Showing posts with label Vista. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vista. Show all posts
Monday, December 09, 2013

What a Date (for when a Windows version is no longer supported...)?

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Mike's Window - Some dates for your calendar.. Support for Windows 7 RTM without service packs ended on April 9, 2013. Be sure...
Monday, January 14, 2013

Tip on using the Extended Send To [and how to tweak it] -> Send To -> You

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Tweaking with Vishal - [Tip] Customize Hidden “Extended Send To” Menu in Windows, Add or Remove Shortcuts When Windows Vista was relea...
Tuesday, September 25, 2012

When is XPS not XPS? When it's OXPS. (Actually OXPS is a better XPS, but not if you're on Win7/Vista/XP)

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Mitch Prince's Blog - XPS and OXPS file support in Windows 7 and Windows 8 "The XMLPaper Specification (XPS) was originally ...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Work Smart Guides updated. Don't write your own "how to use X/Y/Z Microsoft tech," download and customize these!

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Education - WorkSmart Guides - Updated ready-made IT user documentation "... One of the godsends for me was a set of document...
Friday, April 13, 2012

Seeing the [Corp] magic behind the [Win8] scenes... "Group Policy Settings Reference for Windows and Windows Server"

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Microsoft Downloads - Group Policy Settings Reference for Windows and Windows Server "These spreadsheets list the policy settings...
Thursday, December 15, 2011

Copy Path Path... An easier, more configurable, flexible Explorer Shell Extension to copy a file's path (oh and x86/x64 and source available too!)

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CodePlex - Path Copy Copy "A Windows Explorer add-on that adds a contextual menu item on all files and folders allowing the user ...
Wednesday, December 14, 2011

IE 6/7/8 XP/Vista/Win7 VHD's Refreshed

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Microsoft Downloads - Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image Windows Virtual PC VHDs for testing websites with differe...
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Friday, September 09, 2011

Like video/vod casts, like those on Channel 9? Wish you could easily watch them on your TV? Say via a Media Center Plugin? And you could get the source to the plugin too?

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In geeks we trust … - Video Podcasts on TV "Yay! Well this is a big deal for me. I’ve had the BT engineers out a couple of times ...
Saturday, February 26, 2011

CMD that app to speak up (or shut up)! App level volume control via the NirCmd command line utility

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NirBlog - How to control the volume level of specific application from command-line, on Windows 7/2008/Vista "But what about chan...
Monday, October 25, 2010

Windows Registry Quick Find Chart, a 34 page PDF with common registry data locations guide [meant for forensic use, but cool reference for the everyday IT guy]

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Computer Forensics and IR - What's New? - Updated Windows Registry and Mac resources & Jad's Software....updated “… Re...
Monday, October 11, 2010

Windows Ribbon for WinForms v2.5 Released - Event handling reworked

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Arik Poznanski's Blog - Windows Ribbon for WinForms v2.5 Released – New Events Mechanism “The Windows Ribbon for WinForms is a ma...
Wednesday, September 08, 2010

Power Eraser, Norton style, is now free (as in free)

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CNet Download Blog - Norton's new Power Eraser goes free “Norton Power Eraser is a new tool from Symantec that the company says is...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Sidebar that Silverlight - VB Project Template to help build Silverlight based Windows Sidebar Gadgets

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Visual Studio Gallery - Silverlight Sidebar Gadget (VB) “Template to easily get started on developing a Sidebar Gadget using Silverlig...
Wednesday, May 19, 2010

It’s a new Sysinternals Tool Day! RAMMap v1.0 released

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Sysinternals Site Discussion - New Tool: Sysinternals RAMMap v1.0 “ RAMMap v1.0: Have you ever wondered how Windows allocates physica...
Wednesday, May 05, 2010

IE9 Platform Preview Updated (1.9.7766.6000)

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Microsoft Downloads - Windows Internet Explorer Platform Preview “Test drive the new Internet Explorer 9 Platform via the Internet Exp...
Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Becoming a Windows Search Ninja - “Mastering Windows Search using Advanced Query Syntax”

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ars technica - Mastering Windows Search using Advanced Query Syntax “Search has become an integral part of Windows, particularly in la...
Thursday, February 04, 2010

Work Smart (by letting someone else do the icky document creation grunt work) – “Work Smart Productivity Guides” from Microsoft for your end-user training, re-use and tweaking pleasure

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UK Further Education Blog - Ready-made IT user documentation “When I started working at Microsoft, I hadn’t been in such an open, tech...
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Monday, February 01, 2010

“Windows User Experience Interaction Guidelines” – aka the UX Guide for Windows 7 and Vista free eBook

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Microsoft Downloads - Windows User Experience Interaction Guidelines “Download the Windows User Experience Interaction Guidelines (UX ...
Monday, January 25, 2010

Directory Linker – Simple symbolic directory link utility for Vista/Windows 7

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Addictive Tips - Easy Way To Create Symbolic Directory Links In Windows 7/Vista “The process of creating a symbolic directory link for...
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Saturday, January 23, 2010

Using wireless networking at home? Have a ton of neighbors with wireless too? Check your channel (and here’s a tip on how)

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Derek Hatchard’s Information Flume Ride - Find the Right Wireless Networking Channel “The hard core geeks know that to optimize your w...