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Windows 7 E-Learning Clinics from Microsoft Learning Download the Windows 7 Training Kit for Developers This release of the Windows 7 Training Kit includes code, presentations, hands-on labs, and demos designed to help both native Win32 C++ developers and .NET developers learn how to build applications that are compatible with Windows 7 RTM. It explains how to use key Windows 7 features and application compatibility topics.
Windows 7 UAC Vulnerability or not a Vulnerability to Hackers? Windows bloggers Long Zheng and Rafael Rivera claimed to have unearthed two flaws in the Windows 7 beta that could allow an attacker to gain full administrative privileges by sidestepping the UAC, (User Access Controls), in the planned operating system. The flaws are rooted in Microsoft's effort to make UAC less annoying to end users in Windows 7 than it's been in Windows Vista, which uses pop-up Windows to ask them whether they really want to download and install code. The number of pop-ups have been a source of distraction and annoyance to end users and also ISVs writing code that installs on Windows.
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Microsoft Hardware support information for Windows 7 RC
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Windows 7 Client drivers appear on Microsoft’s Update Catalog
Nasty Memory Leak Found in Windows 7 RTM Build Microsoft insists its not to blame. Microsoft is now in code-red panic mode as a major bug has been found in Windows 7's RTM build, one which threatens to kill the OS's release party. The RTM build -- 7600.16385 -- thus far only received by a handful, features a reportedly massive memory leak in the unassuming, but frequently used program chkdsk.exe. Also more about this at Critical Bug in Windows 7 RTM
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Windows 7 RTM Gets Benchmarked, Results Are Mixed Windows 7's feel is much improved, but actually performance varies
Microsoft Improves Windows XP Mode With New Windows 7 RC Windows fans are invited to test out the innovative new OS feature Also see Windows XP Mode Release Candidate As you may know, Windows XP Mode is specially designed for small and medium-sized businesses to help ease the migration process to Windows 7 by providing additional compatibility for their older productivity applications. The newly updated Windows XP Mode now works with the RC and RTM versions of the Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise SKUs.
Windows 7 with NVIDIA Graphic Processors
Windows 7 Drivers Download Roundup
Windows 7 Way Smarter With Graphics RAM
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Windows Driver Kit (WDK) The WDK is a fully integrated driver development system that contains the Windows Driver Device Kit (DDK) and tests for stability and reliability of Windows drivers, WDK Documentation instructions. Alternatively, the Windows Driver Kit can be accessed via MSDN. The actual Windows Driver Kit for Windows 7 are available to MSDN subscribers and via Microsoft Connect which is a connection point between you and Microsoft, and ultimately the larger community. Your feedback enables Microsoft to make software and services the best that they can be, and you can learn about and contribute to exciting projects. Learn more.
MSDN Magazine: Multitouch Capabilities in Windows 7 From implementing the default gesture support to the more advanced raw touch messages, The Windows 7 Multitouch Platform gives you a lot of power with relatively simple implementation. This article walks through several scenarios by which you can enhance.
Lifehacker's Guide to Upgrading to Windows 7 RC (Read the comments for user experience of Windows 7)
Windows 7 details galore: interface tweaks, Netbook builds, Media Center (Thanks to Engadget.)
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Microsoft details pre-beta release of Windows 7 We knew good and well Microsoft was gearing up to drop a pre-beta release of Windows 7 in developers' laps at its Professional Developers Conference, but now we're being treated to a host of details from Redmond itself. For starters, it's showing off (for the first time, mind you) its new Web applications for Office. As you'd expect, said apps are "lightweight versions of Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote that are used from within standard web browsers." According to Ray Ozzie, chief software architect at Microsoft, it's aiming to bring "the best of the web to Windows, and the best of Windows to the web."'Course, we're also told about improved navigation, a new taskbar (preview shown), support for multi-touch gestures, Device Stage and enhanced AV integration -- all things that have our interest decidedly piqued. Hit the read link for the full spill direct from the horse's mouth.
Windows 7 Federated Search Provider Implementer's Guide. Describes how to
build a basic web service that leverages the Windows OpenSearch provider for federated search. Federated search enables users to search remote data sources
from within Windows Explorer and to interact with that remote data from within Windows Explorer.
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More about Operating Systems and Graphical User Interfaces. Windows Visa/XP, Linux, Apple, BeOS, etc.
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Windows Vienna is now Windows 7 Microsoft revealed a new name for the upcoming operating system: - as it is built upon the 7.0 version of the NT Kernel.
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Microsoft execs struggled with Vista too, say internal e-mails. Some of Microsoft Corp.'s own top executives had trouble getting Windows Vista to work
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Live Search The official Blog of the Live Search team at Microsoft (Blogs MSDN):- We’re T-4.5 days from the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics Games. Who are you excited to see flying down the men’s downhill course or dancing across the ice? Will you be rooting for your homeland or just your favorite event? Do you know anyone crazy enough to get on one of those luge sleds? Making the trip to Canada or are you planning on enjoying the games from the comfort of your own home? With only a few days before the games begin, it’s time to get prepared. Whether you’re at the games or watching from afar, we want you to get the most out of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Today, NBC Universal announced their collaboration with MSN and Bing to deliver exclusive digital event coverage to fans online and on-demand. This year’s Olympic coverage is going to be unlike any other year with thousands of hours of video, extensive event recaps, updated medal count info, and commentary from the games, brought to you exclusively by NBCOlypmics.com, MSN and Bing. Check out the MSN blog for more details about MSN’s amazing work with NBCOlympics.com on MSN. Bing will be a great place to get quickly to the important Olympics details. Just search Winter Olympics on Bing for important dates, links to the schedule, breaking news, all brought to you conveniently in the form of an Instant Answer. You can also search for your favorite athlete for a quick look at their country, sport and links to bio, videos and photos. Not familiar enough with the Olympic teams or specific event to start your search? No problem. We’ve also created Winter Games themed Visual Search Galleries, like the image below, so you can explore the athletes and events visually and sort by sport, gender or date of the event. In addition to providing users with the ultimate search tool for exploring NBCOlympics.com on MSN content, Bing lets users experience and explore Vancouver and Whistler through our Streetside imagery in Bing Maps. During the games we’ll be rolling out and updating additional various features to keep you up to date so be sure to check back here for more updates coming soon. Kristin Meldahl – Bing Last week we had you tune in to Jason Calacanis' web show TWIST to watch Stefan announce the Free T-shirt Friday theme. I was worried no one would catch his #FTF plug to win a free t-shirt or the copy of Brian Solis’s book “Putting the Public Back into Public Relations” but alas, there were a few of you loyal #FTF players that came through. The winners for last week were @brmore and @jrameau. Please make sure you DM us @bing with your shirts size and mailing address.
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Facebook has been a close and valued partner of Microsoft for a number of years. We have worked together on several fronts all designed to create great experiences and services for our users. As we begin 2010, we are stepping up that collaboration yet again. Here is a sense for what we are up to: First, we have deepened our joint work together on web search to provide even more compelling experiences to Facebook users with Bing. As part of this expanded cooperation in search, our two companies will soon provide Facebook users with a more complete search experience by providing full access to great Bing features beyond a set of links, including richer answers combined with tools that help customers make faster, smarter decisions. Second, we are extending our cooperation outside the US, bringing the Bing-Facebook search integration to the more than 400 million people using Facebook around the world. Lastly, we made the mutual decision that Facebook would take over responsibility for selling display advertisements on its own site. We have been working together on advertising for a long time, creating the best experience for Facebook users and advertisers. Given the kinds of advertisements that make sense within a product as unique as Facebook, it just made more sense for them to take the lead on this part of their advertising strategy. MS will continue to provide search advertisements to Facebook. Bing will continue to exclusively power the web search results on Facebook. This change will also enable Microsoft to continue its focus on driving strong performing campaigns across our own social media and communications tools, including Windows Live Messenger and Hotmail, and via rich content environments across MSN and Xbox Live. This is an exciting time for us as we continue to work with Facebook on great new experiences for customers. As you know, Bing has been very focused on helping customers make important decisions. We believe that counsel from family and friends can be a big part of that process. Going deeper in web search experiences with Facebook, in addition to the collaboration we announced last October about bringing public data from Facebook’s API into the search experience, will enable us to do great things together for our customers. You will start to see the fruits of our expanded relationship show up in the Facebook experience over the weeks and months ahead. We are very excited about the work we have done with Facebook, and are really looking forward to the amazing things we can together do for our mutual customers in the months and years ahead. Jon Tinter - General Manager, Bing The office pool, big screen TV’s, great commercials, the half time show, friends and family. These are all things that remind me of super bowl Sunday. However no game day is ever complete without a monumental spread of food. Now that we’ve shared some tips and trick to help prepare for the big game, time for the menu. I know in my house Nachos and Buffalo wings are a must to kick off the game and by the half time show we have the Hot Dogs and Burgers on the barbeque . If you are not a hot dog and hamburger kind of crowd then you might want to try out a new recipe for Pizza or Chili. I know that this year I am going to spice things up with our new recipe feature and get creative with Beer. Beer'Garitas anyone? Whether or not you are a Colts or Saints fan we know that for some of you this Sunday will be filled with some great football to watch, some pretty entertaining commercials, and if nothing else some wonderful food that you hopefully were inspired to make from searching on Bing. So have fun eating your way through the Super “Bowl”. Kristin Meldahl Other posts of interest: Colts and Saints Can’t Mess with Texas Cooking up a storm with Bing Recipes How Many Calories in a Burger? What’s 2^2^2^2^2? Bing and Wolfram|Alpha Have the Answers I have a confession to make: I’m a Valentine’s Day scrooge. Despite that, Valentine’s Day still sneaks up on me every year and while I might consider saying “Bah humbug” to Cupid, I just can’t. Duty calls, and because I have some very special family and friends in my life, I feel obligated to do a bit more than a drugstore greeting card and a box of stale heart candies. Whether you’re a scrooge like me or you’re the romantic type, Valentine’s Day can require lots of preparation. Lucky for you, Bing is here to help you put together a romantic evening your valentine won't soon forget. But just because your sweetie pie makes you feel like a million bucks doesn't mean you have to spend every last penny proving it. With cashback you can shop for your valentine and get cash back for yourself. That definitely appeals to my scrooginess – give more to them and get more for me! Shop our Valentine's Day gift guides and find exactly what you're looking. Plus between February 3-10th, you can get even more cashback savings, up to 30%. Here are a few great Vday deals for you to consider: · Looking for bling for your valentine? Get 30% cashback from Ice.com by searching for “Ice.com cashback.” · Flowers are a classic Valentine’s Day gift and there are four retailers for you to choose your bouquets from, including Teleflora at 25% cashback, Flora Flora at 30%, Proflowers at 30%, and 1-800-Flowers at 25%. · Gap is offering 20% cashback on their brands, including Old Navy and Banana Republic. · Sumptuous beauty gifts to pamper your valentine are available at Beauty.com or Sephora, where you can get 20% cashback at both · Prefer to pick up some sweet treats for your sweet? Ghiardelli Chocolates is offering 25% cashback and at 1-800-Bakery you can get 20% plus free shipping! Whether you’re a die-hard romantic or a Vday scrooge like me, whether you’re looking to make your Valentine’s Day sweet or sassy, or whether you want to pick up a little bling for yourself this February and put cash back in your wallet at the same time, Bing’s got you covered. So in the words of my favorite grade school Valentine’s card: Won’t you “bee” mine? Kelly Scott, cashback Product Manager Other posts of interest: Online holiday shopping tips by Mary Hunt The Saints and the Colts may be our super star teams this year, but neither team takes home the title of most searched for on Bing. In fact, the most popular team on Bing didn’t even make it to the Conference Championship game this year. But their hunky quarterback drew enough attention for his actions off the field to make this team super popular on Bing. Oh and they also cut the ribbon on the biggest stadium known to man. If you haven’t guessed already, the Dallas Cowboys racked up the most searches on Bing among NFL teams for the 2009-2010 season. But back to our super star teams. Despite their 14-2 record and devout fans, the Colts ranked 15th among most searched NFL teams while New Orleans came in 5th with Drew Brees, Reggie Bush and coach Sean Payton all garnering more searches than Peyton Manning, Joseph Addai and coach Jim Caldwell, respectively. Although not the most searched throughout the year, after the Indianapolis win against the Jets, all eyes were on Peyton and his team with searches for the Colts increasing by more than 350 percent whereas searches for the New Orleans Saints increased by slightly less at 257 percent. So who’s going to be most popular come game day? Let us know what you think. You only have a few days to decide whether you lean toward New Orleans or Indianapolis, so spend some time on Bing and get to know the team with our player instant answers (try Peyton Manning or Drew Brees) and compare the teams with our head-to-head comparison courtesy of MSN and Fox Sports. Just search for ‘Super Bowl XLIV’ or ‘Super Bowl 2010’ for a quick look at everything you want to know about the big game including game time, and stats on the Saints and Colts so you’re well versed come game day. Melissa Powell, Bing The music industry literally “sparkled” last night with all the glitz and glitter from Elton John’s glasses to Taylor [Swift’s] blue number from the red carpet. If you missed it, you’re probably wondering what all the goo-goo over Gaga was about. For those that didn’t invest the 3.5 hours needed to catch the fashion highs and lows, and eye popping performances; we’ve got you covered. Check out MSN for all things Grammy’s including a show recap and celeb photos. To relive the memorable moments, make sure you check out the highlights on Bing Video (try dimming the lights or even watch in HD). And if you just want the quick and dirty, search for the ‘Grammy’s’ on Bing to get the instant answer. Theo Vachovsky – Bing I never know really where Stefan will be on a daily basis, today he is in Los Angeles talking on this week’s TWIST show at 1:00PM PST with Jason Calacanis discussing Bing. For this week’s “Free T-Shirt Friday” theme make sure you tune in to watch the show for Stefan to give out the details. One lucky winner this week will not only get a free Bing t-shirt but will also be getting a copy of Brian Solis’s book “Putting the Public Back into Public Relations.” The winners for last week’s #FTF who sent us some great recipe searches using Bing were: @bing Korean Bulgogi http://bit.ly/8uVDTh #FTF @bing Light Pimiento Cheese-Stuffed Celery! http://bit.ly/4PNzX8 #FTF If you were a winner from last week make sure you DM us at @bing with your mailing address and shirt size. Happy FTF! Kristin Meldahl I remember dreaming as a kid what other planets might be like, and I am sure my parents loved that I stuck all of those glow in the dark stars and planet stickers on the ceiling of my bedroom. I mean really, how many of those floating planet projects did we put together growing up? I’m sure that school projects are single handedly keeping the Styrofoam ball industry in business. To be young again! Why the sudden nostalgia for science class? Aside from the cool image of the M82 galaxy on Bing yesterday, tomorrow is the opening of the new “Facing Mars” exhibit at Seattle’s Pacific Science Center which will run from January 30 – May 9, 2010. There is something for everyone at this new exhibit, I can hardly wait to experience Mars and I am sure tons of kids can’t wait to see it either. Bing and the Pacific Science center have partnered to help bring attention to the importance of science education through a contest called “Captain Mike’s Mars Adventure” to let kids explore Mars through Bing. A few winners were chosen to join in the ribbon cutting festivities as well as receive some gifts and a donation to their school for science education. The Bing team would like to congratulate the following space explorers on a job well done:
1st - 2nd Grade Winners 1st Mark Vilaysane 2nd Injae Lee 3rd Amy Ta 3rd - 4th Grade Winners 1st Sofia Chinea 2nd Tommy Takayoshi 5th - 6th Grade Winners 1st Heather Pincus 2nd Jackie Chen 3rd Brittany Pincus To celebrate the winners of Captain Mike’s Adventure and the opening of the Facing Mars exhibit Bing is sponsoring admission into the Pacific Science Center for the first 200 children on January 30, 2010 – this Saturday! If you don’t manage to be one of the first 200 kids at the Pacific Science Center you can also mention that you are “Friends of Captain Mike” for $1 off of children’s admission. So grab the neighbors and classmates and head on down to the Seattle Center. We hope that the excitement and mystery of what exists in space will continue to keep kids interested in science and in learning. To infinity and beyond, Kristin Meldahl Other posts of interest: There are times I get to the end of the day and I am wondering where my day went. I am usually thinking this while looking at my “to do” list with nothing checked off and I am asking myself “how can I make this easier?” Well, the team at Bing has recognized this and is trying to make those everyday tasks easier to accomplish while giving you some time back. Some of you have already seen the recipe pages we launched recently – certainly an action item on a lot of people’s list of things to do is figuring out what will you make for dinner. But if you are like me and are a disaster in the kitchen, an action item for you might be managing your portfolio. Not only is it something I have to do I actually enjoy researching investments specifically in US stocks and funds. Given the recent shock to our financial system we have seen more and more people interested in keeping track of what is happening with their money and with the stock market. Thus we developed an in-depth "stock and funds pages" which covers most US stocks and funds. To see the stocks and funds you are interested in simply enter a ticker in the search box e.g MSFT. Note our "Instant Answer" on top which provides basic data about the firm. If you click on the "Investor Data" tab on the left you go into our finance page The finance page gives you detailed information about key finance metrics of the firm. It also shows an easy to digest summary of the main analyst covering the stock. A personal favorite of mine are the lists on the left, which allow you to easily navigate to similar stocks or other leading stocks in the industry. We cannot predict where the market will go but we can at least give you the information and tools to help you make a decision to buy or sell. This is just the first release of the Stocks and Funds pages, we will continue to add new information and functionality. Is there anything else you would like to see on these pages? We would love to hear from you. Theo Vachovsky Product Manager Tomorrow we’ll be at the Sundance Film Festival at the world premiere of Para Fuera, An Intimate Portrait of Dr. Richard Bing. As some of you may recall we talked about Dr. Bing last October on the occasion of his 100th birthday. I still love that story about how we met (and it shows the power of a good fax these days in our overcrowded inboxes!) and I’ve told it and the lessons I’ve taken away from our meetings to dozens of people at dinners and parties. Now you all get to meet him. When I wrote the first blog post a few months ago I said we were going to make a movie about him so more people could meet the man behind the name (and behind pediatric cardiology, PET scans, 200 pieces of music, a few hundred medical journals – I could go on). The inimitable Sean worked with our buddies at CAA to find a director who could tell Dr. Bing’s story – but more important to me was to find someone who could show the twinkle of his persona in his 100-year old eyes. His accomplishments seem less important than what they’ve taught him as a person. It’s almost as though the act of accomplishing was more valuable than the outcome. Sundance Award alum Nick Jasenovec completed the film in December. I saw the rough cut and loved it but little did we know how far this film would go. We didn’t know the film would be selected as one of 60 Sundance Official Selections out of a field of several thousand submissions in the category. We certainly didn’t know that the director would get to premiere it with the Hollywood glitterati down here in Park City, UT on Monday night. I like to think the film was accepted because it shows the power of a story that stresses unbounded potential over deterministic cynicism. It demonstrates in flesh and blood the age-old axiom that we can be anything we want if we just work hard enough. Or maybe it was selected just because he is so wicked cool. Whatever the reason, we hope you enjoy the film. It’s only 10 minutes long and I’m sure your bosses won’t mind you checking it out at the office if for no other reason than it will inspire you to work harder, be better, and let the small stuff pass on your way to 100. Enjoy! Stefan Weitz (from Park City, where it is cold and I didn’t bring the right clothes) Snow, sunshine, a good film or two and good company…does that sound like a good time to you? Well it did to us, so we packed our bags (ok…Stefan and a few others packed their bags) and headed down to Park City, Utah to attend the Sundance Film festival. The Bing team will be down there showing the attendees how they can use Bing to navigate through Park City using Bing Maps, learn about the hottest films, and plan their festival activities. The team is also excited to catch the showing of the documentary about the life of Dr. Bing on Monday.
You can catch some of the activities on TV on E! and online on MSN and Hulu. There will be special episodes of “The Daily 10” filmed from the Bing Bar at Sundance that will air throughout the weekend and one thing that I know Stefan is excited about is G4’s (Attack of the Show) Olivia Munn will also be reporting from the Bing Bar. If you are there and want to know where you can meet up with the team from Bing, make sure you are following them on their twitter handle for the event @bingevents and if you are stuck (left behind…thanks Stefan) at home in some drab not so winter not so spring weather you can also follow them for all the play by play from the ground, tune into MSN and Hulu for great video coverage, and you can also check out interviews, photos and updates on the Bing Sundance Facebook tab. Like Stefan told me…I will practically feel like I am there with all of the different ways I can follow the action with Bing and MSN. Kristin Meldahl – From my desk in Bellevue Where has the time gone? After a bit of a hiatus we are excited to get back to answering your forum questions and to giving away free Bing T-shirts. This week we sit down with Stefan (still in an apron) to discuss some of your questions from the forums around the localization of Bing, advance search options and keyboard shortcuts. For more on these topics and for this week’s Free T-shirt Friday theme check out our video. (Please visit the site to view this media) Remember, to enter you need to send us the link of your search result to us on twitter @bing and include #FTF for a chance to win a free Bing T-shirt. We will announce the winners on the blog early next week. Happy Friday! Kristin *Make sure you follow @bingevents for our event coverage of the Sundance film festival…which I am sure will be entertaining since Stefan will be the one tweeting. Other posts: Cooking up a storm with Bing Recipes We have all witnessed how a natural disaster can devastate a country and how paralyzing it has been to the beautiful people and country of Haiti. However, we have also witnessed the agility and compassion of aid workers from around the world, as well as the philanthropy of everyday world citizens who have already given to the relief efforts. Technology has played an important role in enabling people to donate to the disaster relief efforts more quickly than ever before whether that’s online or mobile texting For example by just texting “Haiti” to 90999 a $10 donation can be added to your phone bill to contribute to the work of the American Red Cross. We here at Bing and MSN have been working to help with these efforts in a number of ways. One of the most important things we can do is to encourage people to help raise funding to support the relief and rebuilding efforts. We are very excited to be one of the many partners of MTV and George Clooney’s international telethon, “Hope for Haiti Now.” MSN and Bing will be webcasting live footage from the event on January 22, 2010 starting at 8:00 p.m. ET, 4:00p.m. PT and 7 p.m. CT, the event will be broadcasted on MTV as well as many other networks. Tune in to catch discussions and music from over 100 of the most well-known names in music, movies and television. Ways to donate: We can all make a difference to the Haiti relief efforts by tuning in and donating on Friday to “Hope for Haiti Now” as well as purchasing one of the many musical performances that will be available online starting Saturday, January 23. We hope that together we can bring some “Hope” to the many people in need in Haiti.
Kristin Meldahl – Bing
Other Microsoft efforts: Microsoft Community Involvement Microsoft is making an initial commitment of $1.25 million, which includes cash and in-kind contributions. In addition, Microsoft is matching U.S. employee donations (up to $12K). Already, 2,200 employees have contributed over $410K to 120 nonprofits working in Haiti. To help people better understand the effects of the tragedy, we created an application in our Bing Maps app gallery with real time tweets overlaid our up to date imagery from Haiti. You can view a photosynth of the video footage of the earthquake damage in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. Courtesy of NBC.
Haitian Creole support in Bing Translator and other Microsoft Translator powered services. After watching Julie and Julia I think everyone might have a little bit of Julia Child inside of them somewhere (even Stefan…who would’ve thought he had an apron with his name on it). So when you find yourself looking for that new recipe to whip up for dinner or your next cocktail party, Bing makes it easier by providing cooking recipes and details in our new detailed recipe results. Bing pulls from a number of popular recipe websites (delish.com, MyRecipes.com, epicurious.com, etc.) to bring you correlating recipes that you can sift through by holiday, meals, ratings, and my personal favorite, convenience (with a 10 month old at home, quick is key) and much more. Stefan and I sat down the other day to dive in deep on how you can use this new feature and to figure out what he should make for dinner since the weather has been so nice: (Please visit the site to view this media) Whether you’re planning dinner tonight or getting an early start on planning your Super Bowl menu, we hope our new recipe feature comes in handy. Kristin Meldahl - Bing Other posts of interest: New recipe feature on Bing crawls MSN’s Delish.com *In response to a few of your comments...if you are not seeing the recipe results, try adding the word "recipe" to the end of your search query.
Windows Vista Developer Center Building Drivers for Windows Vista Find technical and event information focused on building drivers for Windows Vista.
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Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) are exceptional technical community leaders from around
the world who are awarded for voluntarily sharing their high quality, real world expertise in offline and online technical communities. Microsoft MVPs are a
highly select group of experts that represents the technical community's best and brightest, and they share a deep commitment to community and a willingness
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MVPS Internet Explorer Trouble Shooters, Hijacked Home page correction etc...
MS-MVP Microsoft most Vulnerable Professional
Windows Vista, Windows SDK and WinFX Beta
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Windows Vista Activity Center for a cool front-end to all of the Windows. SuperSite for Windows is dedicated to providing all of the information you need to evaluate Microsoft's upcoming Windows platform technologies. This Web site provides continuous updates about these future Windows platform products and related technologies, while offering reviews and technology showcases, all designed to give you the information you need to decide which upcoming Windows version is for you. Windows Vista and Longhorn information.
Microsoft Security Assessment Tool (MSAT) is a risk-assessment
application designed to provide information and recommendations about best
practices for security within an information technology (IT) infrastructure.
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
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Tom's Hardware review of Windows Vista Tom's Hardware
Microsoft
Expression A suite of tools for professional designers building web and
Windows client applications and rich media content. For
example Video.
TweakVI
Basic enables you to tweak and optimize Windows Vista. It provides access to
many hidden or difficult to find features and settings that allow you to
optimize your machine and tweak it to your needs. The set of features include
desktop customization, Internet
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Vista Boot Configuration Manager that enables you to configure the Vista
Bootloader. Other features include Firefox
optimization (FireTune), wallpaper randomizer, system information,
Outlook/Windows Mail tweaks and more. A commercial version is also available
that offers additional features. Microsoft Office Discussion Groups
Windows Vista used the Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM), Features collectively called Windows Aero® which include; Desktop Composition, Glass window frames with colored glass, window thumbnails and Flip3D, a new window management facility. All of the Windows Aero® features are enabled in Windows Home Premium, our Business SKUs, and Ultimate assuming you have the appropriate hardware. On Home Basic, you get Desktop Composition with opaque colored
glass windows frames. If you don't have a display driver capable of running WDDM
you'll get the Windows Vista Basic theme which does not benefit from some of the
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lacking the glass window frames of Aero®.
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Windows Virtual PC. Virtual Computing, f you are running Windows Vista or
Windows XP on your physical machine, you can still use Microsoft Virtual PC 2007
to run multiple operating systems at the same time on the same physical
computer. Switch between virtual machines with the click of a button. Use
virtual machines to run legacy applications, provide support, train users, and
enhance quality assurance. Also see
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etc.
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team wants to make Ultra-Mobile PCs, (UMPC), a device you won't leave home
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BootDisks Essential Utilities Windows and
DOS Boot Disks, Also Drivers.
WinUpdatesList
displays the list of all Windows updates (Service Packs and Hotfixes) installed
on your local computer. For hotfix updates, this utility also displays the list
of files updated with these hotfixes. In addition, it allows you to instantly
open the Web link in Microsoft Web site that provides more information about the
selected update, uninstall an update, copy the update information to the
clipboard, or save it to text/HTML/XML
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MicosoftGovReady.
Part of the Government Directive (Mainly relates to the USA, so far as I'm
aware), Create your Open Government Web page—fast!—using MicrosoftSharePoint. Change comes with every new administration, but today’s government is particularly under pressure from both the top down and the bottom up to become more efficient, transparent, and open. With calls for increasing levels of accountability, participation, and collaboration, government leaders recognize how new applications of technology—and Web 2.0 in particular—can help bring about the desired changes collectively referred to as Gov 2.0. Read the Open Government Directive. Open Government Directive.
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Windows XP Service Pack 3 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and
Developers
Microsoft Security
Anti-Malware, etc...
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Windows Movie Makers Microsoft Windows Movie Maker tips, tutorials, forums and more... With other helpful links. More Graphics, Graphics file formats Video and Images links
Download Windows Movie Maker Make movies like the pros. Check out the cool effects, transitions, and more in Windows Movie Maker.
Windows Movie Maker File Fix. Movie Maker sometimes causes problems crashing or hanging when trying to save projects or files. This is how I solved this problem. Made by me using Instant Video Suite, and finalised in Windows Movie Maker.
Microsoft
Photo Story. Create slideshows using your digital photos. With a single
click, you can touch-up, crop, or rotate pictures. Add stunning special effects,
soundtracks, and your own voice narration to your photo stories. Then,
personalize them with titles and captions. Small file sizes make it easy to send
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Hardware
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RSS in Windows Vista Today RSS is primarily used for news sites, blogs, and increasingly for audio-based serialized content. But RSS has the potential for broader reach and to more deeply integrate the information it delivers across applications of various kinds. Learn About the New Support for RSS in the Windows Vista Platform Learn about the new support for RSS in the Windows Vista Platform and how Windows Platform Services make it easy to incorporate RSS functionality into your applications. Microsoft Simple List Extensions Specification The Simple List Extensions are designed as extensions to existing RSS feed formats to make exposing ordered lists of items easier and more accessible to users
Windows Vista Pre-RC1 Screenshots
Internet
Information Services 7.0 (IIS7) in Windows Vista
TweakVI
Basic. The first software designed to both tweak and optimize Windows Vista.
Tweak hundreds of hidden features of Windows Vista, optimize your machine and
customize it to your needs.
Sitemaps
Yahoo and Google announced a collaborative site called Sitemaps.org
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this Video. A single way to submit sitemaps to both Google and Yahoo. More
information about Google
Site Map Yahoo
Site Map, Yahoo Site Explorer. Not only are Google
and Yahoo collaborating on
this project, they've also issued an open invitation to the other search
engines willing to join. Microsoft accepted that invitation
and will jointly support Sitemaps.org
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Support and how-to's for Windows XP Service Pack 2
Windows
Server Update Services. Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3.0
Beta 2 delivers new features that enable administrators to more easily manage
and deploy updates across the organization. WSUS 3.0 Beta 2 benefits include a
new MMC-based user interface with advanced filtering and reporting, improved
performance and reliability, branch office optimizations and reporting rollup,
and a Microsoft Operations Manager management pack.
Windows
Installer CleanUp Utility helps resolve installation problems for programs
that use Microsoft Windows Installer.
Microsoft Discussion Groups Ask questions, share information, or exchange ideas with others, including experts from around the globe.
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Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) makes IT
professionals more productive by providing powerful preparation and installation
tools for Microsoft Windows XP Professional and Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
With Windows PE, IT staff can build custom solutions that speed deployment
through automation, enabling them to spend less time and effort keeping desktops
updated.
Bart's Preinstalled
Environment (BartPE) bootable live windows CD/DVD. PE Builder is not a
Microsoft product and does not create Microsoft Windows Preinstallation
Environment ("Windows PE"). Using PE Builder does not grant you a
license to Microsoft Windows PE or to use the Windows XP or Server 2003 binaries
in a manner other than stated in the End-User License Agreement included in your
version of Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Server 2003. Microsoft has not
reviewed or tested PE Builder and does not endorse its use. Please do not
contact Microsoft for support on the preinstallation environment that has been
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Compression. Data Recovery links.
Windows
Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE, WinPE) 2.0 is a minimal Win32
operating system with limited services, built on the Windows Vista kernel. It is
used to prepare a computer for Windows installation, to copy disk images from a
network file server, and to initiate Windows Setup. Windows PE is not
designed to be the primary operating system on a computer, but is instead used
as a standalone preinstallation environment and as an integral component of
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Deployment Services (Windows DS), the Systems Management Server (SMS) Operating
System (OS) Deployment Feature Pack, and the Windows Recovery Environment
(Windows RE).
Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) is a lightweight version of
Windows XP,
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Windows Vista that is used for the deployment of workstations and servers.
It is intended as a
32-bit or
64-bit replacement for
MS-DOS during
the installation phase of Windows, and can be
booted via
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OEMs (to preinstall Windows client operating systems to PCs during
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Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) which was introduced with
Windows Vista. It is a lightweight version of Windows Vista that is used for
the deployment of workstations and servers. It is the second version of the
Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) that was intended as a 32-bit or
64-bit replacement for
MS-DOS, which
was needed during the installation phase of
Windows 3,
Windows 95,
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and
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disk. Traditionally used by large corporations and OEMs (to preinstall Windows
client operating systems to PCs during manufacturing), it is now widely
available free of charge via
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BitLocker Drive Encryption is the final feature release name for the project previously referred to as "Secure Startup Full Volume Encryption." Some preliminary releases of Windows Vista, still use the old project name in text strings and Windows titles. This step-by-step guide uses the old project name where appropriate, such as referring to the user interface where it appears. Otherwise, the feature release name is used.
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Microsoft Robotics Studio is a Windows-based environment for academic,
hobbyist and commercial developers to easily create robotics applications across
a wide variety of hardware. More
Robots and Robotics. Computer Control. Computer Engineering..
The Microsoft® Robotics Developer Studio (Microsoft RDS) is a Windows®-based
environment for academic, hobbyist, and commercial developers to easily create
robotics applications across a wide variety of hardware. Microsoft RDS includes
a lightweight asynchronous services-oriented runtime, a set of visual authoring
and simulation tools, as well as templates, tutorials, and sample code to help
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.NET
Framework 3.0 The new version adds the Windows
Workflow Foundation (WWF), Windows
Communication Foundation (WCF), and Windows
Presentation Foundation (WPF) APIs, with few changes to the existing .NET
2.0 APIs. The VS2005 extensions are also up.
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Download the full version of Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 SP1. Save time and money as Virtual PC allows you to maintain the compatibility of legacy and custom applications during migration to new operating systems and increases the efficiency of support, development, and training staffs.
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FrontPage Cover Microsoft FrontPage 97, FP98, FP2000, FP2002, FP2003
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Help.
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ThinkFree products are platform independent (works on Windows, Apple,
Linux)
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ThinkFree Show (presentation) - applications
that are round-trip compatible with Microsoft Office (.doc, .xls, .ppt).
Boot
Camp For Mac OS X Leopard, Apple that lets you install and run Windows
on your Mac.
Winhlp Windows Problem Solver. Community site open information exchange.
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE). CWE is a community-developed formal list of common software weaknesses. The intention of CWE is to serve as a common language for describing software security weaknesses in architecture, design, or code; as a standard measuring stick for software security tools targeting these weaknesses; and to provide a common baseline standard for weakness identification, mitigation, and prevention efforts. Broad community adoption of CWE will help shape and mature the code security assessment industry and also dramatically accelerate the use and utility of software assurance capabilities for organizations in reviewing the software systems they acquire or develop.
Microsoft Doctor Watson for Windows Dr. Watson for Windows is a program error debugger that gathers information about your computer when an error (or user-mode fault) occurs with a program. Technical support groups can use the information that Dr. Watson obtains and logs to diagnose a program error. When an error is detected, Dr. Watson creates a text file (Drwtsn32.log) that can be delivered to support personnel by the method they prefer. You also have the option of creating a crash dump file, which is a binary file that a programmer can load into a debugger.
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WhatIsProcess, a site dedicated to
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your computer. Some processes are essential and are needed to keep your
computer working as expected. Other processes can seriously reduce the
performance of your computer and may even present a security risk. It is common
for Viruses, Spyware, Adware and Malware to disguise themselves as normal
processes, making spotting them a rather
Advanced
Windows Care - Freeware Advanced Windows Care v2 Personal is a comprehensive
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optimize your computer. It provides an all-in-one and super convenient solution
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List of fixes included in Windows XP Service Pack 2
FreeTechBooks. Lists free online computer science and engineering books and lecture notes, all of which are freely and legally available over the Internet. What's the Catch? None. All the books listed in this site are available for free, as they are hosted on websites that belong to the authors or the publishers. Note that each author and publisher has their own terms and conditions in the forms of free documentation licenses or other specific ones. Of course, you are most welcome to view, download and print the books for your own private use at no charge.
Windows Open Source apps and Emulations for the Apple of Microsoft and Windows software. From OSDir
CoreUtils for
Windows. CoreUtils: collection of basic file, shell and text
manipulation utilities.
XP's No-Reformat, Nondestructive Total-Rebuild Option. Fred Langa shows you how to completely rebuild, repair, or refresh an existing XP installation without losing data, and without having to reinstall user software, reformat, or otherwise destructively alter the setup.
Windows Installer 2.0 Redistributable for Windows 95, 98, ME. Windows Installer 2.0 Redistributable for Windows NT 4.0 and 2000. Microsoft, certain operating systems and service packs already include Windows Installer 2.0 and thus, if you are running one of these, (for example XP, Vista), you do not need to update your system. Warning: Make sure to carefully read and follow the Microsoft download and requirements instructions regarding Windows Installer.
Do's and Don'ts of providing a genuine Microsoft® Windows® software license
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Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003 for Itanium-based Systems
Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition.
You May Lose Data or Program Settings After Reinstalling, Repairing, or Upgrading Windows XP
FREE Software Tools for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP
Troubleshooting Windows XP which includes
Registry Edits for Windows XP "Tweaks and Tips"
Microsoft Java Virtual Machine (MSJVM)
Microsoft ADO (ActiveX Data Objects)
Distributed Component Object Model DCOM98
Microsoft Visual Studio Developer Center
Find Microsoft Drivers and Updates
Microsoft Corporate Error Reporting Service to manage error reporting and data collection, and to choose the information that is sent to
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Fresh
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tool for configuring and optimizing Windows. It comes loaded with hundreds of
useful hidden settings in Windows such as: customizing the User Interface (UI),
optimizing system settings, optimizing hardware settings, customizing Windows
application settings, control user environment with policies. Fresh UI is
organized by section for easy navigation and completed with detail description
for easy reference.
Windows Resources Covers Microsoft
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Microsoft Visual Studio Developer Center Visual Studio .NET Professional. Visual Basic .NET. Visual C# Visual C++ Visual Java and Office Developer etc..
Belarc
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software and hardware,
missing Microsoft hotfixes, anti-virus
status, CIS (Center for
Internet Security) benchmarks, and displays the results in your Web
browser. All of your PC profile information is kept private on your PC and
is not sent to any web server. More Diagnostics
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Windows
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It's the place to share and discover what's going on in your community. Take the
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Windows Live Writer - Windows Live Writer is a desktop application that makes
it easier to compose compelling blog posts using Windows Live Spaces or your current blog service.
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Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP. PowerToys, (TweakUI), add fun and functionality to the Windows experience. What are they? PowerToys
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SyncToy for Windows XP With new sources of files coming from every direction (such as
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Scott Hanselman's 2006 Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows A lot of utilities coving most aspects including Blogs, Regular Expressions, Low-Level Utilities, TabletPC Indispensibles etc..
Windows Script is a comprehensive scripting infrastructure for the Microsoft® Windows® platform. Windows Script provides two script engines, Visual Basic® Scripting Edition and Microsoft JScript®, which can be embedded into Windows Applications. It also provides an extensive array of supporting technologies that makes it easier for script users to script Windows Applications.
Windows Script Control. The Microsoft® Windows® Script Control is an ActiveX® control that provides developers with an easy way to make their applications scriptable.
Microsoft Script Debugger. This section provides information about to use the Script Debugger how to start it, how to set breakpoints, run scripts, and so on.
Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool - Free
WindizUpdate. This free website allows users of Mozilla Firefox 0.9.3, Netscape 4.0, Mozilla Firebird 0.7, Opera 5, or K-Meleon 0.9, to keep their copy of Windows up-to-date.
Microsoft XP style guidelines Creating Windows XP Icons. This article discusses how to design and create colorful and dynamic icons for Windows XP using a vector program, such as FreeHand or Illustrator, and Photoshop. (19 printed pages)
Back up Outlook data with the Microsoft Outlook Personal Folders Backup tool Backup Outlook emails automatically. For Outlook 2007/2003/2002 Add-in: Personal Folders Backup. The Personal Folders Backup download creates backup copies of your .PST files at regular intervals, in Outlook 2002 and later versions, making it easy to keep all of your Outlook folders safely backed up. Download the tool from the Microsoft Office Online site by clicking the Download link and following the instructions in the dialog boxes.
XP Style
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This site is dedicated to teaching and support about Microsoft Windows XP, and Microsoft
Office XP! This site is run by the same people who run MSN 8 for Windows XP,
so we know what we are talking about.
The X-Mac icon collection provides you with a realistic style which has all the main characteristics of Mac® icons. The designs have been created to give a clean and smooth sensation for your software and web projects. It has a great definition and details but also stylized images that enhances the functionality of electronic applications. For Windows 2000/XP/Me/98/95.
CodePlex, Microsoft's community development Web site. You can use CodePlex to create new projects to share with your fellow developers around the world, join others who have already started their own projects, or use the applications on this site and provide feedback.
Microsoft Application
Platform A set of integrated technologies and tools that enable your
business to innovate and create strategic advantage. By enabling you to
extend and unlock the value in your existing applications, and to rapidly
develop new applications that differentiate you from your competition, you
can make significant gains in time to value, productivity, and total cost of
ownership. More
Programming Applications (VBA). Using Applications
Nvu (pronounced N-view) Finally! A complete Web Authoring System for
Linux desktop users as well as Microsoft Windows and Macintosh users to rival programs like FrontPage and Dreamweaver. Nvu (which stands for "new view") makes managing a web site a snap. Now anyone can create web pages and manage a website with no technical expertise or knowledge of HTML. Nvu is open source and covered under the
MPL/LGPL/GPL tri-license
Wine
A compatibility layer that tries to provide the Windows application
interface (API) on top of Linux.
FINECOUNT Freeware.
An essential free software package for translators and translation managers - providing a wide range of features and functionality needed for document analysis. FineCount can quickly provide detailed statistics for documents in many different formats (Microsoft Word, PDF, HTML, and many, many others.) FineCount can also be used to prepare cost estimates and invoices for translation work. FineCount also allows the user to create their own report templates that can be reused with different documents.
Tweaker is a utility that can customize several Windows settings that you can't control anywhere else. Tweaker is more for the "power users" out there who want more control on Windows settings -- to be able to change things that Windows just doesn't have a spot to change them in.
Fast Defrag is a tool that can free and optimize RAM and the swap-file usage .It displays current memory usage and statistics and can also be run from the command line (useful for automation). Fast Defrag cleans only the memory that was filled by previous loaded applications and does not remove Windows components or active programs from memory.
Start Menu Cleaner Clean up your Start Menu! A small and handy tool that finds and removes invalid entries from the Start Menu as well as your desktop. It cannot only delete broken shortcuts, but also empty folders (in the Start Menu) that were left behind from previous software installations.
Apache Lounge, home for Apache 2 on Windows.
Codec is an abbreviation for Coder-Decoder or Compressor/Decompressor,. It may be used for analog-to-digital (A/D) and digital-to-analog (D/A) converter for translating the signals from the outside world to digital, and back again. Or used to compress/uncompress files for easier storage and/or transmission.
Windows Media Video 9 Series Codecs
Players and viewers. Messenger Services.
Visualisation of how Search Engines and Keywords link together
Digital Cameras. Video Camcorders. Make you own videos. Take Professional Quality Stills. Find the best cameras whether you enjoy still photography or making your own videos and Video Production. Amateur and professional cameras. Camera Memory and batteries. Quality and Value.
File
Names being saved in the incorrect case
Free Macintosh Emulators and Virtual Machines
Free PC Emulators and Virtual Machines
WinToFlash A wizard that will help pull
over the contents of a windows installation CD or DVD and prep the USB drive
to become a bootable replacement for the optical drive. It can also do this
with your LiveCD. You don't have to worry about scratches on the disc or
misplacing your original media discs once you transfer their contents to the
flash drive. The optical drive is quickly becoming a thing of the past,
especially in office environments, as media is shifted to the cloud. Dependency Walker is a free utility that scans any 32-bit or 64-bit Windows module (exe, dll, ocx, sys, etc.) and builds a hierarchical tree diagram of all dependent modules. For each module found, it lists all the functions that are exported by that module, and which of those functions are actually being called by other modules. Another view displays the minimum set of required files, along with detailed information about each file including a full path to the file, base address, version numbers, machine type, debug information, and more. Resource Hacker™ is a freeware utility to view, modify, rename, add, delete and extract resources in 32bit Windows executables and resource files (*.res). It incorporates an internal resource script compiler and decompiler and works on Win95, Win98, WinME, WinNT, Win2000 and WinXP operating systems. Viewing Resources: Cursor, Icon, Bitmap, GIF, AVI, and JPG resource images can be viewed. WAV and MIDI audio resources can be played. Menus, Dialogs, MessageTables, StringTables, Accelerators, Delphi Forms, and VersionInfo resources can be viewed as decompiled resource scripts. Menus and Dialogs can also be viewed as they would appear in a running application.
!exploitable, (pronounced "bang exploitable") Crash Analyzer, (!exploitable Crash Analyzer - MSEC Debugger Extensions). A plugin for the
Windows Debugger
that parses your crash logs and gives you two important pieces of information.
First, it will collate all of your crashes and determine exactly how many there
actually are. So for example, out of 60 crash reports, there may only be 2 or 3
actual problems. The second thing it does is look at the type of crash and try
to determine if the error is something that could be exploited by a malicious
hacker. This means that more junior employees can work these bug issues without
taking the time of more senior examiners.
Win Insider Forum and News.
Microsoft XP passwords, (Also read Password Protection)
If you have other admin accounts on the machine that you can use then you can reset the password with their account.
If you only have 1 profile or the others are password protected as well then you need to
If the Administrator account is password protected then you will need to take the PC to a computer shop.
Understanding
SAMI. This article describes how the new Microsoft Synchronized Accessible
Media Interchange (SAMI) technology expands the ability to provide
closed captioning to a wide range of multimedia
products.
Junction (Free) Many web developers are familiar with symbolic links on Linux, Mac OS X, and similar operating systems. With a symbolic link, you can reference any file or directory by a different name and/or in a different directory. It turns out that NTFS supports a very similar feature called junctions, but you need an expensive set of tools from Microsoft® or this convenient little command line program to use them. Windows 2000® and higher supports directory symbolic links, where a directory serves as a symbolic link to another directory on the computer. For example, if the directory D:\SYMLINK specified C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32 as its target, then an application accessing D:\SYMLINK\DRIVERS would in reality be accessing C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS. Directory symbolic links are known as NTFS junctions in Windows. Unfortunately, Windows comes with no tools for creating junctions - you have to purchase the Win2K Resource Kit, which comes with the linked program for creating junctions. I therefore decided to write my own junction-creating tool: Junction. Junction not only allows you to create NTFS junctions, it allows you to see if files or directories are actually reparse points. Reparse points are the mechanism on which NTFS junctions are based, and they are used by Windows' Remote Storage Service (RSS), as well as volume mount points.
Cygwin is a Linux-like
environment for Windows
Stretch Break is an ergonomic stretching and typing break timer program. the program reminds you to take periodic breaks from your computer and provides ergonomic information, including workstation setup guidelines.
Eyes Relax is a small freeware Windows utility that reminds you taking breaks
when working with computers. This software allows you to customize the duration of your work and length of the breaks. During the break you may exercise your
eyes, look away, or look at distant objects either in your office or outside, take a stroll outside your office. A "Parent mode" feature can be used to
protect your children eyes.
RSI Action is a student group providing preventative education about RSI to the general public and to students at Harvard. It also provides advocacy and support for Harvard students with RSI. RSI stands for Repetitive Strain Injury. It includes a whole spectrum of conditions, from tendonitis of the hand or wrist to carpal tunnel syndrome to cubital tunnel syndrome.
UserHealth.
Do you spend several hours in front of the computer without breaks or pauses?
Maybe you want a tool that can monitor how much time you actually spend in front
of the computer? In that case this software can be perfect for you, and by the
way did I mention that it is freeware!
Preventing and healing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome & Repetitive Stress Injuries
Computer Related Repetitive Strain Injury
Safe computing tips Know the basic tips about Office Ergonomics, Workstation Ergonomics, Ergonomic PC, Laptop Ergonomics, Ergonomic chair and avoid health problems such as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome & Repetitive Strain Injury. Stay Healthy & Fit while working in front of your computer. No eyestrains, back pains or other discomforts.
Learn About WMV HD Experience high-definition video on your computer with Microsoft Windows® Media High Definition Video (WMV HD). Also view Graphics, Graphics file formats Video and Images
Microsoft Update. Now you can get updates for Windows, Office and other Microsoft applications all in one place. Microsoft Update is a new service that brings you all the features and benefits of Windows Update plus downloads for other Microsoft applications including Office.
Windows Server Update Services. Download it today and find out how you can fully manage the distribution of updates that are released through Microsoft Update to computers in your network.
The Windows Security Center, (Microsoft Windows®), which is already installed on your computer, monitors and enables you to manage important security settings on your computer, including a firewall, automatic updates, and the status of your antivirus software.
Anti-Virus
Software Tools & Utilities
Window Seam Blog News about Windows.
Microsoft Windows® Service Pack 2 A free software update pack for Windows XP, which is the operating system of many home PCs. Microsoft Windows® Service Pack 2 is commonly known as SP2 is designed to fix several bugs and vulnerabilities in Windows XP simultaneously, and give your PC better protection from viruses and hackers. How to get SP2 Also view Security
and Anti-Virus
Software Tools & Utilities
MSDN: Windows Media SDKs and Documentation
Microsoft's Patterns & Practices team
Registry Guide for Windows, formerly RegEdit.com, provides an extensive range of registry tweaks, tricks & hacks for optimizing, enhancing and securing the Windows XP, 2000, NT, 98, 95 and Windows Me operating systems
Registry Wizard allows you to scan Windows registry for errors or useless keys and fix registry problems. You can also backup and restore deleted keys. This program does not require installation. Features: Scan Registry - Scan Windows registry on critical and non critical errors. Fix founded Registry Errors - Delete from registry keys and values useless and containing errors. Restore backup - Restore registry keys and values from backup file.
Windows Live Search makes it easy to find the information you want. No matter what you're looking for music, images, the closest pizzeria to your hotel, something you thought you read in a blog a month ago you'll simply find it faster
Microsoft Office Live is the perfect way to get started on the Web. It features all the basics you need to create your first Web site, including free hosting, Web site statistics, personalized domain name, and e-mail addresses.
Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC
is the evolution of the traditional notebook PC.
Microsoft Office® Online File Converters and Viewers
Microsoft Reader eBooks and more.. Including free eBooks
Microsoft Reader Text-to-Speech Package. Microsoft Reader for Tablet PC and Microsoft Reader for Windows-based PCs and laptops boast accessibility features that are bringing eBooks to more communities and providing a richer on-screen reading experience with additional TTS and Verbosity functionality. To enable Microsoft Reader to take advantage of existing speech technologies, you must install the Microsoft Reader Text-to-Speech Package (TTS) Package.
Microsoft Reader for Pocket PC's (PDA's) Microsoft Reader for Pocket PC.
Microsoft ActiveSync. Synchronization software for Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs and Smartphones.
Microsoft Virtual PC is now free! This may help you during testing as a developer. It lets one much more easily replicate the production environment without investing in hardware. It lets one test out beta software (such as IE 7 or Windows Vista) without breaking their current, working installation. The VPC image is stored as a file, it allows one to do some serious test runs on violate resources, such as databases, then restore without complex scripts.
VBRun60sp6.exe installs Visual Basic 6.0 SP6 run-time files. VBRun60sp6.exe is a self-extracting executable file that installs the latest versions of the Microsoft Visual Basic run-time files that are required by all applications that are created with Visual Basic 6.0. The files include the fixes that are included with Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 6.
WinErrs Did you ever get an 'Illegal Operation' or 'Page Fault' error message and wonder what it meant? WinErrs is a database of 1.554 Windows error codes and their definitions. These codes are extracted directly from Microsoft Windows and are their descriptions.
Load Windows XP on your Intel Mac, Now! Windows on Mac Wiki! The main purpose of this Wiki is for people to share information on how to install Windows XP on an Intel Mac, and where to obtain the Windows drivers for Apple hardware.
MS .NET Framework 2.0 The Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 (x86) redistributable package installs the .NET Framework runtime and associated files required to run applications developed to target the .NET Framework v2.0. The .NET Framework version 2.0 improves scalability and performance of applications with improved caching, application deployment and updating with ClickOnce, support for the broadest array of browsers and devices with ASP.NET 2.0 controls and services. For more information on the .NET Framework 2.0, click here. Required Software: Windows Installer 3.0 (except for Windows 98/ME, which require Windows Installer 2.0
or later). Windows Installer 3.1 or later is recommended. IE 5.01 or later: You must also be running Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or later for all installations of the .NET Framework.
Enterprise Library for .NET Framework 2.0, the collection of reusable and extensible application blocks for enterprise development, has been improved and updated specifically for Visual Studio 2005 and the .NET Framework 2.0 (January 2006)
Microsoft patterns & practices are Microsoft's recommendations for how to design, develop, deploy, and operate architecturally sound applications for the Microsoft application platform.
Depositit automatically protects all the essential data you hold on your computer, laptop, mobile phone and PDA. Keep your data safe from damaging viruses, hardware errors & natural disasters. Software and this backs up Microsoft Exchange servers. In order to use this feature customers must subscribe to the 'standard package' on our website which will take them to the 'package selection' area where they can then select the Exchange 'plug-in'.
Microsoft Global Input Method Editors (IMEs). Now, you can input Chinese, Japanese, and Korean text into any Microsoft Office XP applications, Web forms, and e-mail messages on any language version of Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Millennium, Windows 98, and Windows NT® 4.0 with Service Pack 6 (SP6) or later. And it's easy. After you have installed the Global IME for Office XP, you just start your Office XP program, select the language from the Language bar, and you can type the language you choose, regardless of the language version of Office
XP or Windows you are using. Translation
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Microsoft .NET Framework Version 1.1 Redistributable Package
Microsoft Product Lifecycle Search Microsoft provides support on the current service pack, and in some cases the immediately preceding service pack, for the products listed below. See the Lifecycle Support Policy FAQ for details on the Service Pack Support Policy. As a convenience to you, Microsoft is providing a list of the
currently supported service packs: Supported Service Pack List. If you have any questions regarding support for a product, please contact your Microsoft representative. If you need technical support, visit the Contact Microsoft Web site.
WHDC - Resources for system designers, driver developers, and test engineers. (Microsoft Windows)
Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows Linux Unix links
WiredX.net enables access to Unix applications from Windows machines via web browsers.
Platform SDK Redistributable: DCOM95 Redistributables
Windows XP SP2 General Information
Windows XP SP2 Service Pack 2 Downloads of IT Professionals
Windows XP Service Pack 1a Network Installation
Windows XP Service Pack 2 Network Installation Package for IT Professionals and Developers
Windows XP Service Pack 2 - Security Information for Developers
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Technology Advancement Program. Upgrade to Windows XP Professional x64 Edition from Windows XP Professional (32-bit). Notes Not all Drivers may function. This like all software may be buggy. You may have to give up using the 32bit version. You will need to have an x64 processor (the AMD Athlon 64, AMD Opteron, Intel Pentium 4 with EM64T, or Intel Xeon with EM64T) to run the new software.
PowerPoint Viewer 97 for PowerPoint 97, 2000, and 2002 Users. This download is for users who don't have Microsoft PowerPoint®; it allows them to view PowerPoint 95, 97, 2000, and 2002 presentations. Eusing Free Registry Cleaner allows you to safely clean and repair registry problems with a few simple mouse clicks. After scanning and fixing the invalid entries, your system will be more stable and run faster.
Microsoft SQL Server Microsoft Server System
Migrating from Microsoft Access to MySQL
Microsoft SQL Server Microsoft Server System
Microsoft SQL Server DBA Survival Guide
SQL
Junkies A feature-packed SQL Server Web site communities on the Internet
today. Community for developers to come and learn about building solutions using
Microsoft SQL Server while being part of a collaborative community of peers.
SQL, MySQL (Structured Query Language; other database links) Windows Installer 2.0 Redistributable for Windows 95, 98, and Me
Advanced Windows Care - Freeware Slow downs, freezes and crashes are over. Repair and cure your windows with 1 click. Unlike other utility, Advanced WindowsCare does not do simple registry cleaning. It thoroughly examines Windows system, accurately detects the bottleneck for slowing down and crashing, and fixes them. With the novel system technology, Advanced WindowsCare empowers you to run computer faster, more stably and more efficiently than with any other system utilities. NTFS - New Technology File System designed for Windows NT, 2000, XP NTFS is a high-performance and self-healing file system proprietary to Windows XP 2000 NT, which supports file-level security, compression and auditing. It also supports large volumes and powerful storage solution such as RAID. One of the most important new feature of NTFS is the ability to encrypt files and folders to protect your sensitive data. Windows 98 100 Internet problems fixed. APPLIES TO Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition, Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition. JIS FAQ. Windows NT® / Windows 2000® / Windows XP® / Windows Server 2003® Tips and Tricks Purchase a license for our Desktop Tips and Tricks, available in a form suitable for use on your local computer.
Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher (MAR) Donation Program, provides Windows 98 and Windows 2000 operating systems to nonprofit PC refurbishers for an affordable administrative fee. Providing affordable access to technology Microsoft Authorised Refurbisher (MAR) Worldwide The Microsoft Authorised Refurbisher (MAR) programme is part of Microsoft's Partners in Learning and Unlimited Potential initiatives. The MAR programme works with eligible refurbishers to provide legally-installed Microsoft operating systems on donated computers to eligible recipients. The primary goal of the MAR programme is to increase the number of donated and low-cost computers available to eligible charitable organisations, eligible academic users, and other Microsoft-specially approved recipients. In addition, the MAR programme benefits the environment by helping to keep serviceable computers out of landfills. How the MAR programme works The MAR programme authorises eligible refurbishers to install either Windows 98 Second Edition or Windows 2000 Professional operating systems, and Microsoft Works 7.0 software on donated computers. Through the programme, Microsoft provides authorised refurbishers with Microsoft media, special certificates of authenticity (COAs), and Eligibile Recipient agreements. By reducing the cost refurbishers incur when refurbishing donated computers, the MAR programme makes the equipment more affordable for eligible refurbishers to restore and eligible recipients to obtain. The MAR Web site facilitates the process by bringing together eligible refurbishers, computer donors, and eligible recipients. For more Hardware donating view the Hardware Guides, BIOS, Drivers, DLL files and Peripherals page
Find a Microsoft Authorised Refurbisher. Search by Refurbishers Location (EMEA), Europe, Middle East and Africa area only) Search by Locations They Supply Computers (Global) VirtualDub. Desktop video processing and capture application (Win32). More Graphics and Video Links A Computer Portal. Site Map Desktop version of the ROR Sitemap Generator. Download ROR Sitemap Generator 1.0! This tool requires the Microsoft .Net Framework
1.1, if you don't already have it or if you are not sure, use this link:- Download ROR Sitemap Generator 1.0 + Microsoft .Net Framework 1.1 Download and install it on your computer (for Windows only). Feel free to re-distribute this tool. The Desktop version will generate a sitemap of up to 5,000 URLs (and even more, soon).
How to use the Administration Tools Pack to remotely administer computers that are running Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000
Windows Server 2003 Editions Compared Compare the features of the Windows Server 2003 family using this set of tables, which is organized by function.
Rancidbacon PC
Hardware tips. Apple
and Windows.
Mini is a application server designed to be simple and have a small footprint. It has the features you need to be able to develop small web applications that you want to deploy on a machine with modest hardware. Mini is implemented as a windows service and runs under windows 2000/XP/Vista. Mini is developed by Toni Thomsson and is still under heavy development, far from
finished, especially the documentation, which for the moment is quite sparse. Still, it has been successfully used in a number of projects already. So if you are looking for something like Mini and you're not afraid of "The bleeding edge", try it out! Mini application server API for C++. More C/C++ Links.
GIMP for Windows GNU Image Manipulation Program. An open source Graphics creation and manipulation application similar to Adobe Photoshop. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages. This is the official web site of the GIMP, and contains information about downloading, installing, using, and enhancing it. This site also serves as a distribution point for the latest releases. We try to provide as much information about the GIMP community and related projects as possible.
OPERATOR DIFFERENCES The
ASCII, American Code for Information Interchange. Character Symbols. Hexadecimal Binary Octal etc..
Help maximize your security with the Internet Explorer High Encryption Pack.
The Official Win32::Perms Home Page. One of the most frustrating aspects of administrating Win32 machines is the way that permissions are managed. The only way to modify permissions is by using the GUI tools that come with the operating system, such as the Explorer.exe program. There are other tools such as Cacl.exe but they are not necessarily easy to find nor are they easy to use. Additionally such tools typically only work on permissions for one particular type of object (such as files and directories or printer shares). This is what the Win32::Perms extension was designed to combat. It allows a script to query and modify the permissions on files, directories, registry keys, network shares and printer shares. In addition to permissions the extension also allows the management of how an object is audited as well as editing the objects owner and group.
WiredX.net enables access to Unix applications from Windows machines via web browsers.
AGrep for Windows (Search & Replace tool, use regular expressions)
Overview of the RHCE If the company Red Hat has its way, its Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) credential will eventually replace Microsoft's MCSE certification as king of the network operating system...
PlayStation Portable PSP2 Running Windows or Linux
Utter Access Microsoft® Access, Excel, Word, Outlook, Visual Basic®, SQL Server®, Office online help discussion forums. And... many more!
Tutorialfind Learn more about computer related items.
Annoyance is the most complete collection of information assembled for and by actual users of Microsoft Windows.
OldVersion.com Sometimes upgrading to a newer version can be a good thing. Other times, your computer may not be compatible with the new version, the new version is bloated, or all the good options are no longer available. OldVersion.com has been supplying the online community with old versions of various programs since 2001. The service is utilized by thousands of users every day and has been featured in newspapers and magazines as well as on radio and television.
Daylight
Saving Time Help and Support Center from Microsoft. Beginning in 2007,
daylight saving time (DST) will be extended in the United States. DST will start
on March 11, 2007, which is three weeks earlier than usual, and it will end on
November 4, 2007, which is one week later than usual (more details on the new
DST start and end times can be found here).
This results in a new DST period that is four weeks longer than in previous
years. Observance of DST, and Summer Time in much of Europe, is often
different around the world; many areas, countries and territories shift their
clocks at different times throughout the year. During these changes, clocks are
usually shifted by one hour. Some locations follow a set of standard, uniform
rules for the start and end dates of DST, but some locations determine the dates
on a much more dynamic basis. Unless certain updates are applied to your
computer, the time zone settings for your computer's system clock may be
incorrect during this four-week period. In particular, you must make sure that
both your Windows operating system and your calendar programs are updated. View
our World
Time & Zone links
DB2 Universal Database, IBM, for Linux, UNIX and Windows
Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows.
What Differentiates Linux from Windows? (Linux Insider View point)
MICROSOFT ANTI-SPAM POLICY. Microsoft prohibits the use of the MSN Services in any manner associated with the transmission, distribution or delivery of any unsolicited bulk or unsolicited commercial e-mail ("Spam"). You may not use any MSN services to send Spam. You also may not deliver Spam or cause Spam to be delivered to any of Microsoft's MSN Services or MSN customers. More...
Microsoft Product Code-names. From Noeld's Home Page
How to Install and Configure PHP4 to Run with Apache on Windows PHP Links Microsoft Windows®
Apache Links. Downloading the Apache HTTP Server Windows XP Apache Users Read This First If you will install Apache on Windows XP, you must install the Windows XP Service Pack 1. Additional Warning: we recommend disabling the "Quality of Service" (or QoS) network driver from Microsoft if you are using Apache, since Apache Links does not support the QoS extensions to the WinSock API.
How to Install and Configure PHP4 to Run with Apache on Windows
The Internet Content Rating Association The original aims of RSACi Rating System, (now folded), to protect children from potentially harmful content while preserving free speech on the internet, continue to provide the cornerstone for ICRA's work, backed by the biggest names online.
Micosoft Infomation RSACi Rating System Internet Explorer is installed with a PICS-based content rating system known as the Recreational Software Advisory Council on the Internet (RSACi) system. This built-in PICS support can help you control the types of content that users can access on the Internet. When you enable Content Advisor, Internet Explorer reads the meta tags to determine whether Web sites meet your criteria for suitable content. You can also subscribe to independent ratings bureaus or use third-party ratings to control access to Web content.
RSACi is an open, objective content ratings system for the Internet developed by the Recreational Software Advisory Council (RSAC), which has since been folded into the Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA), an independent, nonprofit organization. The RSACi system provides information about the level of sex, nudity, violence, and offensive (vulgar or hate-motivated) language in software games and Web sites. For more information about ICRA and the RSACi rating system, see the ICRA Web site at The Internet Content Rating Association You can also download the ICRA's new content ratings system from this Web site.
The following table shows the five levels of the RSACi Rating System and describes the content allowed for each level. Level 0 is the most restrictive, preventing users from accessing Web sites that include offensive language, nudity, sex, and violence. Level 4 is the least restrictive, allowing users to access Web sites that present explicit content.
RSAC no longer exists. In 1999 it was "folded into" a new organization, the Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA). The original aims of RSAC, to protect children from potentially harmful content while preserving free speech on the internet, continue to provide the cornerstone for ICRA's work, backed by the biggest names online.
Level Language rating Nudity rating Sex rating Violence rating: -
You can set content ratings to any level for each of the four content areas. All content ratings are set to Level 0 by default. When Content Advisor is turned on and the Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS) rating for a Web site exceeds the rating level you specify, Internet Explorer prevents users from accessing the site. Also, you can configure Internet Explorer to prevent or allow users to access unrated Web content. For more information, see "Configuring Content Advisor Settings" later in this chapter.
mIRC is a shareware Internet Relay Chat client for Windows. Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is one of the most popular and most interactive services on the Internet. Sure, the Web is nice for finding info and E-mail beats snailmail hands down, but when you've been wondering'where the others are?', then IRC is what you're looking for. IRC is the net's equivalent of CB radio. But unlike CB, Internet Relay Chat lets people all over the world participate in real-time conversations. IRC is where the Net comes alive! VProtector mIRC Contains mIRC, virus scanner (F-Mirc Worm Scanner) to scan and remove all kinds of mIRC viruses and worms.
XP's Little-Known'Rebuild'Command There's an easy fix for "Missing HAL.DLL," "Invalid Boot.Ini," and several other fatal startup errors, Fred Langa says.
It usually takes a lot to stop XP in its tracks. Even in those rare cases when the operating system is badly damaged, you'll usually at least have the option of booting into the "Last Known Good" configuration, or to Safe Mode. But sometimes, especially after major hardware failures or part swaps (e.g. moving the operating system to a new hard drive), or after problems with dual- or multi-booting software, you may encounter seemingly intractable errors such as "Missing or corrupt HAL.DLL," "Invalid Boot.Ini," or "Windows could not start..." These problems can seem hard to get past. For example, the first time I got a "Cannot find \Windows\System32\hal.dll" error message, I thought I'd be clever and replace the missing file via a simple Copy command from the Recovery Console. I booted the PC, switched to the \Windows\System32 folder, and there it was: The HAL.DLL was already there. It wasn't missing at all. Why couldn't the operating system find it? For DLL files view our Hardware Guides, BIOS, Drivers, DLL files and Peripherals page
Events and Errors Message Center. Find detailed
message explanations, recommended user actions, and links to additional support and resources. To perform a search, enter the
event ID, the source, the message text, or the file name in the Search for text box, and then click Go. These values can be found in the Event Viewer logs. Bugs
and Crashes. Use the Windows XP 'Event Viewer' to help assess problems... to get to it, use the Start button > right-click on My Computer > Manage >
System Tools > Event Viewer > Application. Scroll through the log and check anything with a red Error icon. Double click on the line item to read
about the problem. When checking the event log, don't stop on Warnings or items of Information. Go right to the Errors.
WHQL, (Windows ® Hardware Quality Labs).
Sets the standards for device driver's certified by Microsoft® that are compatible with Microsoft Windows® and the respective hardware. Windows Hardware Quality Labs testing or WHQL Testing is Microsoft's testing process which involves running a series of tests on third-party (i.e. non-Microsoft) hardware
or software, and then submitting the log files from these tests to Microsoft for review. The procedure may also include Microsoft running their own tests on a
wide range of equipment, like different hardware and different Microsoft Windows editions. Also see Windows Logo Kit home page, Microsoft Windows Windows7, Vista. Windows XP, etc. and
Hardware. BIOS, Drivers, DLL files and Peripherals
The OS Inside The OS. Fred Langa shows how a simple tweak turns Microsoft XP's low-level Recovery Console into a complete, standalone mini-operating system--in effect, an XP DOS! Operating Systems and Graphical User Interfaces. Windows Visa/XP, Linux, Apple, BeOS, etc.
Set Up Unix Shell Account using SLiRP with Win 98. Expita. Includes RFCs by e-mail, accessing the internet by e-mail, agora servers, anonymous posting by e-mail, anonymous servers, archie by e-mail, archie servers, e-mail FAQs, finger by e-mail, finger gateways, finger servers, ftp by e-mail, ftp servers, getweb by e-mail, getweb servers, gopher by e-mail, gophermail servers, gophermail, jughead by e-mail, jughead servers, mail2news gateways, mail2news, other e-mail only servers, search engines by e-mail, usenet by e-mail, uudecode by e-mail, uudecoding e-mail, veronica by e-mail, veronica servers, web by e-mail, webmail servers, webmail, whois by e-mail, whois gateways, whois servers, www by e-mail, www4mail by e-mail, www4mail servers, and the WWW by e-mail. Configuring Mail Clients to Send Plain ASCII Text, Email only servers listing,
This sometime occurs when
downloading files from a host server to a local hard drive.
It will mainly cause problems
with
Linux hosting because filenames with different case are seen a
different files in the
Linux System whereas in
Windows there are seen as the same file.
Sometimes this may also
affect folder or directory names as well.
This is how I solved this
problem.
Returning Virus, keep getting a virus report even after removal? System Restore feature.
This may happen because of Windows XP system restore feature. This is able to restore your software to an earlier time. For example you've installed some software that has caused problems with your computer drivers and that even a standard uninstall does not fix it. In this case a system restores will be able to return your system back to before the time when you installed the problematic software.
System restore is semi-automatically able recovering eliminated files or the system settings for example if the where accidentally changed.
Windows XP keeps modified elements inside its hidden directory, called _restore This is protected so that its contents can't be normally changed by anything else.
This feature is an advantageous if you need to return your system to an earlier state.
With anti-virus/anti-spyware it may cause an issue that while the anti-virus/anti-spyware may have removed the virus/spyware the _restore files may still contain that virus.
The anti-virus/anti-spyware may detect again the infected file in the _restore folder but it may not be able to remove it because the file is protected by the operating system. Returning Spyware, keep getting a spyware report even after removal?
This may happen because of Windows XP system restore feature. This is able to restore your software to an earlier time. For example you've installed some software that has caused problems with your computer drivers and that even a standard uninstall does not fix it. In this case a system restores will be able to return your system back to before the time when you installed the problematic software.
System restore is semi-automatically able recovering eliminated files or the system settings for example if the where accidentally changed.
Windows XP keeps modified elements inside its hidden directory, called _restore This is protected so that its contents can't be normally changed by anything else.
This feature is an advantageous if you need to return your system to an earlier state.
With anti-virus/anti-spyware it may cause an issue that while the anti-virus/anti-spyware may have removed the virus/spyware the _restore files may still contain that virus.
The anti-virus/anti-spyware may detect again the infected file in the _restore folder but it may not be able to remove it because the file is protected by the operating system.
How to remove anti-virus/anti-spyware from the System Restore folder:-
Log on as the Administrator or with the details of
the user that has administrator rights.
Click with the right button of the mouse on
My
Computer. After turning off the system restore, as sown above you may also need to download a program and install
WinDirStat Delete System File Information Utility.
This Utility is a DOS batch file and is used to delete System File Information.
This Utility is provided as-is without any warranty, obligation or
guarantee of any kind. THIS MAY AFFECT THE WAY WINDOWS RESPONDS and
PERFORMS. DO NOT CONTINUE UNLESS YOU ARE SURE YOU HAVE NO OTHER WAY
OF SOLVING THE PROBLEM. Note that the System Volume Information folders will be
rewritten by Windows. Even if you have System Restore turned off Before using
Turn OFF System Restore See above video how to.
Carry out a full Anti-Virus and SpyWare Removal check.
I also suggest you perform a full Registry Clean:-
CCleaner is a freeware system
optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your
system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space.
It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history.
Additionally it contains a fully featured registry cleaner. But the best part is
that it's fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO
Spyware or Adware! :)
Wise Registry Cleaner is one of the safest Registry
cleaning tools available in the market today. Its scanning engine is thorough,
safe and fast.
The Delete System File Information Utility is a DOS Batch file that requires your Windows User name.
Therefore any shortcut will need to be modified to allow for this.
<<< This is a how to.
Your system may be a bit different to this depending on your folder option.
More How to Restore a Windows XP system to a previous State using System Restore
After completing these steps, carry out a full scan of your computer using the antivirus/antispyware program in order to ensure that it correctly disinfected.
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File Names being saved in the incorrect case:-
Filenames being saved in the incorrect case.
How to turn off System Restore option
Click with the right button of the mouse on My Computer.
Select Properties.
Click System Restore tab.
Click in the Turn off System Restore all drives checkbox.
This box should now have a tick in it.
(This may take a few seconds).
Click Apply and then
OK.
How to reactivate the System Restore option, it is recommended that you have this option turned on.
Select Properties.
Click in the Turn off System Restore all drives checkbox.
This box should now NOT have a tick in it.
(This may take a few seconds)
Click Apply and then
OK.
Will list out all your hard drives folders as well as in graphical
form.
It will allow you to access the System Volume Information folder.
Highlight the "_restore{ .....}" folder and then go to the menu to choose
"delete". Then the folder will be deleted.
How to create a shortcut to the
Delete System File Information Utility:-
How to create a shortcut to the Delete System File Information Utility.
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