The much awaited and highly anticipated WPF based IM client Yahoo! Messenger for Windows Vista announced back in January has been released for preview (read: pre-beta testing) free download. The Vista version of Yahoo Messenger is designed from the ground up specifically to match Vista beautiful and ‘wow’ user interface. No 64-bit (x64) support yet though, Users can install the Yahoo Messenger for Vista Preview […]
In Windows XP, a WHQL-signed driver installs smoothly without any warning messages. WHQL (Windows Hardware Quality Labs) secure signature (file in .CAT) is given to a device driver after developers successfully completed HCT (Hardware Compatibility Tests), and included into the downloadable driver package. The unsigned non-WHQL compliant driver, meanwhile, will pop up and prompt a warning dialog window.
USB is famous for its easy plug and play. It creates the convenience of device usage but at the same time it also poses some risks into access of confidential data without any acknowledgement from the owners. CygNET unveils a new network security software for personal usage which able to prevent the occurrence of such incident. Known as USB CopyNotify! Version 1.3, the free software […]
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Release Candidate 1 has been released to Microsoft Connect, MSDN, Technet subscribers, and it’s also available for free download in Windows Update. All users need to do is to simply add in a little registry key to the Vista system so that Windows Update or Microsoft Update can recognize and identify the PC as a legitimate target to install Windows […]
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Release Candidate 1 (Vista SP1 RC1) can now be downloaded and installed via Windows Update (see announcement). The previous two hacks to install SP1 beta and SP1 RC Preview no longer works, and must be removed to the official Vista SP1 RC to be shown up and available to install in Windows Update. It’s also recommended (MSDN WU upgrade instruction […]
Windows Server 2008 is the next generation server system from Microsoft, replacing Windows Server 2003. Windows Server 2008 RC1 has been released for testing and also evaluation trial, and can be downloaded, installed and used for free until June 30, 2008, if you register for a free product key and activate the Windows Server 2008.
Microsoft has released the setup installer code for Windows Server 2008 RC1 (Release Candidate 1) and Windows Vista SP1 RC (Release Candidate) on Wednesday, two highly anticipated update and product that scheduled to be released to RTM (live) in early 2008.
Cron jobs in Linux and its variants such as FreeBSD or CentOS which commonly used on web hosts due to popularity of cPanel web server control panel system, is important time based scheduled tasks and commands that perform various functions such as log rotation, updates checking, system maintenance, file system cleaning, backup, service restart and etc.
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) used to be a popular browser for net users. However, the popularity has gradually been taken over by other alternate browsers especially Firefox nowadays. Net users have turned to other browsers mainly due to security reasons. IE is a favorite target for hackers or spyware merchants. To avoid the potential security threat, many users have chosen to remove or disable IE […]
Seeking for software or application to open and view Microsoft PowerPoint presentation files? Newly released by Microsoft, PowerPoint Viewer 2007, will resolve you problem by allowing you to view full-featured presentation files created in PowerPoint 97 and later versions. The Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2007 is a freeware released by Microsoft. Users can use it to view and print out presentation files but not editing the […]
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 includes code enhancements in activation infrastructure and the Windows Genuine Advantage fixes two anti-piracy loophole vulnerabilities, and can detect, and then disable and kill two type of the most common Vista activation cracks or exploits which hackers used as a workaround to bypass the activation process and fool the WGA validation to always genuine in Vista, namely OEM BIOS and […]
While working on documents using Microsoft Office Word 2007, sometimes users may need to combine and merge many multiple documents into one single document. For example, when author is writng a novel book by saving each chapter as individual documents, creating lots of document files for a single book. When the novel is finished and completed, the author may wish to combine and merge all […]
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