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As you know, very time you make any change in the Group Policy you will have to reboot  your PC for the changes to take effect. Learn how to save changes in the group Policy without restarting your computer.  Continue reading »

Upon opening a file with an unknown extension, Windows Vista returns with a pop-up window inviting you to search the proper program to open it  by using the Web service or directly from a list of programs installed in your operating system. If you don’t need this nagging window because, for example, you already know what program to use to open the file, here is a nice hack which will let you skip the whole procedure just to show you a “Open With” window. Continue reading »

Lately Microsoft has surprised us all by releasing a couple of interesting e-books for free. You may want to read these articles of mine on Windows Vista resource kit e-book , Windows Vista Resource Kit, Second Edition and Windows Vista Performance and Tuning. Now, with the upcoming release of Windows 7 (Windows 7 RC is expected to be released on May 5, 09), Microsoft has decided to release a couple of interesting free books to get the most from the new operating system. Continue reading »

If you have something for classic paintings, but you don’t know even how to take a paintbrush in your hand, here is a nice website which will turn you to a skilled painter able to portrait whoever you want including yourself. The website I am going to introduce you, is what it’s called a head-in-the-hole website where all you have to do is put an image over a famous painting to have a complete, beautiful “masterpiece”.  If instead you want to play with more creative websites, I advice you to read these articles of mine speaking of how to turn your digital photo to sketches, how to create cartoons in a few minutes, how to add effects to your pictures and how to create real-time animations. Continue reading »

Microsoft has recently released the new Office 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) final RTM. This new Service Pack offers better performance and a lot of enhancements for most of its applications. Some of the newest and much awaited features are the native support for PDF and ODF, better calendar and a lot of hotfixes for well-known bugs. What follows is a list of the most important features and the link where to download Microsoft Office 2007 Service pack 2. Continue reading »

When you create a document having .Doc extension by using Microsoft  Office, without knowing  you also create a small database containing your private information. As a matter of fact, along with ANY Word document the following information are also saved: Comments, Keywords, Subjects, your name and initials, your computer name, your hard disk name,  previous author’s name etc. Useless to say, this information could be easily used by malicious people against you. If you are concerned about this, here is a nice, freeware application which, in a couple of steps, scrubs your Words documents removing potentially embarrassing data. Continue reading »

Microsoft has recently finished compiling the final RTM version of Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Incredible to say, despite the fact that we are still a little far from the official release date, the Service Pack has laready been leaked in the Internet for everybody to download! Continue reading »

Dell has recently unveiled a new desktop computer all-in-one called Dell Studio One 19. To tell the truth, this is not a big news since other companies have already released such a all-in-one model for a long time. As a matter of fact,  to find out more, you may want to read these articles of mine about NEC Powermate P4000, the fashionable Sony Vaio Type L and the not-so-new anymore HP TouchSmart 2.  Anyway, Dell has managed to surprise me thanks to the shrewdness it put in its Studio. Continue reading »

Mozilla has recently released the new Firefox 3.5 beta 4, mainly intended for evaluation,  beta tester and developers. This new version relies on the Gecko 1.9.1 rendering platform, giving  users an increased performance and speed, as well as stability while surfing. Continue reading »

Despite the fact that Gmail, Yahoo Mail and other important and well-known webmails have got excellent anti-spam filters, every now and then it may happen that some fake e-mail manages to prick the tight spam-net and reach your e-mail inbox.  It happens to my Gmail as well and it is only normal, also because there isn’t a lot to do. Usually, such fake e-mails are quite recognizable because they have the same subjects and talk about the same stuff. But, what happen when you get a phishing e-mail  which is quite alike to the ones you get from CitiBank, E-Bay, Mastercard, Amazon etc? Let’s learn how to recognize fake e-mails from  legitimate ones, thanks to a free software. Continue reading »