Apparently in Windows Vista, Microsoft still enforce and hard-limit (hard coded in tcpip.sys) the maximum simultaneous half-open (incomplete) outbound TCP connection attempts per second that the system can make, as in Windows XP SP2, in order to protect the system from being used by malicious programs, such as viruses and worms, to spread to uninfected computers, or to launch distributed denial of service attack (DDoS). […]
Windows command prompt shell window does not support use of mouse click to access its various functions. For programmers or developers or advanced users who frequently use command prompt to do their works, the following list of keyboard accelerators also known as keyboard shortcuts or hot keys will be handy to speed up their task. The shortcut keys work in command prompt window or DOS […]
For Windows Vista advanced users who prefer to use keyboard instead of mouse, here’s a extensive listing of keyboard accelerators (also known as keyboard shortcuts or hot keys) built-in in Windows Vista. These keyboard accelerators provide a simple keyboard alternative to frequently used command which normally will require cumbersome several repeated clicking with mouse on Windows’ graphical interface, especially for repetitive tasks. Most of the […]
Most professional photographers especially those who are using digital SLR camera prefer to shoot in ‘RAW’ mode, which outputs image in file format that is proprietary to their camera make and model (e.g. .CR2, .NEF, etc.), which stores greater quality of details compared with JPG image file. However, unlike JPEG format, RAW image format cannot be easily opened in Windows operating system prior to Vista […]
Canon RAW Codec 1.0 is a software plug-in that, when installed in Windows Vista, enables the import and display of RAW images with the file extension .CR2 that captured and taken with Canon cameras. With the Canon RAW codec, photographers or designers can easily open, view and manipulate Canon RAW images in Windows Vista. However, the codec does not support .CRW RAW image files, and […]
Olympus digital camera users especially those who are using Olympus dSLR or prosumer cameras that able to capture data RAW images such as E-1, E-300, E-330, E-400, E-500,E-10, E-20, C-70 ZOOM, C-5050ZOOM, C-5060 Wide Zoom, C-7070 Wide Zoom, C-8080 Wide Zoom, SP-310, SP-320, SP-350, SP-500UZ and SP-510UZ can now download and install Olympus RAW codec to import and display the RAW data file with file […]
One feature that often overlook in Windows Vista is Encrypting File System (EFS), which also in Windows 2000, 2003 and XP operating system. EFS is a file system with filesystem-level encryption that transparently allows files to be stored encrypted on disk volume with NTFS file systems so that no other users can use the encrypted data or to protect confidential data from most kind of […]
Like in Windows XP, when Windows Vista is installed, Microsoft configure the operating system to enable and turn on background services based on the default recommended settings for Windows Vista services. However, not all of these running processes in background are been used, needed, critical or necessary. To free up and conserve memory, reduce RAM usage and CPU resources, some of these services can be […]
If you’re one of the Windows Vista users who still don’t know how to set a video clip as a DreamScene animated background wallpaper on the desktop, the following tutorial guide is for you. Windows Dream Scene will turn the static desktop commonly decorated with image file to motion desktop, which will surely attract the attention of bystanders and allow users to showcase their own […]
Recycle bin icon, when configure to show on Windows Vista desktop, will always have a line of text “Recycle Bin” as description below the icon. However the recycle bin icon image is pretty easy to recognize as the design of the recycle bin is almost the same across all old and new version of Windows. In this case, users may opt to remove or hide […]
Administrator or owner of the Windows Vista computer can set and create a logon message text that will be displayed or prompted on screen whenever a user login to his or her user account. The configuration of log on message is useful to show or pop up a warning or notification dialog to all users who are attempting to log in to the system, probably […]
WinPE 2.0 (Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment version 2) also known as Windows PE or Vista WinPE is the new version of mini bootable tool from Microsoft that provides operating system features for installation, troubleshooting, and recovery. In other word, WinPE 2.0 is a slim down or tiny mini version of Windows (you will see lots of reference to MiniNT). Previously WinPE is mostly used by […]
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