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Want Retro Icons on Your Desktop?October 20 2009

If you ever get tired of the new icons with Windows XP+ operating systems provide you, you can always go back to the original/classic icons that existed back in Windows 3.x and Windows 9x days.

To access the icon library that holds these classic icons, follow the steps provided below:

1. Right click the icon on your desktop that you would like to change and select Properties. A program properties window will appear.
2. Select the Shortcut tab (if it does not appear automatically) and click on the Change Icon button. This will present the program’s current icon library to you.

In the ‘Look for icons in this file:’ address box, enter moricons.dll and press OK. (If it requires you to enter a path, the location is C:\Windows\System32\Moricons.dll) Select the icon that you would like to use from the library and click OK, and then click OK on the program properties window. Your icon will then replace your previous one.

This icon library will bring up a large select of icons that you used to see back in the early developments of Windows (e.g. MS-DOS, 1-2-3, Paradox, etc.). This is a great way to theme your desktop to a classic look and feel.

If you want to revert back to your original icon(s), follow the steps above and enter the original .exe file of the prog

Happy Words Windows 7 Ad Leaves Us WonderingSeptember 15 2009

Microsoft ads always garner a lot of attention. With the spotlight shining directly upon the übercool Windows 7 right now, one can be sure that any new Windows ads will get a lot of attention. But do the ads cast Windows 7 in the most favorable light?

You’ve probably seen it. She’s undeniably cute, and her name is Kylie. The ad opens with Kylie introducing herself and declaring that she found “these happy words aaaall over my dad’s computer.” Kind of an odd beginning, but we continue to watch. The “seven, seven, seven, seven” which follows, depicts Kylie’s little finger smudging down the laptop screen to point out all the wonderful reviews that Windows 7 has received. “Happy words need happy pictures,” so Kylie decides to make a slideshow.

As Kylie’s little finger goes up to punch the return button on the keyboard a heart-stopping pound of drum obliterates the soft celesta and classical guitar melody into history. Now, an adrenalin-rushing brass ensemble backed by electric guitar riffs begins to blare, accompanying a slideshow featuring unicorns, kitty-cats, pigs in bowties, smiley-face flowers, butterflies, hearts, marshmallows, hat-wearing mice, fluffy white cloud

Take Windows 7 for a Free Whirl - A 90-Day Trial Edition is Now AvailableSeptember 2 2009

Now is the chance for Windows techies to get their hands on the soon-to-be-released Windows 7 Enterprise. Windows is extending a rather nice offer for a 90-day, full-feature, trial usage for network administrators and other IT professionals. The operating system is slated for release on October 22, but it still needs to be run through the gauntlet by those who know what they’re doing—people like you.

Steve Rose, Windows Senior Community Manager, blogged about the release yesterday, writing “I get the honor of announcing the availability of a resource so many of you have been asking for—a Windows Enterprise Trial edition you can use to continue testing Windows 7 in your own environment.” While basement-dwelling computer-lovers may wish to get their hands on the software, Rose makes it clear that “This evaluation release is specifically intended for IT professionals responsible for desktop administration; consumers will be able to purchase Windows 7 on October 22, 2009.”

Want To See Your BSOD? Try This.August 27 2009

Do you ever find that your common BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death) appears for just a second and then resets your computer before you can read it and gain any useful information as to why your Windows OS is not working? Well, worry no more, because there is an application called BlueScreenView that will let you view the BSOD(s) that your Windows box has been reporting.

Along with displaying the full BSOD dumpfile image, BlueScreenView will also display the files and memory addresses that are associated with the specific BSOD that you have encountered. This makes troubleshooting a lot easier!

You now may be asking yourself “How do I run this?” because your computer cannot get past the BSOD screen. You can execute BlueScreenView on another computer with the hard

Faster Internet Browsing with OpenDNSAugust 21 2009

One of the most reported issues with ISPs is with regards to slow loading web pages, and generally slow connections. People call their ISP every day to complain about bottlenecks occurring at peak times of the day. ISPs hear it all the time – ‘It is like I have a dialup modem not broadband!’

The problem is that most of the time due to infrastructure costs and changes, there is not a lot they can do about it. There is something that you as a person whom loves to use the internet can do to rectify the issue when you find even Google loading like you have a 28.8 modem plugged in somewhere.

It’s called OpenDNS – it’s free and easy to set up.

Some great points to bear in mind, you will benefit from:

1. Faster loading web pages

2. Preventing phishing attempts

3. Blocking sites that you wish your children to avoid

Essentially DNS works by resolving names to ip addresses so when you open Google, what happens on a DNS server is it translates the web name address to an ip address which numerically identifies that domain. For example, google.com has an ip address of 209.85.229.104 (no need to worry about what that means if it’s alien to you!)

ISPs have their own DNS servers to allow web pages we visit to become cached on those servers for faster loading of the web pages on repeated