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A little more than just Internet Explorer 8 is removable in Windows 7 build 7048. This build allow you to remove Internet Explorer 8, Windows DVD Maker, Windows Media Center, Windows Media Player (no more N editions, I presume) and even Windows Search:
Given that Windows 7 Enterprise edition will be a superset of Home and [...]
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The latest beta of Chrome (2.0.169.1) now works unmodified on Windows 7 x64
I’ve had some issues with Google Chrome (1.0.154.48) running on Windows 7 x64, but thanks to these two links, it’s now working great.
To get Chome working you’ll need to add switches to your Chrome shortcut. Most people look to be getting good results [...]
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For the 10 people who use Windows Briefcase, this one is not for you. If you’re like me and can’t stand the rough edges in Windows that have yet to be cleaned up, the Windows Briefcase icon is a bit of an eye sore because it still uses a Windows XP style icon:
In most [...]
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What’s the most annoying sound in Windows? For me it’s got to be the Start Navigation sound – that click that Windows plays whenever you navigate your way around Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer.
Usually you can prevent Windows from playing this sound by setting the Start Navigation event to None; however in Windows 7 [...]
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Installing VMware Server or Workstation on Windows 7 will leave the __vmware_user__ account showing on the logon screen, which does not happen in earlier versions of Windows.
If you want to hide this account, it’s a simple registry value addition:
Open Registry Editor and navigate to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
If it does not already exist, create a key named [...]
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Even though I log onto my domain machine with a standard user account, I’ve been prompted by UAC to elevate when running Registry Editor. After putting up with it for a couple of months, I finally got around to doing something to fix it today.
To see what was going on I used Process Explorer to [...]
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Here’s a download that’s quite timely as I’m looking at application compatibility as a component of my Windows Vista deployment project: Windows Vista Application Compatibility Downloadable List for IT Professionals
The Application Compatibility List for IT Professionals is a Microsoft Office Excel-based spreadsheet containing software applications which have earned the status of “Certified for Windows Vista” or [...]
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