Category | March, 2007

Enable Additional Aero Effects – Avalon Effects

Enable Additional Aero Effects – Avalon Effects

Once you have Aero turned on, you can enable additional transition effects also known as Avalon Effects. [...]

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Enable Aero Graphics for Your Mouse

Enable Aero Graphics for Your Mouse

Microsoft made new Aero-based mouse pointers for Vista, but the default mouse pointer is the old 3D white scheme. To take advantage of the Aero Scheme for your mouse follow this guide. [...]

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Enhance Your Audio With Windows Vista and Intel

Enhance Your Audio With Windows Vista and Intel

If your PC is built using an Intel motherboard with High Definition Audio support, you can take advantage of some cool enhancements. [...]

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Remove Login Screen in Windows Vista

Remove Login Screen in Windows Vista

Are you sick of logging into Windows Vista? Well, we know how to make it all go away! This guide will show you how to disable the login screen in Windows Vista. [...]

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A Tribute to Rod Johnson – Creator of Spring

A Tribute to Rod Johnson – Creator of Spring

Here's a small satirical poem, written by one of our Java Developers, to the creator of Spring Framework. [...]

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Windows Vista Email Notification of Events and Tasks

Windows Vista Email Notification of Events and Tasks

Feeling lonely?  Nobody emailing you, well now your favourite operating system can make you feel loved too! Windows Vista can send you emails! Events can be configured so that you are sent an email for notification purposes! [...]

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Quickly Register OCX and DLL Files in Windows

Quickly Register OCX and DLL Files in Windows

Although this tweak is actually from earlier versions of Windows, it still works with Windows Vista and has helped me speed up maintenance and installation tasks greatly.  The tweak couldn’t be simpler, it is a shortcut to the RegSvr32 command so that you can register a DLL or a OCX file quickly and easily. [...]

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Change Registered Owner And Organization Name In Vista

Change Registered Owner And Organization Name In Vista

Would you like the change the registered owner and organization for your Windows Vista installation? Follow these steps below to make the registry changes necessary: [...]

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Java 6 New Features

Java 6 New Features

The new realse of Java comes with a slew of new features that any system administrator and developer should be aware of. This article lists the ten most useful Java 6 enhancements. [...]

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Taking Screenshots in Linux – A Tutorial

Taking Screenshots in Linux – A Tutorial

Getting Screenshots in Linux can seem like a daunting task. Here is a brief tutorial that covers the best and easiest ways to get a screenshot from various Linux Flavours and though various desktop installations. [...]

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