DriveImage XML is a freeware drive image program that lets you backup, restore and copy hard disk partitions easily. However, restoring a DriveImage XML image from a previous backup to the system drive isn’t possible when Windows is running. Attempting to do so causes the error "Target partition must not be the system drive" and the restore operation doesn’t start.
Microsoft SharedView lets you collaborate with up to 15 people and share the desktop or individual application windows in the host computer with other users. Let’s assume you have a detailed action plan for your company stored in a word document, and you need to share the document with your fellow staffs so that they can do their modifications to the original document simultaneously, SharedView should suffice your needs. Further, if you have Track Changes feature enabled in Microsoft Word, each change made to the content of the Word document by a participant can be identified with the participant’s name with the timestamp when the change was made. The host can then review the modified document, and accept or reject each change.
All you need is a Windows Live ID to start or join a session in SharedView. Read the rest of this entry »
The Microsoft Download Manager enables you to download files from the Internet in a more reliable and faster way than using a browser alone. Using the Download Manager makes it easier to download large files such as an application or multimedia files. Also, it has resume support so that you can continue downloading files from where it left off the last time.
We’d like to share with you an interesting registry hack that adds a Microsoft Security Essentials AutoPlay handler so that you can thoroughly scan a CD/DVD media or USB flash drive for viruses, via the AutoPlay dialog. See article Scan Your Thumb Drive for Viruses from the AutoPlay Dialog at the How-To Geek website.
Thanks to Lowell & Brian for publishing my tip/script idea at How-To Geek. Also, this was later featured at Lifehacker.
One of our readers wrote asking me how to disable the zoom feature (using CTRL + mouse scroll) in Internet Explorer, as the zoom level in Internet Explorer changes when the CTRL key is accidentally pressed when scrolling a webpage using mouse. Sometimes this does happen to me as well, and the only workaround that I know is to disable the zoom level feature altogether. This also prevents you from changing the zoom level via the View menu in Internet Explorer. If you don’t use the zoom feature in IE, go ahead with this registry edit. Read the rest of this entry »
Recently the folks at Lifehacker wrote about the Open With Add-on for Mozilla Firefox, which adds additional menu options to open the current web page using another browser. This Add-on is comes handy if you need to test your web pages out in Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari, Opera or any other web browser.
Their post provided me the idea to create a similar extension for Internet Explorer. Read the rest of this entry »
When I tried to open the Microsoft Fix it Center report in one of my test systems, I across this little annoyance.
Microsoft Fix it Center stores the diagnostic results that you run, in a file named ResultReport.xml and displays results in its own window when you click the View report details link. Instead, the File Download window pops up and prompts to open or save the XML file. Selecting Open opens the file using Internet Explorer.
This means that the XML registration in that system is broken. And the fix is simple! Read the rest of this entry »
Ever wondered how some of your mp3 files show up with the album art icon instead of the standard mp3 icon, when browsing through the mp3 collection on hard disk? Also, does the cover image appear at the background when playing an mp3 file using Windows Media Player or any other music player?
Thumbnail image of the mp3 files as seen in Windows Explorer.
You can disable Adobe Flash animations in websites by disabling the Adobe Shockwave Flash Object using the Manage Add-ons dialog in Internet Explorer, or by setting a "kill-bit" in the registry. What if you want to enable Flash animations by default on a handful of sites (whitelist) but not on other sites? In Internet Explorer 7, only the developer of an ActiveX control could configure it as a per-site control, using the SiteLock ActiveX Control Template. In Internet Explorer 8, it’s possible for an end-user to enable ActiveX Controls on a per-site basis, via the Manage Add-ons dialog. Read the rest of this entry »
Changing the file type icons in Windows XP and earlier Operating Systems was a breeze, using the File Types tab in the Folder Options dialog. Unfortunately the File Types tab has been discontinued since Windows Vista and there is no alternate GUI provided to change a file type icon or to customize the right-click menu. Earlier we showed you how to change the file type icon manually using registry edits. In this article, we’ll see how to change a file type icon using the excellent Default Programs Editor utility, which we’ve covered before. Read the rest of this entry »
