Yearly Archives: 2009

Windows Photo Viewer 7 For Windows 7

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Windows 7 has a default picture viewer called Windows Photo Viewer which is similar the one in Windows Vista. Even though Microsoft have changed the look and feel of Windows 7, Windows Photo Viewer has largely been untouched. Read More

How To Configure Mozilla Thunderbird In Windows 7

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Mozilla Thunderbird is one of the fastest growing desktop email client software out there. It includes many features that help you organize your emails even supports add-ons. Setting it up in Windows 7 is very easy and is almost similar to Windows Vista and Windows XP. We have already covered a post regarding how you can install and use it in Ubuntu Linux. Update: We highly recommend reading the Thunderbird 3 post, it will answer most of your questions and at the same time show you some new features in Thunderbird that Outlook lacks. Read More

Check Windows 7 Uptime

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If you keep your computer always-on then checking the uptime of the system is important. This comes useful if you run your computer 24/7 and want to see how many days are over since last reboot. Read More

Silverlight Image Slideshow

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SharePoint Silverlight Slideshow is a webpart of Windows Sharepoint 2007 that displays photos from the SharePoint Picture Library. It is geared towards those developers who use the MS Sharepoint suit for web development.

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Register/Un-Register DLL Files With RegSvrHelper In Windows

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What are DLL’s and why to register them?

DLL stands for Dynamic Link Library. It is basically a shared library which is used for developing software. These files usually have the extension .ddl or .ocx, so when you register the DLL files, the information regarding these files is stored in the Windows registry. Read More

Using Remote Desktop Connection In Windows 7

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The Remote Desktop(RDP) utility lets you connect to your work computer from home and access all of your programs, files, and network resources as though you were actually sitting in front of your own computer. Creating the remote desktop connection in Windows 7 is almost the same as in the older versions of Windows. This post will cover the following things: 1. How to enable the remote desktop connection feature on a Windows 7 machine 2. How to Remotely connect any other Windows based machine from Windows 7 Read More

Change Properties & Mark Your Document As Final In Microsoft Word 2010

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Document information is important in the sense that it provides details like author names, comments, or any other metadata such as tags, etc. In the previous versions of Microsoft Word the document information was available in the Prepare menu, but Word 2010 has made it more easy, now you can locate them via the Office button. This post will cover two topics:
  1. Changing Word 2010 Document Properties
  2. Mark Work 2010 Document as Final
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How To Disable The Mini Toolbar In Microsoft Word 2010

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The Mini Toolbar is a type of context menu that is automatically displayed when any particular text is selected and it remains semi-transparent until the mouse pointer is taken over it. It is a useful thing as it provides easy access to the most commonly used formatting options. It is the same toolbar which appears above the right-click menu when a user right-clicks on any particular selected text. Read More

Make Your Gnome Desktop More Useful With Screenlets

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If you are one of those users who spends a lot of time on his/her Ubuntu desktop, then you should add some small applets on your desktop which will take care of the common daily routine tasks in order to provide you convenience. If you use KDE then you may use widgets to add some commonly used applications/applets to your desktop. For GNOME users, Screenlets serve the same purpose and allow you to add some common apps like the calculator, clock, calendar, Rss feed, Appmenu, etc to your desktop. Scereenlets are very easy to install in the latest versions of Ubuntu Linux, simply go though the following steps to achieve it. Read More

Download Google Earth 5.1: Get Faster Earth Exploration

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Google has announced Google Earth 5.1. The latest version is promised to be more fast. Google recognises the slow speed of Google Earth and in their official announcements Google only focuses on the speed issue. In the last release of Google Earth, a pack of different and innovative features were introduced; for example, historical imagery from around the globe, explored ocean floor and introduced simplified touring with audio and voice recording, Moon and Mars exploration and many more features. Read More