So you installed Windows DreamScene through Windows Update, but where did it go? you could’t find it in the start menu anywhere, and it’s not in Program Files… Turns out that just installing it doesn’t always mean that it’s enabled. Enabling DreamScene ComponentAgain, this step may not be required for you, but it was for me. Open up control panel and smack the Programs link. Check the box, and then click OK....

Of course, Keyboard Ninjasprefer keyboard shortcutsto snazzy desktops, but that’s not the point is it? Here’s the screen in action, which is surprisingly fast on my Vista laptop. You’ll need to check that that your system has drivers that support OpenGL.Download Shock 4Way 3D Desktop Utility

You might be thinking… isn’t it working already? Before it will work we’ll need to rebuild the index. bang out in Indexing into the start menu search box to launch Indexing Options. Now you’ll need to hit the Advanced button. And hit the Rebuild button on this page. Once finished, you should be running on Foxit software instead of Adobe.Download Foxit PDF IFilter

This article was written by MysticGeek, a tech blogger at the How-To Geek Blogs. Now for this to work we need to add some commands to the quick access toolbar. Finally we just need to choose to have Excel speak by rows or speak by columns. Press the Speak Cells button, and Excel starts reading the rows or columns. To stop it just hit the Stop Speaking Cells button. Of course you will need to have speakers connected to your PC for this to work....

The location will sometimes be different, but it’s usually in /etc/ssh/. bring up the file up while logged on as root.

The default value is set to show 10 documents, but you might increase that with a registry tweak. For instance, if you want to set it to 50, enter that into the Value data field. Now I’m not entirely sure what will happen if you set it to a huge number… I’d stick with something like 20. Note that the same tweak works in Windows 7 as well, even though the screenshots are from Vista....

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Thankfully Apple made this into a very easy system preference. Open up the System Preferences tool and then select Keyboard & Mouse, and then Keyboard Shortcuts. You’ll see the section at the bottom that says “Full keyboard access”.

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Of course you should just poke the icon at this point. Clicking the icon again would put the calendars side by side again. Switching back and forth between the tabs will visually highlight the items for that calendar.

Find Winamp in the start menu, and then right-nudge the entry and choose Run as administrator. This is the most important step! This will “reset” the context menu items. Now when you right-select a folder you won’t see the items anymore. (At least until they fix this problem).

So what’s the problem with the Windows Defender version? it’s possible for you to restore items from the Deleted tab. you’ve got the option to do it each time by right-clicking and choosing Run as administrator. Check the box for “Run this program as an administrator”.

Have you ever wondered how to make the media keys on your keyboard actually work for Winamp? If yours are not working, then you better follow these instructions. Open up the Winamp Preferences and the browse down to General Preferences \ Global Hotkeys. The first thing you should check is whether the “Enabled” hotkey is checked. If it’s not, then select that and most likely that will fix your issue....