Windows
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 |
KallOut is a simple, and useful Windows program, that can help you do quick functions. It would highlight text in many programs (like Firefox, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office and Notepad) it puts a small icon next to the highlighted words, which looks like as shown in the image .
When you hover your mouse over that icon, it gives you a menu to look up the selected text in many popular services like Google, YouTube, Wikipedia, eBay and many more. (more…)
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Monday, August 4th, 2008 |
Xnview is a utility for viewing and converting image files and there are many other applications which can do precisely the same thing. So what is the fuss about this particular software? Xnview Shell extension adds a range of image related tools in your right-click menu. It can add the following functionality:
Thursday, July 24th, 2008 |
If you are getting errors while deleting or accessing certain file on your Windows xp or Vista then you should use this freeware called Unlocker which lets you do that without any hassle. Unlocker can solve your problem if you are coming across any of the following errors on Windows xp/Vista :
- Cannot delete file: Access is denied.
- There has been a sharing violation.
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Monday, July 21st, 2008 |
XBMC Media Center is a hot commodity on SourceForge so I decided to give it a try on my Windows PC. Since XBMC has not been completely ported on to Windows so I was expecting bugs to creep up while using it. XBMC on Windows is in very early stage of development so some bugs are obvious. I downloaded the application (32 Mb in size) and gave it a try.
First of all the resolution of the XBMC was smaller than the default resolution of my monitor so I had to start the application in windowed form. The feel of the media center is awesome and you can access all your media on hard disk in few clicks. There is no major change in the GUI from that of Xbox and I could play all the video file types I had in my computer. It has an option of browsing Apple movie trailers but there was some problem with it.
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Saturday, July 5th, 2008 |
Hello guys, this is my first contribution on realgeek.com, recently I converted FAT to NTFS, and this is how I did it. I thought it would be good to share with you all. I would recommended you to backup your important files to an external hard drive or another location.
This process carries high assurance that this would work for you, as it did for me, but it’s always a good precaution. Please know that this process can not be Reversed.
What’s NTFS? NTFS, short for NT File System, is the most secure and robust file system for Windows NT, 2000, and XP. It provides security by supporting access control and ownership privileges, meaning you can set permission for groups or individual users to access certain files.
And if you really need the conversion, make sure to Verify that the file system is really FAT32
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 |
Now here’s an utility which can help you sort out where to save your downloads and keep your computer well organized. The windows explorer saves your downloads on the desktop by default which you can change from your browser or by changing from settings in windows.
Doing it solves the problem of putting all files in one folder to certain extent but what if you want to save the some downloaded file in some other computer in your network. Or you might like to save videos in one folder, music in other or e-books in some other folder.
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 |
Microsoft has finally released Remote Desktop Connection Client 2 for Mac after an year long public beta. It will allow administrators to quickly and securely connect to Windows-based PCs to access Windows-based files, applications, devices, and networks from Mac. This will definitely turn out to be a boon for Windows admins. Remote Desktop Connection 2 is equipped with an improved UI and it also allows you to change preferences and customize short cuts during active sessions. It will have multiple session support which will make it easier for users to access windows application and network server simultaneously without resorting to any hack.
A new network authentication method called Network Level Authentication offers greater security against hackers and malicious software. You could also print off from your Mac by configuring printer with it. Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection software is free of cost and can be downloaded from windows website.
Unlimited Windows Remotely connected on one MAC
New Multiple Session Support gives Mac users simultaneous access to multiple Windows-based PCs or to a network server that hosts remote applications and files.
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Saturday, September 1st, 2007 |
In early 2006 when Apple released BootCamp (beta) which would allow users to install Windows on their Mac people like me were really excited to see that happening.
Now I finally tried Windows Vista on Macbook Pro. You can also boot your Windows Vista BootCamp partition using virtual machine software, Parallels Desktop (for which there is a 15-day trial version available on their website) which allows you to run Windows inside OS X without having to reboot.
With the Parallels software the performance is great, a dual core processor on the apple macbook is to be the major reason to facilitate this level of functionality. One vital point that is common to both BootCamp and Parallels Desktop is that you need to make sure the installation of Windows is securely done.
BootCamp too is easy to use it prompts you to insert the blank CD and then it burns the driver disc, and then it asks you to put the Windows Vista CD in the drive and it reboots the computer. Once it reboots, the screen goes to the conventional Windows Setup portion of the install. It is just like a default Windows installation. I definately love to work on Mac, but Vista is a good experience too!
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Monday, July 30th, 2007 |
Microsoft to offer single download for Windows Live suite. Microsoft will offer a Windows Live “installer” that will download and install software to access multiple online services, as per the president of Microsoft’s Platform and Services Division Kevin Johnson, mentioned his presentation at Microsoft’s Financial Analysts Day on Thursday, Johnson mentioned the Windows Live installer, saying that the company would begin beta testing it this summer.
It will be a single download that will let consumers connect to multiple Live-branded hosted services, such as e-mail and messaging. People will be able to access these services from different devices, including PCs and phones. We will keep you updated when this is available live. This post is based on a report from news.com
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Friday, June 1st, 2007 |
Microsoft’s Windows Live Writer, A Cool application for writing your articles offline and having them posted to your blog of choice with just a click of a button. This just had their BETA2 Version released.
Microsoft has released this update to Live Writer and it supports Live spell checking, Table editing,Categories, tags, and labels (depending on your platform).
It is now available in 6 languages and has support for new APIs. It works great with MSN Spaces, WordPress and Blogspot . To download click here.
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