Archive for category Software

Enable DreamScene in Vista Home Premium

For those of you who have Vista Home Premium and are jealous of those folks that have Vista Ultimate because of among other things the whole DreamScene spectacle, never fear because enterprising "hackers" are here. While browsing the Usenet via Google groups I came across a post by someone with a link to a ZIP file containing some DLLs, a registry import and quite detailed instructions. Figuring it's worth givin [...]

Microsoft, Lenovo Launch “Pay As You Go” Computer

Microsoft Corp. and Chinese-based computer maker Lenovo said Monday they will launch market trials for pay-as-you-go purchases of computers in China and India. Consumers will be able to purchase a Lenovo PC for about half its retail price and pay off the balance over time by purchasing pre-paid cards from Lenovo. Sounds like a good idea at first but they haven't clearly stipulated what happens when your "balance [...]

Preview your open tasks in Windows XP

Free Visual Task Tips. Hover over open or closed tasks in your task bar and get the image of whats going on in that program. Really cool. A function that has been on OSX for quite some time. Now on Win Xp and being tested on Vista. A great download and highly recommended. Click read more to link to the site which is pretty self-explanatory using pictures what it does. It's a great feature that you wish you'd alw [...]

Hardware requirements for Windows Vista officially announced

Microsoft today revealed the minimum specifications for Windows Vista, in two tiers: "Vista Capable" and "Premium Ready." And as usual, the emphasis is on minimum. I was actually, after all the hype, expecting Vista's requirements to be higher than what was announced. Most people who bought a somewhat decent PC in the last 2 years should have enough CPU horsepower and RAM for the new OS. One item which WILL r [...]