How To Disable ‘Use the Web Service to Find the Correct Program’ Displayed in Windows Vista

Use the Web Service to Find the Correct Program’ Displayed in Windows Vista

When opening a file with unknown extension, normally you will see an additional window popping up that give you options of whether to use the web service to find the correct program or select a program from a list of installed programs. Some times it is quite annoying as you probably already know which program should be used to open the file. To bypass this additional window, you can use a simple registry hack to skip the right program searching option but only pop up “open with” window instead.

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How to Remove ‘- Shortcut’ Suffix for a Shortcut Created in Windows Vista

Shortcut’ Suffix for a Shortcut Created in Windows Vista?

• When creating shortcut in Windows Vista, - Shortcut is added as a suffix of the file or folder name.

• For instance, if you create a shortcut for a text file named as abc123, you will notice the shortcut being created is named as abc123 – Shortcut.

• If you don’t like the – Shortcut suffix that is tagged along with the file or folder name by default and you would like it to be named as what the original name is, here is a simple trick you can do to remove – Shortcut suffix.

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How to Enable Disk Quota Management in Windows Vista

Windows Vista? Windows Vista? Windows Vista? Windows Vista? Windows Vista?

• We can easily running out of disk space if we keep on saving files without performing disk clean up from time to time or move them to external storage device.

• In order to avoid such incident from happening, proper control of disk usage is important and Windows Vista

• has a feature that allows you to set quota of disk space usage besides triggering you when the warning limit is being hit.

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Cool USB Multimedia Remote Control

Jealous of Mac’s Front Row? Here’s an USB gadget to provide the solution. This Outel USB multimedia remote control is a cool USB gadget which designed to control multimedia fuctions wirelessly, aiming for your “relax” life.

Key Features And Specifications Of Outel USB Multimedia Remote Control

• Arrow, Enter, Back and Page keys to navigate Windows Media Center and give PowerPoint presentations.
• Volume Controls to crank the volume up and down in any Windows Program. E.g. PowerPoint, Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, Power DVD, Winamp…
• Media Controls to Play, Pause, Fast Forward and Rewind videos, DVD, live and recorded TV, even music.
• Eliminate lost remotes by storing it inside your laptop (PCMCIA Slot), that way it is always available when you need it.
• The remote protrudes slightly from the slot, making it easy to pull out and use.
• Support Widows Vista, XP, 2000, ME and user custom key setting.
• Frequency: 2.4GHz
• Range: Up to 30 feets
• Dimensions: 85.8 x 54.2 x 5.0mm
• Weight: 19g

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