HyperTerminal is not included in Windows 7 and Vista. I combined a list of alternative utilities that can be used instead. First is PuTTy PuTTy is a terminal program designed  not only for Serial port connections , it can be used to initiate SSH or Telnet sessions. Download PuTTy from here Second is Realterm Realterm is a serial/tcpip terminal program which can be used for , controlling and debugging binary and other difficult data streams. It is far better for debugging comms Read more

Windows Vista allows you to add custom search engine to start menu instant search box You can add various search engines like Wikipedia, Google, Yahoo,Ebay, Amazon,Youtube and more. To add Search Wikipedia or Google or Yahoo at Start Menu Instant Search Box, follow below steps: Click on Start button, then type gpedit.msc in the search bar, and press enter . Press OK on security dialog displayed. Navigate to “User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components Read more

It probably happen to you dat you are trying to delete certain file and receive  "the action can't be completed because the file is open in another program" annoying message. It happens most with .avi or other video files So to takeover this tiny problem you can use " Unlocker" utility that is free to use and solves most "locked" files problems. Unlocker is the solution to the following types of Windows error messages Cannot delete folder: It is being used by another person or program Cannot Read more

Windows Vista allows users to change and set default program association for most sort of file extension via Control Panel’s “Set Associations” and “Set Default Programs” under “Default Programs” link. However, there is no option  to reset or restore file extension association  back to original settings as in   freshly installed Windows Vista OS. List of programs out there under “Set Default Programs” link, such as Internet Explorer,  Outlook, Calender, Windows Mail, Windows Read more

If you facing network connection issues, or you are unable to access Internet sites  or network problem in Windows Vista, Windows 2003 and Windows XP, and  WinSock repair didn't help , you can try to reinstall and reset TCP/IP stack or Internet Protocol,  the operating system networking heart component, which cannot be uninstalled only reinstalled. A corrupted TCP/IP stack, may cause the following problems - unable to establish a connection to the server, unable to bundle a web page, unable to Read more

The bad news are that i don't recommend doing any manual removals on winsxs folder. Such a step could probably make your applications non-workable or even break your system! If you have Vista sp1 installed use the vsp1cln.exe : The utility removes all Vista SP1 uninstall files and by using it you can reduce few gigs. To run vsp1cln.exe: Press on vista start button type cmd.exe and hit on enter. hen enter the following command:Vsp1cln.exe and press enter key You will be asked to confirm your Read more

Installation of  windows 2003 AdminPack on Vista generates errors. If you receive error "MMC could not create the snap-in." Create batch File RegisterAdminPak.cmd, you have the script bellow, and run it as Administrator. @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 Read more

Hibernation button is missing in windows vista The hibernate button disappears after a disk cleanup utility was been used Or after you delete the hibernate file. You can return hibernation by running command prompt (CMD) Right click on the command prompt. Run(CMD) as administrator. Type the following command: powercfg /hibernate on This should return your hibernate button. Please note if you run CMD not as administrator you will receive error "You do not have permission to enable or disable Read more