Update Drivers In Windows With Easy Backup

By Nakodari | Published: February 9, 2010

Every laptop comes with a folder that contain drivers. If you have a PC, then must have a bunch of driver installation CDs lying around. When upgrading a system or doing a fresh installation of Windows, installing drivers is usually a headache.

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Windows 7 Orb Changer: Change Start Button

By Usman | Published: February 9, 2010

Here we have very fascinating freeware to change the start orb of your Windows 7 desktop called Windows 7 Orb Changer. You can now change the look of the orb and beautify it with your own custom made image.

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Windows Network Password Recovery

By Nakodari | Published: February 7, 2010

Windows 7 will store all saved passwords in Credential Manager, so does Windows Vista and Windows XP. Saved passwords of Network Authentication, Outlook, Remote Desktop, Windows Live Messenger, Gmail Notifier, etc are all stored inside it. It is a well known fact that once you have asked Windows to store the passwords(checking save password checkbox), anyone can recover them.

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Fix Office 2010 Install Error 1402 Setup Cannot Open Registry Key

By Nakodari | Published: February 7, 2010

Deleting Grooveex.dll was one of the two problems I encountered recently during Office 2010 re-installation in Windows 7. This post will focus on the Install Error 1402 where Office 2010 setup cannot open the registry key named Unknown/Component/[Random Numbers]. Fixing this problem requires a cup of coffee and patience.

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Windows 7: How To Delete Grooveex.dll File [SharePoint 2010]

By Nakodari | Published: February 7, 2010

If you have SharePoint 2010 installed which comes as part of Office 2010 suite and you want to re-install it, then there is a huge probability that an error will prevent Office 2010 from installing. This is just one of countless examples, you might face such problem while upgrading from Office 2007 as well.

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Mount Configured Volumes With TrueCrypt On Windows Startup

By Nakodari | Published: February 7, 2010

One problem with TrueCrypt is that users have to manually mount the configured volumes every time the computer starts. It can be very tiresome which is why TrueCrypt Password Dialog can come useful. It is a small opensource tool that shows the password dialog box on startup, enter the correct password and it will automatically mount the configured volumes with TrueCrypt.

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Windows 7: Convert/Export Windows Contacts To VCF & CSV File Format

By Nakodari | Published: February 6, 2010

Recently I wanted to migrate all the contacts from Sony Ericsson mobile phone to Nokia, both companies provide application to manage and sync contacts. The problem I faced was after Sony Ericsson successfully synced the contacts on my computer, the contacts were saved in Windows Contacts folder. These contacts have .contact extension at the end of their name, but Nokia’s application suit only supports importing of vCard(.vcf) and Comma Separated Values(.csv) contacts.

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Windows 7: Disable This Program Might Not Have Installed Correctly

By Nakodari | Published: February 6, 2010

Does Program Compatibility Assistant dialog pop up every now and then on your Windows 7 system? At first I thought it to be a useful feature but then it got annoying just like in Windows Vista.

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Fix wmpnetwk.exe In Windows 7

By Nakodari | Published: February 5, 2010

So I asked a friend to get Windows 7 and the first complaint was that wmpnetwk.exe is taking too much system resources. In some cases the resource consumption goes up to 90%. According to Microsoft, this was a small bug in RTM release but should not happen in the official public release.

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Fix Windows 7 File Association

By Nakodari | Published: February 5, 2010

It happens that when a bad software corrupts the registry some of your files will stop opening. As a software tester who comes across such bad software on a daily basis, I can testify that this is one big annoyance that faces me daily. Once your registry becomes corrupt, it becomes difficult to associate a file with a program.

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