Hawkscope, Access HDD Quickly

Hello techno46 readers. This time I will share a productivity tool to help you more quickly access the HDD. You can access your HDD from the system tray with dynamic pop-ups.

It's no matter what OS you use, because Hawkscope work in cross platform environment, Windows, Linux, and Mac. Some features Hawkscope are:

1. Always free and open source.
2. System wide global hotkey for invoking menu right under mouse location (on Windows and Linux only).

Error Code 0x80000FFF in Vista

Some of you may encountered an error code 0x80000FFF when updated your Windows Vista using Windows Update or Microsoft Update. In addition, we often met this errors update when we run Windows Update from Control Panel.

To fix this, first please check your Windows registry, is there any one of the values below:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\COMPONENTS\PendingXmlIdentifier
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\COMPONENTS\NextQueueEntryIndex
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\COMPONENTS\AdvancedInstallersNeedResolving

If you encounter one of them, please do the procedure below to resolve the error code 0x80000FFF in Windows Vista.

Windows 7 to Mac OS X Using iSteve

iSteve transformation pack is a program dedicated to Steve Jobs, the man behind Apple's success. iSteve is transformation pack for Windows which will give 5 wallpapers of Steve Jobs with important quote from him. All the wallpapers are going to keep changing one by one.

How to modify Windows 7 to Mac OS X Lion using iSteve

Windows 8 USB Installation

Lately we often heard of Windows 8. Some people who curious try to install it on their virtual box machine. But for some people who want to feel Windows 8 in real performance, they directly install Windows 8 on their computer without virtualization. But there is a slight problem for notebook users who are not equipped with DVD drives.

Fortunately, you can do Windows 8 USB installation. In this way, you can use your USB stick as the installation media. Here are the steps:

1. Make sure your notebook supports booting from USB, you can see it through the BIOS on the boot menu configuration. Find the entry that says Boot, Boot Order, Boot Sequence, or anything about the “boot" and make sure that USB has the first priority on the system.

TuneUp Utilities 2010 Product Key

Hello techno46 readers, through this post I will share you free TuneUp Utilities 2010 product key. Previously, let's discuss what TuneUp Utilities is. It is one of the popular software that is made to keep our computer in top performance. First made in 1997 and created to help Windows systems users for both beginners and amateurs.

Follow these steps to get free TuneUp Utilities 2010 product key:

1. Visit http://www.tuneup-software.co.uk/promo/cs0411.
2. Enter your valid email address, fill in the captcha code, and re-enter your valid email address.

Install OpenShift Express on Windows 7

Some times ago, we have discussed about how to install Linux app on Windows using Cygwin. For now, we are talking about how to install OpenShift Express on Windows 7. To achieve our goals, we still use the same helper programs, Cygwin.

Follow these instructions:

1. Download the Ruby here.
2. Download rubygems here, move to C:\cygwin\home\[USER], run your Cygwin, and extract it using “tar zxf rubygems-xxx.tgz”.

Mac Lion Theme for Windows 7

Hello techno46 readers, in this post I will share you Mac Lion theme for Windows 7. Oh ya, previously we have discussed another theme for Windows 7:Illusion Theme. If you miss it, you can check now. As you known, OS X Lion was the latest OS X version from Apple which brought some iOS elements.

Using this theme, you can enjoy Mac-like on your Windows. Bellow is the screenshots.

Windows 8 and Windows 7, Dual Boot in One PC

Happy weekend techno46 readers. In this post we will discuss how to make dual boot in our PC, Windows 8 and Windows 7. I assume you have previously installed Windows 7 on your computer, and you have at least 20GB of free space on your hard disk.

Let’s start it.

1. Download Microsoft Windows 8 Developer Preview, click here (32-bit) and here (64-bit).

Install Linux App on Windows Using Cygwin

In this post, I will share you how to install Linux app on your Windows computer. We use Cygwin to do it. If you are a Linux user and want to run Windows applications, surely you know the Wine. Cygwin is a similar program to Wine, but has the opposite function. It works in Windows environment, not in Linux.

Follow these steps to run Linux app in your Windows:
Step 1, Install Cygwin:

1. Download Cygwin here and install it. Just follow the on screen wizard to install it.

Start Windows Installer in Safe Mode

If you are a Microsoft Windows user you must be familiar with the Safe Mode. Sometimes boot in the Safe Mode becomes a necessity when repairing computers like to do a System Restore and more.

Unfortunately, in Safe Mode you can not install or remove programs because Windows Installer is disabled by default. To start Windows Installer in Safe Mode so you can install or remove programs, follow these steps:

Speed Up RAM and CPU by Disabling Indexing Service

Did you know that you can speed up your RAM and CPU by disabling the Indexing Service? Well, if we look the description about Indexing Service from Windows XP we get some words that tell it indexes contents and properties of files on local and remote computers; provides rapid access to files through flexible querying language.

Error Loading dfrgfat9.dll on Startup

Through this post I will share how to solve problems about dfrgfat9.dll error on startup. This error has been complained by many of Windows XP users and an error message that appears on your monitor screen is like this: “Getting Error C:\windows\system32\dfrgfat9.dll”

USB Problem in Windows 7

I am sure the problem I found was also a problem that you frequently got. Therefore I want to share tips to solve the USB problem in Windows computer. This USB problem refers to the recognizing issue for any devices which connected to the USB port. Unknown device is connected to the USB port, maybe that's the right phrase to describe it.

Things you need to solve the above problems are by reinstalling the USB controller drivers. Here's how to do it:

Exchange 2007 Console Can’t Be Used to View User Forest

Recently I encountered problems in my work. This problem occurred after I had installed Exchange 2007 in the Forest. Everything looks normal and I can view and migrate the users from the forest.

The only odd thing is I can not view the users from the Exchange 2007 Console. Previously, I have had Exchange 2003 in Forest and I also have child domain users in my Exchange 2003 forest.

Windows 8 Developer Preview VS Ubuntu Natty

Through this post, I’ll share a battle video of Windows 8 Developer Preview VS Ubuntu Natty Nharwal. Of course this video can not be used as a basis to determine the best among them. There are advantages and disadvantages that make each OS has its own characteristics. And since Ubuntu is free, I gave it a special point.

Outlook Attachment Can’t be Viewed

This article was taken from my personal experience. And maybe some of you have gotten “failed to open" attachments in your Outlook. Image in the message body is visible only in black with a red cross in the corner on the left.

To view the outlook for the missing attachment, you can try resetting your IE. This step was taken because Outlook relies on IE and Outlook considers IE as the default browser. Follow these steps to reset your IE.

1. In the menu bar, select Tools -> Internet Options.

Windows 8 With Classic Start Menu

Hello Techno46 readers. This time, I will share you how to make Windows 8 with classic Start Menu like those of Windows 7. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Go to Run by pressing the Windows key + R on your keyboard. Type "regedit" and press the Enter key.

Office 2007 Hangs when Opening Network File

This post is designed to help you who find the Office 2007 hangs when opening network file. Many of the complaints mentioned include:
When we open the excel shortcut, the program is run normally but it takes longer to open a document file. Some people try to choose the Excel - > Open - > and browse the appropriate documents to immediately open document they want.

Actually, the problem caused by Office File Validation (OFV) which checks the file is trustworthy before it opens the file. Of course, this check process reduces your performance because of the network traffic when reading in the parts of the workbook.

Error When Install KB2487367 on Windows

Some of you may experience a failure when installing KB2487367. This is a security update to protect your Windows-based system which run Microsoft .NET Framework. This update available for Windows Server 2003, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 x86. Here's how to successfully install KB2487367 on your Windows PC.

Promoting Windows Server 2008 R2 to Domain Controller

I think from the title you can already know the contents of this post. This is a job usually done by the system administrator. Instead I wrote a lot of things, we probably would be easier if we learn via a brief video. Please see video course about promoting Windows Server 2008 R2 to Domain Controller.