New IE 7 Icon and Logo How-To: Remove the Windows BSOD icon in Leopard, make OS X a little less smug Restore/enable the Internent Explorer Icon on Vista Desktop Vista SP1, and then Windows 7, Windows 8 and Non-Windows Midori Windows 7 RC Brings Windows XP Mode Beta and Windows Virtual PC Beta Windows Reactivator 2.0 - Backup & Restore Activation Status of Windows XP with Windows Reactivator Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2 Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9 1 Billion and Counting Week in Microsoft: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9 Windows Vista Build 5231 and Windows Media Player 11 Leaks! Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3: Official Release Dates Download Free Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2 Straight from Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 outperforms Windows XP SP2 in file copy Windows Fiji Has RTMd as Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008 Windows 7 Beta Doesn't Play Nice with Windows Azure Cloud OS Tools Internet Explorer 8 MUI packs for Windows XP, Windows Server 03 Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta adds Windows 7 support Check for RAM Error or Defect in Windows 7 and Vista with Windows Memory Diagnostic The Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 98 Threat Mitigation Guide Windows Vista comes with 19,500 drivers on DVD more on Windows Update Windows XP Home No Longer Qualifies for Windows Vista Upgrades Microsoft Offers a Complex Windows Vista vs. Windows XP Perspective Windows XP SP3 to Drop Concomitantly with Windows Vista SP1? Windows Vista vs. Windows 9x/Me, NT Server, 2000 and XP Free Windows Vista Business and Windows XP SP2 on Parade Microsoft Presents the Lost Comparison: Windows Vista vs. Windows XP Windows Server 2008 = Windows Vista SP1 Minus the Pain Windows Embedded NavReady 2009 - Latest Windows Platform from Microsoft Free Windows for Supercomputers Available for Download - Windows HPC Server 2008 How to Install Windows 7 or Windows Vista on Physical Machine Without DVD MediaApple appears to be making some final visual tweaks to Snow Leopard in their latest developer build. Several people have noticed that Apple has provided new Desktop pictures that come with the OS. Uneasy Silence offers a complete gallery of the images:
jcxp.net - 27.07.2009GUI Champs '08: Best Usable Icon Packs
In this years GUI Championships, Icon Packages seems to have ruled the day. Over 80 icon packages made it into the competition, and the workmanship
and creativity of each was outstanding. The GUI Champs is winding down this week, and the Most Usable winners in the Icon Pack category have been
announced. Most Usable Icon Package Winners: 1st place - Plastic Fantastic by Tiggz 2nd place - Non-mainstream 2008 by iconboy 3rd place - Junior by
Treetog Congratulations to all the winners, and these, and the other GUIC icon packs can be download for free at www.guichamps.com.
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neowin.net - 18.12.2008Beautiful Windows Vista icons a double-edged sword
I admit it. I'm an iconphile. Back in the Windows 3.0 days, I used to go and change all my Windows icons by hand. I thought this was pretty
impressive. Admittedly, it didn't help me pick up women for some reason.
Since then, icons have come a very long way. A VERY long way.
With Windows Vista, the end-user icon experience out of the box is beautiful. But from an icon creator's point of view, the lack of backward
compatibility and effort to support has gone up tremendously. As a result, we've seen a lot fewer custom icons made for Windows Vista than one might
have expected.
Microsoft made three decisions with Windows Vista that will forever affect the way we look at icon making on Windows.
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neowin.net - 24.08.2007Chrome Tip of the Week #1: Allowing more bookmarks in the bookmarks bar
jcxp.net - 09.07.2009Windows Live Quick Apps - Mashup apps with source code
Steve Ballmer announced two
example apps that show off how
to put the Live Services we
have on offer to
use.
winbeta.org - 12.07.2007Mini How-To: Remove the Windows BSOD icon in Leopard
Make OS X a little less smug
Its pretty clear that Apple left no stone unturned in Leopard, making changes and fixes throughout the new operating
system. Unfortunately, that also included an upgrade to its crucial smugness subsystem: the image you see above of an old school CRT monitor with a
blue screen of death is actually the not-so-subtle gag icon Leopard uses to represent Windows machines on your local network. (Is it any wonder why PC
and Mac fanboys tend to get in so many fights?) Granted, many Leopard beta users have seen this icon since the early releases, but we didnt actually
think the shipping version would include something so pompous and galling to the other 90%.
neowin.net - 31.10.2007Windows 7 tip: Recycle Bin on your Windows 7 Taskbar
I'm not exactly sure when it became cool to abandon the use of your operating system's desktop, but a growing number of people these days
prefer the "clean" look. Recent releases of Microsoft Windows seem to encourage this. By default, Windows Vista and 7 strip the desktop of all icons
but the Recycle Bin. Try as you may, ignoring this lone icon is impossible. Sure, you can hide it in just a few seconds, but at the cost of losing
quick access to deleted files. You could also drag the Recycle Bin icon to the taskbar, but then it will appear pinned under Windows Explorer --
requiring an extra click to open and offering half the functionality.
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neowin.net - 15.09.2009Sam's Tip of the Week #5 - What's that song?
This has happened to everyone- you hear a song, absolutely love it, but have no idea what it is or who it's by. There are many mobile apps that will do that, but what if you're using your computer and hear, say, a song on a YouTube video that you like. Rather than cranking up your speakers and holding your phone near them, I have a better way.
First, download Tunatic from http://www.wildbits.com/tunatic/ (compatible with Windows and Mac OS X). This handy app can identify songs and then offer quick links to iTunes, where to get it as a ringtone, or lyrics for that song.
Tunatic will use your default audio input device to identify the song, which is probably your microphone (which doesn't get us any better results than a mobile device). We need to fix that, so here are instructions for the Mac OS and Windows since this is a cross-platform application.
Windows XP: Open the Start menu, choose Accessories, then Entertainment, and open Volume Control. Open up the Options menu and choose Properties. Select the Recording radio button, and place a checkmark next to "Stereo Mix" in the list below. Unfortunately, if this doesn't appear your hardware isn't capable of doing this. Now press OK and you should see the Recording Control window. Place a checkmark next to "Select" in the Stereo Mix section. Make sure the Stereo Mix volume is turned up. Now, open Tunatic, play the song you want to know about, and press the magnifying glass button in Tunatic.
jcxp.net - 13.09.2009Google Shared Stuff
For the following to work, you will need to download and install Google Chrome from the Developer Channel (Available at the end of this post). This guide is purely for Microsoft Windows, however you can use it to guide you on Mac/Linux if you so choose.
First off, let's fire up that browser.
Then, let's thrust the mouse on the
jcxp.net - 05.09.2009Utility Spotlight: The Microsoft Security Assessment Tool
Tracking down network security problems can be tricky and time-consuming, but we have a tool that can help. In the December issue, Lance Whitney presents the Microsoft Security Assessment Tool, a free
utility that asks you describe your security environment, then provides an analysis along with recommendations for improvement.
winbeta.org - 20.12.2007Are Vista icons facing the wrong way ?
No doubt you’ve all seen the “Computer” icon in Windows Vista. Some of you might have even clicked on it and few of you probably
have a shortcut on your desktop. But has it ever occurred to you it’s facing the wrong direction, away from you? At least one guy did, and this
is just one of the minor details under scrutiny at the Windows UX Taskforce that is particularly fascinating.
The problem is, by default,
Windows displays icons from left to right. Assuming the user sits in the middle of the monitor, the icons should in fact face right towards you and
not the edge of the monitor. The only icon in Vista off the top of my head which does this correctly are the “folders” icon which open up
towards the right. This actually conflicts with the official user experience guidelines suggesting the perspective of icons face left.
If
this isn’t weird enough, the Windows XP’s icons and even conceptual Vista icons designed by Iconfactory faced the right (pun) way. For
some unknown reason, Microsoft designers decided to flip them. Mac OSX icons face directly at you - probably the best solution.
neowin.net - 23.06.2008Q1 2008 - Client OS Vulnerability Scorecard
Jeff Jones: This paper is a compilation of vulnerability data for client operating systems for the first 3 month, January through March, of 2008.
Vulnerabilities and fixes for the following products are discussed:
For January through March of 2008, Mac OS X users experienced the highest number of vulnerabilities as well as the highest number of High severity vulnerabilities while Windows Vista users experienced the fewest and the fewest High severity vulnerabilities.
Here is the chart breaking down all of the OSes by NVD
severity ratings:
winbeta.org - 15.05.2008RivaTuner 2.0 Final
RivaTuner is the most powerful
tweaking utility for NVIDIA
and ATI display adapters
running under Windows 98 /
Windows 98 SE / Windows ME /
Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
The purpose of this utility is
to give you access to all the
undocumented features of
Detonator and Catalyst
drivers. Drivers have a lot of
undocumented registry entries.
Some of them don't affect
anything, but there are some
that are very useful. In
general, they cannot give you
big performance boost but they
can improve image quality and
solve some compatibility
problems. RivaTuner will help
you to change all undocumented
registry entries. It supports
all versions of Detonators
(now called ForceWare) drivers
under Windows 98 / Windows 98
SE / Windows ME (Detonator
5.08 or higher under Windows
2000 / Windows XP).
neowin.net - 26.12.2006Maxthon 2.0.1.4577 Beta 2
Maxthon Internet Browser
software is a powerful tabbed
browser with a highly
customizable interface. 2.0
version of Maxthon will
inherts its successor's great
features and bring you a
flexible, joyful &
convenience web surfing
experience.
Maxthon 2.0.1.4577
Beta 2 changelog:
+ improved AdHunter
- temporarily disabled
Advanced Proxy and Filter
Packs, will be back in
Beta3
+ search keywords
automatic highlight works
+ URL Key can open multiple
URLs
+ favorites menu
and favorites toolbar items
can be manually ordered by
dragging
+ can drag more
buttons and commands to the
Web Toolbar
* solve
several maximized display
problem
+ added Internal
Skin
+ support multiple
general form
* solve
occasional mouse track (for
mouse gesture) problem
+
can change the width of search
by dragging the left edge
* improve the interface
drawing efficiency
+
lower memory usage
+
improve browsing speed
neowin.net - 23.12.2006Elevations Are Now Blocked in the User's Logon Path
Hi, Jim Hong, Program Manager on UAC, here again to tell you about a new change in the UAC user experience coming in RC1. Applications that start when the user logs on and that require elevation are now blocked in the logon path.
Without blocking applications from prompting for elevation in the user's logon path, both standard users and administrators would have to respond to a User Account Control dialog box on every log on . While this potentially becomes an annoyance for administrators, it is an unusable UI for standard users who cannot drive the UAC elevation prompt without having an administrator around to provide credentials. Furthermore, we advise users to be wary of prompts that appear without them taking an explicit action -- and prompts generated at startup go against that advice.
In RC1 and later, Windows Vista notifies the user if an application has been blocked by placing an icon in the system tray and providing a notification balloon during the startup sequence. See Fig. 1 for a visual of what this might look like:
microsoft.com/windowsvista - 29.05.2007
