Fed up with Internet Explorer 8 which is unstable at best? IE8 IE8 Beta 1 may occasionally crashes or not responding when browsing websites, and users have to close the browser with request to send the error report to Microsoft. The bugs or crashes happen more frequently especially if users using third-party add-ons such as Google Toolbar. This is generally expected as this is the […]
Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) Beta 1 has been released for public free download on IE8 Readiness Toolkit page. Internet Explorer 8 can be installed on Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) (but not pre-release or beta version) , Windows Vista, Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2). IE8 Beta 1 also does not work […]
Windows Vista Multilingual User Interface Pack (MUI) is language packs for Windows Vista that provide a translated version of most of the user interface so that users can change the display language on Vista computer and view wizards, dialog boxes, menus, Help topics, and other items in Windows in a different language, such as for Chinese version to switch language to Japanese, or German to […]
Download copy of DVD ISO disc image for Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2008 from file sharing sites via Bit Torrent or eD2K network, and unsure of its authenticity or originality? A lot of downloads from Internet have been modified by the uploaders or even some are fake version purposely uploaded to confuse downloaders. Thus, it’s important to compare and verify […]
Photo editing can be a taxing and time-consuming job if you don’t have a proper and professional photo-editing tool. To edit your favourite shots or create innovative digital art for your company proposals or marketing material without a good photo editing software might occupy a lot of your valuable time and yet yield unsatisfactory results. There are many types of photo editing software available in […]
Microsoft seems determined to make the upcoming Windows 7 one of the best operating system ever released. Windows graphical user interface has been greatly beautified in Vista, leaving less room for impressive “wow” factor. So now it’s turn to long pending upgrade and update to the features and functions of programs packaged for free in Windows. One of such basic programs been updated is Calculator.
When visiting or browsing a web page using any web browser such as Internet Explorer and Firefox, occasionally will display error messages such as “Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage” or “Server Not Found”. Beside, when connecting to a remote server, the connection may return “Host not available” error too.
Windows Vista has strict product activation scheme, which will dumb the system into Reduced Functionality Mode (removed in Service Pack 1 with black desktop experience) if one doesn’t activate the system without 30 days or was detected or validated as non-genuine. Thus it’s very important to check and verify the activation status of Windows Vista to ensure that the system is indeed already activated, especially […]
Microsoft cuts Windows Vista retail edition selling price by up to hefty 48% in order to persuade customers to upgrade to Vista. The new cheaper price of Windows Vista retail box version is applicable to both full version and upgrade version of Vista, which used to upgrade install an old Windows operating system such as XP to Vista. Only retail Vista price is adjusted downward, […]
Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 features a Recovery Console which provides a mean for administrators or Windows user to perform a limited range of tasks using a command line interface, especially to recover of Windows system that does not boot into desktop in graphic user interface (GUI).
As promised by Microsoft (although Microsoft supposed to include it in Vista SP1), the update to detect activation exploits that commonly used by hackers and pirates to bypass and crack activation in Windows Vista has been released via Windows Update as Important Update. The anti-crack update, KB940510, will install a detector or sniffer on Vista system to detect Grace Timer exploit and OEM BIOS activation […]
Busy familiarizing with Windows Vista? The successor to Windows Vista, with internal codename as Windows 7 (previously known as Blackcomb and Vienna) has also been in development stage by Microsoft, with rumored release date targeted at late 2009. But with Microsoft’s records, the date will definitely delay. But it doesn’t stop Microsoft to send out the first known build of Windows 7, named Milestone 1 […]
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