Archive for November, 2008

Are you a user of Windows Vista Enterprise or Business edition and would like to know the status of activation of a specific computer? Want to make sure that the computer connected properly to the Key Management Server (KMS) or used your Multiple Activation Key (MAK) properly? Or are you a home user and just [...]

Would you like to change the time format in the taskbar to military or international time format?

Click on the Start Button, type in intl.cpl and hit Enter.
Click the Customize this format button.
Click on the Time tab.
Change the time format to H:mm:ss and hit OK.
Hit OK once more to close Regional and Language Options.

There was a lot of controversy of the new Windows Start sound in Windows Vista. Originally, Microsoft was planning on making this a mandatory sound that users would not be able to disable. This sounds like a great idea from a Marketing perspective since all Windows users world-wide would hear the same notes when [...]

The registered owner and organization can be easily changed in Windows by changing two registry keys.
Follow these steps to get started:

Click on the Start Button and type in Regedit in the search box and hit Enter.
Navigate through HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, SOFTWARE, Microsoft, Windows NT and CurrentVersion.
Modify RegisteredOwner and RegisteredOrganization.
Reboot to see your changes.