Category: Operating system

15 Windows 7 pre-release Activation Keys

Posted by Dickey on Nov 11th, 08 | Filed under Operating system | View Comments

Although there is leak version of Windows 7 which we can download through torrent. But without an activation key, you can only use it up to 30 days.

Today, i found one article which share us 15 Windows 7 pre-release Activation Keys. These Activation keys can be used unlimited time in unlimited different client PC.

These are the activation keys

J7PYM-6X6FJ-QRKYT-TW4KF-BY7H9
D67PP-QBKVV-6FWDJ-4K2XB-D4684
HQDKC-F3P6D-C9YYM-HRB89-QDBB7
76DX2-7YMCQ-K2WCP-672K2-BK44W
2RG93-6XVFJ-RKHQ7-D2RTT-3FMQT
TT63R-8JGWP-WWT97-R6WQC-4CVWY
YQJX6-D6TRM-VWBM7-PHDJK-YPXJH
Q7J7F-GQHBT-Q42RQ-2F8XV-2WKKM
KH4X7-JY8G7-RCD7G-BYDJW-YTPXH
WYBJ8-8QVP3-24R82-VV2VP-72Q9W
9DP2R-W78GJ-GJBKW-CKR46-H3WYT
CXB7F-WWCM4-BP9V3-2YH43-RK8Y6
W9BYV-K2TB8-4YDJT-QBQWP-KFDHB
WGDJW-B8DYC-WVKX4-6MKF4-B8PK8
2PHXF-9PBDW-D3WWY-CPDKD-XG87V

Please activate your Windows 7 now!

Stickies For Windows – Put yellow sticky notes on Windows

Posted by Dickey on Oct 16th, 08 | Filed under Application, Cool Stuff, Operating system, Tips | View Comments

Stickies for windows is a free application which can put yellow sticky notes on your Windows system, much like Mac OS application.

Sticky note is pretty important. It serve as a reminder for our daily plans. There are a lot of similar applications and some of them are paid applications.

Although Stickies for windows is a free application, it comes with an easy-to-use interface and very customizeable.

The above screenshot showed how you can customize the notes. You can even choose your own system tray icon and synchronize your notes at different PCs through Amazon S3 service.

Once you installed Stickies, you can create new notes by press “Ctrl + Alt + N” and place them anywhere at your desktop.

Stickies for Windows

Run any live CD on Windows without install

Posted by Dickey on Oct 14th, 08 | Filed under Application, Operating system, Tutorial | View Comments

I would like to discuss about how user can runs any live CD as a standalone application on Windows system. There are some application for user to do so. But i would like to introduce MobaLiveCD, an application which use “QEMU” emulator.

So, how are you going to run Live CD using MobaLiveCD?

  1. Go to http://mobalivecd.mobatek.net/en/ and download the application. It is a standalone application, which need no installation. Hence, you can bring along it with your USB drive.
  2. After you downloaded the application, double-click it and you will see the screen as above screenshot. Click the “Run the LiveCD” button, and then you can select your ISO image file.
  3. After that, MobaLiveCD will ask you whether want to create a hard disk image for your virtual machine. If you want to save your works and retrieve them on next launch, select “Yes” and specify the location, else select “No“.
  4. Your Live CD will now start booting and you can click the window to interact with your emulated OS, or press “Ctrl + Alt” to return to your current environment.

Tips: You can select the “Right-Click Menu” at the Main menu page so that you can run MobaLiveCD through your right-click context menu. To remove this feature, press the “Uninstall” button.

MobaLiveCD

Desktops – New virtual desktop manager from Microsoft

Posted by Dickey on Sep 10th, 08 | Filed under Application, Downloads, Operating system | View Comments

Desktops is another application for users who like to have multiple virtual desktops. It is similar with Virtual Desktop Manager, but with some advantages.

Virtual desktops utility will showing the currently active window, while hiding those inactive windows. Application windows are bound to their own virtual desktops so that Windows know which application to show when you switch to different virtual desktops.

Lets talk about advantages of this new application over Virtual Desktop Manager. First of all, its size is smaller and it is a portable application. So, we can easily bring it along with our USB flash drive. Second, users can set different hotkey sets, in case the default one is used by other application.

download Desktops | download from MediaFire

Visual Subst – Virtual drives for folders

Posted by Dickey on Aug 4th, 08 | Filed under Application, Cool Stuff, Operating system, Portable Apps | View Comments

Visual Subst is a portable applications which can create virtual drives for any folders. Users may create virtual drives for folders which need to access frequently.

Some users may doubt, why we want to use this application while we can simply create a shortcut link at our desktop? This seems to be right. But when you open a “Open File Dialog” or “save file Dialog”, these shortcuts will not appear, while Virtual Drives will appear. Furthermore, you can access these Virtual Drives in “My computer”

To create a Virtual Drive, simply provide the directory path and choose the drive letter. After that, press the save button to save your settings. There is an option for you to apply virtual drives on Windows startup also.

download Virtual Subst | download from MediaFire

WinRoll – Make a window roll into its title bar

Posted by Dickey on Aug 3rd, 08 | Filed under Application, Cool Stuff, Operating system | View Comments

Sometimes, when you open a lot of windows, you may find that it is veru difficult to maintain them. With WinRoll, you can minimize some of the windows into their title bar. This make users easier to focus on current window, while still can see the other unused window floating at the desktop.

There are some other usages on WinRoll:

  • Middle click the minimize button will minimize the window to tray icon.
  • Shift + left click the title bar send the window to the back.
  • Middle click the close button will toggle the “on top” of the window.
  • Middle click the title bar will turn on/off the “transparency”.

This application is written in assembly language, so the performance is very good, with size below 100KB.

download WinRoll | download from Mediafire

How to disable highlighting of new installed programs on Windows

Posted by Dickey on Jul 12th, 08 | Filed under How To, Operating system, Tips | View Comments

Windows will always highlight new installed programs at the start menu. This feature is good to some people, but i believe most of us would like to remove it.

To remove this feature, right click your start menu, and choose properties. Switch to the “Start Menu” tab and press “Customize“. Scroll down until you reach “Highlight newly installed programs“. Uncheck it and press “OK“.

For Windows XP, you will find same option under the Advanced tab.

Download Windows 7 theme for Windows XP

Posted by Dickey on Jun 17th, 08 | Filed under Cool Stuff, Downloads, Operating system, Tips | View Comments

Windows 7 is the upcoming version of Windows, which is expected to be released in 2010. However, Windows XP users can download Windows 7 desktop themes patch and enjoy before it release.

The Windows 7 desktop theme look similar with Windows Vista. However, there are some differences between them, as you can see from the screenshots below:

How to install

  1. Download Windows 7 Theme.
  2. Install “UXTheme Multi-Patcher 6.0.exe” from “UX Theme Patcher” folder.
  3. Double click on the “Windows 7 M1 VS.msstyles” in “Theme\Windows 7 M1 VS” folder to install the theme.

Source: MegaLeecher.Net

CloseWin: Close multiple selected windows at one time

Posted by Dickey on Jun 14th, 08 | Filed under Cool Stuff, Operating system, Tips | View Comments

CloseWin is a portable application which can immediately close multiple windows in the taskbar at one time.

If you like to open a lot of windows at the same time. You probably need to spend some time to close them after use, so that you won’t accidentally close the wrong window. So, why not use CloseWin to help you close the unused windows?

You will need to add some text to the list, so that CloseWin can close all windows that contain the text in the title. For example, i had added “Skype” to the list. When i click “Close selected windows“, CloseWin will close all opened windows which contains “Skype” in the title. Remember, the text is case-sensitive!

You can add different text to the list, and then click “Close all windows in list” so that you can close multiple selected windows simultaneously.The last options – “Close All Windows”, will close all windows in taskbar.

Note: There are some applications which can’t be closed by CloseWin, but most of the applications work fine.

download CloseWin | download from MediaFire

How to enable thumbnail preview for each task in Windows XP taskbar

Posted by Dickey on Jun 13th, 08 | Filed under Cool Stuff, Operating system, Tutorial | View Comments

Thumbnail preview image is a new feature in Windows Vista. But, Windows XP users also can enjoy this feature by installing Visual Task Tips.

Since i switch to Windows Vista, i really like the thumbnail preview feature. Today, i found an interesting application which can enable this feature in Windows XP. It is a freeware (non-commercial usage).

Visual Task Tips is a lightweight shell enhancement utility. Upon install the application, you can start enjoying the thumbnail preview when your mouse hover to any applications in Windows taskbar. The screenshot above shows preview for “My Computer“.

There are some settings that you can done. For example, you can change the thumbnail size and popup delay. You can also change the refresh rate, but higher refresh rate will cause performance issue.

Can i start this application automatically when i launch Windows? Yes, you can start it automatically. Just check “start application automatically when windows start”. Furthermore, you can also start the application without tray icon. For more information, you may visit the FAQ page.

download Visual Task Tips | download from MediaFire

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