Problem with MSI installer Windows 7 Beta

Yesterday i was having a problem with installing JAVA on my Windows 7. A message appeared saying that installer has stopped working. Than a window popped up with the following message.

Solve a problem with Windows 7 beta

An issue with the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) client in Windows 7 beta is causing Explorer and some MSI-based installers to stop working properly.

To solve this problem, follow these steps:

1. Click the Start button , click All Programs, and then click Accessories.

2. Right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator. In the User Account Control window, verify that Program name is Windows Command Processor, and then click Yes.

3. In the Administrator: Command Prompt window, type or paste the following text at the prompt:

   reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SQMClient\Windows\DisabledSessions /va /f

4. Press Enter to install the solution.

5. If The operation completed successfully displays, close the Administrator: Command Prompt window to complete this procedure. If "ERROR: Access is denied" displays, repeat this procedure from the top, making sure you clicked Run as administrator in step two.

 

And as i followed the steps it started working and now no problems. Well now this is the change in MS that i have seen in this OS over previous OS.

Honda City 2009 : The inspirational story

The newly launched 2009 model Honda City has already received a huge fan following in India thanks to Honda’s PR. But, the design of Honda is truly inspirational and could be noted easily by many people. Jus see the pics below

The first pic is that of new Honda City and the second one is that of BMW 5 series. Just see the resemblance b/w the tail lights of two cars. Now that's one inspirational design.

Windows 7 important shortcuts

Well some people complained (esp. Mac users) that this taskbar is not good enough. But its untrue discover its full potential here now. Here is a list of must know keyboard shortcuts which should make it easier on WIndows 7. Read the Windows 7 review here

General

Win+Up : Maximize

Win+Down : Restore / Minimize

Win+Left : Snap to left

Win+Right : Snap to right

Win+Shift+Left : Jump to left monitor

Win+Shift+Right : Jump to right monitor

Win+Home : Minimize / Restore all other windows

Win+T : Focus the first taskbar entry

Pressing again will cycle through them, you can can arrow around.

Win+Shift+T : cycles backwards.

Win+Space : Peek at the desktop

Win+G : Bring gadgets to the top of the Z-order

Win+P : External display options (mirror, extend desktop, etc)

Win+# : (# = a number key)

Launches a new instance of the application in the Nth slot on the taskbar.

Example: Win+1 launches

first pinned app, Win+2 launches second, etc.

Explorer

Alt+ P : Show/hide Preview Pane

Taskbar modifiers

Shift + Click on icon : Open a new instance

Middle click on icon : Open a new instance

Ctrl + Shift + Click on icon : Open a new instance with Admin privileges

Shift + Right-click on icon : Show window menu (Restore / Minimize / Move / etc)

Note: Normally you can just right-click on the window thumbnail to get this menu

Shift + Right-click on grouped icon : Menu with Restore All / Minimize All / Close All, etc.

Ctrl + Click on grouped icon : Cycle between the windows (or tabs) in the group

and lastl but not the least Ctrl + alt + del : Just in case you are stuck :P

Windows 7 : Vista Reborn

Microsoft's latest OS on the block WINDOWS SE7EN is out in beta version. But does it answer to all the questions asked about Windows last offering VISTA ?

Performance

Well, every one called vista resource hogging. Lets see how windows 7 performs here. When i started up my pc without any application my pc took 536mb RAM (total of 3gb) and vista took around 950mb and XP around 520mb. Some of my friends are running Windows seven on their Pentium 3 with 512mb ram without any problem. The min. requirements are 1Ghz processor and 512 mb ram, 16 Gb HDD (i allocated only 13Gb) and a DVD ROM. The Windows takes less time compared to vista under 45sec it took me. The windows application are responsive and i was amazed to see its quickness though i was using XP SP3 earlier.

(Screenshot of my desktop while writing this post with windows live writer, using new snipping tool :D)

The Taskbar

The first noticeable change in windows 7 is the new taskbar which has gone under change first time since windows 95 came out. The taskbar now shows only the icon of the application that are open or pinned to the taskbar. Multiple instances of same program are grouped together. When you move your mouse over to the icon it shows all the instances in a preview window which you can click upon to select a window.

Gadgets

The Windows 7 has done away with windows sidebar (virtually) and the gadgets are now scrambled all over the desktop as the user wants. You can even resize gadgets which wasn't possible earlier. The taskbar contains show desktop icon which you can click to show desktop and all the gadgets. If you just move your mouse to right corner of the screen over Show Desktop icon than it makes all the windows invisible to show the Desktop and the gadgets for you in case you just want to take a look..

Multi touch and Handwriting recognition

Well i never got a chance to test this feature as it requires some hardware also. But it seems great and i hope it works out well

Jump Lists and Device managers

The OS also has new features like jump lists which shows the recently opened file for programs without any need to actually open the application which can come in handy.

It also assembles all the device like USB device , printer etc to one place which make managing and troubleshooting easier. Also let me mention the inbuilt improved driver support. I didn’t need to install any Driver including for my Bluetooth or WIFI.

Other Features:

Windows Media player and Windows Media Centre

Internet Explore 8.

Theme Packages.

Parental Control.

Windows Live tools.

UAC :

This is also one thing that people didn't like about VISTA(i wonder why people didn't turn it off in Vista). But this time Microsoft has made it more flexible and adjustable at four different levels of security.

Battery Life :

The battery life improves. In my laptop it showed more batter time remaining than compared to vista or XP.

Parental control

and other small tools use it to know them.

Overall

Overall this is a great product although still in BETA but it seems great and could help windows fight back and take its market share from MAC OSX which got a chance with Vista. This is a must try if you have spare 16Gb HDD. I can wait for the final version. Microsoft bring it on.

PC Requirements

Processor : P4 - 1 Ghz.

Ram : 512 mb , 1Gb (recommended)

HDD: 16Gb

Download your copy of Windows 7 from here.

Critical processor error in Ubunu 8.04 inside microsoft virual machine

The notes below are nothing original, they are just summarized from previous entries and maybe clarified.

To get the CD to load,

Press F4 to select an alternate starting mode. When it pops up, change to Safe graphics mode and press Enter.

elect F6 and add “noreplace-paravirt” to the end of the command line and press Enter.

Now pick “Try Ubuntu…” (should already be selected) and press enter. Do NOT pick the Install Ubuntu option,

Once Ubuntu is loaded from CD, select install from the desktop and it’ll build the system on the VPC disk.

After you press restart, it just kind of hangs there. I shut the VPC session down and told it to save state, then started it again and it booted fine.

Thought of the day

The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance