January 4th, 2008

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Windows Virtual Desktops

I love Windows as much as the next guy however there are certain features on Linux that I really wish were in Windows. E.g. The Power of Bash or Multiple (Virtual) Desktops.
Thanks to Microsoft’s Code Plex program I stumbled across a program that allows users to run multiple desktops within Windows XP & Vista. Its [...]

Written by Patrick S on January 4th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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Windows Vista Team Blog : Get your ticket to ride the CES 2008 Media Center Express
Here’s a way to play with Vista Ultimate, Media Center, Xbox 360, and more. All you need is to be a blogger that is attending CES.
(tags: Ultimate Xbox Media Center CES )

Written by Joe on January 4th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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Microsoft word tricks

Here are some trick you can play with your microsoft word and window folder. Just for fun let try and you can see something…
Lets start first trick:
* Go to start and open an empty notepad file
* Ok now you type “Bush hid the facts” (without the quotes)
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Written by Jason on January 4th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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Free Windows Vista Tweaks Tool

Vista4Experts is kind of a treat for computer experts who don’t want security center notifications, User Account Control dialogs, automatic Windows Defender scannings, automatic update installations (which cause you to reboot your system if you don’t react quickly enough). People who want MSDN (or google) set as default search engine in the Internet Explorer search [...]

Written by Jason on January 4th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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Get your ticket to ride the CES 2008 Media Center Express

This year at CES we’re partnering with PodTech to provide ground transportation specifically for bloggers attending CES via the Windows Vista Media Center Express. This is an executive-class coach with a distinctive, custom exterior design, so you’ll Read More……(read more)

Written by Windows Vista Team Blog on January 4th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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Download Windows Vista Codecs 2

Natively, Windows Vista supports a wide range of formats and standards, allowing users to streamline file management to a maximum. But, there are scenarios in which Vista, in the configuration it ships by default, is unable to handle some file formats. Case in point: camera RAW file formats. Professional photographers will tell you that universal [...]

Written by Jason on January 4th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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You just have to check out this Oracle install!

Some say Danes are strange - this is the proof :-)A guy installs an Oracle database with his nose only - go check out “The Nose Job”:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHzV4LZnvHc

Written by Jakob H. Heidelberg on January 4th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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Watch Bill Gates’ CES 2008 keynote

Photo credit: Flickr user Domain Barnyard
Mark your Google calendars. Bill Gates’ departing Consumer Electronics Show 2008 pre-show keynote is happening this Sunday. If you’re not in Las Vegas to see it live, Microsoft has generously set up a series of tubes so you can watch blobs of Bill and co. from the comfort of your [...]

Written by Long Zheng on January 4th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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Crypto ‘backdoor’ in Vista SP1

Microsoft is to implement a random number generator in Windows Vista Service Pack 1 which has a known flaw, described by security researchers as a ‘back door’. The weakness could, at worst, allow an unknown attacker to decrypt EFS-protected data and SS…

Written by ShaDow on January 4th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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What does it mean when a display change is temporary?

When you call the ChangeDisplaySettings function,
you can pass the CDS_FULLSCREEN flag to indicate
that the change is temporary.
But if you don’t also save the changes in the registry,
how can they be permanent?
What does temporary mean? A temporary display Read More……(read more)

Written by The Old New Thing : Code on January 4th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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