There is something in the Internet for everyone in the family. Your young kids or toddlers may not be able to surf the Internet like their elder siblings, but there are free and fun websites for these young kids to learn or play. What are the interesting websites which you can help your kids to download and initiate their exposure to the World WideWeb?
For Notepad2 lovers who want to use Notepad2 in Windows Vista as Notepad replacement to completely replace the default classic yet not much functionality Notepad, they can follow this hack. However, if you do not want to do the steps manually, here’s a auto installation script for Notepad2 in Windows Vista, which will install Notepad2 and configure it to replace Notepad.exe as the default text […]
Norton AntiVirus Clients or Symantec AntiVirus Clients especially Corporate Edition Clients can be installed as managed network setup type by a Symantec AntiVirus Server. When a Symantec AntiVirus Client is managed, it will prompt for password when uninstalling client via local computer Control Panel Add or Remove Program applet. If you don’t know or forget the password, then the client is not able to uninstall […]
Microsoft is dropping support for WinHelp in Windows Vista. WinHelp or Windows Help as WinHlp32.exe is a help program that has been included with Microsoft Windows operating system since version Windows 3.1. Previously, this Windows Help program (WinHlp32.exe) is required to display 32-bit help content files that have the “.HLP” file name extension.
You have downloaded an Notepad replacement text editor, such as Notepad2 or Notepad++. After installing the program, you may intend to replace the Notepad completely with the new text editor. By replacing Notepad, the new text editor will be used instead of Notepad when you double click on a text file or any files with extension that is associated with Notepad. In other words, Notepad2, […]
One of the weak link in Windows operating system back from even Windows 9x era is Notepad application, the default text editor. And with the release of Windows Vista, one would have believed that Notepad will be updated or upgraded to a new Notepad with more features in some way too. But the fact is that it’s not. Other than minor enhancements on CRLF (newline […]
Due to significant underlying software architecture and security enhancements in Windows Vista, it will not be a surprise if you’re facing with application program compatibility issues, especially for those older and legacy games or software that are not upgraded or updated by developers. Where there are compatibility issues, the game or application may not be installed correctly, may cause system instability or its primary functions […]
The next major upgrade for Windows server operating system from Microsoft, with the codename “Longhorn” has been released for free public beta as beta 3. Windows Server “Longhorn”, the server equivalent version of Windows Vista, set to replace Windows Server 2003, and will named with Windows Server 2007 or Windows Server 2008 when officially released, depending on its year of release.
Other than Event Viewer, Windows users can also add Disk Cleanup to Computer’s (in Vista) or My Computer’s right click contextual menu. In this way, users no longer need to wait for Windows to prompt when disk space is running low to clean up the disk drive unused files or less frequently used documents.
Currently, in both Windows Vista and Windows XP, you have to click on Start button, then Control Panel, then subsequently Administrative Tools before you can access Event Viewer, or in Windows Vista, you can type in “Event Viewer” in the instant search box. Both ways involves plenty of clicks or keystrokes. Here’s the trick to add a new menu item “Event Viewer” to the context […]
Although ACDSee 9 has been certified for full compatibility with Windows Vista, however, there is still major bug and defect related to ability to use ACDSee Viewer to display and view photos and images in full screen mode. The symptom is that when user press F keyboard shortcut, or double click on picture or click on FullScreen button to put it in full screen view, […]
Another possible problem for Microsoft Money 2007 users in Windows Vista is failure of online updates. When users try to update bank accounts or update quotes, news and exchange rates, or MSN Money My Account Updates, the “Update quotes and other Web info” or “Update account information” or “Processing Service Updates” window will appear to hang forever and never download any updated info. The following […]
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