Turn on Remote Desktop in Windows Vista

If you want to access your Vista PC from another Computer, it’s essential for you turn Remote Desktop ON, which is disabled by default in windows Vista. Don’t worry it’s very simple to turn it on.

Go to the configuration page, there are 2 ways to go to configuration page>

>>Right Click on my computer icon and choose properties,

>>Type system into the start menu search box. It will be the 4^th item in the list.

Now you have to check Remote settings link on the left hand side. Now you can turn it on:

If you want to connect from another Computer (installed with Windows Vista) on the same network, click the bottom radio button. And if you want to connect to Windows XP or Windows 2000, then click the “Allow connections from computers running any version of Remote desktop” radio button. To connect from another Vista PC on the same network, click the bottom radio button. If you need to connect from an XP/2k machine, click the "Allow connections from computers running any version of Remote Desktop" radio button. Vista will automatically do the settings for firewall. But remember it will not work for home editions of vista.

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Add More Functions to Office 2007 by Installing Add-Ins

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How to Add Effects to Your Pictures in Word 2007

 

Add More Functions to Office 2007 by Installing Add-Ins

I use Excel more often…I just can’t work without it. Excel is best for maintaing data. Yesterday I was exploring Microsoft Excel which was quite fruitful. They are many features in it. I m not talking about Vlookup and other formulas. I am talking about add ins, which you may not get bundled with Microsoft Office and not included with the initial installation, which can be easily accessed and installed. I would like to share my some of experience with you… may be these add ins cab be useful to Excel users as they are to me.
Open Excel and then click on Office button and go to Excel Options and then Add-ins.
In the View and Manage Office Add-ins window, near the bottom. Don’t forget t to select “Excel Add-ins” in the drop down box and click Go.
This will open up the Add-Ins window, there you can select an appropriate package for your Excel tasks. If you highlight each Add-In then you will be provided with a quick description of what each one is.
Like I installed the Euro Currency Tools. After choosing the one you want click OK and accept the default. You will get the progress message while the add-in is installing.
After the add-in is installed it will be available in the Ribbon. In this case the Euro Currency Tool was place under the Formulas tab other add-ins may vary. Other times you can install an add-in from downloading an executable from the Microsoft Office site. Of course there are also third party add-in programs that usually require purchasing a license after a trial period.
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Find a Forgotten Password Saved in Firefox
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Find a Forgotten Password Saved in Firefox

Personally, I like Mozilla Firefox and I have been using it for years. Though I m not against Internet Explorer. But honestly speaking I like firefox because of its features and add ons.

Firefox, like many popular browsers, has a built-in functionality to save passwords. I often use the save password feature so often that I've completely forgotten my passwords when I need to login to the same website on another computer. But I got an easy way to locate those saved passwords.

In Firefox, navigate to the Tools \ Options menu item. Select the Privacy button, the Passwords tab, and then click on View Saved Passwords. You'll be presented with this screen:

Click the Show Passwords button, and navigate down to the website password you are looking for.

For me this was great help, as I tend to forget my passwords and the best feature in these browsers is that they offer to remember passwords…

How to Detect and Repair Applications In Microsoft Office 2007

I am fade up of crashing Microsoft Office application and locking. The things which I can’t handle in Microsoft office are Outlook and access.

Windows Office 2007 has a new feature (which replaces detect and repair) which allows you to diagnose and repair problems when they occur in your daily tasks.  The diagnostic utility can check the Windows system event log, hard drive, memory, application compatibility, updated service packs, and Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) if your hard drive supports it.  I know it sounds like a lot, but let me show you how easy this is to run.

Start \ Programs \ Microsoft Office \ Microsoft Office Tools \ Microsoft Office Diagnostics

The Microsoft Office Diagnostics splash screen will open.  Then Click Continue.

Next you are presented with the Start Diagnostics Screen showing you what is going to be checked and the status of each diagnostic.  When you are ready, click Run Diagnostics.

While the Diagnostics run you will see the status bars as each tests completes.  When it's complete, hit Continue.

You will get a limited detail of what was fixed.  In this example all 5 diagnostic tests ran and one problem was identified and fixed.  If you are ok with that just close out and you are done.  If you want to get additional information then click on "Detailed results" and you can get more information.

When you look close at the detailed information in this example you can see there was a problem with the installation and this tool automatically fixed it.

Unfortunately for an administrator or power user this utility "as is" does not display specific results (you need to explore it).  However when you are in a hurry and need your applications up and running to finish your work Microsoft Office Diagnostics works great!  

Configure Auto Archive In Outlook 2007

Auto Archive is turned on by default in Outlook 2007 and will actually remove some of the oldest files (you determine the amount of time) completely.  If you have old e-mails which are really important then...I m here to help you to save those mails. Auto Archive is a feature in outlook which will automatically delete your e-mails after a specified period of time. To prevent that go to -

Open Outlook and click on Tools \ Options.

Now click on the other tab and click the AutoArchive button.

This opens up a whole menu of options and settings to pick from and from there you can make changes and save them accordingly: for instance you can choose how often AutoArchive runs.

Here you can decide for how long you want to keep your e-mails and after how many days you want to run auto archive ….like you can select 15 days or 20 days…or as much as you want… totally your call. I also place a check next to "Prompt before Auto Archive runs" just in case there is something I do not want delete. Isn’t it a great feature!!!

This is also where you decide when to clean out old items and the location to move them to.  Of course you can always select to permanently delete old items if you do not want to keep them around any longer.  Click OK and your settings are saved!

 

Backup Internet Explorer 7 Search Providers List

I m a regular user of Mozilla Firefox, though I use Internet Explorer as well… but I personally feel Firefox is best to surf the net. There are some web pages which are not best viewed in Internet Explorer (It’s not that, I just don’t want to sound bias).

I am both an IE user and a fan of using custom search providers in search box, you might be interested to know how you can back up that list and/or restore it on another computer. Since I'm a regular Firefox user I have lots of items in my search list.

Manual Registry Backup Method

If you are comfortable using the registry, you can just open up regedit.exe through the start menu search box and then navigate down to the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes

Right-click on the SearchScopes key and choose to Export. Give the file a name and save it somewhere you are comfortable . To restore this list on another computer you should only have to double-click it.

Command Line Method

You can use the reg.exe method on the command line to backup this key. You can either paste this command into a command prompt or save it into a batch file.

reg export "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes" searchbackup.reg

And thus ends the mystery of backing up search providers.

As simple as it can be…. I  have many things to share with you…just stay tuned!!!!

 

How to make VLC Player look like Windows Media Player 11 in your Windows XP

I was Exploring VLC media player...Which I use regularly to view songs and movies. While Exploring VLC media player …I found one of its features of changing Skins….. So I started with it and tried to change its skin.. . which was quite simple…  and I would like to share it with you…

What you need to do is just download the skin named WMP11 from the skins page. This skin looks a lot like Windows Media Player 11. It's not exactly the same, but it's a pretty good skin. To install it on your windows>>

 To install on Windows:

Select the "VLC media player (skins)" option from the Start menu program group. This will start VLC in the right mode to select skins. Right click on the title bar area, and choose Select skin \ Open skin and choose the skin file that you have downloaded. 

That was very EASY!!! And Enjoy the look of Windows media player in VLC media player…

Good Karma

How to Add Effects to Your Pictures in Word 2007

icrosoft Word 2007 is not just a standard word processor…it is much more than. It has the ability to add Pictures, tables, spreadsheets and themes. Word 2007 has lots of great effects that can be added to pictures in your documents, and they are all easily and quickly accessible from the Format tab on the Menu toolbar.

For Example, if you want to add a border to your picture, just click the Picture Border drop-down button, from there we can change the type of border we want, the colors, or the line thickness.

We can add 3D effects and add glowing effects to the pictures by using the Picture Effects drop-down button. 

The most amazing feature of Word 2007 is ,whenever you rollover your mouse over the option, it will show a preview in the document itself.

I loved the features and I m still exploring it more …will share it with you in my further post!!!

Till then Explore it and Enjoy!!!!!

Deny access to file and folders in windows vista

Sometimes there are some personal files which we don’t want someone else to have access on them. In that case we can lock those files. We can restrict the access easily in Microsoft windows vista.

Setting up a security for a folder or a file is very easy. Simply right click on the folder which you want to lock. Select properties and then select Security tab in folder properties window and then click Edit button. Click on the Add button to open the "Select Users or Group" window.

Now enter the username in the text box for the file which you want lock on your computer.

 Or you can do this as well,

 If you are not sure about the username then click the advanced button, which opens the search window.

To search all users click the Find Now button and then locate the user which you want restrict access to the folder and click OK. Now, you will see the username listed in the Security Permissions window, click on the username to select.

Select the Deny Permissions for that user by checking the Deny box for Full Control.

Then there will be popup window in front of you giving you a security message which says Deny entries always override the allow permissions, click yes and then OK.

This way you can keep your important documents safe from other people by blocking the access in your Microsoft operating system.

 

Upgrade Your Live Bookmarks with LiveClick

I always bookmark those pages which I like or which I find interesting. I use Firefox, as many of us do (because of its extensions and add ons)and if you face any Internet browser problems than free to call 1 800 602 586. There is an ext extension in Firefox, LiveClick which allows you to give as many as upgrades. So, let’s begin with it.

On the left: Firefox's wimpy Live Bookmarks. On the right: Upgraded and powerful LiveClick bookmarks! Now that we've set the bookmark to monitor, we'll get a notification right above the system tray whenever a new item shows up in the feed.

Opening up the LiveClick options gives you a world of settings to play with, including my favorite: Middle-click opens location in a new tab. The Menus tab gives another option that makes me thrilled… favicons instead of livemark icons. I keep my live bookmarks in their own folder, so why not see the icon of the site instead of the same redundant icon?

In order to make sure that the Open Location function works, there's a new item in the properties for each bookmark: Location. Here's where you can set the location of the site itself separately from the feed.

Hmm that was easy...Now I m thinking to reinstall my windows XP

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