Ultimate Windows Reference

How To: Improve Windows Vista Network Performance, While Running Multimedia Programs

admin — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:15:00 PDT

Fact: Windows Vista is throttling down the network interface to 10 packets per second to prevent choppy audio playback. Reason: Users expect multimedia applications, including music and video players, to offer a seamless playback experience. However, demand for the CPU by other concurrently running applications, like antivirus, content indexing, or even the mail client, can result [...]

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How To: Enable JavaScript Support In Internet Explorer

admin — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:02:28 PDT

Javascript is a scripting language that can provide enormous functionality and the ability to create dynamic websites. JavaScript can add activity and function to a website, such as drop down menus, navigation button effects and interactive forms.You must have JavaScript enabled in your browser in order to view multimedia presentations. Please follow these instructions to [...]

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How To: Restrict Users From Running Specific Windows Programs

admin — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:53:30 PDT

This tweak is useful for anyone who wants to restrict users from running specific Windows programs on a Windows Vista computer. You can restrict users from running specific programs by either using Group Policy or editing the Windows registry. Method 1: By Using Group Policy To use Group Policy Object Editor to restrict users from running specific [...]

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How To: Disable Windows Explorer Click Sounds In Windows Vista

admin — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:00:23 PDT

Windows Vista plays a click sound whenever you navigate your way around Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer. You can disable the clicking sound in Windows Vista by a simple method described below: Go to Windows Vista Start Menu > Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices Then click on the Sounds tab. Note: To open up the sounds [...]

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How To: Use Encrypting File System (EFS) In Windows Vista

admin — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:37:50 PDT

Using Windows Vista Encrypting File System (EFS), you can easily protect your data in case your machine is compromised or stolen. If you’re running the Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate editions of Windows Vista, you can use the Encrypting File System to keep your most personal documents and data safe. Encrypting files and folders in Windows Vista [...]

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How To: Back Up Encryption Certificate And Key In Windows Vista

admin — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:56:54 PDT

When you first encrypt a file or folder using Encrypting File System (EFS) in Windows Vista, an encryption certificate will be created. The certificate is then tied to an encryption key and together they verify your identity and which files you are able to encrypt and decrypt. It is important to backup your encryption certificate [...]

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How To: Enable WebSlices Feature In Internet Explorer 8

admin — Sun, 17 May 2009 17:51:10 PDT

Web Slices is a new feature in Internet Explorer 8, enabling websites to connect to their users by subscribing to content directly within a webpage. Web Slices behave just like feeds where clients can subscribe to get updates and notify users of changes. The idea is that web sites that traffic in constantly updating information, [...]

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Fix Windows Mail Error: Unable To Delete Email Messages From Inbox And Outbox

admin — Tue, 19 May 2009 18:11:26 PDT

A number of Windows Vista users experiencing problems with Windows Mail, when deleting email messages from the Inbox and Outbox. The message will first become unviewable in the reading pane and will then generate an error when you try to delete it. “Message could not be displayed Windows Mail encountered an unexpected problem while displaying this [...]

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How To: Disable Windows Vista Memory Diagnostic Tool

admin — Wed, 20 May 2009 10:06:28 PDT

Some Notes About Windows Vista Memory Diagnostic Tool: Microsoft Windows Vista comes with a built in memory diagnostic tool. This utility program will diagnose your computer’s memory as to the cause of the problem and list the errors it finds. When the diagnostic tool is finished, Windows Vista boots regularly and the results are displayed [...]

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How To: Change Or Spoof MAC Address In Windows

admin — Sat, 23 May 2009 02:47:17 PDT

MAC stands for Media Access Control and in a sense the MAC address is a computer’s true name on a LAN. An Ethernet MAC address is a six byte number, usually expressed as a twelve digit hexadecimal number (Example: 1AB4C234AB1F). Although physical MAC addresses are permanent by design, several mechanisms allow modification, or “spoofing”, of [...]

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How To: Remove Help And Support Button From Start Menu

admin — Sun, 24 May 2009 22:08:01 PDT

The “Help and Support” link on the Windows Vista and Windows XP Start menu provides online documentation to Microsoft Windows operating system and the basic applets such as Notepad, WordPad, etc. It also educates you on the programs windows operating system contains, including systems, accessories, and communications and entertainment programs and displays links to online [...]

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How To: Change The Default Location For Installing Applications In Windows Vista

admin — Mon, 25 May 2009 07:16:13 PDT

By default, Windows Vista uses the system drive for installing any new applications. That is, if Windows Vista is installed on the C Drive, the default folder where all the applications you install would automatically show up as C:\Program Files. This make a major load off your Windows partition if you’re running very data intensive [...]

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How To: Create A Hidden User Account In Windows Vista

admin — Wed, 27 May 2009 06:53:29 PDT

Microsoft’s Windows operating systems including Windows Vista and Windows XP allows multiple user accounts to be created on the computer, be it administrators or standard users. When there is more than one user accounts been defined and created on the computer, Windows operating system will display Welcome Screen, with all available user accounts listed so [...]

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Some Useful Network Commands For Windows/DOS

admin — Wed, 27 May 2009 07:21:13 PDT

Windows has a whole array of helpful command line tools for configuring and testing Internet and LAN connections. The following is a list of useful network commands that can be used from the command prompt. A lot of these commands are intended for administrating a network, but they are great for [...]

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How To: Reset A Windows Mobile Device To Default Factory Settings (Hard Reset)

admin — Fri, 29 May 2009 09:31:17 PDT

At times it may be necessary to perform a “hard reset” of your Windows Mobile device. A hard reset should be performed only if a normal reset does not solve a system Issue. A hard reset will restore your Windows Mobile device back to factory default settings and erase all personal data on it. Performing a [...]

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How To: Change Windows Mobile Ringtone/Vibrate/LED Flash Characteristics

admin — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:30:56 PDT

If you would like more control over how your Windows Mobile device rings/vibrates/flashes its LEDs on events, you can can change the Script values of these events. For example, for an incoming call performing ‘activate device, play ringtone, wait 3 seconds, repeat’ HKCU\ControlPanel\Sounds\RingTone0\Script = “apw3r” For performing ‘active device, set volume to 33%, play ringtone, set volume to 67%, play [...]

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How To: Customize SMS Sent Notification On Windows Mobile

admin — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:51:58 PDT

You can easily Disable Message Sent Notification On Windows Mobile 6 Device by a simple registry tweak. Here’s something different. If you still want the message sent notification to appear but in a different way, you can also do so. * First, you will need to download a Registry Editor for Windows Mobile. * Using the Registry [...]

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Windows Phone 7

kannan — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:51:21 PST

Microsoft announces new mobile phone software Windows Phone 7 at a mobile phone industry conference in Spain. Keeping in view the users’ complaints about the Mobile phone software’s bland interface, slow response time, and tediously repeated `clicking’ for performing tasks, the Windows Phone 7 has essentially been designed for anticipating the phone users’ needs – [...]

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New software multiplies computers in schools

kannan — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:49:54 PST

Getting on a computer at school often still requires a trip to the computer lab or competing for a couple of tired machines in the back of a classroom. But Microsoft and a handful of hardware partners are trying to seed schools with many more computing stations by getting single computers to power many more terminals. The [...]

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Classification of Digital cameras

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:32:24 PDT

Digi cams can be classified into 6 types. Classification is based use,focus and price. So the different types of Digital Camera are 1. Compact Digital Camera’s 2. Bridge Cameras 3. DSLR Camera’s 4. EVF 5. Digital Range Finders 6. Line Scan Camera Now lets go through a brief idea on all type 1. Compact Camera They are the most common types of Digi cams. [...]

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