Adding new programs to Default Programs

For a week I was facing problem while associating files to open with
some application. Though I was able to locate the application, yet it
didn’t showed up on the open with dialog, like this:

(Here, I browsed for the application. yet it is not appearing here.)

I stumbled across this solution:

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/openwithadd.htm

This nifty utility allows you to add programs to the default programs list thereby allowing you to associate your files with the application of your choice.

The computer did not resync because the required time change was too big

Microsoft Windows Vista has a built-in feature to synchronize your machine’s time automatically with global time servers around the world. The service can be scheduled to run automatically and works like charm keeping your system time up-to date, but there’s a tiny catch in here.

If your computer’s clock is async for more than 15 hours, this service will not work for you saying “An error occurred”.

Copy the following code and save it as .reg file, apply it and re-run the synchronization. It will work !

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Config]
"MaxNegPhaseCorrection"=dword:ffffffff
"MaxPosPhaseCorrection"=dword:ffffffff

The above code is also available in pastie @ http://pastie.caboo.se/179732.

Windows Live Skydrive Beta

Today I used Live Skydrive Beta and it was fun exploring it. The interface was easy to use and was looking cool. Although the space offered by SkyDrive is less now (500 MB only) I expect that might increase once the service is out of beta.

Uploading files was a breeze, either you could upload 5 files at a time using the standard interface or you could download the ActiveX control that allows you to upload any number of files.

One thing where I got stuck was moving files between the folders that feature is currently unavailable and it would be really nice If I could upload many files at one go and could move them around in their respective folders.

Overall it is a good tool and suits users basic file sharing demands. Give it a try !

Link : Live Skydrive Beta

My Drive on SkyDrive : sazwqa’s SkyDrive

Importing contact from Gmail crashes Microsoft outlook

Problem: While importing contacts from the CSV exported from Gmail, Microsoft outlook crashes.

Details: This post specifically applies to people who have linked there orkut account to Gmail and have some really weird names added to their contact list. Somehow the email client isn’t able to handle long names in the email field and it crashes.

Solution: simply remove lengthy and invalid looking entries from your exported CSV, it should work.

Sample test post from MSN Live Writer

Hi all,

• I am writing this post from inside the MSN Live Writer and let’s see what are its capabilities.
• It has a spell-checker inbuilt.
• It automatically customizes your post width according to you weblog.
• Facility to load images. 
• It’s auto numbering feature doesn’t works
• It also provides to add links, like this.
• Ummy, it provides me to view how my blog post will look in real time before posting.(just press F12 for that)
• Lemme insert some tables in it :
  

  this is	a
  sample	table

ok this is a sample block quote

well i can say for sure that i’m impressed by now ! since i hate to goto the live site to write my blogs and now i think i found the easy way out !

 

let’s see if there are any more features to reveal or else shd i commit this post …

ok it has ability to insert map from live.com

 ok that’s all I can find in a 10 minute time and yeah it impresses me a lot … !

So I hope I shall be looking forward a huge community behind this nifty yet time-saver tool.

cya !

 

hey one minute i forgot to tell u where to get this great application .

so here’s the link : download

~rd