tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58573519458363880522024-03-08T06:05:17.972+01:00Me versus the world behind the screen..you realize that most of your moments are spent facing the "machine" and that you cannot do anything about it because it is already too late, "you" have already became the "slave" of the "machine"..Adrian Begahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04182883931752880934noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857351945836388052.post-77450986880199845212010-06-17T15:44:00.001+02:002010-06-17T15:44:36.776+02:00How to efficiently work with Multiple Monitors  <p>Recent studies revealed that multiple monitor configurations can increase the user productivity and efficiency. Traditionally used in graphic or financial industry as it became more affordable, multi-monitor computing is starting to be very popular in a lot of domains. <br /> <br />Users are given the ability to access more information simultaneously, a more efficient multi-tasking between applications resolving the need to view and process a multitude of information sources at a time – all this can positively impact productivity and morale of the users, making them feel more comfortable and more focused on tasks. <br /> <br />What about the pleasure and convenience of working <br />with multiple monitors? <br /> <br />In this post I have decided to present some tools that I currently use in parallel with the multi-monitors. <br /></p> <p>I usually work on my 17’ laptop and my secondary screen is a 24’ screen. The difference between the two screens is big, and adapting from one screen to another can be painful for the eyes. <br /> <br />I had to find a way to split the big screen but not the smaller one. There are a number of applications on the internet serving the purpose of splitting the screen and after testing a number of them, there was one in particular that I considered adapted to my needs and also free: <a href="http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Acer-Gridvista-Download-71638.html">Acer GridVista</a> . <br />It allows you to allocate the space on each of your monitors and split the workspace in up to 4 sections per screen. <br /> <br /><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/TBomp8UpnlI/AAAAAAAAAFg/CQnPStL8SwQ/s1600-h/splitScreen%5B5%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="splitScreen" border="0" alt="splitScreen" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/TBomqRvg04I/AAAAAAAAAFk/jeWvErCqB1I/splitScreen_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="436" height="148" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p>Compared to other tools I found, it had the advantage of allowing the user to choose the grid configuration on each monitor independently, in my case, I chose to split the bigger screen in 4, and deactivate the grid on the smaller one.</p> <p></p> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/TBomqxly3sI/AAAAAAAAAFo/n4zIu14Mbl4/s1600-h/splitScreen2%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="splitScreen2" border="0" alt="splitScreen2" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/TBomrc1vZ_I/AAAAAAAAAFs/0Sj8059uEg0/splitScreen2_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="437" height="148" /></a> <p></p> <p>Choosing in which section you would like to move the current application is simple. After you defined the grid configuration, just drag and drop the desired application on the grid of the desired screen. <br /> <br />There were a number of things I was not happy about, such as the fact that when you click on the Show Desktop button to minimize all windows, and then you re-click on the same button to restore them, they are not correctly restored as before in grids but in random positions on the screen. So you are forced to reorganize them manually in the defined grids. <br /> <br />The fix for this and also for the fact that there is no simple way to extend the start bar to both screens, was in my case another application – <a href="http://www.actualtools.com/multiplemonitors/">Actual Multiple Monitors</a> . <br />It comes with a big number of nice features but it is not free, it costs around 30$. <br /> <br />There are also other alternatives to this software such as <a href="http://www.mediachance.com/free/multimon.htm">MultiMon Taskbar</a> which comes in different flavors (TaskBar which is free, and TaskBar Pro) but for me it had some compatibility problems with Windows 7. <br /> <br />A quick-tip for a small visual issue I encountered: <br />When Acer GridVista is running, it adds to the title bar of each window 3 buttons, allowing setting the transparency, the always on top option and whether the window should be locked to the grid or not. By installing and executing Actual Multiple Monitors, a set of 2 buttons are also added by default to the window’s toolbar (move to monitor, and maximize to desktop, which I personally don’t find useful), that can be disabled from the Configuration menu -> Default settings -> Title Buttons, to prevent the superposition with the previous set of buttons. <br /> <br />Adrian</p> Adrian Begahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04182883931752880934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857351945836388052.post-12185575263952346552010-06-14T01:22:00.001+02:002010-06-14T01:22:29.009+02:00Protect your files in Windows 7 using BitLocker<p></p> <p>In present there are many products on the market that can help you protect your files. But what most of us are looking for is a quick, simple and reliable encryption for our confidential files, and most of us are not looking to do this on the main disk of our laptop or desktop computer, but on portable devices (USB keys/portable disk drives). In fact, it is a logical desire to protect information as we are transporting it, either if we are talking about personal files or confidential documents.</p> <p></p> <p><strong>BitLocker encryption system</strong> <br />Starting with some versions of Windows Vista (Ultimate and Enterprise), an encryption system named BitLocker was introduced. But unlike what it should have been, simple and accessible it was difficult to set up for the normal users.</p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>Starting with Windows 7, BitLocker drive preparation is now completely integrated in the OS. The process of encryption was also simplified a lot;</p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/TBVoJrRIUmI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/jxG-Efar7Xk/s1600-h/bitLocker%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="bitLocker" border="0" alt="bitLocker" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/TBVoKrQ8vvI/AAAAAAAAAFU/nA3iQ_kh7N8/bitLocker_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="439" height="46" /></a></p> <p></p> <p>Encrypting a USB drive can be now done in just a few steps: <br /></p> <p><em>1) BitLocker activation</em> <br />BitLocker can be found under System and Security in the Control Panel. By default, USB stick support is not enabled. <br />To enable it, connect your USB key then click on BitLocker in Control Panel. Once in the BitLocker Encryption screen, click on the drive corresponding to your USB key, and <em>Turn On BitLocker.</em></p> <p></p> <p>2) <em>Encrypting with password</em></p> <p>A new windows will be opened, that will allow you to choose to protect your drive by password, by smartcard or by both. We will choose password; type you desired passowd twice, then click Next.</p> <p></p> <p>A new window will ask where to save the <em>recovery key</em>, which is a text document containing information allowing you to regain access to the encrypted USB key in case the password is forgot. Select the path to save the file, the click Next. In the following screen, click <em>Start encryption.</em></p> <p>The encryption process is pretty fast, for me it took around 1 minute for a 2 Gb key.</p> <p> <br /><em>Using the encrypted drive</em></p> <p>Once the process is completed, open the File Explorer, then click on the USB key. A windows will ask you to input the password for the previously encrypted drive. Once you did this, the USB key can be used just as a normal drive.</p> <p></p> <p><em>Managing encrypted drives</em> <br />In File Explorer, the icon of an encrypted drive will have a lock drawn over its standard icon. Once we right click on it, the popup menu will contain a new menu-item, the option <em>Manage BitLocker… <br /></em>Clicking on it will open a window allowing a number of options to help you manage the the encrypted drive. <br /> <br /><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/TBVoLeC-q-I/AAAAAAAAAFY/YqnL0JnyVeU/s1600-h/driveEncryption%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="driveEncryption" border="0" alt="driveEncryption" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/TBVoMRClRYI/AAAAAAAAAFc/YSa1F-Pn0xQ/driveEncryption_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="428" height="331" /></a></p> <p></p> <p><em>Turning off encryption <br /></em>This operation can be done either from the previous window, either from Control Panel accessing Security Settings, Bit Locker, then clicking on <em>Disable BitLocker</em> for the selected drive.</p> <p>The decryption process will be a bit faster then the encryption process, once it is finished, your USB drive will be back to normal.</p> <p></p> <p>Adrian</p> Adrian Begahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04182883931752880934noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857351945836388052.post-75397440869229811682010-06-02T17:15:00.001+02:002010-06-02T17:15:15.913+02:00What your e-mail address says about your computer skills<p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/TAZ1gdDWxCI/AAAAAAAAAE8/JlxzVYm_ks8/s1600-h/tellMeYourEmailFull%5B15%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="tellMeYourEmailFull" border="0" alt="tellMeYourEmailFull" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/TAZ1ghX6_EI/AAAAAAAAAFA/eWxVfvQRgJ4/tellMeYourEmailFull_thumb%5B13%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="436" height="625" /></a></p> <p>Adrian</p> Adrian Begahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04182883931752880934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857351945836388052.post-70818298398634393042010-06-02T11:44:00.001+02:002010-06-02T11:45:02.215+02:00Integrate Twitter in Gmail<p></p> <p>A widget created by <a href="http://twittergadget.com/" target="_blank">Twitter Gadget</a> for Gmail users allows integration of Tweeter inside your Gmail interface. This integration is possible via Google Labs Gmail by using the <em>Add gadget by url</em> functionality. <br />Just activate this option in Google labs. The in the tab Gadgets situated on the same Labs page, add the following url: <br />“<em>http://www.twittergadget.com/gadget_gmail.xml</em>”</p> <p></p> <p>The gadget cand handle smilies, lets you consult Replies, Direct messages, Favorites..</p> <p></p> <p>Once the gadget is added, it will be directly integrated in the left toolbar of your Gmail interface. You log in on your tweeter account, and you are ready to tweet.</p> <p></p> Adrian Adrian Begahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04182883931752880934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857351945836388052.post-74459771337417707112010-05-29T14:06:00.001+02:002010-05-29T14:06:49.469+02:00Run any applications safely on your computer<p></p> <p>At one point, by curiosity or necessity, you need to execute a certain application you downloaded from the internet or received from a friend. Even with the presence of an antivirus on you computer, there is always the risk - the application doing something unwanted on your computer like altering a number of files or parts of registry.</p> <p></p> <p>The best way to protect your computer from a risk like this would be to be able to run the desired application in a virtual controlled environment that gives full access to the files on your computer but keeps changes separately, keeping the original files untouched.</p> <p></p> <a href="http://www.sandboxie.com/" target="_blank">Sandboxie</a> is exactly the application you would need to do this. <p></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/TAEDVqo6AtI/AAAAAAAAAE0/ZLWkjkevurk/s1600-h/FrontPageAnimation%5B3%5D.gif"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="FrontPageAnimation" alt="FrontPageAnimation" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/TAEDWPNT-UI/AAAAAAAAAE4/44uF6IHFHyU/FrontPageAnimation_thumb%5B1%5D.gif?imgmax=800" width="240" height="153" /></a></p> <p></p> <p>The application is freeware, with the only exception that after 30 days it starts displaying a nag screen to remind you of registering it.</p> <p></p> Browsing internet in a sandbox is also possible, you can do this by executing the preferred browser inside the sandbox, and once finish it is enough to close the browser and empty the sandbox. <p></p> <p>To enumerate some of the functionalities of Sandboxie: install programs sandboxed, run windows services sandboxes, shell integration – right click on an executable –> Run in sandbox, protection at some extent against keyloggers.</p> <p></p> <p>Adrian</p> Adrian Begahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04182883931752880934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857351945836388052.post-78800422459639518022010-04-19T16:45:00.001+02:002010-04-19T16:46:48.350+02:00How will you look in 40 years<p></p> <p>If you ever wondered how will you look over 40 year, there is a cool site that can simulate aging and a few other transformations of your face.</p> <p></p> <p>All you have to do is upload your photo (or your friend’s), choose the age, gender.</p> <p>This tool called The Face Transformer, is accesible at this address: <a href="http://morph.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Transformer/" target="_blank">The Face Transformer</a></p> <p></p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/S8xsnvLDjEI/AAAAAAAAAEo/uo8VblbMj90/s1600-h/oldFace%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="oldFace" border="0" alt="oldFace" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/S8xsn6HCvwI/AAAAAAAAAEs/Mesb9SnuBtA/oldFace_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="433" height="279" /></a> <p></p> <p></p> <p>Have fun morphing!</p> <br />Adrian Adrian Begahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04182883931752880934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857351945836388052.post-26513653186183027042010-03-29T09:43:00.001+02:002010-03-29T09:43:46.262+02:00Hitler and Cloud computer security<object width="450" height="270"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VjfaCoA2sQk&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VjfaCoA2sQk&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="450" height="270"></embed></object> Adrian Begahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04182883931752880934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857351945836388052.post-31881163729051761572010-03-17T17:33:00.001+01:002010-03-17T17:38:51.551+01:00Backup and Restore computer drivers (Windows Xp, Vista, 7)<p></p> <p>When it comes to reinstalling your operating system, and here I am talking about windows, we all agree that it is a real pain. First of all the OS installation, process takes almost always the same amount of time, then the drivers, then your usual programs (all at once or in time as soon as you need them)</p> <p></p> <p>In this post I’ll just discuss how you can jump with elegance over the critical step in installing your OS which is installing the drivers.</p> <p></p> <p>This can be done by backing-up drivers from the old system, and then restoring them inside the freshly installed system.</p> <p></p> <p>From the beginning I have to mention that this migration of drivers works normally when the new installed OS is the same as the old one. Depending on the drivers, driver migration from Vista to 7 and from 7 to Vista may also work.</p> <p></p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.boozet.org/dd.htm">Double Driver</a> </strong>is a free tool that allows you to perform this backup/restore operation for all the drivers. It is the perfect driver manager as it enables you to do a lot of things such as: list your drivers, access full driver details, export and print the list, select exactly which drivers to backup, and how to restore drivers from a previous backup.</p> <p></p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/S6EEZDFI39I/AAAAAAAAAEI/8NFBuoWFtOY/s1600-h/double%20driver%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="double driver" border="0" alt="double driver" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/S6EEZmLpXiI/AAAAAAAAAEM/GUrQPyWqwBg/double%20driver_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="436" height="206" /></a> <p></p> <p></p> <p>Adrian</p> Adrian Begahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04182883931752880934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857351945836388052.post-41081183466660891702010-03-16T12:05:00.001+01:002010-03-16T12:05:48.745+01:00How to force delete files in Windows 7 & Vista<p></p> <p>Have you ever wanted to delete files from a previous windows installation, but you couldn’t because of a permission error. </p> <p></p> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/S59mBLPonhI/AAAAAAAAADw/XuY150qlpoM/s1600-h/permission%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="permission" border="0" alt="permission" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/S59mBfH5KUI/AAAAAAAAAD0/KlpjorbtcaU/permission_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="150" /></a> <p></p> <p></p> <p>Most of the times, it is purely a problem of ownership over the files you wish to delete. If you are the administrator of the computer, than there is a quick solution of taking the ownership of the files, adding the <strong>Take Ownership</strong> in your right click context menu.</p> <p></p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/S59mBysbNcI/AAAAAAAAAD4/qLZuvgQJsec/s1600-h/ownershipMenu%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="ownershipMenu" border="0" alt="ownershipMenu" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/S59mCNWI_qI/AAAAAAAAAD8/nIAHyqZn_5g/ownershipMenu_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="220" /></a> <p></p> <p></p> <p>How to add this option in the context menu. <br />You have to download this file: <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/adrianbega/InstallRemoveTakeOwnership.zip?attredirects=0&d=1">InstallRemoveTakeOwnership.zip</a></p> <p></p> <p>Once you did this, extract the contents in a folder. There are two registry files insinde, one that adds the Take Ownership context menu option, the other that removes it.</p> <p>Double click <em>InstallTakeOwnershipOption.reg</em></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>Now right click the folder you want to delete, then select Take Ownership. </p> <p> <br /></p> <p></p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/S59mCp8xspI/AAAAAAAAAEA/Wu1IC2yK3gg/s1600-h/take%20Ownership%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="take Ownership" border="0" alt="take Ownership" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/S59mC_2y7kI/AAAAAAAAAEE/Yfti9k6xdiY/take%20Ownership_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="385" height="251" /></a> <p></p> <p></p> <p>Once the operation is completed, you have the full ownership of the folder, and you can go further deleting the file.</p> <p>To remove this option from the context menu, just click on the other registry file <em>RemoveTakeOwnershipOption.reg</em></p> <h4>What if I still cannot delete the file</h4> <p></p> <p>If the problem still persists, then it is not related just to permissions. We could be talking about a file blocked by the system, a damaged file… </p> <p></p> <p>If you are sure about what you want to do, I recommend in this case a more advanced solution, a tool that serves exactly this purpose - the <a href="http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/">Unlocker</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>It can handle very well a number of special cases when it comes to deleting a file such as the Access denied, sharing violations, source in use, file in use, ..and so on.</p> <p></p> Adrian Adrian Begahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04182883931752880934noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857351945836388052.post-85301762603315948502010-02-27T18:28:00.001+01:002010-02-27T18:41:47.582+01:00Set active partition in Windows XP, Vista & 7 using command line<p></p> <p><strong>Scenario:</strong> you have installed an OS such as Mac OS X on a secondary partition, and after restart you can no longer boot-up your system. <br /> <br /><strong>Solution:</strong> boot using your Windows cd/dvd; get into the command prompt and type <strong>diskpart  <br /> <br /> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/S4lX0i47D6I/AAAAAAAAADY/puFUlcX-spo/s1600-h/1%5B7%5D.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="1" border="0" alt="1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/S4lX1DGWLkI/AAAAAAAAADc/am5uHjkJxjo/1_thumb%5B3%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="423" height="249" /></a> <br /></strong> <br />Type <strong>list disk</strong> to see the list of disks installed in your system. Type <strong>select disk 0</strong>,<strong> </strong>assuming 0 is the number of your disk containing your partitions. <br /> <br /></p> <div align="center"> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/S4lX1r36ugI/AAAAAAAAADg/DMQZZfWdBBs/s1600-h/2%5B7%5D.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="2" border="0" alt="2" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/S4lX2H6KSiI/AAAAAAAAADk/juYqgobHqvY/2_thumb%5B3%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="276" height="75" /></a> </p> </div> <br />Now that we have selected the disk, type  <strong>list partitions</strong> to get the list of all partitions on the disk. <br /> <br /><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/S4lX2k-rjbI/AAAAAAAAADo/x_ikxAPTriw/s1600-h/3%5B3%5D.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="3" border="0" alt="3" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/S4lX3VPAyOI/AAAAAAAAADs/XoMMt69S2Cw/3_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="429" height="137" /></a> <br /> <br />To activate the desired partition type <strong>select partition n</strong>, where <strong>n</strong> is the partition number.  <br />Now that we have selected the desired partition, we can mark it as <strong>active</strong> by typing<strong> active <br /> <br /></strong>Adrian Adrian Begahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04182883931752880934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857351945836388052.post-21397758960593335722010-01-28T16:57:00.001+01:002010-01-28T17:09:34.175+01:00Saving TFS (Team File System) passwords in XP, Vista and Windows 7<p>This is a small tutorial for those that work with Visual Studion and TFS, and are annoyed by the fact that every time you try to open a project, you have to type in your user credentials. In present there is no simple way to store the credentials in the project itself, at least not yet :)</p> <p></p> <p>Instead, there is another solution - to add your credentials into Windows Credential Manager. <br /> <br /><strong>In Windows XP</strong></p> <p>1. Go to Control Panel, click on User Accounts, Advanced, Manage Passwords, then Add <br />2. Enter the TFS Server address <br />3. Enter your credentials, username and password</p> <p></p> <strong>In Windows Vista</strong> <br />1. Go to Control Panel, Click on User Accounts, Manage your Network Passwords, then click Add <br />2. Enter TFS Server address <br />3. Enter credentials <br /> <br /><strong>In Windows 7</strong> <br />1. Go to Control Panel, Click on User Accounts & Famili Safety, Click on Credential Manager <br />2. Add TFS Server in Windows Credential Section <br />3. Enter TFS Server address and your credentials <br /> <br />Edit: This applies also to those that are using tools like Microsoft Office Word or Excel with TFS. <br /> <br />That’s it! <br /> <br /><em>Adrian</em> Adrian Begahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04182883931752880934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857351945836388052.post-33758892134853961012010-01-16T14:23:00.001+01:002010-01-16T14:26:23.969+01:00Dual Boot Windows 7 or Vista with Mac OS X Leopard<p>Since the beginning of this year I had a lot of fun challenging myself to install Leopard on one of my PCs, a Samsung NP-M55. I could say that the whole process was maybe more pain than fun, but the result worth the time spent – you’ll get a Mac without really buying one. <br />I don’t have to mention that since a Mac OS X is designed to work only with Apple hardware, even with the big community of people that are trying to mod drivers for PC hardware to work on Mac, there is no guarantee that your computer will ever even boot Mac :) <br /> <br />Anyway, I decided to write a few guides on different topics based on my experiments. <br />One big problem I faced was dual (triple) booting.</p> <p></p> <strong>What is needed:</strong> <p></p> <blockquote>    - Windows 7 or Windows Vista DVD <p> <p>    - Leopard or Snow Leopard DVD, I used the <em>iPC OSx86 10.5.6 Universal PPF6 Final v1.1.iso </em>which can be found on the internet, but any other image is good.(iPC) <br />     - EasyBCD 2 (I used beta) <a href="http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=642">get it here</a> </p> <p></p> </p> </blockquote> <p><strong>The steps are the following: <br /></strong>1) Install Windows 7, or Vista, or if you have it already installed, you can skip this step, reinstalling is not required. <br /> <br />2) Make sure you have a partition ready formatted or free for installing Mac OSx. Installing Leopard takes up around 8Gb, so I would recommend at least 10 Gb. <br /> <br />3) Boot from the Leopard DVD. When selecting where to install it, open Disk Utility from the menu. Select the empty partition and format it as a Mac OS Partition. Install Leopard on it after. <br /> <br />4) After reboot, you won’t be able to boot back into Windows unless the boot manager is repaired. To do this, use the Windows 7 DVD to boot and select System Recovery. Once the System Recovery Options window appears, choose the Startup Repair Option. As soon as it will finish repairing the boot, restart your computer.Remove the Windows DVD, and continue booting in windows. <br /><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/S1G91ScegJI/AAAAAAAAACU/nw3Imk8hDHU/s1600-h/windows-7-startup-repair-7%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="windows-7-startup-repair-7" border="0" alt="windows-7-startup-repair-7" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/S1G91-qG1GI/AAAAAAAAACY/eQb_MeYIhlc/windows-7-startup-repair-7_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="426" height="320" /></a> <br /> <br />4') As an extra step in case you have more than one windows partition on your computer, and the System Recovery could not repair your boot for both Windows installations. This occurs because the partition was marked as inactive. Activating it can be done from System Recovery Command Prompt using <strong>diskpart</strong>. More details <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300415">here</a>. <br />In case you can still boot in one of the Windows OS, execute Computer Management, select Disk Management, right click on your other windows partition, and select Mark partition as Active. Then Reboot. <br /><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/S1G92WdPhtI/AAAAAAAAACc/R1-vdPmpZac/s1600-h/image%5B19%5D.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="image" border="0" alt="image" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/S1G92-pMlWI/AAAAAAAAACg/sgIkqkxzWis/image_thumb%5B9%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="425" height="297" /></a> <br /> <br />5) Now to add the boot entry for Mac OS X. Boot in Windows. Run EasyBCD . Click on Add/Remove Entries. Select Mac tab on Add an Entry group, then name your Entry, and in the Mode, select MBR. The click add Entry. <br /><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/S1G93sBeA7I/AAAAAAAAACk/ipzm7ZZt8dk/s1600-h/image%5B8%5D.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="image" border="0" alt="image" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/S1G94CiAcrI/AAAAAAAAACo/sNg_iep5N2c/image_thumb%5B4%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="423" height="360" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>That’s it. Now reboot! <br />There is the problem of drivers, as the installation is not very easy and you have to do a lot of manual customisation, but I will discuss this in another post. In the meantime check <a href="http://www.hackint0sh.org/">Hackint0sh</a>, <a href="http://www.insanelymac.com/">InsanelyMac</a>, <a href="http://wiki.osx86project.org/">OX86Project</a> <br /> <br />Enjoy your Mac :) <br /> <br />Adrian</p> Adrian Begahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04182883931752880934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857351945836388052.post-88677892014377821252009-05-12T15:47:00.001+02:002009-05-12T15:48:18.628+02:00VideoTraceA very promising project from the <a href="http://www.acvt.com.au/research/videotrace/">Australian Centre for Visual Technologies</a>. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vda2RAEuW_g&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vda2RAEuW_g&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <br /> <br />“Quoting their site: <span style="font-style: italic">VideoTrace is a system for interactively generating realistic 3D models of objects from video—models that might be inserted into a video game, a simulation environment, or another video sequence. The user interacts with VideoTrace by tracing the shape of the object to be modelled over one or more frames of the video. By interpreting the sketch drawn by the user in light of 3D information obtained from computer vision techniques, a small number of simple 2D interactions can be used to generate a realistic 3D model. Each of the sketching operations in VideoTrace provides an intuitive and powerful means of modelling shape from video, and executes quickly enough to be used interactively. Immediate feedback allows the user to model rapidly those parts of the scene which are of interest and to the level of detail required. The combination of automated and manual reconstruction allows VideoTrace to model parts of the scene not visible, and to succeed in cases where purely automated approaches would fail..”</span> <br />Adrian Adrian Begahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04182883931752880934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857351945836388052.post-71351059524109156752009-05-05T10:00:00.003+02:002009-05-05T10:11:22.488+02:00The song of 99 bottles of beerAlmost everyone of us has for surely ran into this song. There is nothing special about it except the number of bottles in each verse that decreases until it reaches 0 and then everything starts over - what better example of a "loop".<br />So why not writing the song in all possible languages we can think about :)<br /><br />Check it out here<br /><br /><a href="http://99-bottles-of-beer.net/">http://99-bottles-of-beer.net/</a><br /><br />Enjoy!<br /><br />AdrianAdrian Begahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04182883931752880934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857351945836388052.post-49098861846806051572009-04-21T10:38:00.004+02:002009-04-22T09:22:07.798+02:00Execute XBAP in Google ChromeThis is an article for the fans of Chrome - viewing hosted WPF pages in Chrome.<br />By default this is not supported in Google Chrome (and apparently is not going to be supported officially too soon).<br />The support can be manually added by copying of libraries from an installation of Mozilla. So to be able to add this functionality, a few steps need to be followed:<br /><br />Make sure you installed both last version of Chrome and Mozilla Firefox 3.0.0+.<br /><br />The following libraries found in Mozilla Firefox instalation directory<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox</span><br />have to be coppied to Chrome instalation directory;<br /><br />Assumming Chrome is installed in the following directory, USER corresponds to your windows user.<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">C:\Users\[USER]\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application</span><br /><br />js3250.dll<br />mozcrt19.dll<br />nspr4.dll<br />nss3.dll<br />nssutil3.dll<br />plc4.dll<br />plds4.dll<br />smime3.dll<br />sqlite3.dll<br />ssl3.dll<br />xpcom.dll<br />xul.dll<br /><br /><br />This is about it. Enjoy Chrome!<br />AdrianAdrian Begahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04182883931752880934noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857351945836388052.post-68268937117660521402009-03-15T21:13:00.001+01:002009-03-15T21:17:27.235+01:00Eiffel Tower by Night from St Cloud <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/Sb1iU49k73I/AAAAAAAAACI/s5AB-iLhj5w/s1600-h/PreviewTower%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="PreviewTower" border="0" alt="PreviewTower" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/Sb1iVc_boNI/AAAAAAAAACM/_xy8td1YJxA/PreviewTower_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="428" height="322" /></a> <br /><em>No comment <br /></em>Adrian Adrian Begahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04182883931752880934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857351945836388052.post-76408545199731480412009-03-07T17:14:00.001+01:002009-03-07T17:18:34.181+01:00How to check if your CPU is 32 or 64 bit?<p>When trying to install a 64bit app into a 32bit OS, the OS will report your system as being a 32bit system even if your CPU implements 64bit architecture. At this level it is the OS who reports itself as a 32bit, and prevents the execution of a 64 bit app, but there should be no problems executing a 32bit app on a 64bit OS. <br /> <br />But the question is how to really check if the CPU is 64bit or not. <br />The 64bit compatible CPU includes a “lm” flag (that stands for LONG MODE) that implements the EM64T instruction. This bit is common for both Intel and AMP CPUID. <br /> <br />Anyways, the fastest way to find if the CPU is 32 or 64 (in windows) would be to download the <a href="http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php">CPU-Z tool</a>, and once you execute it check under the CPU tab, Processor section. <img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="cpuZ2" border="0" alt="cpuZ2" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/SbKdeDoBf1I/AAAAAAAAAB8/p9GCAfo22kw/cpuZ2_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="305" height="340" /> <br />If in the list of supported CPU Instructions, the option EM64T is present, your CPU supports 64bit.  <br />     </p> <p>Adrian</p> Adrian Begahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04182883931752880934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857351945836388052.post-950513132607952382009-03-07T14:41:00.001+01:002009-03-07T18:03:13.025+01:00Windows 7 build 7048 x86/x64 Leaked<p>This release labeled Release Candidate 1 can be downloaded on various sources (torrent, rapidshare, megaupload). </p> <p>Name: 7048_x64_Ultimate_EN_DVD <br />Size: 3.31 GB <br /><strong><a href="http://nhatpg.windowsvn.net/windows-7-build-7048-x64-leaked-megaupload-torrent-rapidshare-mediafire/">x64</a></strong></p> <p> <br />Name: 7048.0.090219-1845_x86fre_client_en-us_Ultimate_EN_DVD <br />Size: 2.61 GB <br /><strong><a href="http://www.board4all.cz/showthread.php?p=314441">x86</a></strong> <br /> <br />Adrian </p> Adrian Begahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04182883931752880934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857351945836388052.post-16985287788087432762009-02-23T13:27:00.001+01:002009-03-01T14:03:48.679+01:00The Short and Simple Story of the Credit Crisis<div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:57792652-1573-47c6-9f30-f1b4a1f44fe2" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><div><object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3261363&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3261363&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object></div></div> <div align="center"> <div align="left"> <p> <br />One of the best explanations to this situation.</p> </div> </div> Adrian Adrian Begahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04182883931752880934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857351945836388052.post-67656482017536068742009-02-20T11:34:00.001+01:002009-03-01T14:04:42.523+01:00Second Life susceptible to SQL injection<p></p> <p><a href="http://secondlife.com">The famous 3D World</a> created and powered by its residents had a big vulnerability that allowed the full access to all client accounts, their personal and payment data. <br /> <br />Even if the vulnerability was corrected by now (after being reported around 3 months ago), we are questioning how a company like Lindenlabs with an yearly profit of more than 400 K$ coming from Second Life, is not capable of taking their database security to a higher level. <br /></p> <p>Source: HackersBlog</p> <p></p> Adrian Adrian Begahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04182883931752880934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857351945836388052.post-42551403092783417322009-02-17T12:46:00.001+01:002009-03-01T14:06:55.324+01:00Windows Mobile 6.5 Beta Leaked<p>It is really good news to hear that Microsoft is concentrating his attention on the long-forgotten OS – Windows Mobile. And we are getting closer and closer to the official release day with the leaked version of Windows Mobile 6.5 beta. </p> <br /> <p>The bad news is that the only compatible pocket pc phone for the moment is HTC Blue Angel, so anyone using other Windows Mobile devices is out of luck for the moment (me included). </p> <br /> <p><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="windows-mobile-7_0-8_0" border="0" alt="windows-mobile-7_0-8_0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/SZqjn_HL8FI/AAAAAAAAABw/3jyjQFmzWCc/windows-mobile-7_0-8_0_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="187" height="244" /></p> <br /> <div align="left"> <p>Judging from the screenshots and the <a href="http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/02/16/microsoft-launches-windows-mobile-65">presented features</a>, Windows Mobile 6.5 is no more than a minor upgrade over Windows Mobile 6.1. The biggest difference worth mentioning is the new <em>face</em> that offers a slight improvement of the user experience.  </p> <br /><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/SZqjoR1OGxI/AAAAAAAAAB0/MDo-VslJnPo/s1600-h/wm6.5%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="wm6.5" border="0" alt="wm6.5" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/SZqjorPj4_I/AAAAAAAAAB4/mvil4gO0MFc/wm6.5_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="180" /></a> <br /> <p>The leaked version was available on <a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=428030">XDA-Dev</a> . Apparently Microsoft did something about this and forced them to remove all the links. But if you got a Blue Angel and wand to give WM 6.5 a spin, it still exists on various sources on the internet.</p> </div> <br /> <p>Adrian</p> Adrian Begahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04182883931752880934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857351945836388052.post-24328179598957446352009-02-10T21:22:00.001+01:002009-02-18T14:19:23.846+01:00Microsoft TechDays 09<p>This week I decided to take the time to participate in some of the conferences that were on the agenda of <a href="http://galilee.microsoft.fr/TechDays2009/Default.aspx">TechDays</a> 09. <br />Today was the first of the three days dedicated to the conference. <br />To enumerate some of the objectives of the sessions I found interesting – Windows 7 and Surface, Cloud Platform “Azure”, WPF, Silverlight & .NET 3.5 SP1, Visual Studio 2010 & C# 4.0, XNA, etc. <br /> <br /><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/SZHknD_3ylI/AAAAAAAAABE/OnlOMDinJe4/s1600-h/IMGP2823%5B5%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="IMGP2823" border="0" alt="IMGP2823" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/SZHknsDliNI/AAAAAAAAABM/GF94zQvhWj4/IMGP2823_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="304" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/SZHkn9LmnLI/AAAAAAAAABQ/sL8oxnDzd1A/s1600-h/IMGP2824%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="IMGP2824" border="0" alt="IMGP2824" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/SZHkoY1P61I/AAAAAAAAABU/GYIzndzcOhA/IMGP2824_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="304" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/SZHlGicDVEI/AAAAAAAAABg/H8C2s7G6ol0/s1600-h/IMGP2827%5B35%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="IMGP2827" border="0" alt="IMGP2827" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_RcBR5MXLX_g/SZHlHKU0MSI/AAAAAAAAABk/nx6e8JYP364/IMGP2827_thumb%5B33%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="304" /></a> <br /> <br />To conclude, I had no regrets about participating – the presentations were high level and refreshing regarding the technology. </p> <br />All the videos are available <a href="http://blogs.technet.com/mstechdays/archive/2009/02/16/les-vid-os-des-conf-rences-pl-ni-res-des-microsoft-techdays-2009-en-un-clic.aspx">here</a> (French). <br /> <br /> <p>Adrian</p> Adrian Begahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04182883931752880934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857351945836388052.post-61730860301608209422009-02-10T03:05:00.001+01:002009-02-10T20:59:50.885+01:00Experimenting with experiments...Today I lost around 3 hour sitting in front of my laptop realizing how I, from time to time (and curiosity) willingly but unconsciously test Microsoft's "masterpiece". <br /> <br />After being a happy tester of the Win 7 pre-build 6950 from October (right, the second leaked version), happy not because of stability reasons but because as an experimented developer that puts first time the hands on something new, I took precautions and until January when the official beta was released, I kept myself from messing too much with the new OS, not to mention never even thinking about really working on it. In January, amazingly and unexpectedly, the official beta 7000 installed flawlessly over the 6950, and I thought I should take things more seriously and start deploying the "laboratory" on it. <br /> <br />I still remember that with the exception of a number of annoying bugs (problems with insomnia, or waking from it, memory leaks, drivers ..), the system was relatively stable (conditioned by a daily bases reboot). <br /> <br />But with the unofficial leak 7022 that was supposed to contain kernel patches for some of those problems, I lost 3 hours today and everything I installed on the ex-win7-system. One and a half hour of updating the system, 20 minutess of updating registry&services, crash, another 20 minutes trying to rollback the old system and that's about it. Not to mention the dead periods of time between. <br /> <br />Surely being too confident in M$ developer's skill is a "must NOT". <br />I ca still hear from some that build 6956 is the most stable of them all. No problemo, I believe turning back is never an acceptable solution. So .. Tomorrow (night maybe) is a new day and I will try a fresh install of 7022. <br /> <br />Adrian Adrian Begahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04182883931752880934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857351945836388052.post-41092968925482536392009-02-08T17:28:00.012+01:002009-02-09T09:59:21.452+01:00Windows 7 build 7025 leakedApparently the leaked Windows 7 build 7022 is already out there. It was suppozed to be officially available starting from April 08.<br />The leak is already available for download on various P2P networks.<br />The build was compiled on 15 January.<br /><br />AdrianAdrian Begahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04182883931752880934noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857351945836388052.post-72568169209503270492009-01-14T12:20:00.019+01:002009-02-08T16:10:23.295+01:00Windows 7 SecretsWindows 7 is finally officially released. I laid my hands on it since the pre-beta build (the PDC version leaked October 08) and start drilling into the areas that concentrate most of the new features such as the new taskbar and shell integration, ribbon-based graphical UI, multi-touch and gesture recognition.<br /><br />In this post I would like to focus a number of features less visible to the user but that prove to be very useful in my opinion - the top 8 "secrets" of Windows 7.<br /><br /><br /><ol><li><strong><span style="color:#000099;">Window management</span></strong> - docking a window very fast to the left/right side of the screen or maximizing it can be done very quickly, actions that can be performed using keyboard shortcuts:<br /><strong>Win+Left Arrow and Win+Right Arrow</strong> dock;<br /><strong>Win+Up Arrow and Win+Down Arrow</strong> maximizes and restores / minimizes;<br /><strong>Win+Shift+Up Arrow and Win+Shift+Down Arrow</strong> maximizes and restores the vertical size.<br /><br /></li><li><strong><span style="color:#333399;">Multi-Monitor Windows Management</span></strong> - dock windows from one monitor to another when using multiple monitors using <strong>Win+Shift+Left Arrow</strong> and <strong>Win+Shift+Right Arrow</strong> keeping their relative position on the screen<br /><br /></li><li><strong><span style="color:#333399;">Minimize non-active Background Windows</span></strong> - pressing once <strong>Win+Home</strong> minimizes all background windows, and pressing it once again puts them back to the screen<br /><br /></li><li><span style="color:#333399;"><strong>Reordering Taskbar Icons and Running Applications</strong></span> - if you haven't noticed, the pinned icons and running applications are no longer fixed, they can be reordered and starting a new instance of any of the first 5 started application can be done by pressing the <strong>Win+1, Win+2, ..</strong><br /><br /></li><li><strong><span style="color:#333399;">Executing another instance of the same app</span></strong> - just <strong>Shift+Click</strong> on an icon from the taskbar to execute another instance of the application<br /><br /></li><li><strong><span style="color:#333399;">Peeking the the Desktop</span></strong> - want to have a look at the desktop without minimizing all windows? Pressing the small square in bottom-right of the screen or the shortcut<br /><strong>Win+Space</strong> enables the user to peek at any icons or gadgets executed on the desktop.<br /><br /></li><li><strong><span style="color:#333399;">Display Projection</span></strong> - for a quick popup that allows selecting how to extend your screen on a extra connected monitor or projector just hit <strong>Win+P<br /><br /></strong></li><li><strong><span style="color:#333399;">Focus and walk the taskbar</span></strong> - now the taskbar can be focused using the <strong>Win+T</strong> shortcut and once you are there the arrow keys allows you to select one of the applications or icons which you can activate or executing by pressing Enter</li></ol><br />Once again those are the "secrets" that I find the most useful, but to see the full list of secrets just visit <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2009/01/12/the-bumper-list-of-windows-7-secrets.aspx">Tim Sneath's tip list for Win 7</a><br /><br />AdrianAdrian Begahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04182883931752880934noreply@blogger.com0