Microsoft's JavaScript focus is a winner

http://www.infoworld.com/d/application-development/microsofts-javascript-focus-winner-169537

Enable screensaver on Windows 7

On my current Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit OS, the screensaver option was disabled: When I right-clicked on the desktop, chose Personalize, the Screen Saver item was greyed out. It also displayed the message at the bottom of the dialog: "One or more of the settings on this page has been disabled by the system administrator."

Some trial-and-error and research revealed the answer.

1. Back up your registry using these instructions.
   
2. Go to Start and in the search box, type regedit
3. This will display the regedit program at the top of the Start dialog box.
   
4. Right-click on the regedit link and choose "Run as Administrator."
5. In regedit, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System and create a new DWORD (32-bit) Value.
6. Name the value NoDispScrSavPage
7. Set the value to 0 (zero).
8. Close the registry editor.
9. Reboot your system.

Now the Screen Saver option should be available again in the Personalize area.

Update: One more step: You also need to follow the steps described here, as recommended by Ted Myers on the Windows Secrets Lounge. Finally, I have my screensaver back :)

11 Tremendous Free PC Utilities

http://www.pcworld.com/article/223276/11_tremendous_free_pc_utilities.html

Eight free Windows 7 tools you gotta try

http://www.infoworld.com/d/microsoft-windows/eight-free-windows-7-tools-you-gotta-try-388

"NTLDR is missing" error on Windows 7

I was running a dual-boot XP Pro/Windows 7 box, with Windows 7 running on a second SATA drive. Finally decided to move the drive inside and surplus the XP drive. I hooked up the new drive internally and booted up, only to see it throw this error:

NTLDR is missing.

Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart.

No amount of rebooting helped. We tried using the Winternals boot disk to no avail. Finally did some research and found a forum thread that helped.

Two issues were going on: I had another external hard drive that was set to "Active" in Disk Management. The second issue had to do with the missing XP drive; apparently, the dual-boot menu was stored on that system. Following the instructions on the Microsoft article, I ran the Bootrec.exe utility with each of the switches, each time testing using the /ScanOs switch. It kept showing that there were 0 Windows installations.

But I crossed my fingers and rebooted anyway. Lo and behold -- it worked! One or more of the switches fixed it. I booted into Windows, logged in, and Windows automatically downloaded and installed the latest drivers for my system -- including dual displays.

Windows 7 E-Learning Series

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/itmanagement/ff742808.aspx

Migration From Windows XP to Windows 7

Get Virtual PC to see your localhost on Windows 7

I use Virtual PC to test on IE7 and need it to see the host machine's localhost (IP address). This is disabled by default via the Win 7 firewall. You can re-enable it by following these steps:

1. On the host machine, open the Control Panel and choose the Windows Firewall.
   
2. In the firewall, go to "Allow a program or feature through Windows Firewall."
3. In the "Allowed programs and features" list, scroll down to "World Wide Web Services (HTTP) and check the box under "Domain."
   
4. Click OK

Now go to Start and type cmd into the search box. This will bring up the command window. Type ipconfig and hit enter to see your machine's IP address. Now, back in the Virtual PC's IE window, type the IP address, followed by the path to your app. For example, if you access the app via http://localhost/myapp/mypage.htm, you'd type this in the Virtual PC's IE address: http://000.000.000.000/myapp/mypage.htm (replace the 0's with your IP address).

Add Quick Launch bar to Windows 7

The Quick Launch feature can be recreated in Windows 7, though why it's hidden is puzzling. This article provides step-by-step instructions on how to do this and even position it on the left, next to the start button.

How to minimize MSN Messenger to the system tray in Windows 7

One of the greatest annoyances of Windows 7 is the inability to minimize MSN Messenger to the system tray. Here's a nifty trick to get it to do that.

UPDATE: Sorry for the dead link. It's now working.

32-bit Windows 7 or 64-bit Windows 7?

http://www.infoworld.com/d/windows/32-bit-windows-7-or-64-bit-windows-7-145

20 Windows 7 quick tips and tricks for IT admins

http://www.infoworld.com/d/windows/20-windows-7-quick-tips-and-tricks-it-admins-270

10 Free and Useful Window 7 Applications for Everyone

http://blog.limeexchange.com/2009/12/17/10-free-and-useful-window-7-applications-for-everyone/