Windows Media Player Plugin for FireFox under Vista
I recently visited some web sites which needs Windows Media Player for their multimedia contents. FireFox complained about x-mplayer2 plugin not available. I found this […]
Virtual PC 2007 Note
Microsoft has just released Virtual PC 2007 and it’s available for free. You can download it here. CD Device The first problem I ran into […]
Vista Auto-Tuning
Vista introduces a new feature called “Receive Window Auto-Tuning”. What it does is to adjust the receive windows size continually based upon the changing network […]
Vista Elevated Command Prompt
When you first use Vista’s command prompt as an administrator, you might be surprised to know that you don’t get any admin priviledges. On Vista, […]
Vista Keyboard Shortcuts
I was going to compile a list of keyboard shortcuts under Vista. However, I found that the list provided by Vista is quite comprehensive. There […]
Safari Browser Hijack
One user took his iBook with him when he travelled overseas. He used a service called DataValet. It worked well and he was able to […]
VLC Media Player Problem under Vista
[Update] I tried the latest version of VLC player (0.8.6d) and it played OK without modification. 12/27/2007 VLC is my favorite media player. It plays […]
HTA: Check Process Example
Microsoft has a less known technology called HTA (HTML Application). Basically, it gives scripts a GUI front end using HTML notation. I have known HTA […]
How to Prepare Intel RAID Disk for Multi-boot
I often help my users set up their machines for multi-boot. For older computers without RAID, it’s quite easy. There is a nice GUI application […]
How to Restore Solaris Tapes under Linux
We retired our Solaris server several years ago. I thought I am done with it forever. I was wrong. One user asked me to restore […]