Archive for February, 2007

Extend Vista’s activation period

February 28, 2007

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Web site Neowin.net posts step-by-step instructions for extending the length of time you can run Vista without activation from 30 to 120 days.

All it takes is entering in a simple command (slmgr -rearm) at a command prompt with administrative privileges. The average user might not get all that much out of this sort of thing, but one thing’s certain: if I end up doing as many clean installations of Vista for testing purposes and plain old brute force Windows repair as I did with XP, I know I’ll be using this one.

Extend Vista’s activation period

February 28, 2007

extend%20vista%20activation%20period.png

Web site Neowin.net posts step-by-step instructions for extending the length of time you can run Vista without activation from 30 to 120 days.

All it takes is entering in a simple command (slmgr -rearm) at a command prompt with administrative privileges. The average user might not get all that much out of this sort of thing, but one thing’s certain: if I end up doing as many clean installations of Vista for testing purposes and plain old brute force Windows repair as I did with XP, I know I’ll be using this one.

Run Windows XP inside Vista with Virtual PC

February 27, 2007

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by Gina Trapani

You’ve taken the leap into Windows Vista, but once in awhile, your heart yearns for the classic features and functionality of XP. Maybe you’ve got software that doesn’t yet work in Vista, or maybe you just want to see how a web site looks in Internet Explorer 6. You could dual-boot XP and Vista, but switching between operating systems in that setup takes too much time.

Instead, quickly toggle between Windows versions with an XP virtual machine running inside Vista using the free Virtual PC 2007. Here’s how.

What you’ll need

  1. A Windows XP setup disc with a license.
  2. The free Virtual PC 2007 download.
  3. About an hour, depending on how fast your computer is.

GET THE FULL ARTICLE HERE

Tab Groups (Firefox)

February 24, 2007


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Windows/Mac/Unix (Firefox): Firefox extension Tab Groups lets you organize your Firefox tabs into – you guessed it – more tabs!

Just create and name your high level tab groups, then organize your existing tabs into new groups or move them between groups with a simple drag and drop. Tab Groups is a very new extension (still in alpha, in fact), but the core functionality is already there and so far it’s worked wonders for me. There are, however, a few kinks that require the proper setup for Tab Groups to work.

Namely, Tab Groups doesn’t currently work with the Tab Mix Plus session restore – but it works perfectly with Firefox 2’s built-in Session Manager. There are a couple of other limitations you might want to check out before you dive in head first, but none of them posed a major problem to me – especially since I’m so excited to get the tab grouping functionality.

If you’re used to having 20+ tabs open at a time, this kind of organization tool can come in very handy, especially if you’re limited by a small monitor.

Sarah Wayne Callies’ Baby Bump

February 19, 2007

A very visibly pregnant Sarah Wayne Callies, who stars as Dr. Sara Tancredi on Prison Break, arrives at the 11th Annual Art Directors Guild Awards in a super cute bob. The event was held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Saturday night in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Sarah, 29, is expecting her first baby late this summer with hubby Josh Winterhalt, whose occupation is still unknown.


More Pictures

(Images via Getty)

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Evangeline Lilly Is Getting Married

February 13, 2007

Star Magazine is reporting that Evangeline Lilly and Dominic Monaghan are getting married this summer. They are due to walk down the aisle in July when Lost takes a break from filming. What a beautiful bride she is going to be! In other news, I can’t believe Evangeline is only 27! I thought she was older than that.

Lost stars Dominic Monaghan, 30, and Evangeline Lilly, 27, may be keeping quiet about their two year romance, but Star has learned they will tie the knot this July! “They’re planning to get married during the show’s summer hiatus in Hawaii,” a source tells Star.

Evangeline Lilly

Dominic Monaghan

FULL STORY

Video Demostration on how 2 open a jar…

February 11, 2007

If you’ve ever experienced unwanted Jar Closure, then you’ll appreciate the quite perky Rachel Ray’s tips for opening up a can of whatever. I did learn something kinda useful here: the Rubber Band method.

You can View it online or Download It here [4.9MB]
need FLV player for it…

Prison Break 2×17.Promo

February 11, 2007

Prison Break Best Action/Adventure Show of 2006

February 11, 2007

TV.com has released their”Best of 2006″ results.

Prison Break ranked #1 with 47% of the votes for best Action/Adventure show!

Wentworth also came in at #1 with 44% of the vote as Hottest Actor!

Chat without installing any Instant Messenger…

February 7, 2007

hey/slm every1
                     this is a cool service. Its especially helpful when you are using a Public PC [or not your own PC for that matter]
It supports Yahoo!, Hotmail-MSN, Google Talk and AOL 's AIM
So it basically covers everything..
you can check it out at Meebo.com

and thank Amjad for his forum where I got it from..