Clearing Vista's saved passwords
Paul Marshall (2135 views)
Clearing Vista's saved passwords
It's great when things just work... and very frustrating when they don't. This is often compounded by unhelpful error messages.
'''An extended error has occurred.'''
I recently was unable to access one of my network shares, and while I suspected the shar
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Awesome Sidebar Gadget
Paul Hayman (3544 views)
Awesome Sidebar Gadget
This gadget is awesome '''(ESPECIALLY IN LARGE MODE)''':
http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=426dc418-12ce-481a-b886-89a66ca9127e
System Control is much more than your average shutdown gadget. Aside from the normal Shutdown, Restart, Lock, and Sleep /
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How to get more than 3GB in Windows Vista 32-bit
Paul Hayman (5277 views)
How to get more than 3GB in Windows Vista 32-bit
Out if the box, Vista (32-bit) only detects a maximum of 3GB of RAM. You're probably gutted if you just bought a 4GB PC.
Vista 32-bit systems can actually detect 4GB RAM (and more). Sometimes the O.S. does not see the 4th GB of RAM but that c
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Great site for Vista WallPaper and more!
Paul Hayman (1656 views)
Great site for Vista WallPaper and More
http://neosmart.net/gallery/v/wallpapers/Vista/official/
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uTorrent Server Vista Gadget
Paul Marshall (26269 views)
uTorrent Server Vista Gadget
I've had loads of comments about my articles on creating your own Torrent Server, see the attached links. If you haven't configured uTorrent to work like this I can assure you it is excellent and you can access your torrents from anywhere if you have a static IP o
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Getting on the Vista developers merry-go-round
Mark Page (2480 views)
Getting on the Vista developers merry-go-round
Trying to keep up with the various Vista Beta releases? Want to develop but not sure which version will work on your platform?
Here's a useful set of links to make sure you get the right version of the runtime, SDK, Orcas VS extensions and WCF l
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Vista Beta 2 is missing boot.ini
Mark Page (6992 views)
Vista Beta 2 is missing boot.ini
The latest build of '''Vista Beta 2 (Build 5456)''' does not use boot.ini to store details of boot sequence, display times etc.
If you dual boot with XP on the primary partition you can see that Vista install has modified the boot.ini header.
#h#;Warning:
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Disabling User Account Control (UAC)
Mark Page (3460 views)
Disabling User Account Control (UAC)
Annoyed by the Vista Beta 2 user account control (UAC) dialogs?
These are the prompts for authority to install programs, run applications and perform day to day tasks such as some file operations. Also you will notice the that the prompt drop the compute
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nVidia Graphics Drivers
Mark Page (3492 views)
nVidia Graphics Drivers
Having problems with nVidia display adapters running on Vista Beta 2. Well you are not alone.
Unfortunately at the moment Vista does not understand turbocache so it will only report on the adapters onboard memory. This means you will get lower than expected Performanc
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Where is IIS 7.0 in Vista Ultimate Edition ?
Mark Page (8021 views)
IIS 7.0 is available in Vista Beta 2 Ultimate Edition but it is well hidden.
You can try to install all the 'parts' which make up IIS from the Control Panel under Programs, Windows Features. However, you will see a bewlidering array of items to install. Note that some of these tools still refer
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Problem With SQL Server 2005 on Vista Beta2
Mark Page (3950 views)
Problem With SQL Server 2005 on Vista Beta2
So you've been through the throws of building a Vista Beta 2 installation and boy it looks good. Maybe a couple of missing drivers to hunt down but otherwise all that Vista goodness.
So now you want to install some developer tools and start to play
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