When trying to select and set a built-in included DreamScene content video clip as desktop background, or have downloaded and installed custom third-party DreamScene animated motion backgrounds, and want to run the new video scene as the DreamScene desktop wallpaper, the DreamScene background may goes off and appears as a black screen or blank screen. The symptom may happen on first installation of DreamScene in […]
QuickTime Lite is packaged by developer for Vista Codec Package (VCP) codec pack to provide full web browser support for viewing and downloading streaming media files including High Definition (HD) contents in QuickTime format. If you don’t want to install full package of QuickTime setup which includes QuickTime Player and other non essential components, and just want to view embedded QuickTime media on web page, […]
“With Vista Codec Package installed you won’t need to install any other codecs”, boosted developers of Vista Codec Package, which now has been updated to version 4.5.4 Beta 1. Vista Codec Package (VCP) intends to have least amount of codecs on your system that ‘just-enough’ to all your playback need, as when dealing with codecs, more does not equal better and having the least amount […]
In Windows Vista Start Menu, on the right pane, there are plenty of shortcuts to system folders and personal user shell folders such as Documents, Pictures, Music, Games, Computer, Network and Connect To. If you’re not using these folders and do not need easy shortcut access to these folders from Start Menu, you can remove any or all of the folders from Start Menu of […]
Windows Sidebar in Vista may not load and start automatically when Windows Vista boots and starts. Windows Sidebar does not start automatically if user accidentally unselect the check box to instruct Windows Sidebar starts with Windows option when close and exit from Windows Sidebar. It’s also possible that somebody change the setting in Sidebar properties. Whatever the reason, if you want to enable and automatically […]
Mozilla Firefox comes with a built-in Password Manager to remember, store and autofill sign in user names and passwords on the websites with registered accounts in a database file under user profile directory. Firefox users can use a Master Password to secure and protect the saved passwords. However, if you have lost or forgotten the master password, you cannot access and view all the saved […]
Adobe Acrobat Reader is very popular and commonly used to view and read pdf files. It is available free and it is easy to use. There are some plug-in or add-on programs available which can interact well. These addon programs provide some additional functions and enhance the host application’s functionality.
If you have change the default location of shell folders (user folders) such as My Documents folder (and Pictures, Music, Videos, Contacts and other folders in Vista) to another different path, folder location or drive, here’s the way to revert and restore the target location of the folder back to its original default location.
Windows Vista has several default personal shell folders for each user accounts that are been setup in the system. These pre-defined personal folders include Documents, Pictures, Music, Videos, Saved Games, Contacts, Desktop, Downloads, Favorites, Links and Searches, where the original or actual location of these folders are located by default at user profile folder under system drive, i.e. C:\User\user name\ where user name is the […]
Since Windows 95, all versions of Windows operating system has included a special shell folder named My Documents, or simply Documents in Windows Vista. Most programs and applications especially Microsoft products will automatically open My Documents as the default folder to save the files, images, pictures, videos, documents and etc. If you have another hard disk drive or partition, or just purchased an external portable […]
As a security measure to prevent the intrusion of potential viruses, Gmail strictly disallows users to send and receive executable files (files with the extension “.exe”, “.dll”, “.ocx” or “.bat”) in its policy. If you try to send these files, Gmail will send you an error message: “This is an executable file. For security reasons, Gmail does not allow you to send this type of […]
Microsoft’s Web browser Windows Internet Explorer or IE7 has been released by Microsoft for quite some time. However, this proprietary graphical web browser didn’t seem to bring a lot of excitement in terms of capabilities, browsing speed, stabilities, etc. Comparatively, Firefox has shown better performance and given users more comfort and more fun in browsing. How to make IE7 more competitive so that IE7 users […]
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