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I have Windows XP on my pocket - 3
2007-10-02 18:50:00
Installing applicationsNow that I have shown you how to create and install a basic Windows build, I want to talk for a moment about how you can add an application to the build (prior to creating it). The PEBuilder program comes pre-configured to support a number of common Windows applications, but does not come with the applications themselves.The reason why installing applications can be a little bit tricky is because most Windows applications modify the Windows registry. The build that you are creating is basically a collection of installation files, and the build itself does not contain a registry (the registry gets created when Windows is installed onto the flash drive).As such, PEBuilder uses a sort of registry emulator. If you go to the C:PEBUILDER313PLUGIN folder, you will see sub folders for a number of different applications. If you open one of these application folders, you will see that the folder contains an INF file and a FILES folder. The INF file contains all of t...
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I have Windows XP on my pocket - 2
2007-10-02 18:37:00
Booting from the USB flash drive.Now that you have formatted your USB flash drive and installed the boot files onto it, the next thing that you must do is to configure your PC to allow you to boot from the flash drive. This is all done through the computer's BIOS Setup. I can't give you specific instructions for this part, because every computer is different. I can give you a few pointers though.You can access your computer's BIOS by pressing a specific key immediately after you turn the PC on. The key varies, but it is usually either [F1], [F2], or [Delete]. Once you are in the BIOS Setup, you should verify that all of your computer's USB options are enabled. This might include things like support for legacy USB devices or support for USB 2.0. If there is a time out setting for USB devices, you should set it to the max to insure that the system doesn't time out while waiting on the USB device to boot.Next, find the section on boot device priority. Normally, a USB flash drive (...
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I have Windows XP on my pocket
2007-10-02 18:23:00
You can't boot Windows XP from a floppy disk the way you used to be able to with DOS. One handy way to easily boot XP is by using a USB flash drive. Here's how to make it work.Almost everyone who has worked with computers for any length of time at all has run into at least one situation in which a problem left a PC unbootable.What if you could return the machine to a bootable state just by inserting a USB flash drive though? Believe it or not, it is actually possible to install a bootable copy of Windows XP onto a flash drive and then boot a PC off of the flash drive. From there, you can use applications that you have installed on the flash drive (anti virus, anti spyware, disk repair, etc.) to fix the PC's problem. In this article, I will show you how.As with most cool new techniques, there are a few catches. For starters, not every PC is capable of booting from a USB flash drive. For the most part, computers manufactured within the last two years are generally able to boot from...
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The Hidden Application in Windows
2007-10-01 00:50:00
You can see the hidden application you never see before in your XP. Go to Start > Run > and type in: eudceditand press ENTERthis will open up a font editor, names Private Character Editor, this program allowing you to design your own custom fonts and characters to be used in Windows apps like Microsoft Word, Adobe PhotoShop, etc. This the Microsoft Word Font Character hidden secret program in Windows XP. Enjoy it.
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The Hidden Microsoft Song
2007-10-01 00:27:00
Do you know the hidden Microsoft song? I hear this song while im installing windows, where its almost at the end where have to register your windows, enter your username.......etc. Some people might not hear it because, your sound card driver isn't installed. If you want to know and hear that song, here it: Go to Start > Run > Copy and then Paste, or press and hold the Start + r . C:windowssystem32oobeimages itle.wma and hit Enter, of course ... Your media player should load the song, and now you can hear it.
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Mailplane: The Mac OS X Gmail Desktop
2007-09-30 00:31:00
Do you love Gmail ? I really do.These days, web apps are giving their desktop equivalents a run for their money. Still, desktop apps provide a level of integration that is difficult to recreate through a browser. Mailplane aims to provide the best of both worlds for users of the popular web-based email service Gmail, plus some clever new features that aren’t found anywhere else.Mailplane will be released in the coming weeks. Mailplane tries to bridge the gap between web app and desktop, bringing drag-and-drop file management and integration with other applications to Gmail. While you can still use the “attach a file” link when composing an email, it’s now possible to simply drop an attachment into a new message.An “iMedia” browser gives direct access to the most likely locations for media files, potentially removing several steps from the process of attaching frequently mailed file types. While these features may be nothing new for most well-made Mac applications, Mailpl...
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Tweak Aero's glass borders: Vista Hack
2007-09-26 15:44:00
The borders around system windows, such as dialog boxes and the Control Panel, are transparent in Windows Vista 's Aero interface. These borders are hackable; you can shrink them, make them larger, and change their colors and transparency levels.To make the borders larger or smaller:1. Right-click the desktop and select Personalize.2. Click Window Color and Appearance.3. Click Open classic appearance properties for more color options.4. From the dialog box that appears, make sure that Windows Aero is selected as the color scheme. Click the Advanced button on the right side of the dialog box. The Advanced Appearance dialog box appears.5. Select Border Padding in the Item drop-down menu. To change the size of the border, type a new size for the border. (The default is 4.) Click OK, then OK again. The sizes of the borders will now change.There's more you can do to the borders as well. To change the border color, transparency and more, right-click the desktop and select Personalize > W...
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Run Mac OS X from USB Stick
2007-09-23 23:14:00
First, prepare all that need:USB Flash Disk (min. 2 GB required). You can use many types for this USB disk, such as USB Stick , USB Pendrive, ZIP Disk, your iPod, SD or MMC card, extrenal hard drive, etc. JaS Mac OS X 10.4.x Retail DVD Pacifist software. Download here.OK. Ready? Now plug your USB Disk, and it will be mounted automatically.Open Disk Utility (Applications->Utilities)Select your USB Disk device in the left menu, and click the partition tab. Enter a nice name for your device like osx86.Hit Options... button, and choose Master Boot Record. From the drop-down, choose 1 partition as the volume scheme.Be sure the filesystem is Mac OS Extended (Journaled), Hit the Partition button.Next, we need to enable Owners, open a Terminal and type:sudo /usr/sbin/vsdbutil -a /Volumes/osx86 Mount the JaS 10.4.x DVD or the Retail 10.4.x DVD. Browse to the directory System/Installation/Packages on the DVD. Open OSInstall.mpkg with pacifist (right-click->Open With Pacifist).Expand Contents ...
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Cannot Run .exe files ?
2007-09-23 22:49:00
What causes the program to run ("execute") when you double click the file name in My Computer or put it in the Run dialog box? Briefly put, it is an entry in the Windows Registry that does this.For many, many different file extensions for files -- such as .doc for Word documents, or .txt for ASCII text files -- there is a location in the Registry that specifies how Windows handles such files. For .doc files it specifies, usually, that the Microsoft Word program (if present on the computer), or the Windows Accessory Wordpad if MS Word is not present, will be used to open up the document file so you can read and edit it. For .exe files, it specifies the "Open" action to be that which causes the program to run.There are a number of viruses, trojans, and worms that mess up the Registry data for running executable (.exe) files, so this can cause nothing to seem to happen when you double click an .exe file name in My Computer or try to execute one by putting the name in the Run dialog box...
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Windows CE on your USB Stick : How To
2007-09-21 16:31:00
Portable Windows CE is a 'launcher' for the Windows CE device emulator that can run an emulator-based image from a USB keychain.Download the Windows CE 5.0 Device Emulator here.Change "Mcft" in link to what it is supposed to beExtract the emulator to a folder on your hard drive by running "setup /a". The installer will prompt you to specify a directory to extract to.For example: D:PortableCEDownload this launcher script.Copy the following launcher script to the folder you extracted the setup to. You'll need to rename the file from launchce.cmd.txt to launchce.cmdOnce you have that set up, just copy the entire D:PortableCE folder over to your USB keychain.To launch the emulator, just plug in your USB keychain, navigate to the PortableCE folder, and run launchce.cmd. You should (hopefully) have the emulator fire up.
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