How to Identify and Know Where A Link Will Open in Safari

Apple Safari web browser supports tabbed browsing, however its implementation is much less flexible and offers less freedom to users when comparing with Mozilla Firefox or Microsoft Internet Explorer. In Safari, when clicking on a link (text or image) in web page, the destination content page can open in new tab or new window, and whether the new tab or new window will be automatically […]

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Apple Announces Latest Final Cut Express 4 With AVCHD Support

The well-known American multinational company, Apple has announced its latest Final Cut Express 4 application. It’s the latest version (edition 4) of its intermediate video editing application with AVCHD (Advanced Video Codec High Definition) support.

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Safari 3.0.4 Beta for Windows Released

The latest update for Apple’s web browser, Safari 3.0.4 Beta, for Windows has been released. This update is recommended for all users who are currently running Safari 3 Beta for Windows. Safari is one of the fastest, easiest-to-use web browsers. The interface is simple and its loading time is much faster than Internet Explorer and Firefox This latest release has further improved its stability, compatibility, […]

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Windows Vista SP1 RC Preview Released for Download (Is 6001.17042 v.658 Beta?)

Microsoft has released Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) Release Candidate Preview to invited 15,000 Microsoft Connect technical specialist and testers. This RC version of SP1 apparently been falsely advertised in MSDN two weeks ago, but quickly been retracted. Microsoft intends to officially release Vista SP1 in first calendar quarter of 2008.

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Vista SP1 Beta Upgraded from v.652 to Build 6001.17042 v.658 in Windows Update

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) beta has been upgraded from v.652 to SP1 build 6001.17042 v.658, in less than a week since the previous version was released. For those who interested to upgrade to version 658 of SP1, the installation guide still apply to input the required 37d55f36-65d6-4fe4-9dc7-892fcbe6222b registry key in Vista system to let Windows Update to identify the system as upgrade target.

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Svchost.exe Using 100% CPU Resources in Vista – Identify Causing Services

Svchost.exe which stands for Service Host is a generic host process name for services that run from dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) on NT based Windows operating system such as Windows NT, 2000, 2003, 2008, XP and Vista. Each svchost.exe process session started can contains a group of services (that provides certain functions and features of Windows system, such as RPC Remote Procedure Call, Logical Disk Management) […]

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Running an Application Which Is Incompatible with Window Vista

If you are a Window Vista user, you might sometimes encounter application incompatible problems especially when you don’t have the relevant drivers. When this problem happens, a window will pop out and inform you that you can no longer run the program as the “.dll” files are not available in System 32. This is quite annoying especially when you need the program to finish your […]

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Force Vista SP1 Beta to Show Up and Available for Install in WU of Non-Supported Languages Locale

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 beta is now available for download via Windows Update with a simple registry tweak. However only certain languages edition of Vista such as English, German, Japanese, French and Spanish can download from WU (Windows Update) as the SP1 beta is likely only supported these versions only.

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Use Snipping Tool Shortcut to Capture Start Menu, Right Click Menu, Mouseover Hightlight Effect or Lost Focus Objects

Snipping Tool is a useful screen capturing comes included in Windows Vista or Windows XP Tablet edition for free, which can be a total replacement and free alternative for the popular SnagIt screen capture software. However, when using Snipping Tool there is obvious shortcoming, that is unable to capture ‘temporary’ or ‘non-permanent’ or ‘disappear-on-lost-focus’ objects on the desktop.

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Disable and Turn Off Windows XP Login Screen and Show Traditional NT Log On to Windows Box

When Windows XP boots up in multiple users system, by default on startup, Windows XP will display a graphical logon screen with user icons and user names. In this “Welcome Screen”, user can click on his or her username or icon, type in the password (if assigned) and then log on to Windows XP desktop. Some XP may find the Welcome Screen is a beautiful […]

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Download Windows Vista SP1 Beta RC Build 6001.17036 v.652 via WebUpdater

Download Windows Vista SP1 Beta RC Build 6001.17036 v.652 via WebUpdater

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Beta build 6001.16659.070916-1443 v.275 has been upgraded to new version, and in the same time also patched and closed the hole of use registry tweak that allows previous release of Vista SP1 beta to be downloaded from Windows Update. However, the registry hack to download Vista SP1 beta still work with minor change to registry key to download the latest […]

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TrustedInstaller.exe Process 100% High CPU Usage in Vista Task Manager Fix

While Windows Vista running fine smoothly and quickly over a period of time, suddenly the system becomes sluggish and slow responding with non-stop hard disk activity. Open up Task Manager (taskmgr), Processes component shows that image named TrustedInstaller.exe is “system” process utilizing almost close to if not total 100% of the CPU resource usage, and using large amount of RAM memory. This problematic symptom may […]

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