Windows Vista shipped without including a number of DLL files for legacy graphics engines like Direct3D. When attempting to use games or 3D applications that require these DLLs, users can get a range of "required DLL missing" error messages. Additionally, we've noticed that there are quite a few searches on the internal Petri search engines… Read More
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How do I deploy SP1? Service Pack 1 (SP1) includes installation files that you can extract from the XPsp1.exe file. This file contains all of the service pack binary files that have been updated for SP1; it also contains the Update.exe program file. XPsp1.exe is a self-extracting compressed file. You can extract all of the… Read More
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This page contains a collection of tweaking tips & tricks, articles and how-to guides, all related to Windows operating systems. Further Reading: Other articles might fit into the Tweaking, Installation and Security sections, so make sure you look there too.
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This page contains a collection of tweaking tips & tricks, articles and how-to guides, all related to Windows Vista. Recommended Reading: Disable User Account Control (UAC) in Windows Vista Although UAC clearly improves the security on Windows Vista, under some scenarios you might want to disable it, for example when giving demos in front… Read More
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I decided to write this article after I bought myself a brand new, state of the art, laptop from Dell. I'm talking about 2.33 GHz Core Duo, 4 GB of fast RAM, a 7200 RPM SATA hard disk, and all the other necessary hardware. And yet, when I booted up the pre-installed Windows Vista Ultimate… Read More