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June 24th, 2008

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Try out the New Windows Live Mobile Homepage Beta

On your mobile phone - check out http://mhome.live.com. It is the new Windows Live Mobile Homepage currently in Beta. I took some shots on my BlackJack II to share.

 

This page is your one-stop place for what's happening in your Windows Live social network by taking advantage of the What's New feed in Windows Live Spaces.

 

The What's New feed lets you see posts your friends make to their Space, updates to their profile, images uploaded to their Space, files uploaded to Windows Live SkyDrive, and when you friends become friends with other people.

You can also update your Personal Message as well. This is the same Personal Message that exists in Windows Live Messenger. When you change it - it should change in Messenger too. This is nice for letting folks know what you're up to.

Just head on over to mhome.live.com on your mobile phone, sign-in with your Windows Live ID, and try it out for yourself. If you've got some feedback - go

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Written by Brandon LeBlanc on June 24th, 2008 with no comments.
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Antivirus 2009 Removal Guide

Do you know what Antivirus 2009 is?

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Antivirus 2009 is a vicious rogue anti-spyware program known to be a clone of Antivirus 2008. With Antivirus 2009 or Antivirus2009 being in the same family as Antivirus 2008 we know it is very dangerous to have on your computer. Usually when you are part of a really bad family you automatically have a bad reputation for the malicious actions of your family members. It is no different with Antivirus 2009 being in the same family as Antivirus 2008. Both programs are known to come from Trojan infections either by means of a fake video codec download or a the antivirus-2009.com website.

Antivirus 2009 is like a thief that comes at night to steal your secret stash of cash because that is pretty much what rogue anti-spyware programs do, take your money. Antivirus 2009 gives you popups and alert messages as a free gift trying to get you to purchase the licensed Antivirus 2009 application. Since Antivirus 2009 is a worthless program you don’t get much in return if you decide to purchase the full version of Antivirus 2009.

In non-techie terms: Ever been to a boring seminar where

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Written by Valentino on June 24th, 2008 with no comments.
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Zune progress bar. Fail.

When most progress bars try to exaggerate the speed of progress, this is by far the most conservative. In case you were wondering, it does actually fill up full at 99 or 100%. Perhaps instead of a linear algorithm, it’s logarithmic? Go figure.

Written by Long Zheng on June 24th, 2008 with no comments.
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Hide Recycle Bin


Wondered how to hide RecycleBin? Here's the trick.


Copy the following code into notepad save the file as Recycle.reg and then double-click it.

After importing Recycle.reg into the registry, a new option is listed in the Folder Options dialog box that lets you configure the Recycle Bin icon.


Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\RecycleBinOnDesktop]"RegPath"="Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\HideDesktopIcons\\NewStartPanel""Text"="Show Recycle Bin icon on the desktop""Type"="checkbox""ValueName"="{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}""CheckedValue"=dword:00000000"UncheckedValue"=dword:00000001"DefaultValue"=dword:00000000"HKeyRoot"=dword:80000001

Written by magakos on June 24th, 2008 with no comments.
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Windows Vista “I can do that” is a disgrace

Microsoft Australia has recently put together an advertising campaign for Windows Vista called “I can do that”. The premise of the campaign I assume is to demonstrate what you can do with Windows Vista, but I’m not too sure about the execution. For example, take a look at this commercial which a variation of has been playing on at least two popular Australian commercial radio stations.

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I don’t know about you, but this is quite an annoying advert. At least one other Aussie share the same feeling. It’s downright amateurish and borderline cocky. What little of the end result we see is nothing to be proud of anyway. The kid who plays the director just makes me want to punch fluffy animals. The ad is not engaging, interesting or even informative. If it wasn’t for this, I wouldn’t dare show anyone else.

A related online campaign at one of the radio station’s websites is equally bad. It aims to show the difference between “before” and “after” processing by Windows Live Photo Gallery.

At a glance, it’s basic exposure correction. If you pay more attention, it’s actually also airbrushing the

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Written by Long Zheng on June 24th, 2008 with no comments.
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Enabling Task Manager Using Regedit

Pc crashed by virus? TaskManager not working?
This simple Registry Edit maybe your answer.

[Start] [Run] [Regedit]Registry Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\SystemModify/Create the Value Data Type(s) and Value Name(s) as detailed below.Data Type: DWORD Value // Value Name: DisableTaskMgr Setting for Value Data: [0 = Enabled (Default) / 1 = Disabled]Exit Registry and Reboot

Written by magakos on June 24th, 2008 with no comments.
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