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Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

Vista Tip: Elevating with Javascript

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

Aaron shares a scripting technique that allows you to elevate to admin any given process, from the command line or in a script.

Script is written in JavaScript, which needs be placed in your user’s PATH (i.e., any directory mapped in the PATH variable) and executed from the command line.

In Vista activate a command with this script, and the UAC prompt will appear as it would if you’d manually launched the program as admin.

Vista Tip, MSTalkOnline, Alpesh Nakar

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XP Tip: Create your own control panel

Monday, July 9th, 2007

Here?s how:

  1. Right-click the Start button and select the Explore command.
  2. Go to File | New | Folder.
  3. Name the new folder My Control Panel.
  4. Right-click your new My Control Panel folder, select the Properties command, choose the Customize tab, click the Change Icon button, and select an icon that will differentiate this folder from all the rest on the Start menu.
  5. Open your new My Control Panel folder, and then open the original Control Panel and select Classic View.
  6. Drag and drop your favorite tools from the original Control Panel to your new My Control Panel folder.
  7. Close both your new My Control Panel folder and the original Control Panel.

Now when you need to use your favorite tool, just click Start | All Programs and at the top of the All Programs menu select the My Control Panel folder. You?ll see your favorite tools in an easy to access drop-down menu.

Windows XP, XP Tips, MSTalkOnline, Alpesh Nakar

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Microsoft Download Notifications: June 29

Friday, July 6th, 2007

Microsoft Download Notifications is a weekly mailing that points you to the latest free downloads and download-related services from Microsoft. The following offerings are now available in your preferred categories. Register now if you are not already receiving this free mailing. To find more downloads, visit the Microsoft Download Center. For support with downloads, visit the Help and Support site.

Windows

Purchase and download Windows Vista upgrade editions

Windows Vista: Purchase and Download Today

Find out which edition of Windows Vista is right for you. Then purchase and install it today from Windows Marketplace (U.S. only).

Microsoft Update

Visit Microsoft Update for the latest updates to Windows, Office, and other Microsoft applications. Also, learn how to have automatic security updates delivered to your computer.

This download is available to users running genuine Microsoft Windows. Click the icon for more information.

Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 2.5 for Windows XP (KB923845)

Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 2.5 is a required component for the new releases of Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 and Windows Live OneCare.

This download is available to users running genuine Microsoft Windows. Click the icon for more information.

Image Mastering API v2.0 (IMAPIv2.0) for Windows XP (KB932716)

Image Mastering API v2.0 (IMAPIv2.0) enables IMAPIv2-dependent applications to stage and burn images to CD and DVD optical storage media.

All recently published Windows downloads

Office and home applications

Office downloads at Office Online

Office Downloads

Visit Office Online to check for free updates that improve Office security and stability, plus browse for add-ons, language packs, and more.

Office Update

Scan your computer for updates that help improve the stability and security of the Office programs on your computer.

Access 2007 Download: Access Developer Extensions

Access 2007 Developer Extensions make it easy to deploy and manage solutions built using Access.

All recently published Office and home downloads

Server applications

Windows Server 2003 SP2

Windows Server 2003 R2, Service Pack 2

The SP2 update can be applied to all Windows Server 2003 products and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.

Microsoft Commerce Server 2007 Service Pack 1

Commerce Server 2007 Service Pack 1 provides support for running Commerce Server 2007 Developer Edition on Windows Vista. Installing SP1 on non-English versions of Commerce Server 2007 is not supported.

Microsoft Exchange Load Generator

Exchange Load Generator is a benchmarking, pre-deployment validation, and stress-testing tool that introduces various types of workloads into a test (non-production) Exchange messaging system.

Systems Management Server 2003 Service Pack 3 Upgrade

Systems Management Server 2003 Service Pack 3 introduces Vista support for your current SMS infrastructure, adding software distribution, updates, and inventory capabilities.

Microsoft Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging PBX Configuration Note for Cisco Call Manager 5.1

This PBX configuration note contains information about deploying Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging with a Cisco Call Manager 5.1 using direct SIP connection. You can use it to help decide if Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging is the appropriate solution for your organization.

Update Rollup 2 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 (KB 927751)

Update Rollup 2 is a cumulative set of updates for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Server 3.0 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM client for Outlook 3.0, including performance enhancements that are packaged together for easy deployment.

All recently published server application downloads

System management tools

Download Windows Server Update Services

Download Windows Server Update Services

Manage the distribution of updates that are released through Microsoft Update to computers in your network.

Systems Management Server 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3) Upgrade

Systems Management Server 2003 Service Pack 3 introduces Vista support for your current SMS infrastructure, adding software distribution, updates, and inventory capabilities.

All recently published system management tool downloads

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links for 2007-07-05

Thursday, July 5th, 2007

XP: Repair network stack

Wednesday, July 4th, 2007

Are you unable to access some sites or facing network timeout issues? In most cases this could mean your network stack is stuffed. Many malware programs deliberately tamper with network settings.

It’s easy to fix network stack. Use the WinsockXPFix utility.

screen capture of WinSock XP Fix

No need to install this utility. Just run it. Make sure you backup your registry.

screenshot of WinSock XP Fix

XP: Speed up your search

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

Vista search rocks! You can spruce up your Windows XP search too.

Follow any one of these methods, depending on your preference.

In your Windows XP’s search companion, click All Files And Folders and select My Documents in the Look In drop-down list. This prevents the Search Companion from searching the entire hard disk.

Alternatively if you want to search in other locations, like the root directory (folder), sans the system files - Click All Files And Folders, open the More Advanced Options panel, and clear the Search System Folders check box. If the Search Hidden Files And Folders check box is selected, clear it too.

Also note that you can disable support for searching within zip files.

To disable this support, access the Run dialog box, type the command regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll in the Open text box and click OK. You’ll then need to restart the system for the change to take effect. (To re-enable Windows XP’s support for compressed folders, use the command regsvr32 zipfldr.dll.)

Note: Editing the registry is risky; so be sure you’ve performed a full backup before making any changes.

XP, XP Search, Vista, XP Tip, MSTalkOnline, Alpesh Nakar

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Hack: Play Halo2 on Windows XP SP2

Monday, July 2nd, 2007

It’s called WOWLoader! Basically a patch by hackers that lets you play Halo2, meant for Windows Vista, on Windows XP SP2.

he latest version of the patch called Wowloader, first introduced at Filefront Forum earlier this week, contains a game setup loader (loader.exe) and a few DLL files like dwmapi.dll, mf.dll, mfplat.dll, wow.dll and xtaskdlg.dll which need to be placed in the directory where Halo 2 is installed. The loader.exe is required to install the game and subsequently launch it everytime. Users have reported to play Halo 2 successfully on Windows XP with Wowloader.

Download Wowloader 0.3

VIA ThinkAbdul

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