September 2009 - Posts
Microsoft Corp. is giving its operating system for "smart phones" a new look in time for the holiday shopping season.
The world's largest software maker said Tuesday that phones running the next version of Windows Mobile will hit store shelves worldwide on Oct. 6. Windows Mobile 6.5, as the new system is called, has an updated look that brings Microsoft's offering more in line with competitors such as Research in Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry and Apple Inc.'s iPhone.
Windows Mobile 6.5 includes a new version of its Internet Explorer browser for phones, and changes that make it easier to use on touch-screen devices. Microsoft also has developed a free service called My Phone that lets people synchronize text messages, contacts, photos and other phone data on the Internet, where it can be edited or transferred to a new phone.
Microsoft is also launching a mobile application store akin to Apple's store for iPhone apps on iTunes. The company would not say how many developers have submitted applications for the Windows Marketplace for Mobile so far.
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Did you install Windows 7 yet? Have you tried to access the Administrator account? I installed Windows 7 yesterday, and after I had most of the apps reinstalled and my data restored, I wanted to ensure I had multiple accounts that I could use. You know, just in case the profile is corrupt and you can’t log in to your primary account? What? That’s never happened to you? Consider yourself fortunate. OK, so where is the Administrator account in Windows 7? It’s there, but I believe not active. I had to make the account active to actually see the account to use it. It wasn’t available in Users, and when I tried to create one, it said it already existed. So, how to unhide the account?
Here’s what I had to do. Run the Command Prompt as an administrator. Start, All Programs, Accessories, right-click on Command Prompt, select “Run As Administrator”. Once the command prompt opens, type net user administrator /active:yes and press enter.
You should see an entry similar to the following:
Once that’s done, close the window, restart the computer and you should now see a log in icon for the Administrator account.
Have you ever installed Office, only to try and activate it and find out you’ve used all your “activation" options? I trash and burn my laptop hard drive all the time. There is nothing, I mean nothing, more refreshing than starting with a clean install and reloading. Well, I did it again today, only to find out that my activation codes wouldn’t work because I’d activated too many times. Since I’m both a TechNet and MSDN subscriber, I have other codes. So, options? Yes, I could completely uninstall Office and reinstall with a new code. No, that isn’t a good option. It takes too long to install/uninstall/install. So, what do you do? Change the product ID in the registry so that you can enter your new keys. Here’s how.
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\, and look for the version you have installed. If you’re running Office 2007, it will be in 12.0. Once you’re there, scroll to the Registration key and there should be several subfolders listed that look like:
If you have multiple entries like I did, you need to find the product associated with each key. So, click the first key and in the right pane, and scroll to productname:
OK, once you’ve identifed the right key, scroll up in the right pane and find the “DigitalProductID” and the “ProductID”. Delete both keys (you may want to export the key first). If the app is running, make sure the app is closed first. Exit the registry editor, then relaunch your application. You should be prompted for a new product/activation key. That’s all there is to it, and it saves time.