Whenever there is any system problem, especially the dread BSoD (Blue Screen of Death), most users first reaction is probably to go into Safe Mode to try to troubleshoot Windows. Safe Mode loads and starts just basis files and drivers necessary to run Windows.
Windows Vista allows user to change and set default program association for most kind of file extension type via Control Panel’s “Set Associations” or “Set Default Programs” under “Default Programs” link. However, there is no option or way to reset or restore the file type or file extension association to back to original default the is configured in factory-pre-installed or freshly installed Windows Vista.
Windows Vista file type and file extension associations may be corrupted, broken and go haywire, causing files with some extensions cannot be opened properly. For example, some third party programs may wrongly set or assign file associations for extensions that not supposed to have a default program such as .exe, .com, .sys, .lnk, folder, directory, drive etc. (actually these special system files has unique associations […]
After the recent announcement from Steve about the next generation 3G iPhone selling price of only half of what being sold when he first launched the EDGE version iPhone since last year, most of us wonder how Apple Inc. can make a good margin out of them. Although the Apple’s 3G iPhone Hardware BOM cost has been significantly reduced due to re-engineering and strong bargain […]
The worldwide leader in digital consumer electronics and information technology, Samsung has announced the launch of its new portable DVD writer – TruDirect SE-T084M/RSWD. It’s the external slim, slot-in drive which allows consumers to burn digital content through a PC directly to DVD without the need of a hard drive for caching files, thanks to Samsung’s revolutionary TruDirect technology.
It’s hardly any easter eggs in Firefox, as the whole software is open source where everybody can see the source code. So it’s hardly surprising or refreshing if there is any easter eggs in Firefox as it would have been known easily by everybody who knows how to read the programming language code. Even so, there are indeed some easter eggs in Firefox 3.
The well-known American multinational corporation, Apple has announced that it has sold over 5 billion songs via the largest music retailer in the US – iTunes digital media store (www.itunes.com). In addition, the visitors of iTunes are now renting and purchasing more than 50,000 movies each day, making iTunes the world’s most popular online music and movie store.
PCmover a migration utility from Laplink that allows user to move applications, programs, settings, and data files from existing old PC to new PC while keeping all the software on new PC intact. Thus, PC Mover is different from disk cloning or imaging software that replace everything on new computer with whole old stuff from current system, and is useful for user who wants to […]
The global designer and marketer of consumer electronics, Nextar has launched its new and stylish portable media player for on the go entertainment – Nextar T30, incorporating 3.5-inch flat panel LCD color display, hi-fi stereo output and USB host transfers capability that allows users to download content directly from their PC.
Hacking a computer, or at least the attempt to hack a computer comes across the mind of many people, but not many equip with the technical skill necessary to carry out the task to hack the computer. Different people looking to hack or crack into a computer for different reason. Some for fun, some for spying on spouse or lover, some for skill testing, some […]
The leading company in digital camcorder industry, Sony has announced the launch of its new HDR-CX12 Handycam, which the company claims as the world’s first HD (high-definition) camcorder with both Smile Shutter and face detection technologies, recording full HD (resolution of 1920 x 1080) video and 10 megapixel pictures on Sony Memory Stick PRO Duo media and any Memory Stick PRO Duo (Mark2) media cards.
Some application programs, especially some older version of software may not be able to or cannot properly set file associations for the file extensions that the programs supported in Windows Vista. Some example of such programs include ACDSee, Nero, TTPlayer, foobar2000 and etc.
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