Thursday, October 14th, 2010 Many utilities need to be run as administrator in order to function properly, especially older utilities that haven’t been updated to support Windows 7 or Vista yet.All shortcuts in Windows since Vista have a special property that you can set that will allow the application to run as Administrator.To set this property, just right-click on any shortcut, and click the Advanced button on the Shortcut page to get to the Advanced Properties dialog.You’ll see a dialog with a checkbox for “Run as administrator”. Check on it.From now on, the application will always run as administrator if you use the ...
(read more) Thursday, October 7th, 2010 Do you need to run commands (from the command prompt aka cmd) as adminstrator on Windows 7 or Windows Vista?To do so, like the usual way, click on the Start button, type "cmd" in the run box, and now... instead of hitting the Enter key, you need to use "Ctrl+Shift + Enter".
(read more) Saturday, June 20th, 2009 Bangladesh has introduced Daylight Saving Time (DST) for 2009, starts on June 19th at 11:00.But you might have noticed that windows only allows you to make DST adjustments only on time zones where DST is available. And unfortunately that is not available on the "(GMT+06:00) Astana, Dhaka" time zone which we use.This DST Fix will create another time zone as "(GMT+06:00) Dhaka" with the option to adjust DST.Download and install the Bangladesh DST Fix/Patch from here: Download Bangladesh-DST-Fix.msiAfter installation go to the time settings and go to the "Time Zone" tab. Now you will find "(GMT+06:00) Dhaka" just bellow the ...
(read more) Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 While executing a command in Windows Vista command prompt you might get the error "The requested operation requires elevation."In my case, I got the error while trying out the ipconfig /flushdns command to clear DNS resolver cache in Windows VISTA.This is actually part of the User Account Control (UAC) feature of Windows Vista that controls the program execution as normal user, administrator or other user types with different access control. You will get this prompt because that program will need to be run as administrator, so the quick way to fix it is re-run by right clicking the program and ...
(read more) Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 ipconfig is a Windows XP / 2000 / 2003 / Vista command utility that displays all current TCP/IP network configuration values and refreshes Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP and Domain Name System DNS settings. You can use the same tool to clear out Windows DNS cache. This command has /flushdns switch to flush and reset the contents of the DNS client resolver cache. During DNS troubleshooting, you can use this procedure to discard negative cache entries from the cache, as well as any other entries that have been added dynamically.To clear DNS resolver cache login as administrator and open command ...
(read more) Thursday, December 13th, 2007 Microsoft has released Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) Release Candidate (RC) 1.Download Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) Release Candidate (RC) 1 standalone installer directly from Microsoft:32 bit: Windows6.0-KB936330-wave0-X86.exe (436.3MB)64 bit: Windows6.0-KB936330-wave1-X64.exe (878.5MB)
(read more) Saturday, December 8th, 2007 Yahoo! has released preview version of the Yahoo Messenger for Windows Vista.The Vista version of Yahoo Messenger is designed from the ground up specifically to match Vista beautiful and ‘wow’ user interface.You can download Yahoo! Messenger for Windows Vista from here:http://messenger.yahoo.com/download_vista.php
(read more) Wednesday, September 19th, 2007 Office 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3) promises improved security and enhanced compatibility with Windows Vista, Office 2007, Internet Explorer 7 and Windows SharePoint Services.Download Office 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3) directly from Microsoft:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=E25B7049-3E13-433B-B9D2-5E3C1132F206&displaylang=enIts a FREE download and no WGA validation is required :)
(read more) Sunday, September 16th, 2007 Windows Live Mail 2008 offers similar features like Outlook Express, plus some great new ones—like free access to Windows Live Hotmail and integration with other Windows Live services.Main features of Windows Live Mail 2008 are:Fast - Access multiple e-mail accounts in one place - Drag, drop, and organize with one click - Compose and manage e-mail even while you're offline—when you next connect to the Internet, Windows Live Mail will automatically send and receive messages for youEasy - Integrated Windows Live services let you launch Messenger right from Mail, and go to Windows Live Spaces with a single click - Photo E-mail lets you create ...
(read more) 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 you have "show hidden files" set on your system.You can set it by going to "View > Folder Options"And select "Show hidden files and folders"If you are on Windows Vista, browse to: C:/ProgramDataAnd if you are on Windows XP, browse to: C:/Documents and Settings/All Users/Application DataNow delete the folders WindowsLiveInstaller and WLInstaller. ...
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