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Download Windows Vista and Server 2008 Service Pack 2

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Download Microsoft Vista Service Pack 2Yesterday, I got a Windows Update Notification on the system tray. Upon checking, i found that it is an update for Windows Vista Service Pack 2. I immediately started to download it.

Microsoft has released Windows Vista Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2. This service pack will add more stability, more security and will contain bug fixes.

It took around 1-2 hours to download. After that, it took 10-15 minutes to get installed.

Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Installation has 3 stages. After completion of two stages, the computer restarted and the third stage was completed upon booting up.

If you have Windows Vista or Server 2008 running on your PC or Laptop, I recommend you to run Windows Update and install Service Pack 2.

Click the below link to get the whole change log for Windows Vista Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2008:
- Microsoft Vista Service Pack 2 & Windows Server 2008 knowledge base

Download Windows Vista Service and Windows Server 2008 SP 2: 32-bit (x86) | 64-bit (x86)

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28.05.2009 Microsoft 15 Comments

Microsoft stops Main Stream Support for Windows XP & Office 2003

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

I have got an important news for all Windows XP and Office 2003 users. It is not a good news who love Windows XP. I am also in that list.

On April 14, 2009, Microsoft has stopped mainstream support for Windows XP and Office 2003. Now both the products are moved to Extended support phase, which will last for the next five years.

These products will continue to be supported until 2014. I guess they will stop fixing the bugs and thereby less Microsoft updates for these two products. They will give emergency updates to fix the security holes to avoid security breach or virus attacks.

This applies to the following Windows XP editions:

  • Windows XP Home
  • Windows XP Pro 32-bit and 64-bit
  • Windows XP Media Center Edition
  • Windows XP Tablet PC Edition

For me personally, this is a bad news. I am still using Windows XP.

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15.04.2009 Microsoft 10 Comments

Easeus Partition Manager 3.0 Review

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

Few days back, I was contacted by a person who is working for CHENGDU YIWO Tech Development Co., Ltd who asked me to do a Review of Easeus Partition Manager 3.0.

Do you know what was the coincidence? I have used this software before. So, it makes my job easier.

I have been using Partition Managers from last 7-8 years. Starting from Fdisk (Dos utility), PowerQuest’s Partition Magic (now Symantec Partition Magic), Paragon Partition Manager and many more. I liked Partition Magic and used for lot of years. Last year, i happened to see this new Partition Manager called Easeus Partition Manager.

Easeus Partition Manager 3.0 Review

EASEUS Partition Manager Home Edition

EASEUS Partition Manager 3.0 is basically a software to manage partitions on your PC/Laptops. It supports Windows XP 32 bit, Vista 32 bit, 2000 Professional. It has got a friendly GUI. You can move, resize, create and delete partitions within minutes.

Easeus Partition Manager 3.0 Features

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23.03.2009 Utilities 6 Comments

Muziic – New Music Player for YouTube

Friday, March 13th, 2009

Muziic is a new Music Player developed by David Nelson and Mark Nelson. David is just 15 years old and Mark Nelson is his father.

You may be thinking So what? There are a lot of Music Player software on the Web.

Before you start thinking, let me tell you that this is different from other usual Music Players.

As you all know, YouTube is a free website where you can upload, share and view videos. This Music Player can listen to the audio of any YouTube video you want. Isn't it great? Whenever i want to hear to some songs, i go to YouTube and type the song name and listen to the song. I don't watch it.

But using this music player you don't have to browse through YouTube web-site. You can just select any song of your choice and listen it.

Muziic is a music player and converter.

Listen Music of Youtube Videos in Muziic (Credit: CBS Interactive)

Listen Music of Youtube Videos in Muziic (Credit: CBS Interactive)


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13.03.2009 Utilities 9 Comments

How to set CapsLock, NumLock and ScrollLock Keys On/Off using Windows Registry Tweak

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Most of the Windows users have preference on whether "CapsLock", "NumLock" or "ScrollLock" keys should be turned on or off after Windows has started.

I prefer NumLock to be in On status and CapsLock in Off status after windows has completed started.

What if your preference is not same as the default settings that Windows? Below is the tip by which you can do changes in Windows Registry to permanently change the settings according to your preference!

Below are the steps to change the ON/OFF Status of CapsLock, NumLock and ScrollLock Keys:
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11.03.2009 How-To, Microsoft, TipsNTricks 11 Comments

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