Internet Explorer 8 has few useful command line arguments that may help you to your web surfing experience better. (1) Start IE8 with a specific URL iexplore.exe <URL> iexplore.exe https://old.windowsvalley.com (2) Start IE8 in kiosk mode Internet Explorer in Kiosk mode, the Internet Explorer title bar, menus, toolbars, and status bar are not displayed and […]
How to change Welcome/Logon screen background
Surprised ! but its true. Now you can change Welcome/logon screen’s background in Windows 7 and its supported officially. Microsoft has made a change to customize or ability to load JPG images as background of the welcome/logon screen without using any third party software. Although the functionality was designed for ease of OEMs to set […]
Slipstream Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) in Windows Vista/Windows Server 2008
Microsoft released Internet explorer 8 Windows Vista & XP and for Windows 7, it’s stilling continuing. So finally I have moved on IE8 and it can be slipstreamed/integrated in Vista/Server 2008 OS images. Here are the steps to make a Vista image with IE8. Requires: Windows Vista/Windows Server DVD or installation source Windows Installation Automation […]
Some VS2005 and VS2008 Wizards Pop Up Script Error, when using IE8 RTW
Recently I had found a script error while adding variable and working with MFC application. I have already submitted the bug at Microsoft Connect (IE8 Beta) entitled “IE8 RTW is incompatible with VSTS 2008”. The bug is still active and hasn’t fixed so far but I got a workaround, offered by Visual C++ Team. Bug […]
Enable or disable Feeds (such as RSS or Atom)
Its simple and straight way that has been found to enable or disable Feeds (such as RSS or Atom) It turns off or on feeds in various apps such as Internet Explorer by just simply execution of following commands in Command Prompt. Enable Feeds msfeedssync enable Disable Feeds msfeedssync disable Applies To: Windows Vista Windows […]
Disable IPv6 completely on Windows OS
IPv6 is the next-generation Internet Layer protocol for packet-switched internetworks and the Internet. IPv4 is currently the dominant Internet Protocol version. IPv6 is installed and enabled by default in Microsoft Windows Vista/Server 2008/7. If you aren’t using IPv6 than you are safe to disable IPv6 or If you want to disable IPv6 by any cause, […]
Windows 7 SKUs
Microsoft released Windows 7 Beta for public testing. After about a month, Microsoft announced Windows 7 SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) strategy and Windows 7 has got 6 editions. Windows 7 Starter Windows 7 Home Basic Windows 7 Home Premium Windows 7 Professional Windows 7 Enterprise and Windows 7 Ultimate Microsoft is paying attention on […]
Reduce the size/resize/remove of hiberfil.sys
Hiberfil.sys is hibernation file that store whole Windows state, when hibernation in action. Its located in system drive (generally C: drive’s root). The size of file depends on total installed physical RAM, so it requires space in HDD as much your system RAM. But its too annoying we need to free space, so here is […]
Add exFAT file system support in Windows XP
Microsoft released an update to add support for the exFAT file system format in Windows XP. Its KB955704, after installation You can access and format exFAT file system format which was available before in Windows Vista SP1 or later only. Thanks to my friend Stephan for letting know me about the update. Applies To: […]
Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Changes
SP2 improves the administration experience and eases certain management and support challenges. By providing these fixes integrated into a single service pack, covering client and server versions, Microsoft is providing a single high-quality update that minimizes deployment and testing complexity for customers. Windows Vista SP2 builds on the solid foundation laid by Windows Vista […]
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