Quick App Review: TouchMouse

App Reviews, OS X (Mac), Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, iPod / iPhone No Responses »
Feb 022010

There are a number excellent computer control iPhone/iPod Touch apps out there that come in various forms and have a multitude of amazing features. But… these apps all come at a price. For the user who simply wants to control their mouse and keyboard from there iPhone/iPod Touch for FREE, there is TouchMouse.

TouchMouse from Logitech allows you to control your computers mouse and keyboard in three easy steps:

1. Download and install the Logitech TouchMouse Server computer application (www.logitech.com/touchmouse)
- The server app is available for Windows XP/Vista/7 and OS X

2. Download the TouchMouse iPhone/iPod Touch app from the App Store.

3. Open TouchMouse on your iPhone or iPod Touch. The app will find any available computers on the same network that have the TouchMouse Server application installed.

Connect and enjoy!

The app has many options including; two finger scrolling, tracking and scrolling speeds and a nice settings for prohibiting your device to go into sleep mode.

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Classic Office 2003 Menu in Office 2007

Microsoft Office, Windows Vista, Windows XP 4 Responses »
Nov 092008

If you are struggling to find anything and everything in the new Ribbon style Microsoft Office menu then the following FREE add-in might be just the thing for you…

(http://in.geocities.com/shahshaileshs/menuaddins)

Word Add-in Excel Add-in
PowerPoint Add-in Access Add-in


The add-in adds a new section to the add-in ribbon of the application that mimics the Office 2003 menu (Word example):

Installation:

  1. Download the add-in for each application from the links above.
  2. Unzip the macro-enable template files to a location on your PC.
  3. To install the add-in: Windows XP:

    • Copy the appropriate macro-enabled file to the applications startup folder.
      Word example (Word Menu 2003.dotm):
      (C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Microsoft\Word\Startup)

    Windows Vista:

    • Copy the appropriate macro-enabled file to the applications startup folder.
      Word example (Word Menu 2003.dotm):
      (C:\Users\<username)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Word\STARTUP)

    To run the add-in once off:

    • Double-click the appropriate unzipped macro-enabled file.

Now bring back the memories of a simpler time…

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Win2k3 Admin Pack on Windows Vista

OS, Windows Vista No Responses »
Jun 102007

To make Windows 2003 Server admin pack work correctly on Windows Vista do the following:

  1. Log on to Vista as a user of the administrators group.
  2. Paste the following code into notepad: 
    • @echo off

REM RegisterAdminPak.cmd
REM (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

set filelist=adprop.dll azroles.dll azroleui.dll ccfg95.dll
set filelist=%filelist% certadm.dll certmmc.dll certpdef.dll certtmpl.dll
set filelist=%filelist% certxds.dll cladmwiz.dll clcfgsrv.dll clnetrex.dll
set filelist=%filelist% cluadmex.dll cluadmmc.dll cmproxy.dll cmroute.dll
set filelist=%filelist% cmutoa.dll cnet16.dll debugex.dll dfscore.dll
set filelist=%filelist% dfsgui.dll dhcpsnap.dll dnsmgr.dll domadmin.dll
set filelist=%filelist% dsadmin.dll dsuiwiz.dll imadmui.dll lrwizdll.dll
set filelist=%filelist% mprsnap.dll msclus.dll mstsmhst.dll mstsmmc.dll
set filelist=%filelist% nntpadm.dll nntpapi.dll nntpsnap.dll ntdsbsrv.dll
set filelist=%filelist% ntfrsapi.dll rasuser.dll rigpsnap.dll rsadmin.dll
set filelist=%filelist% rscommon.dll rsconn.dll rsengps.dll rsjob.dll
set filelist=%filelist% rsservps.dll rsshell.dll rssubps.dll rtrfiltr.dll
set filelist=%filelist% schmmgmt.dll tapisnap.dll tsuserex.dll vsstskex.dll
set filelist=%filelist% w95inf16.dll w95inf32.dll winsevnt.dll winsmon.dll
set filelist=%filelist% winsrpc.dll winssnap.dll ws03res.dll

for %%i in (%filelist%) do (
	echo Registering %%i ...
	regsvr32 /s %%i
)

echo.
Echo Command Completed
    • In the File Name box type C:\Users\UserAccountName\RegisterAdminPak.cmd (substitute UserAccountName with the user name that you used to log in) and click Save.
  3. Open command prompt as administrator:
    • Click Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Right-Click Command Prompt -> Select Run as administrator.
  4. At the command prompt type C:\Users\UserAccountName\RegisterAdminPak.cm and press ENTER.
  5. An Administrative Tools menu will be created in the Start Menu.

Posted by agreenlees at 9:11 pm
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