Fishbowl splash screen

Fishbowl Silverlight 4 facebook client

Fishbowl When resized

Fishbowl notifications

Check out FishBowl Client and source code at codeplex

Fish Bowl : Microsoft Launches Silverface based Facebook Client by Ashish Mohta originally appeared on Technospot.Net on November 25, 2009, 5:49 pm. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

With Windows 7 and Vista those were gone, now you have better icon which shows you if you are connected or not but then it doesn’t blink , it just stays like that forever. That’s boring right ? So here is your chance,  IT Samples have developed a small utility, network activity indicator,  which you can just double-click and run to display those two computers with network activity displayed. Have Fun Via Download Squad

Bring those blinking network activity lights to Windows 7 by Ashish Mohta originally appeared on Technospot.Net on November 25, 2009, 4:44 pm. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

We recently posted about Jump To which is nice app. to help you to quickly and easily access your Favorite links, files, and folders, also Windows 7 allows you to create Jump Lists, using which you can access the files with ease.

Here is another nice feature of Windows 7, which allows you to quickly access the folders. You can do this using the Favorites in Windows 7.

While browsing your HDD, Windows 7 launches a two pane view, here all you have to do is, select a folder in Right Pane, drag and drop it to left pane over the Favorites, and it gets added to the Favorites, have a look at the animation below.

This definitely is a great way to keep the frequently used folders handy on your Windows 7. Give it a try and do share your views about it with us.

Looking for a better way to launch your apps, try the application launchers.

Drag and Drop Folders to Favorites for Quick Access [Windows 7] by Manav Mishra originally appeared on Technospot.Net on November 24, 2009, 10:13 pm. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Windows 7 theme for N97 and Nokia 5800

The themes are availble in light and full version which you can download for free and use the Nokia PC suite to upload. Read more about it @ Mobile Fun heaven and download using the below link. ( For full version please visit the source site )

• Theme for Nokia 5800 (Light version)
• Theme for Nokia N97 (Light version)

The theme includes Aero Effect, MS Icons and Battery and Signal Indicators.  I wish it has real wallpaper changes also included.

Download Windows 7 theme for Nokia N97 and 5800 Free by Ashish Mohta originally appeared on Technospot.Net on November 24, 2009, 3:07 pm. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Offline files are copies of files and folders which live on some other network you have access to. These copies are stored locally on your computer ( thus offline) and is available to you anytime even when the network is not available. So how is it useful ?

• Lets say you are working on a network file and connectivity breaks. Sync center still lets you work on Offline file without bothering you about the network outage.
• When the connectivity is on but it’s very slow.
• When you are not connected at all and there is no chance you would connect back to network for next 2-3 days. Since Sync Center will keep up a local copy on your computer, you can still access them and change. When you connect back to network your changes will be synced back to the source and any changes made on the source will be reflected back to you.

Starting with Windows 7 Sync Center :

• Since offline files are store locally in your computer you should be careful with size of the network files you are going to make it available Offline.
• First You need to setup the disk usage. In case you have huge number of files to be synced, I would suggest you to have your primary partition to be bigger of which you can dedicate a big part ( may be of 20gb ) available for Offline Files. I wasn’t able to find a way I can change the location so i can dedicate a separate partition for it.

• Once done that I would recommend using Encryption which is available under 3rd Tab. This is to increase your security.
• Lastly like I said you can work offline when network is slow, Set the sync center to detect if the connection is slow after every short or long period. This will help the sync center to take decision to switch to offline mode to make your work experience much soothing.

Done this Now all you need is to understand your sync center a little more.

• How to make Network files available offline : Right click on any network folder on some other machine and right-click on a file or folder, and select Always Available Offline.
• To find out more on recent syncs use the Sync Results item.
• To find conflicts use the Conflicts menu.

Setting up Sync Partnership :

A sync partnership is a set of rules that governs on how the files will be synced back and forth between your computer and the source.  You can set up for when of conflicts who will win, when you want to sync etc. This is required if you dont want to get prompted for each and everything. Use the Setup Sync Partnership menu for this. if you have any folder already available offline you can start using this feature right away.

Sync Center is an excellent way you can synchronize files between different network. Your Network drive at home, your documents at office, music files on your mobile and many more. You dont need any external software to do it all the time. However there is no way you can do online synchronization using this. It’s between network.

I would suggest you to start using this feature and see how much you can make use of it. Ask your family to take part with you in it and find what is their experience.  So what are you waiting for Go Sync.!!

How to access network files when offline : Windows Sync by Ashish Mohta originally appeared on Technospot.Net on November 17, 2009, 12:54 pm. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

To bring back to center, just use the opposite combination. Simple.

Pushing Open Windows left or right : Windows 7 by Ashish Mohta originally appeared on Technospot.Net on November 16, 2009, 5:29 pm. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Once you select any of the options you can use

• Domain Name.
• IP Range
• Report name format.
• and what kind of vulnerabilities you would like to check i.e. administrative, weak passwords, IIS, SQL, security updates and more advanced options.

Download  Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer

Windows : How to find identify missing security updates and common security misconfiguration by Ashish Mohta originally appeared on Technospot.Net on November 11, 2009, 7:03 pm. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Replace Library Icons is small application which lets you change any of the Libraries icon and in case you dont like it, you can revert back. You can choose the icon from DLL or ICO file.

Download Replace Library Icons Via How to Geek

Change Icons of Windows 7 Library by Ashish Mohta originally appeared on Technospot.Net on November 10, 2009, 4:51 pm. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

After downloading and installing the drivers (32-bit here, 64-bit here), assuming your WiFi chipset supports the functionality (which I can verify the 5300 can but 3945 cannot), a new “Wireless Network Connection” with the adapter name “Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport” will automatically appear in your network connections.

And that explained me why I was seeing this into my into my list of Network Connection, though in a disconnected state. Not sure if any update or connectify  rolled out this since I have not installed it.

Long Zeng also explains how you can enable that without using Connectify and here is what you need to do.

• Launch the command prompt with administrator privilage.
• Type as below  and you would see the output similar to me.
  C:\Windows\system32>netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=aryanwin7vwifi
  key=loma#sexy#toma
  The hosted network mode has been set to allow.
  The SSID of the hosted network has been successfully changed.
  The user key passphrase of the hosted network has been successfully changed.

  C:\Windows\system32>netsh wlan start hostednetwork
  The hosted network started.

• Change the bold marked username and password for yourself.
• Now share your active internet connection to this Virtual WIFI.

I did all this and  tested with my BlackBerry WIFI to see if it worked and yes it did. Here are the screenshot.

How to enable Windows 7 Virtual WiFi by Ashish Mohta originally appeared on Technospot.Net on November 6, 2009, 5:10 pm. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Handy when you have 30-40 windows open. However make sure applications like Outlook are on tray so that you dont need to open it again. I like it running in the background. Download Close All (  Via Lifehacks )

Close all Windows in one click by Ashish Mohta originally appeared on Technospot.Net on November 5, 2009, 2:50 pm. Please see our terms for use of feeds.