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Firefox Beta 2 Bugs

November 11th, 2008 by Markus No comments »

It looks like we will all have to wait a bit longer for the Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 release due to bugs, and lots of them.

The beta 2 release has been halted by approximately 17 bugs. While the team is hard at work fixing the bugs, this will probably delay the release date to somewhere in late November. For now you can download the beta 1 version.

If you are still not using version 3 of Firefox, then you should upgrade ASAP, as there are many cool new features and interface tweaks.

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Uninstalling Annoying Programs

November 7th, 2008 by Markus No comments »

If you want to uninstall a program on Windows XP or Vista, you can do so by going to the Control Panel and selecting the “Add or Remove Programs” option. Then you just browse through the list and select the programs you want to remove.

This generally works pretty well, but in some cases there will be programs that cannot be removed via this method. Quite often spyware/adware applications wont uninstall and some programs that are missing their uninstall file also won’t be going anywhere in a hurry.

The options are to just leave the program hanging around in the program list and delete its folder and related files, however, this does not necessarily remove the registry entries for the program. In the case of some adware, it can reinstall itself if it still exists in the registry.

So for really stubborn programs we recommend something like Perfect Uninstaller. This should be able to uninstall pretty much anything. It’s a very simple program to use and it does the job. If you need to remove something, try it out via the free download trial below:

Uninstally annoying and unwanted programs

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Posted in General, Windows Vista, Windows XP

Tags: uninstall

Unlocking Windows 7

November 4th, 2008 by Markus No comments »

For those of you that were given a copy of Windows 7 build 6801, there are some features that can be unlocked.

Windows7

It has been found that in this demo, the features were locked out for users that were not Microsoft staff etc. But it seems that Rafael from WithinWindows has found a way to enable the locked taskbar features.

I don’t have a copy of Windows 7 to test this out, but the following site will give you the details of what you need to do. It sounds pretty cool, so let us know how it turns out.

Unlock Windows 7 features

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PDC2008

October 31st, 2008 by Markus No comments »

The Professional Developers Conference has just been going on from October 27-30 and Microsoft has been releasing alot of info about their new upcoming products as well as demos of Windows 7.

Below are some links to the keynote presentations from Day 1 and Day 2. If you have any interest in Microsoft related products, you should find these very informative.

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Tags: windows 7

Add Items to the Start Menu

October 30th, 2008 by Markus No comments »

When you click the start menu, on the left hand side it shows items that you commonly use. These items can be rotated based on use.

However, you can add more items to this part of the menu and it can make life alot easier.

All you need to do is click “Start”, then “All Programs”, then you just right-click on whatever you wish to add and then select “Pin to Start menu”.

The item will now show up when you click on “Start” in the main menu programs.

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Windows Azure

October 27th, 2008 by Markus No comments »

Just recently at the PDC conference, Microsoft has revealed further information about their Azure platform.

Azure is a Microsoft hosted platform that allows for internet-scale cloud computing and services. It can be used to add web service capabilities to existing apps, build web apps with minimal on premises resources, perform services off premises, reduce costs and develop new web services inexpensively.

Windows XP Virtual Memory Tweaking

October 21st, 2008 by Markus No comments »

If your system has limited RAM, and you can’t update due to hardware constraints etc, then you might try upping the size of the Windows XP paging file.

This is a very simple little tweak and it may prove useful if you are using alot of applications at once and hence consuming lots of memory.

To change your XP virtual memory:

Click “Start”, then right-click on “My Computer” and select “Properties”
Click on the “Advanced” tab
Click the “Settings” button under the “Performance” heading
Click the “Advanced” tab
Under the “Virtual Memory” label, click on “Change”
Here you can select the drive to use for the paging file and size. For size you can set an initial size and maximum

Windows XP Virtual Memory

If you are using up alot of memory and resources, give that a try and see if it helps boost performance!!

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Tags: Windows XP

Vista Service Pack 2

October 16th, 2008 by Markus No comments »

It wasn’t too long ago we were discussing the release of Windows Vista service pack 1. Well it seems that Microsoft is now hard at work with Vista Service Pack 2.

There is not a great deal of information available about this yet, but rumours have it that a beta version has been floating around and provided to a few customers.

There is a bit of info about this at the Microsoft support site, but not much. Anyway, the link is below:

Windows Vista Service Pack 2

In the meantime, you can fix all of your existing Vista errors and slowness with our free download.

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Tags: vista service pack 2

Windows 7 Official Name

October 15th, 2008 by Markus No comments »

Well it seems that Microsoft has finally come up with an official name for their new Windows 7 Operating system and it looks like they have thought about this long and hard.

The official name is……..Windows 7.

Pretty original huh?

Anyway, who really cares what they call it. Lets just hope it meets expectations and with all the new user feedback they are getting, it should be a better OS than Vista.

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Is Your PC Still Running Slow?

October 8th, 2008 by Markus No comments »

This is an old topic but probably the most requested. It seems that everyone has a PC that is (or was) running slow. Time and time again the problem is usually just poor maintenance.

Over time as you clutter your PC with more applications, drivers, software etc, things just start to slow down. Everything is controlled by the Windows Registry, so obviously as time goes on and your PC gets cluttered, so too does the registry. More clutter, means your PC has to do more work – which means a slower PC.

In cases of poor PC maintenance, extra tweaks and even hardware wont help much, because you are not hitting the cause of the problem. Tweaking your system and adding hardware is only good when your system is already in good shape, then it will respond much better to changes.

So what we recommend is that you start maintaining your PC correctly and on a regular basis. The easiest is to use a PC optimization tool. These can give a huge performance boost and they will fix the majority of problems on your PC. With most of these tools you can also schedule them to automatically run on a regular basis. This keeps your PC in great condition without any hassles.

Besides running an optimization tool, you should also ensure that your PC doesn’t have any viruses or spyware. These can really slow down a system and you might no know you are infected.

The last option would be a re-install of Windows on your PC. If things are really bad, this can be a good way to start over. If you do this, just make sure you don’t let your PC go bad again. Because re-installing can take hours and there is potential risk of losing data – so back it up!