Getting bored with the default yellow icon for your folders in Windows Explorer? Here’s a few 3D folder icons in different colors which has a similar design with the default folder icon in Windows Vista, minus the interactive feature which able to display preview the contents inside the folder and change the style and size of icons when viewed as medium, large or extra large […]
A keyboard shortcut (also known as a shortcut, accelerator key, hot key, or mnemonic) is a key or set of keys that performs a predefined function. You can act faster, save time and reduce a lot of mouse work for some common computing chores using shortcut keys. Having said that, many people do not really like to use shortcut keys because it is hard to […]
In Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, users can preview supported files that sent to them as email attachments directly in Reading Pane (aka Preview Pane) or Message window without actually need to open or save the attachments to local disk. The file formats that can be previewed including Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint files, JPG or JPEG photos, GIF images, Acrobat PDF documents (instead of loading the […]
ARP (Address Resolution Protocol is the standard method for finding a host’s hardware address when only its network layer address is known. In other word, in IPv4 and Ethernet network environment, Windows operating system uses ARP to translate IP addresses to Ethernet MAC addresses. However, Microsoft Windows ARP cache will occasionally become corrupt and need to be cleared and deleted so that the cache can […]
If you still don’t have any clue or get lost or simply do not know what to do when try to display Run command in Start Menu, here’s an interactive guide with screen capture illustrations that can help you enable or turn on the Run command in Start Menu of Windows Vista, just as how it appears by default in Windows XP. Vista disable and […]
CouponBar and Coupon Printer from Coupons, Inc is an adware program that delivers advertisements on your PC. Both CouponBar and Coupon Printer are not considered to be a spyware in the sense that although the coupon printing software or CouponBar toolbar (ActiveX based or Internet Plug-in) will automatically collects information to provides you offers, promotions and advertisings, they do have a clear privacy policy on […]
If you facing network connection issue, or more accurately unable to access or connect to Internet or network problem in Windows Vista, Windows 2003 and Windows XP, and repair WinSock settings plus workaround for Vista IE7 strange no connection problem do not save your from Internet woes, you can try to reinstall and reset TCP/IP stack or Internet Protocol, one of the core component of […]
If you are a Motorola mobile phone user, you may be familiar or encounter the same problem – unable to charge whenever the phone is plugged into travel charger, as what I experienced for my past three units of my Motorola brand mobile phones. These mobile phones (ranged from 3688, E398 and MPX300 were manufactured in different generation technology with a gap of 3-4 years […]
TCP/IP stack Winsock settings in Windows Vista may get corrupted, causing errors and problems with Internet connectivity. Corrupt Winsock or Windows sockets configuration can be due to a lot of reasons such as installation of a networking software, or due to virus, trojan or malware infection, or sometime even due to disinfection of spyware by security software.
Symantec lately released a beta of its latest security product, Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0 beta version. Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0 is a replacement of its previous enterprise version, Symantec AntiVirus. This new antivirus protection software is the culmination of a Symantec buying spree that included acquisitions of Sygate, Whole Security and Veritas. It bundles antivirus, anti-spyware, firewall, network and host intrusion prevention systems, application and […]
When you click on a PDF download link in a web browser such as Internet Explorer (IE6 and IE7 both included), Firefox, Opera, Safari and etc, the Acrobat PDF (Adobe Portable Document Format) file will automatically open within the web browser itself, occupying a tab or a window. If you don’t like this auto open in browser behavior, and would like the PDF file to […]
In Microsoft Outlook 2003, XP (2002), 2000 and Outlook from the latest Office 2007, when attempting to open an attachment that came with an email, a dialog box will prompt for options that ask whether you like to open the file or save it to computer. Other than allowing users to choose which action user want to Outlook to perform, the dialog also has a […]
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