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Download SP2 BETA For Vista & Server 2008

Posted December 5, 2008 – 11:54 am in: Freeware, Software Updates, Softwares, Vista Troubleshooting, Vista Tweaks

Finally, Windows Vista and Server 2008 service Pack2 is available for public download. Earlier we had reported a trick to download Windows Vista SP2 without having TechNet and MSDN subscription.

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How To Solve Wide Context Menu Problem In Vista & 7?

Posted December 2, 2008 – 4:50 pm in: Vista Troubleshooting, Vista Tweaks, Windows 7, Windows 7 Tweaks, XP Tweaks

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One more post on WinRAR context menu problem. Last week, I blogged about “Add Missing WinRAR Entry In The Right-Click Context Menu” upon request from a reader.
In this post, once again, I will be focusing on the WinRAR context menu problem. The problem can be seen in the below image where the context menu width [...]

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How To Take Ownership Of A File In Vista?

Posted November 28, 2008 – 10:46 am in: Vista Troubleshooting, Vista Tweaks

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As many of you know, we need to take the ownership of system file that you want to alter by any means. You need to have the ownership to do even simple operations like Renaming and Replacing in vista.

First download “Take Ownership” file from here. Double click on the file to add the file to [...]

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Add Missing WinRAR Entry In The Right-Click Context Menu

Posted November 20, 2008 – 7:37 am in: Vista Troubleshooting, Vista Tweaks, Windows 7, Windows 7 Tweaks, XP Tweaks

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Once again, I am writing this post upon request from one of readers. Sometimes WinRAR entry in the right-click context menu disappears even if you have installed WinRAR without any problem. This is really annoying  as you need to open WinRAR program from Start menu entry to extract any RAR file.

The solution is simple. If [...]

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How To Enable/Disable Animation In Vista/Windows 7 Dialog Boxes?

Posted November 19, 2008 – 6:50 am in: Vista Troubleshooting, Vista Tweaks, Windows 7, Windows 7 Tweaks

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I’m writing this guide upon request from one of our readers. Reader was not getting the animations in the copy and move dialog boxes of Vista. If you are not aware, this feature was introduced with Vista and continued in Windows 7 as well.

Windows shows animation when the data is being copied/moved/deleted. Though it eats [...]

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Microsoft PC Advisor- Solve Windows Problems Instantly

Posted October 17, 2008 – 5:18 pm in: Softwares, Vista Troubleshooting, Vista Tweaks, Windows 7, XP Tweaks

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Microsoft has recently launched new software named Microsoft PC Advisor to few members of the Windows feedback program team which notifies you about any issues in your Windows machine and helps you to rectify them.
PC Advisor is an internet-enabled service which has the following features in its belt:
1. PC checkup- scans your PC thoroughly and [...]

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Fix Corrupted Recycle Bin Icon In Vista

Posted October 17, 2008 – 4:50 am in: Vista Troubleshooting, Vista Tweaks

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Few minutes back I blogged about how to put back recycle bin on Vista desktop. In this post I will let you know how to fix corrupted Recycle Bin icon on Vista desktop. Vista recycle bin icon shows full bin even when it’s empty. If you want to get rid of this just follow the [...]

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How To Put Back Deleted Recycle Bin From Vista Desktop?

Posted October 17, 2008 – 4:17 am in: Vista Troubleshooting, Vista Tweaks

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Assume a scenario where you delete the Recycle Bin from the Vista desktop accidentally and struggling to put it back. If you don’t want to face this problem just read on to know how to put back with ease in simple steps.
So, below the step by step procedure to put back Recycle Bin icon on [...]

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Place Back Volume Button On The System Tray Area

Posted September 16, 2008 – 5:59 am in: Vista Troubleshooting, Vista Tweaks

One of our readers has asked “How to put the volume icon back on the System Tray in Vista?”. I could have given simple reply via mail instead of this tutorial if I didn’t think, writing a simple tutorial will help other Vista users who are facing the same issue. Whenever, you can’t see [...]

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Free Windows Vista SP1 Online Test Drive!!

Posted September 12, 2008 – 11:44 am in: News, Vista Troubleshooting

Microsoft is trying to do it’s best to promote Windows Vista.Well, Microsoft has launched a new test drive engine which can be used to test drive Windows Vista SP1 online. YOU can watch this for free!! All you need to do is, go to here, enter your e-mail address to start your test drive. Last [...]

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