ADTC (Computer)

For those who have used previous versions of Windows (up to XP), you may have grown accustomed to being able to quickly open the Network Connections folder. It's the folder that displays all your dial-up connections, Local Area connections, 1394 connections and Wireless connections. Someone in the Windows Vista development team was smart enough to decide to bury this folder, thinking the new Windows users won't need to have immediate access to this folder because of the new "Connect To" wizard and the "Network and Sharing Center." How wrong of them! I definitely prefer to see things in the Network Connections folder and hate it that I have to open the "Connect To" wizard, then the "Network and Sharing Center" and finally the "Network Connections" folder. If you're like me, you'd want to create a shortcut somewhere. Here are four methods: If you just want a quick and dirty solution, simply create a shortcut to ...

Note: This is not an easy task and requires intermediate or advanced knowledge in batch files, parameters, encoding, escape sequences and such computing terms. If you are a beginner, you should create a self-extracting Zip archive, which can be easily done using software such as WinZip. To successfully create an SFX (self-extracting) archive, you need three parts and a batch program to combine them together. The three parts are: SFX module, the executable code of the SFX archive Configuration file, provides options that control the behavior of the SFX archive. 7z archive, contains the files and folders you want to extract. Download the required SFX module from Solta.ru Download Links . You would most likely use an LZMA module, which is the default compression method of 7z. The first or second download link should be sufficient, but you must remember to use the module that corresponds to the compression method of your 7z archive. If you are not sure, just use the 7ZSD_...

I've seen many in Singapore using eBuddy as their favorite online multi-messenger (even if they are only signing into MSN!) Maybe they are used to it, but to me, Meebo has a lot more advantages compared to eBuddy. Meebo has no advertisements! eBuddy has both text and image banner advertisements in every window you open. Meebo uses the familiar Windows interface. eBuddy uses a tabbed interface, but this to me is not comfortable for chatting. I use a tabbed browser but for chatting, I prefer having separate windows. Meebo has a simplistic, minimal and clean design. eBuddy has an overly stylistic design, wastes a lot of screen space (for not only the ads). Meebo allows you to have or even upload your own display picture. eBuddy forces its own display picture (the orange b with two orange dots in it) on its users, promoting itself. Meebo is a web-based desktop and allows wallpaper. Nothing comparable in eBuddy. Meebo has chat rooms and promotes music. Tell me who doesn't love music...

Back in the days of Windows 98, I used to use Xcopy and Xcopy32 to copy files at the Command Prompt. The built-in simple copy command was not as powerful and customizable as Xcopy. A few minutes ago, I tried these commands in Vista's command prompt, due to a DVD drive problem that lets me read the disc contents via the Command Prompt, but not through Windows Explorer. Xcopy32 no longer exists, but Xcopy does. As I was looking through the /? help page of Xcopy, a certain line in the beginning said: NOTE: Xcopy is now deprecated, please use Robocopy. Wow, something new. RoboCopy? Ok let's try that... robocopy /? Almost two and a half screens of help appeared! There are a lot more options than Xcopy, and the options are neatly arranged in groups. Certain options that are new and interesting include controlling what details about the file are copied (dates, permissions, etc.), excluding certain files or folders from the copy and copying directory structure (not files)...

If you have just installed Firefox Portable, you would find that there is no Flash or Shockwave in the installation. The official website has a Support page explaining how to get these two in the installation. These procedures assume that you either have access to a computer that has a normal Firefox installation, or that you have Administrator privileges. And oh, the Flash extension does not work with the new version of Firefox. However, you may be using a computer that you have very limited access on. For example a school or university library computer that is designed to let the students use the Internet. In such cases, the installation of Shockwave will fail due to having no Admin privileges. And you will have nowhere to copy Flash from, since a restricted computer will not usually have a normal Firefox installation, and you may not have access to C drive of the computer. In such cases when you are using a heavily restricted computer, here's the sure-fire way to get Flash,...

Perhaps your Internet Explorer icon on the desktop is missing. I'm talking about the real icon, not an ordinary shortcut. The real Internet Explorer icon has the advantage that you can right-click it to start without add-ons or open the Internet Options dialog box. You have tried everything you could find on the Internet about fixing this problem, but nothing seems to work. But you may have missed one solution which is not talked about much. Just open regedit and go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}\ShellFolder You will find a DWord value called Attributes . If its data is 0x00100024, this is causing the problem. You should change to 0x00000024 or just 24 (hexadecimal). If you're afraid to mess with the Windows registry, or are not a tech savvy computer user, you can use a file that will automate the process for you. It also includes all the other solutions you may have already tried, along with the one mentioned above. This page here has a tip...

As mentioned in previous post, I had been uploading Friendster posts to Blogger to help my friend, and suddenly I ran into a problem. I accidentally posted some 50 posts twice, so they started appearing in doubles in the blog. [By the way, I got the 50/day limit upped to 300/day by emailing Trevor at Google.] So now, the dilemma is to delete the duplicate copies. Blogger, after so long, is yet to give an option by which we can select multiple posts and just click a Delete button, to trash them all. Their standpoint is to avoid accidentally deleting a lot of posts. Maybe it's good. Except in times like this. To solve the problem, I found a software called "w.bloggar" (It is spelt bloggar, not blogger.) It is mainly a software to create and manage posts in your blog, but I got it to delete multiple posts. I downloaded the portable version as I would not be using it all the time. You can get w.bloggar here . Note that when you are in the opening Account Setup wizard ...