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June 21st, 2008

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Restore and Reset File Association in Windows Vista Back to Original Default

Windows Vista allows user to change and set default program association for most kind of file extension type via Control Panel’s “Set Associations” or “Set Default Programs” under “Default Programs” link.

Unless user remembers and knows the original file association and change the default program for the kind of file type accordingly using the graphical user interface (GUI) in Control Panel, else here’s another workaround to restore and reset the file association to the default Windows Vista version of file association.

  1. Click Start Menu, and then type regedit in the Start Search and press ENTER.
  2. Navigate to the following registry branch:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\FileExts\[ext]

    Replace the [exe] with the actual file extension that you want to restore its file type association to revert back to original Windows Vista default. If you unsure, simply browse through all the sub-key under FileExts.

  3. Delete the sub-key named UserChoice.
  4. Exit from Registry Editor.
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Written by ShaDow on June 21st, 2008 with no comments.
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Customize Windows & Desktop With Pitas

pitaschio tweak windows

Pitaschio is a freeware that can customize your Windows and makes it more convenient to use. You can customize the way your shortcuts appear on your dekstop, tweak your opened windows, taskbar etc. It also has some options for your mouse scroll wheel, and you can even disable keys like Windows key, Caps Lock, Alt, Insert etc. Pitaschio works well with Windows 2000, Xp and Vista.

You can also do the following with this little freeware:

  • Snap a window to other windows when moving and resizing
  • Restrict a window position to inside of the screen
  • Always keep a window above all other windows
  • Minimize a window to the system tray
  • Use small icons in the desktop
  • Disable Windows key, Insert key, Alt key etc.
  • Lock the mouse or keyboard while cleaning them
  • Take statistics about mouse and keyboard
  • Calculate Moon’s age
  • Control the sound volume using the mouse wheel
  • Display the sound volume level on the screen

And you can tweak much more that Windows does not lets you do by default.

No installation is needed. Download the zip file, extract it anywhere in your PC and start using!

Download Pitaschio 2.23

Written by magakos on June 21st, 2008 with no comments.
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Create a Keyboard Shortcut to Access Hidden Desktop Icons and Files

Most of us like me love to keep the icons and some files in the desktop for quick access but ironically I love a clean desktop too. But there is a simple tweak without any additional tool to get the best of both worlds, you can hide the desktop icons & files and create a custom keyboard shortcut to access those icons and files.

Step 1: Hide the desktop icons and files.

Right click on the Desktop, go to View and uncheck the option Show Desktop Icons. Now you will have a clean desktop.

Hide Desktop Icons

Step 2: Create a Desktop shortcut to open Desktop Folder.

All the items in the desktop are stored in the folder under your user name. Click on Start button –> (your username) –> Desktop folder.

Desktop Folder

Right click on the Desktop folder and click Send to -> Desktop (Create Shortcut). This will create a desktop shortcut to open desktop folder.

Send to Desktop

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Written by magakos on June 21st, 2008 with no comments.
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Vista SP1 Release Follows XP SP3 to WSUS

Microsoft is closing in on the final stage of Windows Vista SP1's availability. In this context, the service pack is being wrapped up for delivery through Windows Server Update Services. Windows Vista
SP1 was released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, and to the general public on March 18. In addition, the automatic distribution of Vista SP1 debuted on April 23. Ahead the gold bits of the service pack being served through Automatic Updates, the company also published Vista SP1 on the Microsoft Update catalog on March 25, from where WSUS users could grab them. Now the software giant is preparing to make Vista SP1 RTM available through WSUS.

But before that, users running WSUS on Windows 2003 servers are advised to deploy the WinVerifyTrust update. Without it, servers in the scenarios described above will continually re-download Vista SP1 binaries once the service pack has been approved.

"We’d like to let you know that, in order to make sure all customers are well protected, we will be marking this particular update as mandatory, which means it will appear in the Updates/WSUS Updates node of the Admin console, and will be auto-approved by default (since the
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Uninstall a Driver in Windows Vista

1. Open the Control Panel from the Start menu.

2. Make sure you’re in the Classic View of the Control Panel by clicking Classic View in the Control Panel’s left sidebar.

3. Open System.

4. Click Device Manager in the left sidebar of the System window.

5. Right-click the device you want to uninstall the drivers and then select Properties.

6. Click the Driver tab in the device properties window.

7. Click the Uninstall button.

8. Click OK in the warning box.

Written by magakos on June 21st, 2008 with no comments.
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