Recently when browsing a Compressed (zipped) Folder containing some JPG images, I observed that the preview pane displayed the message "No Preview Available" when selecting an image file. However, preview worked fine if the files were extracted to a folder and then viewed from there.
Fig 1: Compressed (Zipped) Folder View
I extracted the images to a folder, and preview works just fine. Read the rest of this entry »
I’m writing this article specifically for Windows 7, because the FullRowSelect registry value that you used in Windows Vista, doesn’t work in Windows 7. (REF: Enable or Disable Full Row Select feature in Explorer in Windows Vista). After some of our readers reported that setting FullRowSelect to 0 doesn’t do anything in Windows 7, I decided to have a look at this issue. Playing with different bitmask values, I finally got what I wanted – to disable full row select feature in Windows Explorer (Details mode) in Windows 7, but with a minor side-effect which is explained in the later part of the article. Read the rest of this entry »
In Microsoft Knowledgebase article KB978980 Microsoft states that when there are more than four broken shortcuts on the desktop, the System Maintenance troubleshooter automatically removes all broken shortcuts from the desktop. It implies that it only removes "broken" shortcuts.
Well! Look at this screenshot. Read the rest of this entry »
For a limited time, you can download this free e-book. First Look: Microsoft Office 2010, by Katherine Murray, offers 14 chapters of early content.
First Look: Microsoft Office 2010 (PDF file, 10.5 MB)
First Look: Microsoft Office 2010 (XPS file, 27.9 MB) Read the rest of this entry »
Microsoft Answers, one of the biggest community forums which is run by Microsoft is a great place where you can search, browse, and post questions and answers. They’ve made available a search connector so that you can search answers via Windows Explorer in Windows 7. Also, there is a Microsoft Answers search provider for Internet Explorer 7 and higher. Read the rest of this entry »
As we recently saw the Aero Shake feature can be disabled by enabling the Turn off Aero Shake window minimizing mouse gesture option in the Group Policy Editor, or by creating the NoWindowMinimizingShortcuts registry value. I found another way to disable Aero Shake, and this is a different registry edit. Read the rest of this entry »
Desktop Background Slideshow is a neat little feature in Windows 7 which helps you shuffle your desktop background from a image file store folder, at predefined intervals. But, as Windows doesn’t show the file name of the currently displayed wallpaper, it becomes a problem if you have thousands of images in a store folder and you need to find the file name and the directory location of the currently displayed wallpaper.
Here is a small script which adds the Desktop Background File Location option in the Desktop context menu, which opens the current wallpaper file’s target folder and selects the file. Read the rest of this entry »
Aero Shake is a feature introduced in Windows 7 using which you can minimize all other open Windows, by clicking on the title bar of an application and shaking it using the mouse. This causes all other applications (except that application window) to minimize automatically. This feature is available in Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate, and Enterprise editions of Windows 7. If Aero Shake has stopped working in your PC all of a sudden and you’ve tried running the Aero Troubleshooter, here are some other things that you can try. Read the rest of this entry »
A fraudulent (and worm-laden) email arrived in my mail box today containing a zip file claiming to be from Google Staffing, with the title reading "Thank you from Google!".
I downloaded the attachment (from a test system, of course) and the excellent Microsoft Security Essentials nabbed it right away!
Category: Worm
Description: This program is dangerous and self-propagates over a network connection.
Recommendation: Remove this software immediately.
More information about Worm:Win32/Prolaco.gen!C from the Microsoft Malware Protection Center.
The Start Navigation sound can be sometimes annoying. We understand that the clicking sound is generated when you click a hyperlink in Internet Explorer. That’s obvious! Have you wondered why the clicking sound is generated even though you don’t click on a link? It could be possible that the page you’re viewing is set to refresh automatically after some time. But that’s not the only action that triggers the Start Navigation sound event. Read the rest of this entry »
