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September 3rd, 2008

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Elements Of Nature Theme - Free Download


This package of five high quality Vista themes is incredible. All the themes are inspired by nature look so sharp and simple. I love all the little touches of the themes, like the cool Start Orb or the wonderful backgrounds. My favorite is the green design and the black design. Both have such great colors and unique elements. If you download this theme pack you won’t need another one for a long time. Basically, there is a design for every season.

Are you still using Windows XP? If you are then visit our FAQ page to download our XP Theme Patcher. If you’re using Windows Vista, you don’t need the Theme Patcher.

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Written by MyVistaThemes.com on September 3rd, 2008 with 2 comments.
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Uninstall programs from your Windows Mobile Device

How-to uninstall Windows Mobile programs using WMDC.
Removing software from our devices using WMDC is as easy as it should be. All we need to do is connect our device using either USB or Bluetooth.
Click “Programs and Services”
Click “more>>”
Click “Add/Remove Programs”
You will be presented with a screen similar to the one below.
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All you need to do now is ensure that the tickbox next to the program you want to uninstall is unticked.
Once you press OK, your computer will leave the programs with ticks next to them and uninstall the programs which do not have ticks on them. This does not remove the software from your computer. You will need to remove the software through Windows Control Panel to achieve a full uninstall, or run the corresponding Windows Uninstaller.
As the programs are all fairly small, I generally leave them on my computer in case I decide I want to reinstall the software on my device at a later date. Changing the tickbox again will reinstall the program.

How-to uninstall Windows Mobile programs using ActiveSync.
ActiveSync also offers us an easy way to remove programs from our devices.
Connect your device to ActiveSync
Click “Tools”
Click “Add/Remove Programs”
You will be presented with screen similar to the screenshot below.
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Untick the programs that you no longer want on your device and select “OK”
Your device will now remove the software from your device.

How-to uninstall Windows Mobile programs using your device.
DeviceprogramsIf we do not have a computer nearby or would like to do it on the run, the device itself offers us an option to remove software.
Tap “Start”
Tap “Settings”
Tap the “System Tab”
Tap “Remove Programs”
You will be presented with a screen like the screenshot on the right.
Highlight the software you want to uninstall and tap “Remove”.
Your device will now remove the desired software from your device.
If all else fails…
The above methods are the ideal way to remove software from your device. Occasionally, you may come across a program that is not in the list. This is the case where you would use File Explorer to navigate your device and delete the folder from your devices “Program Files” folder. If it is not in the list, there is a good chance that there is no records of the software elsewhere on the device or in the registry.
If you have to use this method a lot, it may be worthwhile reinstalling the firmware of your device which will clear out everything, much the same as reinstalling Windows on our desktop computer fixes just about every unfixable problem. Of course, this will take some time to do but your device will run better in the long run.

Written by magakos on September 3rd, 2008 with no comments.
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Update: Windows Vista and the Optimized Desktop

A few months ago, first in January, and then again in May, Shanen Boettcher, General Manager of Windows Product Management for the Enterprise, commented on our vision for the Optimized Desktop. Today, he posted on the MDOP Team Blog about the new virtualization product releases, licensing changes, and partnerships that will help customers harness the power of Windows Vista in their organization by optimizing both the end user and IT management experience through a tight integration of physical and virtual resources. Highlights include the RTM (Release to Manufacturing) of Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 (called "App-V" for short), Microsoft's desktop virtualization technology that allows applications to run completely isolated from one another (and much more), App-V support in Microsoft System Center and Microsoft Configuration Manager, which tightens integration of physical and virtual resources across desktops and servers, and an expansion of the Vista Enterprise Centralized Desktop license to help prepare Windows Vista customers for the next generation of PC users. 

There's a lot of great information in Shanen's blog post, not just about what the news is, but WHY it is so important for our customers.  You can read the full post here.

Written by Chris Flores on September 3rd, 2008 with no comments.
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Giveaway of the Day - RoboTask 3.1


RoboTask enables you to automate any combination of tasks on your computer, ranging from simply launching applications, to checking email, moving or backing up files to uploading or downloading, sending email and much more. The program allows to easily create simple task, as well as highly complex automations, involving conditional IF/ELSE statements, loops, custom variables and other advanced options.

Download RoboTask 3.1 now

Mirror link #1Unzip the package you’ve downloaded, and carefully read the instructions which you can find in the readme.txt file. This readme.txt file is included with all our downloads. Follow the instructions carefully to install and activate the software.

RoboTask 3.1 is available as a Giveaway of the day! You have 12 hours 41 minutes to download and install it.

Terms and conditions

Please note that the software you download and install during the Giveaway period comes with the following important limitations:

  1. No free technical support
  2. No free upgrades to future versions
  3. Strictly personal usage

THIS SOFTWARE PRODUCT IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. WITHOUT LIMITATION, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWABLE BY LAW, END USER ASSUMES THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE DOWNLOADED SOFTWARE PRODUCT.

:idea: Once the registration is done, you will not get the registry key directly. It is embedded into the registry directly by Activate.exe in the folder.

- To get the serial key just open Run prompt (Flag key + R) type “regedit” and click on Ok button

- Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- SOFTWARE
- NEOWISE (Expand it by clicking on arrow)
- Go to RoboTask
- On right side pane search for “Key” string
- Select Key with left click once and then click on “File Menu” - Click “Export”
- Save the registry file to your safe location and keep it handy
- Incase if you format your computer, run the saved registry file by double clicking and add it to the registry. Install the software and there you go with full version of Robo Task 3.1 ;)

Written by Maaruthi on September 3rd, 2008 with no comments.
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Using Bash to Best Effect in Ubuntu

Basically, in the Bash environment, an administrator is working with text commands. An example of such a command is ls, which can be used to display a list of files in a directory. Bash has some useful features to make working with these line commands as easy as possible. Some shells offer the option to complete a command automatically. Bash has this feature, but it does more than just complete commands. Bash can complete almost everything: not just commands, but also file names and shell variables.


Using Automatic Command Completion
Using this feature is as simple as pressing the Tab key. For example, the cat line command is used to display the contents of an ASCII text file. The name of this file, which is in the current directory, is this_is_a_file. So, to open this file, the user can type cat thi and then press the Tab key. If the directory has only one file that starts with the letters t-h-i, Bash automatically completes the name of the file. If the directory has other files that start with the same letters, Bash will complete the name of the file as far as possible. For example, let’s say that there is a file in the current directory with the name this_is_a_text_file and another named thisAlsoIsAFile. Because both files start with the text this, Bash will complete only up to this and no further. To display a list of possibilities, you then press the Tab key again. This allows you to manually enter more information. Of course, you can then use the Tab key again to use the completion feature once more.

Working with the Tab key really makes the command line interface much easier. Imagine that you need to manage logical volumes on your server and you remember only that the command for that starts with lv. In this case, you can type lv and press the Tab key twice. The result will be a nice list of all commands that start with lv, from which you’ll probably recognize the command that you need.


Working with Variables
A variable is simply a common value that is used often enough by the shell that it is stored with a name. An example of such a variable is PATH, which stores a list of directories that should be searched when a user enters a command. To refer to the contents of a variable, prefix a $ sign before the name of the variable. For example, the command echo $PATH displays the content of the current search path that Bash is using.
On any Linux system, you’ll get quite a few variables automatically. For an overview of all of them, you can use the env (short for environment) command.

Normally, as a user, you’ll get your variables automatically when logging in to the system. The most important source of new variables is the /etc/profile file, a script that is processed for every user who logs in to the system. Want to add a new variable? Add it to the bottom of the /etc/profile file to make sure it is available for all users.


Working with Bash History
Another useful feature of the Bash shell is the history feature, which remembers and lets you reuse commands you have recently used. By default, the last 1,000 commands are remembered. This feature is useful for sessions beyond even the current one. A file, named .bash_history, is created in the home directory of every user, and this file records the last 1,000 commands that that user has entered. You can see an overview of these commands by typing history at the Bash prompt.

This is where the history feature becomes especially useful because you can reissue any command from this list without typing it all over again. If you want to run any of the listed (and numbered) commands again, simply type its number preceded by an exclamation mark. In this example, typing !5 would run aptitude show xen-source-2.6.16 again. In addition to the history command, you can also use the up/down arrow keys, page up/down keys, and Ctrl+p/Ctrl+n to browse the history.

A user can also erase his or her history by using the history command. The most important option offered by this Bash internal command is the option -c, which clears the history list for that user. This is especially useful because everything that a user types at the command line—such as passwords—is recorded. So use history -c to make sure your history is cleared if you’d rather not have others knowing what you’ve been up to. Once using this option, however, you can’t use the arrow up key to access previous commands, because those are all erased. Because everything you enter from the command line is saved, I recommend never typing a plain-text password in the first place, even if you regularly erase the history. The commands that do require you to enter a password will prompt you anyway if you don't enter one right away.

Source of Information : Apress Beginning Ubuntu Server Administration

Written by magakos on September 3rd, 2008 with no comments.
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Written by silfiriel on September 3rd, 2008 with no comments.
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