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Microsoft DreamSpark: Free Technical Software for Indian Students

Microsoft India today unveiled DreamSpark - a software giveaway for an estimated 10 million plus qualified students in the country. DreamSpark will provide students access to the latest Microsoft developer and designer tools at no charge to unlock their creative potential and set them on the path to academic and career success.

5Nov2008 | Ramesh Srinivasan | 0 comments | Continued

Virtual PC 2007 Security Options: Restrictions for Limited Users

Virtual PC 2007 is a powerful software virtualization solution that allows you to run multiple PC-based operating systems simultaneously on one workstation. This article lists the security options available for Virtual PC, which can be used to lockdown Virtual PC access or restrict a particular feature for non-administrators.

4Nov2008 | Ramesh Srinivasan | 0 comments | Continued

Office Ultimate 2007 at 91% Discount for Students

Students save up to 91% off E.R.P. on Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007. This offer is good only to eligible students who attend an educational institution geographically located in the United States.

3Nov2008 | Ramesh Srinivasan | 1 comment | Continued

How to Reset the Norton UAC “Don’t Ask Me Again” List

Norton UAC Beta includes the Don’t ask me again option to turn off prompting for the same action next time. However it doesn’t provide a GUI option to undo the setting or clear the Don’t ask me again white list. For now, this has to be done via the registry.

30Oct2008 | Ramesh Srinivasan | 0 comments | Continued

Straighten Up Slanted Photos Using Windows Live Photo Gallery

Sometimes your snaps may come up slanted, especially when you take photos while on-the-move. These snaps can be straightened using Photoshop or other specialized digital imaging tools. Now, Windows Live Photo Gallery (Beta) has an option to straighten up slanted pictures in a single mouse click.

29Oct2008 | Ramesh Srinivasan | 0 comments | Continued

Transfer Your Internet Explorer Feed Subscriptions to Outlook 2007

Did you install Microsoft Outlook 2007 lately and want to transfer all the feeds from Internet Explorer or your online RSS aggregator to Outlook 2007? Here is how to do so.

28Oct2008 | Ramesh Srinivasan | 0 comments | Continued

Add SnagIt Editor to the Right-Click Menu for Image Files

SnagIt is an excellent screen capture program that also includes an editor which you can use to apply professional, quality finishing touches to your existing images or screen captures. Here is a tip (for SnagIt users) to add SnagIt Editor to the right-click menu for image files.

27Oct2008 | Ramesh Srinivasan | 0 comments | Continued

John’s Background Switcher: Change Desktop Wallpaper at Predefined Intervals

John’s Background Switcher is a freeware utility that can be used to change the desktop background image in your computer at specified intervals. The images can be from your computer, or you can have your web-based album as the source.

14Oct2008 | Ramesh Srinivasan | 1 comment | Continued

Vista User Account Control (UAC) Replacement Tool From Norton Labs

Norton Labs has released its own version of User Account Control tool which is currently in Beta. This User Account Control tool has been designed to replace the Vista UAC, to simultaneously make your system more secure while significantly improving user-friendliness.

11Oct2008 | Ramesh Srinivasan | 0 comments | Continued

Green Tick or Blue Arrows Icon Overlay Displayed for Files in Windows Explorer

One of our readers wrote telling that in Windows Explorer some files are shown with tick mark in a green box and some with chevron in a blue box regardless of the file type. Here is a screenshot explaining the situation.

6Oct2008 | Ramesh Srinivasan | 0 comments | Continued