Errors due to Digital Rights Management (DRM) constraints in Windows Media Player (WMP) – be it in Vista, Windows XP/ 2000 / 9x / Me – can be quite annoying. This happens particularly if the media file is copyrighted and thus frequently shows DRM license errors. The only solution to this problem is to change the copyright (i.e. DRM) settings of Windows Media [...] Continue Reading…
Although most people use the uninstallation program that typically comes with their operating system, while removing a program you no longer intend to use, this default uninstallation procedure fails to clean up all unwanted files completely and leaves some files or changes behind. In this regard, a new program called Total Uninstall 4.26 has come out that uninstalls programs completely and also lets [...] Continue Reading…
Memory is a crucial resource on any server that influences its smooth and swift operability. Thus, it is important that you know that amount of memory being used at any given time. Linux – as well as CentOS (widely used in cPanel/Plesk servers) – has several commands that let you check the memory usage on the server.
free
The free command can used to gauge the [...] Continue Reading…
It’s certainly not a pleasant surprise for Indian webmasters and all Paypal users. I’m talking about the recent outage paypal and IndiPaypal customers are facing…
It is painful for all those ‘Indian webmasters’ who depend completely on Paypal for their online monetary transactions, but do we as webmasters have any other better alternative I’ve used and still will stick on with Paypal, and I [...] Continue Reading…
If you want to accept an incoming Telnet connection, you must enable and run the Telnet Server service that will have access to the TCP port 23. However, in Windows Vista, the Telnet Server is not installed by default in an effort to minimize security risks and thus, you have to install it manually if you want to use it. The Telnet Server [...] Continue Reading…
Author: Gautam Categories: Microsoft Windows Tips And Tricks Tags: command prompt, configuration option, configure telnet, incoming telnet connection, tcp port 23, telnet configuration, telnet server, telnet server vista, windows, Windows Vista, windows xp
Windows Vista comes with a free screen capture utility called Snipping Tool that is installed by default in all versions of Vista – including Vista Home Premium, Vista Business, Vista Enterprise, and Vista Ultimate editions. In all of these cases, it can be easily accessed from the Accessories folder in Start Menu. The Snipping Tool is handy application with a user-friendly interface that [...] Continue Reading…
In Windows Vista, if you are using the Remote Desktop Connection client to connect to servers running Microsoft Windows Server 2003 64-bit (x64), the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connections often slows down to a crawl and the screen refreshes at an extremely slow rate. This happens particularly after you have installed the Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) x64 release. However, this [...] Continue Reading…
Author: Gautam Categories: Microsoft Windows Tips And Tricks Tags: long delay for connection, netsh, network tuning functions, optimize network, rdp, rdp client, rdp connection speed, remote desktop connection, solve rdp vista, solve remote desktop vista, tcp, Windows Vista
VMware has released the VMware Fusion for Mac OS X, which is a virtual machine software that provides a desktop virtualization environment allowing users to run over 60 different types of x86-based operating systems on their Macs. As a result, you can run Windows, Linux, Netware, UNIX, Solaris, etc on any Apple Macintosh powered by an Intel Processor. Moreover, VMware Fusion also lets [...] Continue Reading…
There are many public/private torrent tracker sites on the Internet that feature fast seeders, best downloadable content and super fast download speeds. However, free registration on these sites is closed for most of the time, and most of them require a special invite/invitation code for signup. And even if you are a registered user, you have to maintain a good upload/download ratio; else [...] Continue Reading…
In Windows Vista, the Start Menu contains a list of recently used programs that is seen right after the Start Menu button is clicked. (Note that this list is different from the Recent Items List that stores the recently accessed files, and not programs.) The primary purpose of this program is to give the user easy and quick access to the programs that [...] Continue Reading…
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