoft is predicting that Windows Vista will be adopted by companies at twice the speed as its predecessor, Windows XP.
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1.10.2006 Microsoft to Start Charging for Office 2007 Beta 2
The tester count for Office 2007 Beta 2 is now at more than three million. Given "how dramatically the beta 2 downloads have exceeded (Microsoft's) goals.
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30.7.2006 Update on the Microsoft Windows Vista Start-up Sound
Windows Vista Start-up sound was designed to move beyond the boundaries of a basic audio alert, reflecting the operational status of the system. As an embedded sound, it has a core concept of a trademark segment of media, initializing, personalizing and reflecting the Windows Vista brand and Experience.
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24.9.2006 HP and Acer Start Netbook Price War
Hewlett-Packard and Acer have lowered prices of their netbooks as the back-to-school sales season kicks into gear in the U.S., offering bargains for users.
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26.8.2008 Fix Windows 7 Does Not Start After Force Shutdown of Computer
No Microsoft operating system is bug free and it starts getting uncovered as more and more users start using it.
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10.10.2009 Windows 7 Upgrade Program start date shifts to June 28
TechARP made a few updates to their popular Windows 7 Upgrade Schedule. According to TechARPs new schedule, the Windows upgrade program will begin on June 28, 2009 instead of the previously mentioned July 1, 2009 date.
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23.2.2009 Windows 7, Linux and Mac OS Start the Market Share Ballet
At almost six months since it was initially introduced to the public in Beta stage, Windows 7 has gathered an audience almost half the size of all distributions of Linux available on the market, according to statistics from Net Applications.
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2.6.2009 Warning: Windows 7 beta bi-hourly shutdowns start next week
The Windows 7 beta will begin bi-hourly shutdowns on July 1, 2009 and will expire on August 1, 2009.
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23.6.2009 Move Windows XP Start Button & System Tray on Taskbar
Do you want to impress your friends and colleagues then here is small freeware tool for you.
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30.9.2009 11 years ago Microsoft launched Windows 95 with "Start Me Up" campaign
11 years ago Microsoft launched Windows 95 with "Start Me Up" campaign, read how Microsoft negotiated with the Stones for the song.
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25.8.2006 Microsoft will start Virtual PC 2007 public beta program in October
A new beta enrollment appeared on Microsoft site Connect: Virtual PC 2007 Beta Program.
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1.10.2006 Got Vista x64 questions? I've got answers
I got a lot of great questions and comments via e-mail and in the Talkback section of my previous post on the sudden surge in adoption rates for Windows Vista x64. In this follow-up, I summarize the answers Ive found for each question.
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5.8.2008 Windows 7 Build 7077 x64
Just 2 days ago the x86 flavor of build 7077 leaked to the intertubes, and, as rumored, x64 has slipped past the watchful eye of the Sinofsky Secret Police, so those of you who have postponed the upgrade because you dont want an outdated architecture can finally get the latest and greatest to escape from the gates of Redmond.
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9.4.2009 Microsoft Is Defending x64 Windows Vista
The 64-bit editions of Windows Vista have came under assault recently (read about it here and here), especially when it comes down to the kernel mode code signing security mitigation introduced in the x64 versions of the operating system.
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3.8.2007 Windows 7 Build 7057 x64 Surfaces
Those of you who have postponed downloading this shiny new build because of its ancient architecture can now grab it as the x64 flavor of this build has been spotted in the wild only 2 days after the x86 flavor leaked.
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13.3.3009 Vista x64 to require digital signatures for many drivers
With little fanfare, Microsoft just announced that the xX64 version of Windows Vista will require all kernel-mode code to be digitally signed. This is very different than the current WHQL program, where the user ultimately decides how they want to handle unsigned drivers.
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23.1.2006 Vista Timer Stopper Crack for x64 bit
S. Simon report, that Vista RTM Timer Stopper Crack work for x64 bit too. Follow the instructions.
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3.1.2007 Windows Vista Activator 2007 x86 and x64
Windows Vista Activator 2007 Activate Windows Vista Completely. Now support for both Windows Vista x86 and x64.
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8.7.2007 Dell No Longer Supports Vista x64...and Other Rants
Let me step onto my own personal soapbox for a minute. I've always been one of those do-it-yourself, "hardcore" PC guys. I believed that the only good desktop PC was one you built yourself, and that's just what I've done for the last 10 years.
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24.10.2007MSN Direct Enables Web Sites to Deliver Location Information to GPS Navigation Devices
Today Microsoft Corp. released an open application programming interface (API) for the MSN Direct Send to GPS feature for navigation devices. This
allows any Web site to offer visitors the ability to send addresses, business listings, or other locations directly from the site to their GPS unit,
eliminating the cumbersome step of re-entering or searching for the same information on their navigation device.
The API is an
extension of the MSN Direct feature initially launched at International CES earlier this year. With this updated version, MSN Direct allows any Web
site to send location information to navigation devices either wirelessly or via a USB connection. The wireless delivery is compatible with MSN
Direct-enabled devices that have the Send to GPS feature, including several units from Garmin Ltd. such as the nüvi 780 and nüvi 880, along with
nüvi 5000, nüvi 750, nüvi 760, or nüvi 2x5 series devices with the optional MSN Direct receiver. USB delivery is also compatible with the vast
majority of remaining Garmin navigators.
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29.07.2008Windows Home Server x64 Connector Announcement Coming at CES 2008
Good news is on the way for those of you who wish to use Windows Home Server with x64 home computers.
As many of you know, the
Windows Home Server Connector does not currently support x64 home computers, which has caused a lot of frustration and angst amongst early adopters of
the x64 platform. Microsoft have previously announced that they would provide x64 support for machines running Windows Vista (
check out our Q&A with
the WHS Team for more) - those of you running Windows XP x64 will have to upgrade, unfortunately.
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30.11.2007Exploring Windows XP
Professional x64 Edition
In this overview of Windows XP
Professional x64 Edition,
Columnist Charlie Russel
explains what hardware and
software it supports...
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04.01.2006VMware betas virtual management toolkit
Server virtualisation pioneer VMware has
started beta testing its
Virtual Infrastructure (VI) Toolkit for Windows, which allows administrators to automate many of the management processes for virtual environments.
VI Toolkit for Windows provides a command line interface for the automation of repetitive tasks such as snapshots, moving large
numbers of virtual machines from one virtual switch to another, or reporting and monitoring across an organisation's entire virtual
infrastructure.
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17.03.2008OpsMgr 2007 SP1 RC Console crashes on x64
Andrzej Lipka: When you try to open the Distributed Application Designer from a console installed on an x64 server you may see the console crashes
with .NET error in the Application Log (something of type badimageformat).
This seems to be a bug in SP1 RC. To work around it
use a console from an x86-32 (32 bit) machine to connect to the x64 server.
On OpsMgr 2007 RTM this issue does not exist.
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08.11.2007Frequently asked questions
about Windows XP Professional
x64 Edition
Columnist Charlie Russel
answers questions about
Windows XP Professional x64
Edition that have appeared
frequently in the new (and
very active) Microsoft Windows
64-bit Newsgroup...
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04.01.2006Moroccan jailed for fake prince Facebook profile pardoned
A Moroccan computer engineer who was put in jail last month for pretending to be the brother of Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Facebook has been
pardoned and released from prison...
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21.03.2008PINNED: Windows Vista Build
5472 Released
When we said early this week,
we we're not expecting it to
be this early. Just minutes
ago eager testers were
surprised as Windows Vista
build 5472 was released on
Microsoft Connect.
As usual, the build
is available for both x64
(which is approximately 3.5GB
in size) and x86 (which is
just over 2.5GB).
The download is available to
connect testers only and is
not publicly available.
Testers have been told that
5342 keys will work with this
build and no new keys are
required.
Many
of the people that have seen
previous screenshots of
upcoming builds have been
wanting to get their hands on
the wallpaper shown within
them. You can now download
that wallpaper
Here
courtesy of
Utakz'
Blog.
A
screenshot gallery of the new
build will be available within
the next couple of hours.
More to come...
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18.07.2006SP2 for Server 2003, x64
Enters Beta
Microsoft on Wednesday
released Beta 1 of Service
Pack 2 for Windows Server 2003
and Windows XP x64 edition.
The single update will cover
both operating systems, along
with the R2 release of Server
2003. A standalone SP2 beta
package is available in
32-bit, 64-bit and Itanium
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29.06.2006I Spy the Windows Vista SP1 x64 Full DVD (integrated)
Keith Combs: The Windows Vista SP1 x64 .ISO file is now online in the TechNet Subscriber Downloads center. It's the fully integrated SP1 thus
allowing you to install the operating system from scratch. Although it says English, it's my understanding it includes French, German, Japanese and
Spanish as well.
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29.02.2008Visual Studio 2008 - MSBuild
As we get down to the final
lap of Visual Studio 2008, I
wanted to talk about some of
the new features in this
release. Over the next few
months, I will be blogging on
different features and
technologies that Im excited
about.
Today, let me start with
MSBuild.
At the core of every
developers environment is the
build system. I remember my
early days of Windows NT in
the early 90s when I used to
spend hours after hours after
hours in the build lab to help
get the build out knowing that
the whole engineering team is
waiting on a new build.
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16.08.2007PowerPlaylist for Windows Vista Media Center released on CodePlex
As
announced last
night on the Media Center Sandbox blog, a new application for Windows Vista Media Center has been released. The application, named PowerPlaylist,
adds a custom strip to the Windows Vista Media Center start menu with up to five tiles. Each tile represents an audio, slideshow and/or visualization
combination which will start when the tile is selected. PowerPlaylist is configured via an XML data file, and the application includes an editor to
customize the information in the data file, including the title of the custom Start Menu strip and the name, image, audio source, slideshow folder and
visualization for each tile.
PowerPlaylist has been released on CodePlex, and you can download x86 and/or x64 MSI-based
installers if you want to try out the application. You can also download source code (licensed with the Microsoft Permissive License) if you want to
see how the application works behind the scenes, modify it to add features, fix bugs, etc.
Here are some links for more
information about PowerPlaylist:
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03.10.2007Microsoft lets loose Vista SP1 for x64-based systems
Additional info is available at
HEXUS.net and
Winfuture.de Engadget: Not a whole lot to say here,
but if you're running Vista on an x64-based system, you've probably already noticed
a little surprise courtesy of
Windows Update, which today started pushing out the x64 edition of
Vista Service Pack 1. If
you've been following things in SP1 land, you'll notice that's actually ahead of the neat and tidy Windows Update launch for non-x64 systems, but
behind the
unofficial options already available.
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21.02.2008Download: Windows Vista x64 Recovery Disc
NeoSmart: Ever since we
first made available the Windows Vista
Recovery Disc for download back in January, we've been inundated with requests for
an
x64-compatible version. Flash-forward to three months later, and it's finally here!
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08.04.2008Microsoft and Sun Expand Strategic Alliance
Microsoft Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. today announced that Sun has signed on as a Windows Server OEM. Additionally, Sun and Microsoft will
collaborate to further enable deployment of Windows Server on Sun x64 systems.
Todays announcement is another example of
Microsofts commitment to 64-bit computing, said Bob Muglia, senior vice president, Server and Tools Business at Microsoft. The Sun hardware platform
is an excellent foundation for Windows®-based enterprise solutions such as Microsoft Virtual Server, Microsoft SQL Server™, Microsoft Exchange
Server and Microsoft Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) Edition. Our customers will have an additional choice of Windows Server OEM partners with
Sun.
Sun is now a single source for todays leading operating systems Solaris and Windows on the industrys most innovative x64
systems and storage products. Customers can now take advantage of the virtualization benefits of Windows and Solaris on Suns energy-efficient x64
systems, said John Fowler, executive vice president, Systems Group, Sun Microsystems. Microsofts recognition of our x64 systems and storage is a
testament to the superior system design at the heart of our product portfolio.
Key components in todays announcement include.....
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12.09.2007Windows 7 Build 7077 x64 leaks!
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Next Release of OneCare Won't Support Vista x64
Peter GalliWhen Microsoft
announced that it was ready to
roll out Windows Live OneCare
version 1.5 to coincide with
the general release of Windows
Vista, it omitted one
important fact: the product
will not support Vista x64 or
XP x64. I received an email
this morning from a reader
telling me that the OneCare
v1.5 beta would not install on
his Vista test machine as it
was just for 32-bit systems.
"It would be nice, now that
64-bit Vista is set to go, to
specify if the software will
run properly in 64-bit," he
said. "Has this changed in
the final release? It would be
nice to know as I have OneCare
on all three home PCs, and
plan on upgrading all of them
to 64-bit Vista," he said.
So I asked
Microsoft, which confirmed
that, indeed, OneCare v1.5
would not run on Vista x64 or
Windows XP x64 for that
matter, "although it will
support 32-bit Windows on x64
hardware," a Microsoft
spokesperson told me. The
spokesperson was also pretty
non-committal about the
possibility of x64 support
going forward, saying "we
continually evolve OneCare to
meet customer demand, though
we have no further specifics
to share at this time around
potential support for x64 in
the future." My colleague Joe
Wilcox spoke to Gina Narkunas,
the lead product manager for
Windows Live OneCare, this
evening from London. She told
him that "it wasn't a
business priority to support
64-bit," because there is
"no consumer demand" for a
64-bit right now.
neowin.net - 24.01.2007
Live Messenger 8.5 update no longer supported on XP x64
Thanks Avi for posting this in Back Page
News.
From the Inside Windows Live Messenger Team Blog: Back
in November we shipped the final version of Windows Live Messenger 8.5 along with several other Windows Live applications and services. A lot of you
have already upgraded, and for that we thank you and hope you’re enjoying it as much as we enjoyed building it. Starting soon, we’re going
to make it easier for those of you who haven’t upgraded yet to get onto our latest and greatest.
This will happen in two phases.
First, everyone running Windows XP or Windows Vista will get a prompt encouraging you to upgrade. When you accept the upgrade, the new unified
installer will launch and start upgrading Messenger. While it’s installing, you’ll have the option to download and install other Windows
Live applications. You don’t have to take any of them, but we think you’ll like them and hope you’ll give them a try.
Read full story.....
neowin.net - 20.02.2008
Coming Zune
It seems Microsoft has
published a little teaser site
just to get Zune enthusiasts
pumped. But this is no
ordinary site...
Most teaser sites usually
contain information on certain
unknown facts about the
product in the form of either
short video clips or blurred
images just to, well,
"tease" eager consumers. It
seems Microsoft has chosen a
different path, and we're not
quite sure how to explain it
so you will just have to see
for your self...
The site contains two
completely unpredictable and
random video clips that have
absolutely nothing to do about
the Zune besides the fact that
the logo makes an appearance
towards the end. Just watch
and see...
jcxp.net - 18.09.2006
Windows Vista Build 5456
Released!
As anticipated<
/a>, Microsoft have released
Windows Vista Build 5456 to
testers via MS Connect. The
build is available for both
x86 and x64 users. As ever,
beta testers with x64
compatible machines should
download and install the x64
version to aid the beta
testing and bug elimination
process.
The
entire build string is as
follows:
5456.5.060620-1700_winmain_i
dx03
The x86
DVD is 2,572.91 MB, and the
x64 DVD is 3,356.9 MB -
considerably smaller than past
releases. Testers can still
use their 5342 and up Product
Keys to install the Ultimate
SKU.
jcxp.net - 26.06.2006
