Microsoft has updated the list of notable changes that are applied by the Service Pack 2 (SP2) RC to Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, which have changed slightly when comparing the changes made during SP2 Beta. The SP2 includes all previously released hotfixes and security updates, and also changes to support new types of hardware and several emerging standards, in addition to further streamline […]
Previously we mentioned about LightScreen and GreenShot that can snapshot screen in simple way, but if you are looking for a more powerful screen capturing tool that can even capture animation on top of still image, the Free Screen Capturer from Evensoft could be a good solution. By simply touching on the PrintScreen button, it will bring up the utility menu with multiple selections, making […]
Most users will open Windows Explorer when they want to have an overview or access the file systems in their computers. Like it or not, Windows has set a default view when you open this file manager. If you do not like what Microsoft has set for you or if you find the default view quite difficult to navigate, etc, you could remove the default […]
Google has released an updated version of Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer (IE), now at version 6 Beta. The main feature added in Google Toolbar for IE web browser 6 Beta is Quick Search Box (QSB). Quick Search Box brings Google strength on search and navigation to not only web pages, but whole computer and Internet, as QSB provides search functionality outside of the browser.
Shape Collage is a photo collage maker similar to that can create extremely impressive collages in different shapes, posters or photo mosaics in less than a minute with just few mouse clicks. Shape Collage is developed by Vincent Cheung, who has previously worked at Microsoft Research and Google. The intuitive user interface design has made it simple and easy to use.
Microsoft has released Windows Vista SP2 RC and Windows Server 2008 SP2 RC (Service Pack 2 Release Candidate) in all languages to MSDN and TechNet paid subscribers, after more privileged testers get them earlier. General public will be able to download the release candidate version of second service pack for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 (first service pack, as SP1 is integrated before server […]
The final edition of Windows 7, which commonly known as RTM (release-to-manufacturing) version, may be released and start shipping as early as in September or October 2009, months earlier that what Microsoft officially predicts on when Windows 7 will hit the market, January 2010.
Multiple screens setup could improve efficiency but sometimes it may cause inconvenience of getting your mouse cursors moving from one screen to another. If you experience this and intend to bring mouse cursor across multiple screens easily, you can try this simple software utility with the name of Multi Monitor Mouse. With this software utility, it will able to speed up the mouse pointer movement […]
Previously we mentioned about Disk Redactor that can securely delete all sensitive personal contents in Windows PC, but if you are looking for an alternative solution, you may want to give this free software utility a try. Named as Disk Wipe, it is a simple yet powerful disk wiping utility that can help to securely delete confidential data utilizing various sophisticated shredding algorithm at consumer […]
Generally net users tend to bookmark or copy the URLs of interesting sites they find and save them somewhere until they have time to read them. However, it is a human fallibility to forget about what they have bookmarked subsequently. As a result, the bookmark menu will be full of old bookmarks which are forgotten. If this sounds familiar when you are surfing the net, […]
Microsoft has decided to tighten the grip on ability for pirates and crackers to crack and bypass Windows Vista activation scheme, by releasing an WGA update to Windows Vista Ultimate Edition based system that will detect the presence of SoftMod hack activation exploit, which is currently been pioneered by Vista Loader. However, it’s unclear if the WGA technology update will indeed detect both SoftMod and […]
For Windows 7 Beta users who are having compatibility and reliability issues while running Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) RC1 which was released to the public for Vista and XP earlier can download an official update released by Microsoft to overcome the problems. Based on the feedbacks, Microsoft has detected various reliability problems such as system crashes, memory leaks, etc encountered by users. This update for […]
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