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Right-Click Context Menu Turns Ugly Classic After Installing a Program in Windows 7 or Vista

Ramesh Srinivasan — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:05:01 +0000

Yet another context menu saga. After installing Notepad++ (a free Notepad alternative, version 5.5.1 as of this writing) in a Windows 7 computer, the context menu turned ugly with a classic look. After removing "Edit with Notepad++" from the right-click menu, by deleting the following registry branch: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ * \ shellex \ ContextMenuHandlers \ Notepad++ It now [...]

“This Computer’s Video Card Can’t Play Themes” Message in WLPG Screensaver Settings Dialog

Ramesh Srinivasan — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:16:01 +0000

When you open the Windows Live Photo Gallery Screensaver settings dialog, theme controls may be missing and the message "This computer’s video card can’t play themes" is displayed. You might be knowing that the themes in Windows Photo Gallery slideshow as well as in Windows Live Photo Gallery screensaver won’t be enabled if the Graphics [...]

Office 2007 File Types DOCX, PPTX, XLSX Downloading as ZIP

Ramesh Srinivasan — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:47:21 +0000

When you try downloading one of the Office 2007 file types such as .DOCX, .PPTX, .XLSX, the file may download as a .Zip (Compressed Folder). This happens if the Office 2007 file format MIME types are not registered in the Web server you’re downloading the file from. There is nothing much the user can do, apart [...]

Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) Update Utility

Ramesh Srinivasan — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:25:10 +0000

Just came across this interesting tool from the AddictiveTips Blog. MSE Update Utility is a simple app that updates Microsoft Security Essentials when Windows Update is disabled. Windows Update service is responsible for frequently updating MSE. But once it is disabled via Group Policy Editor, MSE won’t update anymore. You can download the MSE Update Utility from [...]

On Resume, Password Protect vs on Resume, Display Welcome Screen Setting in Windows XP

Ramesh Srinivasan — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:40:06 +0000

When you open the Display Settings Control Panel applet and click the Screensaver tab, one of the following options are shown: On resume, display Welcome screen On resume, password protect The second option is seen in systems which are connected to domain (which disables the Welcome screen.) If you enable this option, you’ll see the "Unlock Computer" classic [...]

Fix Services MMC Extended View Is Blank in Windows XP

Ramesh Srinivasan — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:57:04 +0000

The Extended view of Services Management Console (services.msc) displays the service description and also has links to Start or Stop services. In some systems, the Extended view may appear blank, as in figure below: This has to do with broken JScript.dll registration. To fix this problem, login as Administrator or equivalent, and then run the following [...]

WordPress Automatic Upgrade Error “Could Not Create Temporary File”

Ramesh Srinivasan — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:43:20 +0000

This is probably the first time I’m trying to upgrade WordPress using the automatic upgrade option available in the WordPress Admin Dashboard. And doing so showed this error message: Downloading update from http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.8.6.zip. Download failed.: Could not create Temporary file Installation Failed Searching the Web lead me to the following thread at WordPress Forums: WordPress › Support » Download failed.: [...]

How to Restore .BKF Files Using NTBackup in Windows 7 and Windows Vista

Ramesh Srinivasan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:36:10 +0000

There are so many users who back up their data using the NTBackup Tool in Windows XP, then clean install/upgrade to Windows 7 or Windows Vista and later realize that Windows 7/Vista do not include the NTBackup Tool to restore the image. Also, Microsoft haven’t released the NT Backup Restore Utility for Windows 7 yet [...]

Fix: Cannot Change Wallpaper Picture Position to Tile or Center in HP/Compaq PCs Running Windows 7

Ramesh Srinivasan — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:01:27 +0000

Certain models of Compaq Presario and HP PCs preinstalled with Windows 7 exhibit a problem where users cannot change the desktop wallpaper picture position to Fill, Fit, Center or Tile. It may default to Stretch mode, and changes made by users do not take effect. To fix this problem, HP released a SoftPaq (SP45575 "Wallpaper [...]

How to Restore All Windows in a Grouped Taskbar Button in Windows 7?

Ramesh Srinivasan — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:16:32 +0000

If you haven’t gone through the Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts list yet, you may be wondering if it’s possible to open all the windows which are grouped under a single icon in the Taskbar. Luckily, there is a keyboard shortcut available for this so that you don’t have to open each window in the group [...]