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A few simple tweaks can cut down on the irritation—and drastically alter your views on Vista. Let's take a look at some of the best ways to tame the Vista beast and make it a less naggy operating system to work on.
Stop Losing the Sleep Button to Windows Update
Use Compatibility Mode to Make Applications Work
Fix File Copying Problems
Stop Hard Drive Grinding
How to Make Windows Vista Less Annoying
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You right-click a file and choose Send To, and then have to wait for about 30 seconds for explorer to respond again. Annoying! so how do we fix it?
Open up Explorer and then type in the following into the address/location bar:
shell:sendto
You'll see the contents of the Send To folder, where you can delete anything that shouldn't be there or you don't use.
Hide Drive Letters With Registry Hack
You can remove the drive letters in the Send To menu with a quick registry hack.
Download DisableSendToDrives Registry Hack
source : http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/why-does-my-windows-vista-explorer-send-to-menu-hang-or-open-slowly/
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The error Invalid MS-DOS function occurs on Microsoft® Windows Vista™.
Symptom
The Invalid MS-DOS function error occurs when a file is copied on Windows Vista through a dynamic view where the following is true:
The error occurs whether you try to copy and paste or drag and drop from ClearCase Explorer or from Windows Explorer.
Note: The error Invalid function occurs if you try to copy from the command-line.
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Microsoft says it will introduce its new search engine within the next few days. The world's largest software company has called the project "Kumo."
Microsoft argues that if its search engine brings back more relevant results than Google or Yahoo! that people will eventually migrate to the "best" product. That may not be true. Google has become a habit for more than two-thirds of the people who use search engines in the United States. It is generally considered the best product, but in the final analysis that decision is subjective. Google is certainly the search program that gets the most positive votes if use means anything.
"Kumo" may be just as good as Google, although the largest search engine keeps improving and adding to its functions. It is far too early to tell whether Microsoft can pick up a single new user even if its product is 99% as good as Google in the eyes of most people who look for things online.
Loyalty is not always the by-product of function, although function often creates loyalty.
The trouble with the search business is that its future may have almost nothing to do with whether search results get more accurate. Google's information is already more than adequate for the huge majority of people who are trying to find information online. At some point, and that point has probably been reached, people cannot tell the difference between flying in an airplane that is at 32,000 feet and one that is flying 1,000 feet higher. The change in perspective means nothing to them. All they know is that they are as high as they have to be to get where they are going.
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The most effective ways to secure a Windows workstation is to turn off unnecessary services. This reference sheet lists the Windows Vista services, describes each service's function, specifies whether you can safely disable the service, and outlines the ramifications of disabling it
Download here
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Moving my entire User Profile folder structure, including Default, Public, and any local users. In my search for a solution, the only two easy ways I found to move the user profile directory locations from the system drive is to However, this was not good enough for me, I wanted my actual user profile folder to be moved to a seperate partition/volume, including registry settings. I discovered that it is not actually that hard, provided you’re comfortable with mass replacing registry keys and values. Here is how I moved my user profile location. Please note that I wanted all of the profiles moved, included Public and Default, so some of these steps can be skipped if you do not want that:
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Free Video Cutter is a free video utility to help you to cut and split your video files into small size you can use it as a "video cutter", "video splitter" or "video clipper". Program can work with most video formats, such as MPEG 1/2, MPEG4, DivX, Xvid, AVI, WMV, Quicktime MOV, Flash video and more, the output video can have a good video quality.
http://lifehacker.com/5256700/free-video-cutter-cuts-and-splits-your-videos
Web site
http://www.freevideocutter.com/
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FreeFileSync is an Open-Source folder comparison and synchronization tool. It is optimized for highest performance and usability without restricted or overloaded UI interfaces.
OS: Windows, Ubuntu 9.04,
http://www.freewarezoom.com/archives/freefilesync
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ozSync is an utility that enables you to synchronize files and folders. Synchronize operations can be started manually, time scheduled or made in Real-Time.
Backup of replaced files can be enabled and old files will be store in the standard $ozSyncBackup[date_time] directory. Backups of old files can
be zipped at main root backup dir or relative to changed file/s location.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-Up-and-Recovery/ozSync.shtml
This is portable program.
Download the ZIP file and extract to a folder of your choice
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Microsoft plans to allow PC makers to offer customers who buy Windows Vista machines as of July 1 free upgrades to Windows 7 once it ships. The Windows 7 Upgrade Program is designed to assist Microsoft's OEM partners in minimizing the number of end users who may postpone acquiring a new computer because of the impending release of the Windows 7 operating system. This program allows OEMs to offer an upgrade to Windows 7 to end users who qualify. This is a consumer-oriented program targeted at individual consumers and small businesses that have purchased eligible PCs during the Program Eligibility Period. End users will have to meet these requirements to be deemed eligible for the upgrade to Windows 7 when it is released : Do note that this is an optional program, so not all OEMs may choose to participate. OEMs that choose to participate in this upgrade program will have the freedom to determine how to best provide qualifying end users with the details.
* Microsoft Windows Vista® Home Basic, Windows Vista® Starter Edition, and Windows® XP (all editions) are not qualifying products under the program.
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FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec, an audio format similar to MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality. This is similar to how Zip works, except with FLAC you will get much better compression because it is designed specifically for audio, and you can play back compressed FLAC files in your favorite player (or your car or home stereo, see supported devices) just like you would an MP3 file.
FLAC stands out as the fastest and most widely supported lossless audio codec, and the only one that at once is non-proprietary, is unencumbered by patents, has an open-source reference implementation, has a well documented format and API, and has several other independent implementations.
http://flac.sourceforge.net/
If you want to play FLAC files, here is how with some popular players:
If you want to rip CDs to FLAC, here is a short list of the most popular programs.
If you want to convert audio files to/from FLAC, there are quite a few programs:
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Recuva (pronounced "recover") is a freeware Windows utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer. This includes files emptied from the Recycle bin as well as images and other files that have been deleted by user error from digital camera memory cards or MP3 players. It will even bring back files that have been deleted from your iPod, or by bugs, crashes and viruses!
Home page : www.recuva.com
For advanced user: http://www.recuva.com/download/builds where you can get slim installer and portable version
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The stack is a place in the computer memory where all the variables that are declared and initialized before runtime are stored. The heap is the section of computer memory where all the variables created or initialized at runtime are stored.
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++i add 1 to i
--j subtract 1 from j
These correspond to the slightly longer i += 1 and j -= 1, respectively, and also to the fully ``longhand'' forms i = i + 1 and j = j - 1.
The ++ and -- operators apply to one operand (they're unary operators). The expression ++i adds 1 to i, and stores the incremented result back in i. This means that these operators don't just compute new values; they also modify the value of some variable. (They share this property--modifying some variable--with the assignment operators; we can say that these operators all have side effects. That is, they have some effect, on the side, other than just computing a new value.)
The incremented (or decremented) result is also made available to the rest of the expression, so an expression like
k = 2 * ++i
means ``add one to i, store the result back in i, multiply it by 2, and store that result in k.'' (This is a pretty meaningless expression; our actual uses of ++ later will make more sense.)
Both the ++ and -- operators have an unusual property: they can be used in two ways, depending on whether they are written to the left or the right of the variable they're operating on. In either case, they increment or decrement the variable they're operating on; the difference concerns whether it's the old or the new value that's ``returned'' to the surrounding expression. The prefix form ++i increments i and returns the incremented value. The postfix form i++ increments i, but returns the prior, non-incremented value. Rewriting our previous example slightly, the expression
k = 2 * i++
means ``take i's old value and multiply it by 2, increment i, store the result of the multiplication in k.''
The distinction between the prefix and postfix forms of ++ and -- will probably seem strained at first, but it will make more sense once we begin using these operators in more realistic situations.
1++
or
(2+3)++
The ++ operator doesn't just mean ``add one'';
it means ``add one to a variable'' or ``make a variable's value one more than it was before.''
But (1+2) is not a variable, it's an expression;
so there's no place for ++ to store the incremented result.
Another unfortunate example is
i = i++;
which some confused programmers sometimes write, presumably because they want to be extra sure that i is incremented by 1. But i++ all by itself is sufficient to increment i by 1; the extra (explicit) assignment to i is unnecessary and in fact counterproductive, meaningless, and incorrect.
If you want to increment i (that is, add one to it, and store the result back in i), either use
i = i + 1;
or
i += 1;
or
++i;
or
i++;
Don't try to use some bizarre combination.
Did it matter whether we used ++i or i++ in this last example? Remember, the difference between the two forms is what value (either the old or the new) is passed on to the surrounding expression. If there is no surrounding expression, if the ++i or i++ appears all by itself, to increment i and do nothing else, you can use either form; it makes no difference.
for(i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
printf("%d\n", i);
and
for(i = 0; i < 10; i++)
printf("%d\n", i);
will behave exactly the same way and produce exactly the same results. (In real code, postfix increment is probably more common, though prefix definitely has its uses, too.)
http://c-faq.com/~scs/cclass/notes/sx7b.html
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The benefit of CrossLoop has always been that it's very easy to set up and use, even for beginners
Just install (on both your computer and the computer you want to control), sign up for accounts, and you'll be up and sharing screens in no time once you swap the automatically generated access code.
Download
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Windows: Gladinet, the desktop utility that mounts Google, Windows Live, and other web/cloud storage applications as locally backed-up folders.
The idea behind Gladinet's cloud desktop software is to bridge the various online services we use regularly with the files and data we keep on our PC's hard drive.
Blog Source
Web Site
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UltraVNC is a powerful, easy to use and free software that can display the screen of another computer (via internet or network) on your own screen. The program allows you to use your mouse and keyboard to control the other PC remotely. It means that you can work on a remote computer, as if you were sitting in front of it, right from your current location. If you provide computer support, you can quickly access your customer's computers from anywhere in the world and resolve helpdesk issues remotely! With addons like SingleClick your customers don't even have to pre-install software or execute complex procedures to get remote helpdesk support.
UltraVNC 1.0.5.6 Release
Download here
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Recuva (pronounced "recover") is a freeware Windows utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer. This includes files emptied from the Recycle bin as well as images and other files that have been deleted by user error from digital camera memory cards or MP3 players. It will even bring back files that have been deleted by bugs, crashes and viruses!
http://www.recuva.com/
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