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Installing and reinstalling Windows 7
"In this article you'll find detailed instructions for installing Windows 7 and reinstalling Windows 7. "
Upgrading to Windows 7: Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7
"Instead, you'll need to use a built-in utility on the Windows 7 Setup DVD called Windows Easy Transfer to transfer your documents and settings from your XP-based PC to a backup location first. Then, you will perform a clean install of Windows 7 and then use Windows Easy Transfer on the new install to copy over all your settings and data. This process is called a migration."
Clean Install Windows 7 with Upgrade Media
"While you can't simply use Upgrade media to do a clean install of Windows 7 on a new or previously formatted PC, the workarounds this time are easier than ever. And that's what this article is all about: Revealing the secrets to clean-installing Windows 7 with Upgrade media."
CardTricks - CHDK Wiki
"# Copy CHDK binaries to your memory card
# Create a "Universal Dumper Card" to dump your firmware (You have to select the correct OS Version for your camera model!!! for example SD900 has a VxWorks 5.5 OS, dump works with VxWorks)
# View strings in firmware dump with bintext.exe (included)
# Format your memory card (also adds 'ver.req' to get firmware version)
# Make your memory card bootable
# Backup & Restore CHDK folder / config file "
Card Tricks - a small utility to help manage SD cards [currently v. 1.44]
"Just a small Windows shell for some of my favourite and most-used tools: bootable.exe and universal dumper"
Paint.NET - Free Software for Digital Photo Editing
"Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. An active and growing online community provides friendly help, tutorials, and plugins."
Duplicate images finder - Home
This application can search through your images collection and find duplicates not only by file name or size, but also by visual similarity.
It done by implementation of some public domain algorithm to do its work.
Silent Development: Aerofoil 1.5.0 Released
"Aerofoil extends Vista and Windows 7 notebook battery life by:
* Allowing you to manually disable Aero Glass.
* Optionally managing Aero Glass user interface.
* Optionally managing sound muting (NEW!).
* Optionally managing YOUR chosen power plans (NEW!)
* Optionally managing Windows Sidebar.
* Optionally showing a quick hibernate button
* Changing icon colour to show your power type (NEW!)"
LastPass Password Manager, Form Filler - The Last Password You'll Have To Remember
"lastpass is an online password manager and form filler that makes web browsing easier and more secure."
Windows 7: 77 Windows 7 Tips
"Windows 7 may be Microsoft’s most anticipated product ever. It builds on Windows Vista’s positives, and eliminates many of that OS’s negatives. It adds new functionality, too—all in a package that is less resource-hungry than its predecessor.
And whether or not you're upgrading from Vista or skipping it altogether and moving up from Windows XP, you'll need to know how to make the most of it in your environment. Here are 77 tips and tricks to get you there."
VistaSwitcher is an Absolutely Awesome Alt-Tab Replacement - Downloads - Lifehacker
Window switching utility VistaSwitcher replaces the boring Alt-Tab built into Windows with an incredibly useful alternative—complete with eye candy and loads of keyboard navigation options.
MS Outlook 2007 Previewer Issues - VMware Fusion
"The Windows registry key...HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Security...has a string value called OutlookSecureTempFolder...and...when the VM is shutdown and restarted...this key gets defined as a folder on the vmware-host share...because My Documents has been re-mapped. Unfortunately, Outlook preview does not like this mapping to the vmware-host share for some reason.
If, after you re-start the VM and before you start Outlook...you simply change this key to a value pointing to the local VM drive...like "c:\Outlook Temp" for example...then, when you start Outlook...preview will work fine..."
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The Windows registry key...HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Security...has a string value called OutlookSecureTempFolder...and...when the VM is shutdown and restarted...this key gets defined as a folder on the vmware-host share...because My Documents has been re-mapped. Unfortunately, Outlook preview does not like this mapping to the vmware-host share for some reason.
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Here is the link to the Microsoft web page about the registry settings. It should be noted that they do vary with version of Office.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817878
Yip
"Yip is a Firefox extension that lets you receive notifications from web applications. It currently works on Meebo, Filttr, TweetTabs and other sites that support notifications. Yip supports many popular notification systems ― Growl on OS X, Growl for Windows and Snarl on Windows"
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