Archive for the ‘Tips and Tricks’ Category
Saturday, September 15th, 2007
Windows Live Installer is the installer suite for the latest Windows Live products from Microsoft. The installer includes an e-mail program (Windows Live Mail 2008), a photo-sharing application (Windows Live Photo Gallery), a blog publishing tool (Windows Live Writer 2008), parental controls (Windows Live OneCare Family Safety), a browser toolbar ...
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Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
Windows Live Messenger 8.5 beta 2 (build 8.5.1288) has been released.
Some would still call it MSN Messenger 8.5 beta 2. And from now on some will start calling it Windows Live Messenger 2008 ;)
Download Windows Live Messenger 8.5.1288 directly from Microsoft:
http://get.live.com/en-us/betas/messenger_config
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Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
If you are running a dedicated server or vps without control panel or a control panel which doesnt provide an interface to change time zones (like HSPComplete VPS), you can easily change your timezone from ssh command prompt.
First browse to /usr/share/zoneinfo to find your city.
You can use SFTP to easily ...
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Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
Mostly big files are shared by splitting them into multiple parts. This usually makes things easier to both upload and download them. And allows the uploader to earn more premium points too ;)
But sometimes a single file of the archive might get deleted from the system. Imagine a case when ...
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Wednesday, August 1st, 2007
Have a good number of friends? Hate to browse through the looooonggggg list of friends when you need to catch up with someone quick? Wished there was a grid view option?
Guess what? Facebook do have a "hidden" grid view option.
To have a grid view of your friend list first go ...
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Thursday, July 19th, 2007
Do you want a @live.com email address instead of @hotmail.com? You can use this trick:
1) Make sure you're logged out of your current account and then go to www.hotmail.com or get.live.com/mail/overview and sign up for a free account.
2) At the signup page, go to the address bar and in the ...
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Sunday, June 24th, 2007
Are you unable to install Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta (MSN Messenger 8.5)?
Do your installation gets stuck at "Please wait a few moments while we get your computer ready for the installation..." ? The installer disappears and does not continue after this screen?
You can proceed with the following:
Make sure ...
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Thursday, May 31st, 2007
Quickly following the few days old leak of an internal 8.5 build, Microsoft is officially releasing the beta version to public. It is exactly the same version (8.5.1235.0517).
Download it directly from Microsoft:
http://g.live.com/1rebeta/WLMsgr85_en-us
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Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
As you might already know that several leaked distrubition of Windows Live Messenger 8.5 (some will still call it MSN Messenger 8.5) has been tampered. The tempered installers may bundle ads and spywares.
MenthiX has provided an official installer digitally signed by Microsoft.
You can varify it from Properties > Digital Signatures ...
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Thursday, May 17th, 2007
The latest version of Messenger Plus! for Windows Live Messenger, Messenger Plus! Live 4.21.270 has been released on May 16th 2007.
Download it from here:
Download Messenger Plus! Live 4.21.270
Changes:
Added support for the new "I'm" emoticons of Messenger 8.1 in various
Messenger Plus! windows.
Some improvements for script developers:
The script editor window remembers ...
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