For laptop users who want to enable or switch to a different proxy server setting while at office (and disable proxy when at home), use the Internet Explorer Proxy Manager. IEProxy is a easy to use proxy Manager for the Internet Explorer and all depending applications. You can quickly add, delete and change (switch) your proxy settings via the Notification area in Windows XP/Vista. (more…)
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Quickly Switch Your Internet Explorer Proxy Settings Using IEProxy
Image Resizer PowerToy Clone for Windows Vista
Soon after writing about Prish Image Resizer, I stumbled upon another excellent tool to resize images via the right-click menu in Windows. The utility is called Image Resizer PowerToy Clone, and is identical to the Image Resizer PowerToy for Windows XP. It works also on non-XP versions of Windows including Windows Vista. (more…)
Prish Image Resizer: PowerToy for Windows XP/Vista
To resize images using the right-click menu, you used the Image Resizer PowerToy to resize images from the right-click menu in Windows XP. The Image Resizer PowerToy which was originally written for Windows XP, does not work in Windows Vista. However, there is a similar tool available for Windows Vista, written by Shahar Prish of Microsoft. (more…)
Microsoft Time Zone: Keep Track of the Time in Other Parts of the World
The excellent time-and-date website lets you know the current local times around the world. For those who need a taskbar/tray icon to keep track of the time in other parts of the world, here is a simple utility from Microsoft. The Microsoft Time Zone Utility adds as a small tray icon that allows you to specify as many as five cities to watch the time on while you are working on your computer. Microsoft Time Zone application also lets you compare times at different places in the world without changing your system time/zone. (more…)
If you’ve lost the Product Key of your Windows installation, you can find it using Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI): Free Vulnerability Scanner for Your PC
You may have applied all the security updates for the Operating System via Automatic Updates or Windows Updates Website correctly. But, what about the third-party programs installed on your PC? Vulnerabilities in Windows and third-party software are identified and reported by security professionals and vulnerability assessment Websites such as Secunia. (more…)
Wallpaper Changer PowerToy Does Not Work Under Limited User Accounts
When logged on to an user account that does not have administrative privileges, you may notice that the Wallpaper Changer PowerToy does not work correctly. When you try to change the wallpaper manually via the Wallpaper PowerToy user interface, error messages CreateFile, WriteFile and CloseHandle appear and the desktop background may not change. (more…)
Windows Update and Automatic Update Reset (Fix It) Tool
Have trouble installing updates from Windows Update? Check out the Windows Update Reset Tool written by the Fix-It Team at Microsoft. This tool resolves most of the Windows Update and Automatic Update issues by resetting the Windows Update configuration. (more…)
How to Create a BartPE Bootable CD Using PE Builder
BartPE bootable CD is an useful tool that comes with a complete Win32 environment. This can be used to rescue unbootable systems, recover files & settings and do much more. Bart’s PE Builder helps you build a BartPE bootable live Windows CD/DVD from the original Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 Setup CD. (more…)
Fix: Change Analysis Diagnostic Does Not Install in Windows XP SP3
When you run the Change Analysis Diagnostic Tool installer in a computer running Windows XP SP3 the setup fails. Although the Change Analysis Diagnostic download page states that the tool supports only Windows XP Service Pack 2, you can install and use it in Windows XP SP3 systems as well, using the workaround provided in this article. (more…)
