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I stumbled across a cool utility provided by Microsoft. It is actually a Sysinternals tool created by Mark Russinovich. If you are the type that likes to get every sliver of performance out of your system - then this is for you.It is called PageDefragI…
Written by Steve Wiseman on September 26th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Yesterday we were alerted to an issue in Excel 2007 (and Excel Services 2007) involving calculation of numbers around 65,535. The Excel team would like to provide a description of the issue and explain what we’re doing about it. BackgroundYesterday eve…
Written by Odd-Magne Kristoffersen on September 26th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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First off, I want to congratulate Barry and the Windows Ultimate team for finally stepping in the right direction after months of stalling and silence. The release of the final version of DreamScenes plus the content pack yesterday might not rejuvenate the Ultimate Extras excitement to its former shine, but progress is progress. I think [...]
Written by Long Zheng on September 26th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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I was upgrading my home network over the weekend, and one of the changes I wanted to make was the location of the favorites folder.Unless you are using roaming profiles, your favorites folder will always be on your local hard drive. This means that if …
Written by Steve Wiseman on September 26th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Earlier today, Nick and Barry announced the release of the Ultimate Extra Windows DreamScene. Windows DreamScene lets Windows Vista Ultimate users choose full-motion video as their desktop wallpaper.
After installing the final release of Windows DreamScene, I was prompted to download the Windows DreamScene Content Pack Favorites. With Windows DreamScene, you get a standard set of 4 DreamScenes to use on your desktop. The Windows DreamScene Content Pack adds 4 more new DreamScenes for your desktop. Here is a video I created of my desktop PC running several of the new DreamScenes:
Video: Windows DreamScene Released - New DreamScenes
The glowing Windows Vista orb can be downloaded as a Windows Vista Ultimate wallpaper at the Windows Ultimate website. The glowing Windows Vista orb DreamScene is my favorite. The waterfall DreamScene was shown off during the demos at CES last January.
On top of the Windows DreamScene Content Pack Favorites - you can also download (and share) “dreams” over on Stardock’s Dream Gallery.
What is your favorite Windows DreamScene?
Written by Brandon LeBlanc on September 26th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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