documentation

Hi all, While using Windows XP, I used TweakUI to get the directories I frequently used with a minimum of fuss. The default options just didn't cut for me. At first, I thought the Libraries feature would be useful on Windows 7 but in my experience, they're more trouble than they're worth. What...

Hi, when I do a search in my Windows 7 Explorer (not IE) search box, the box only shows 3 past searches in the history suggestions, and I want to increase that number. For example, now it shows:: "Control Interest book" I want it to display more than 10, for instance:: "Control Interest...

Im runnng windows 7 and oracle vm virtualBox were im running windows 8 now i wanna be able to access all my docs and partitions basically everything from my windows 8 /virtual machine . Is this possible and if it is how can i do this? Operating System MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit...

The goal at Windows8Forums.com is facilitate an open, unbiased community of technology enthusiasts. That is a careful balancing act, and a nice term for saying that even if you disagree with something related to Microsoft Windows, we are not going to kick you to the curb. We have discussed this...

This article describes the Automatic Metric feature that is used in Windows XP for Internet Protocol (IP) routes. More...

Describes Windows Virtual PC for Windows 7 and provides the download link. More...

Fixes an issue in which you cannot use a Web browser to open a PDF document if the PDF document is hosted on IIS 7.5. This issue occurs on a computer that is running Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008 R2. More...

More...

Someone brought out the fact that it may not be possible to discuss leaked builds here. This is not the case. If the builds are leaked, they're leaked. Information is the name of the game - and it would behoove us to ignore the obvious. As such, the documentation and discussion of development...

Tankster is social game built using the Link Removed. Tankster uses HTML5 and comes complete with reusable server side code and documentation. It also supports a variety of social interactions including messaging, wall posts, and comments; additionally, player achievements and game stats are...

You've learned a lot about Rx (Reactive Extensions) on C9 over the years. You've seen Rx go from incubation stage to DevLabs project to having a happy home on the Link Removed. Today, we're very pleased to announce that Link Removed Link Removed Rx V1 will ship as a stable release with...

I want to set up my background slide show to display certain backgrounds at certain times of the day. However, I can't quite seem to find documentation anywhere that says exactly how the picture change timer works. So, say I set it to change once a day. Does that mean it changes at midnight...

My brother for whatever reason in the week was fiddling around with the security settings on his Belkin router and frankly think he got in a muddle and so pressed the tiny reset button on the rear panel. It's the model with two aerials. All actually appears to be well with a couple of...

I have been using a Vista Computer which came with a multimedia keyboard. The multimedia keys can be easily programmed in the Keyboard item in the Control Panel. This works very well and lets me choose Eudora for the email program and call up the Character Map with the Calculator multimedia...

Recognize the worst traits of programmers everywhere and save yourself from developer hell Being a good developer takes a lifetime of training and practice. But without proper discipline, even the best programmers risk falling prey to their worse natures. Some bad habits are so insidious that...

My Google Chromebook landed via FedEx just about an hour ago. Naturally, I couldn’t resist firing that puppy up. Now this isn’t a full-blown review, but immediate impressions of what I liked and areas that are going to take some work to get used to. The ultimate judge of this thing will be...

Support documentation shows that Microsoft does not support switching out microSD cards on its line of Windows 7 phones. More...

This week on Channel 9, Brian is back from vacation and joins Dan in the studio to discuss the week's top developer news, including: Microsoft PDC - We've now published a Link Removedand remember that every session will be broadcast live as it happens on Oct 28 & 29th Channel 9 Live - We'll be...

Janete Perez rejoins Silverlight TV to complete her 2 part series on Sketchflow (you can Link Removed). up. This time Janete walks through the creation of a prototype that includes a workflow, navigation through the screens, interactive behaviors, and much more to create a social media...

Can someone set me straight and clear up a question I have regarding the Windows 7 local user "Administrator". I have seen both here and elsewhere on the internet, some folks attributing some type of special authoratative privledges associated with this account. And that because microsoft has...