Harsh Ajmera» Windows

Open MS Office 2007 files in Older Versions

Harsh Ajmera — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:54:45 +0000

Recently lot of my friends are suffering from this dilemma that how to open Microsoft Office 2007 files (with formats like .xlsx, .docx, .pptx etc) and we use to convert files from Microsoft 2007 formats to Microsoft Older Versions, and this way of doing was little boring and time consuming, So i searched for a way to open, edit, modify and save Microsoft 2007 in Microsoft Office 2003, 2000.

See how simple now it is..

Just download this below linked Compatibility Pack from Microsoft itself, run it and thats all..

By installing the Compatibility Pack in addition to Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, or Office 2003, you will be able to open, edit, and save files using the file formats in newer versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint . The Compatibility Pack can also be used in conjunction with the Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003, Excel Viewer 2003, and PowerPoint Viewer 2003 to view files saved in these new formats. For more information about the Compatibility Pack, see 924074.

Amazing Features of Windows Mobile 7

Harsh Ajmera — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:40:52 +0000

Windows Phone 7 series is a dramatic change from previous generations of the software that used to be called Windows Mobile. The new OS is a drastic overhaul of the aging Windows Mobile platform.

———————————————————————————————————————————————————-

The new OS uses a ‘live tile’ metaphor, showing dynamically updated information. Users can have tiles for e-mail, calendar, pictures and individual people, playlists and other applications and information types.

The OS arranges information in six sections: People, Pictures, Games, Music and Video, Marketplace and Office. The People section is actually contacts option. However, it is not your typical contacts list. The contact list is connected with the contact’s social networking accounts and users can see their updates right within the contact screen.

The operating system is designed to have three hardware buttons: start, search — with a direct link to Bing — and back.

Hardware supporters include Dell, Garmin-Asus, HTC, Hewlett-Packard, LG, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Toshiba and Qualcomm

————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Microsoft is imposing a set of required features for Windows phones. Manufacturers must include permanent buttons on the phone for “home,” “search” and “back”; a high-resolution screen with the same touch-sensing technology as the iPhone; and a camera with at least 5 megapixels of resolution and a flash. Hardware QWERTY keyboards will be optional.

The iPhone’s success has spurred lots of look-alike phones with screenfuls of tiny square icons representing each programme. Just as it did with the Zune, Microsoft has tried to avoid an icon-intensive copy of that setup. Instead, it relies more on clickable words and images pulled from the content itself.

For example, if you put a weather program on the device’s home page, it shows a constantly updated snapshot of conditions where you are, rather than a static icon that you have to click in order to see the weather.

—————————————————————————————————————————————————–

Windows Phone 7 Series borrows the clean look of the Zune software, departing from the more “computer screen” look of earlier Microsoft efforts. These were also reliant on the user pulling out a stylus for more precise maneuvering, while the software is designed to be used with the fingers. It’s not clear how older third-party applications designed for the stylus will work on the new phones.

Microsoft said that manufacturing partners have started building devices based on the phones; the first devices based on Win Phone 7 should ship in late 2010. HTC said that the company has already started working on the new OS.

Boost up your Internet Speed instantly

Harsh Ajmera — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 09:30:29 +0000

Recently I came across this technique to increase the speed of wireless network you are using at your home or work from one of my faculty. I searched a lot regarding this got a very simple solution for Wireless as well as for LAN connections..

This technique is all about configuring MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit), which is the size (in bytes) of the largest protocol data unit that the layer can pass onwards.

Lets start it simply

Open the Run box by pressing “Windows key + R”
Type in “cmd” and press Enter.

Now to see the default parameters of your PC or machine enter the below statement and press Enter.

netsh interface ipv4 show subinterfaces

You will get something like this

MTU         State  Bytes In    Bytes Out  Interface
----------  -----  ---------   ---------  -------------
4294967295  1      0           13487914   Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1
1500        1      3734493902  282497358  Wireless Network Connection
1500        1      0           0          Local Area Connection

———————————————————————————————————————————-

Now to change the default values of MTU enter the below statement.

In the following statement i have used “mtu=1400″ as an example. You can set your MTU values on your own. But remember one thing try to keep it unique (by setting it a bit lower than what the mass uses on the same network).

If you are using a LAN (Local Area Network) connection:

netsh interface ipv4 set subinterface "Local Area Connection" mtu=1400 store=persistent

If you are using a Wireless connection:

netsh interface ipv4 set subinterface "Wireless Network Connection" mtu=1400 store=persistent

Now start your browser and look what who have done to your internet speed. I m sure you will feel its running more than twice the speed it was..

If you have any other way out to increase the speed over the network, please feel free to share it here…

Most Useful Windows 7 Utility Softwares

Harsh Ajmera — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:24:36 +0000

Check out all useful Windows 7 softwares you might be need ..

.

Change Login Screen PowerToy Click on “Change Logon Screen”, select (and verify) your new Login Screen image.

CoreInfo – 64-bit command-line utility showing the mapping between logical processors and the physical processor, NUMA node, and socket on which they reside, as well as the cache’s assigned to each logical processor.

Fishbowl brings Facebook to your desktop. Experience your Facebook content in new ways with a trial desktop client application that lets you personalize how you read your newsfeed, update status, comment, like, browse and upload photos.

GmailNotifier CodePlex application, with full Windows 7 integration, notifing when you receive email from Google Gmail.

InkSeine offers file searching directly from ink without transcribing queries to a search box or a separate search application. With InkSeine, you circle a handwritten phrase within your notes to create a query. The query persists in place as an icon that gets saved in perpetuity, just like any other part of your notes.

Insomnia keeps your computer from temporarily going to sleep.

IPsecPing command-line IPsec endpoint testing and debugging tool. It uses the winsock secure socket extensions, and supports IPv4, IPv6, IKEv1, and AuthIP.

Desktop Time Tracker keeps track of time spent on your projects from the system tray.

.NET Version Detector 2009 displays installed .NET versions.

AdblockIE – ad blocker for Internet Explorer 8; inspired by Firefox’s Adblock & Noscript. AdblockIE blocks offsite JavaScript and filters images, Flash, and frames.

Autoruns - See what programs are configured to startup automatically when your system boots and you login. Autoruns also shows you the full list of Registry and file locations where applications can configure auto-start settings.

BitLocker To Go Reader provides users read-only access to BitLocker-protected FAT-formatted drives on non-Windows 7 computers.

Desktops organizes applications up to 4 virtual desktops.

Disk2vhd simplifies the migration of physical systems into virtual machines (p2v). Run Disk2vhd on the system you want to migrate and specify the volumes for which you want data included, and Disk2vhd creates a consistent point-in-time volume snapshot followed by an export of the selected volumes into one or more VHDs that you can add to a new or existing Hyper-V or Virtual PC virtual machine.

Elevation PowerToy for managing User Account Control

Explore as Administrator PowerToy overcomes the limitations of Windows Explorer inability to throw up a UAC prompt when creating a folder within or copying a file into a protected folder such a Program Files or Windows.

ISO Recorder PowerToy makes images of CDs & DVDs to create ISO images.

LogParser – Parses many types of textual content, it’s a mature tool with well upgraded functionality.

LUA Buglight identifies admin-permissions issues “LUA bugs” (Least-privilege User Account) in desktop applications.

NetMon 3.3 – Network Monitoring utility to capture and observe network traffic patterns and problems.

OffVis displays OLESS-based binary files in two ways: a hex view of the raw file contents on the left side - and the tree of objects built up from parsing those raw file contents on the right side.

Patch Registration Cleanup Tool – Repairs Windows Installer errors caused due to incorrect patch registration may be corrected using this tool.

ProcDump – command-line utility whose primary purpose is monitoring an application for CPU spikes and generating crash dumps during a spike that an administrator or developer can use to determine the cause of the spike.

Process Monitor - advanced monitoring tool that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity.

PsLoglist - command-line event log display utility that accepts wildcard matching for event sources.

Remote Server Administration Tools enables IT administrators to manage roles and features that are installed on computers that are running Windows Server 2003 / 2008, from a remote computer.

Power Plan Assistant smart power plan management application.

PowerShell Pack – 10 modules to supercharge your PowerShell scripting: manage RSS feeds, schedule operating system tasks and more.

pptPlex - zoom in & out of slide sections and move directly between slides that are not sequential in your PowerPoint presentation (updated for multi-touch devices).

SyncToy synchronizes files and folders between locations (example: sharing files, such as photos, with other computers and creating backup copies of files & folders. )

Synergy - easily share a single mouse & keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems, each with its own display, without special hardware.

System State Analyzer compares two snapshots of a computer.

Taskbar Meters – three apps live on the Windows 7’s task bar: CPU Utilization, Memory, & Disk IO (along with quick access to Windows 7’s Task Manager & Resource Monitor)

Terminals – Tabbed Remote Desktop Client

Virtual PC allows you to run many applications on a virtual Windows environment

Virtual Router turns a computer into a Wifi Hotspot using Windows 7’s Wireless Hosted Network (Virtual Wifi) technology

WhoCrashed shows the drivers which have been crashing your computer

Time Zone Change Gadget - easily swap time zones when travelling.

TweetCraft in-game Twitter client for World of Warcraft allowing you to send/receive Tweets in-game, upload in-game screenshots and AutoTweet achievements.

Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1 (x64-bit version) syncs content between mobile phone and computer.

WinHlp32.exe required to display 32-bit Help files with the “.hlp” file name extension.

Windows Speech Recognition Profile Tool – backup & restore their speech profiles

Windows XP Mode - run many of your Windows XP applications directly from Virutal PC.

Ultimate Windows Tweaker utility for tweaking & optimizing Windows 7 ”promises” to make your system faster, more stable, and more secure.

VHD Tool – create & modify the VHD properties and size.

Windows Access Panel minimizes the trouble in accessing the buried settings & “hidden” system utilities within the Control Panel.

Windows Image to Virtual Hard Disk Converter (WIM2VHD) command-line tool to create sysprepped VHD images from any Windows 7 installation source. VHDs created by WIM2VHD will boot directly to the Out Of Box Experience, ready for your first-use customizations.

Windows Installer CleanUp Utility can remove a program’s configuration information if experiencing installation (Setup) problems.

Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant 6.5 (Beta) installs the Windows Live ID online provider to link a Windows Live ID to a Windows 7 user account.

If you know any other, which you like sharing with others.. Please Add as a comment..

Top 5 Registry Error Repair Tools

Harsh Ajmera — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:49:15 +0000

There are a number of errors which can be caused by a corrupted or bloated registry. I have listed a few of the more common problems that can occur here. If you’re experiencing any of these issues then there is a good chance your registry needs repairing.

Repeating Error Warnings
Windows Crashes
Memory Dump Errors
Decreased Computer Performance
DLL and Runtime Errors
Slow Windows Booting
Programs Won’t Run
Invalid File Extension
ActiveX Warnings
Internet Slowness
Computer Freezes
Disabled Task Manager and Services
Internet Explorer Errors
Exe Errors
System32 Errors
Messenger Errors

Now choose any of the below mentioned tools to repair the registry. I will recommend Registry Easy as a perfect tool..

Registry Easy

Registry Easy is our first choice when it comes to registry fix tools. This software is here to fix corrupted registry, data and boost your system performance, and also slightly tweak up your computer. Do not expect Registry Easy to repair all your software errors or magically boost your computer on level of a plan. But it sure will speed up the system and fix most unwanted annoyances.

Download Now

RegSweep

RegSweep is the latest in PC error diagnostic and repair. RegSweep can do a complete scan of your entire file system and registry in under 2 minutes! All corrupt files, paths, and registry keys will be analyzed and automatically repaired so that your PC functions just as when you first purchased it, Guaranteed.

Download Now

Perfect Optimizer

Perfect Optimizer was the biggest competitor to Registry Easy, and we need to say it really exceeded our expectation and almost became our next favorite registry cleaner! If you look at overall rating we gave Perfect Optimizer you will see it’s top quality among the similar tools.

Download Now

Registry Winner

Registry Winner is high trusted registry cleaner, although it’s not the very best registry software, but we are satisfied with its ability to explore and repair massive errors. There are options that will help you tweak your computer’s working performance! Registry Winner has many different built-in tools to repair and optimize your Windows registry settings. If you are constantly running out of memory, this tool will automatically defrag your ram along with disk space.

Download Now

RegCure

RegCure has been on the computer security market for more than three years. It doesn’t have so many features as registry cleaners reviewed above, but it does its job very well – to clean the mess and fix most common errors from your computer with single mouse click.

RegCure works well on Windows XP, Windows Vista and even Windows 7 so as other top registry tools we have reviewed. We would recommend this tool to users who don’t want to deal with so many options, but would like to increase system performance.

Download Now

Registry Toolkit

RegSweep is the latest in PC error diagnostic and repair. RegSweep can do a complete scan of your entire file system and registry in under 2 minutes! All corrupt files, paths, and registry keys will be analyzed and automatically repaired so that your PC functions just as when you first purchased it, Guaranteed.

Scans your registry and hardrive for invalid registry keys and program shortcuts. Startup management helps you to customize your system startup to suit your needs. BHO manager lets you remove unused internet explorer plug-ins, to ensure a faster internet experience. Keeps backups of any registry change made by Registry Toolkit, so you can always go back and restore it. Repairs frequent windows rebooting problems and system freezes

Download Now

Change Windows 7 Logon Screen in 4 Steps

Harsh Ajmera — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:29:09 +0000

1st Step :- Open regedit, and create the key -

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background

2nd Step :- Right click on the right hand side and then add a new DWORD Value named OEMBackground

3rd Step :- Double click on OEMBackground and set it to 1.

4th Step :- Name the file as backgroundDefault.jpg and make sure that the file size is less than 256KB. Put the image file (in ‘jpeg’ format) in the following folder (You may need to create some of these folders along the path)

%windir%\oobe\info\backgrounds

Now Simply Reboot your computer and Enjoy the changes.

Click to Download Best Free Wallpaper Sites ever

Make your computer type what you speak

Harsh Ajmera — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:27:29 +0000

To make your computer type whatever you speak, you need to get some time to make your computer learn how you speak and pronounce.

For a better voice commands you need a very good microphone. Avoid cheaper microphones since they tend to pick up a lot of background noise.

Lets Start

Go to Control Panel
Click Ease of Access
Click Speech Recognition
Click Take Speech Tutorial

Now follow the instruction, this tutorial you need to run once and from then your computer will follow what you say

Complete the entire process of tutorial and thats it, now open a document and simple start speaking and your computer will type.

Key Benefits and Features:

Multiple languages: Windows Speech Recognition in Windows Vista is available in eight languages/dialects: English, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.
Correction: One is able to fix incorrectly recognized words by selecting from alternatives provided for the dictated phrase or word, or by spelling the word.
Dictation: Address e-mails and documents by dictation; make corrections, and save the work.
Adaptation: Modification and adaptation to speaking styles and accents. The software learns and improves the interaction with the computer
Command: This is the “Say what you see” feature. It enables one to naturally control applications and complete tasks. Among such them are launching documents or applications, formatting, saving or deleting documents.
Disambiguation: Ambiguous words and phrasings can be resolved with a user interface for clarification. If something can be misinterpreted, the software can clarify it.

Top 40 Awesome Windows 7 Themes

Harsh Ajmera — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:28:52 +0000

To download these Awesome Windows 7 themes at a time, just enter your email address here :

There are many more… To download these Awesome Windows 7 themes at a time, just enter your email address here :

How Windows 7 is more Secure than Windows Vista or Xp

Harsh Ajmera — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:02:14 +0000

Core System Security

As it did with Windows Vista, Microsoft developed Windows 7 according to the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL). It built the new OS from the ground up to be a secure computing environment and retained the key security features that helped protect Vista, such as Kernel Patch Protection, Data Execution Prevention (DEP), Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR), and Mandatory Integrity Levels. These features provide a strong foundation to guard against malicious software and other attacks. A few key elements are worth noting.

Windows Filtering Platform

Windows 7 introduces something called the Windows Filtering Platform (WFP). The idea is that third parties can take advantage of aspects of the Microsoft Windows Firewall in their own products. Microsoft says “third-party products also can selectively turn parts of the Windows Firewall on or off, enabling you to choose which software firewall you want to use and have it coexist with Windows Firewall.”

Enhanced UAC

User Account Control. Introduced with Windows Vista, the feature is meant to help enforce least-privileged access and to improve the total cost of ownership by allowing organizations to deploy the operating system without granting administrator access to users. Though Microsoft’s primary intent with UAC was to force software developers to use better coding practices and not expect access to sensitive areas of the operating system, most people have perceived UAC as a security feature.

When users think of UAC, they typically associate it with the access-consent prompts it issues. Though Microsoft has made significant progress since Vista’s introduction in reducing the types and number of events that trigger the UAC prompt (or that prevent standard users from executing tasks entirely), UAC has still been the subject of a great deal of negative feedback for Vista.

With Windows 7, Microsoft has again reduced the number of applications and operating system tasks that trigger the prompt. It has also incorporated a more flexible interface for UAC. Under User Accounts in the Control Panel, you can select Change User Account Control Settings to adjust the feature with a slider.

Encrypting Drives With BitLocker

When BitLocker made its debut with Windows Vista, it was capable only of encrypting the primary operating system volume. Windows Vista SP2 (Service Pack 2) extended the functionality to encrypt other volumes, such as additional drives or partitions on the primary hard drive, but it still did not enable users to encrypt data on portable or removable disks. Windows 7 brings BitLocker to Go for protecting data on portable drives while still providing a means for sharing the data with partners, customers, or other parties.

Biometrics, System Restore and AppLocker

Biometrics enhancements include easier reader configurations, allowing users to manage the fingerprint data stored on the computer and control how they log on to Windows 7. And System Restore includes a list of programs that will be removed or added, providing users with more useful information before they choose which restore point to use. Restore points are also available in backups, providing a larger list to choose from, over a longer period of time.

Integrated Fingerprint Scanner Support

Many Windows users configure the operating system to log them in without a user name and password–but that’s the computer equivalent of leaving the front door of your house wide open with a neon sign flashing “Enter Here.” I highly recommend that you assign all user accounts in Windows 7 a relatively strong password or passphrase (that means your dog’s name or your favorite basketball team don’t count).

Even passwords aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. Passwords are secure only until they’re cracked, and cracking a password is more a matter of when than if, assuming an attacker is sufficiently dedicated.

Protecting Data

Thousands of computers, particularly laptops, are lost or stolen each year. If you don’t have appropriate safeguards and security controls in place, unauthorized users who come into possession of your computer can access any sensitive data it contains. The risk of sensitive information being lost or stolen is even greater with the proliferation of tiny USB flash drives and other portable media capable of holding more and more data.

Windows 7 retains Vista’s data-protection technologies, such as EFS (Encrypting File System) and support for AD RMS (Active Directory Rights Management Services). In addition to minor updates to those technologies, Windows 7 significantly improves on Vista’s BitLocker drive encryption technology, and it adds BitLocker to Go for encrypting data on removable media.

Protecting Mobile Data With BitLocker to Go

Windows Vista was able to protect the drives and volumes that are part of the computer, but it could not encrypt data on removable drives. Windows 7 addresses that glaring lack of functionality with BitLocker to Go.

Using BitLocker to Go, you can protect data on USB thumb drives and other removable media. If you need to share sensitive information with other people, you can give them the encrypted data on the USB thumb drive and choose a password that you can share with them to unlock the contents. For additional protection, you can require a smartcard to unlock the data, and deliver the encrypted drive and the smartcard separately.

Hidden Features in Windows Vista or Windows 7

Harsh Ajmera — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:09:08 +0000

Quick launch shortcut

Windows Key+1 Windows Key+2 Windows Key+3 ...

for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. item on your quick launch bar.

Expanded Menu Options

Hold shift while right clicking on any folder — you’ll get an expanded context menu. In there you’ll be able to choose “Open command window here.”

Renaming

Super fast renaming of files in Explorer. Rename one file and press Tab to finish renaming the earlier file (no need to press Enter) and move the rename field automatically to the next file and so on. Shift+Tab to move upwards in the same way.

Ultra Admin Account

Hidden ultra admin account that UAC is disabled in. Is it like root of root. To get it, open the cmd prompt with admin privileges and type “net user administrator /active:yes”. The account is not password protected. To dis-enable, type “net user administrator /active:no”.

Details Pane

To enable, select Organize (on Command Bar) / Layout / Details Pane. When a document, spreadsheet, etc.. is highlighted, certain Category properties in the bottom details pane can be modified to add tags, subject, titles, etc.. by mousing over the field (which displays the box) next to the Category. When finished, click theSave bttom to the right of the Details pane.

Preview Pane

To enable the Preview Pane select Organize (on Command Bar) / Layout / Preview Pane. Once enabled, clicking on certain files (text, documents, spreadsheets) will display the contents of the file (read only view) without needing to open the file. When selecting a media item, a miniature player is displayed.

Filtering Folder Content Views

Moving your mouse over a Heading will display a drop-down arrow. Clicking on the down arrow will display a set of filtering options (check boxes) that can be set for viewing items in the column.

Stacking

Open a folder containing some documents, photos, MP3s, or whatever. Right-click any open area within that folder and mouse over Stack By. Choose the kind of stack you want: Name, date modified, file type, size, etc. Note that the available options will differ depending on the kinds of files in the folder

Selection with Checkboxes

Open any system window, click the Organize menu, and then choose Folder and Search Options. Next, click the View tab, and then scroll down until you see Use check boxes to select items. Enable it, then click OK.