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My previouse post about Windows Live Writer Beta 2 and Wordpress 403 error, recommending to distable Bad behavior plugin. I found new solution from Travin’s blog. To solve this problem (before the new release of WL Writer) you need to modify msie.inc.php of Bad Bihavior.

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I found an interesting post “Windows Vista won’t connect to the network - how to fix the problem by making Vista less aggressive on the network” by Steve Lamb.

Windows Vista automatically tunes it’s network settings to make the most of the available bandwidth. In some scenarios Windows Vista can fail to connect to the network - this is often due to old routers which don’t always quite follow the standards to the letter. There is an excellent white paper titled Windows Vista TCP/IP Networking and IPv6 Migration that explains in quite some detail how Windows Vista tunes it’s performance - it’s well worth a read. The white paper explains the rationale behind the default settings and the implication of making changes.

If you find yourself in a situation whereby you are unable to access a network then it’s worth trying the following from a command line that’s running with elevated privilege.

Note: An easy way to run an elevated command line is to create a shortcut to “cmd.exe”, right click on the shortcut (whilst logged in as an administrator) and select “Run as administrator”.

To view the current TCP optimisation settings issue the following command:

C:\Windows\system32>netsh interface tcp show global

Read full tip at source: Steve Lamb’s Blog

I am always thinking about the next custome build computer with full 64X support, and yes I think about Windows Vista Ultimate x64. My current computer is supporting x64 OS but I never give a try. What making me inherite is Driver Signing feature in Windows Vista x64. This because of ton of aplications and driver out there doen’s have a digital signature or no digital signed.

If you got the same issue with me, Chris Holmes found the way to disable driver signing in Vista x64.

Well, I was tired with Virtual PC when it not support Linux as Guest OS. Last few months I tried to install Ubuntu on Virtual PC 2007, that time it still in Beta, but never success.  Thus I have to move to VMware Workstation but not fully Vista compatible. One of my habit is I don’t install more than one program to do the same job. Just like I don’t install other media player software (WinAmp, iTune, Real, ect.) while I already have Windows Media Player 11.

I found a guide wrote by Arcane Code on “Installing Ubuntu 6.10 on Virtual PC 2007 Step by Step“. He providing great guide, very clear and easy to follow with screenshot. If you running Virtual PC 2007 and want to try Ubuntu, the guide is where you start with.

I have been wonder when people try to find a way to tweak it system, by manual with command-line, software or others. I learnt from the past that the process is always come with risk and reduce the stability of my system. Most of time I do minimum tweak by hand on what I am understanding rather well. Most of thing people did with Windows XP is disable System Restore and some days later they got problem with some software (like install Vista Transformation Pack) then there has no way to bring system back to the stable stat.

With Windows Vista, people start to write a tip to reduce space usage of System Restore. Well, I never think if it useful. It more to play risk with any accident you made to system or just an important file. I ever been accidentally delete a 4 GB file, imagine if I need to download it again, Previous Version help me a lot on this.

If you about to reduce the System Restore space, read what Ed Bott is warning you — he also providing you alternative way. 

Since Microsoft closed upgrade loophole preventing customer to perform clean install with Upgrade DVDs. Not like old  of Windows XP that customer can use upgrade cd to do clean install instead of upgrade from previous version. Because Upgrade DVD is cheaper. DailyTech discover workaround to perform clean installation of Windows Vista using Upgrade DVDs. The method is simple by do clean install twice. The first installation you must not type product key. After first installation is complete, you have to perform second installation on Window Vista, this time you can type your product key and process with custom installation.

Boot from the Windows Vista Upgrade DVD and start the setup program.

When prompted to enter your product key, DO NOT enter it. Click “Next” and proceed with setup. This will install Windows Vista as a 30-day trial.

When prompted, select the edition of Vista which you have purchased and continue with setup.

Once setup has been completed and you have been brought to the desktop for the first time, run the install program from within Windows Vista.

This time, type in your product key when prompted.

When asked whether to perform an Upgrade or Custom (advanced) install, choose Custom (advanced) to perform a clean install of Vista. Yes, this means that you will have to install Vista for a second time.

Once setup has completed for the second time, you should be able to activate Windows Vista normally. You can also delete the Windows.old directory which contains information from the first Vista install.

Read the full workaround with shots at DailyTech.

As you know the size of Vista’s installation disk is about 2.6 GB (which Microsoft also split to 5 CD) for 32-bit. The disk come with all SKUs that allow customer to upgrade by changing PID. Oh, if you feel Windows Vista is boated, containing several unwanted features just like Windows XP, so what’ll you do? How to remove those unwanted features at the first place and make custom installation disk in smaller size, perhaps a CD?

Windows Vista using new Windows Image Format (WIM) to perform installation and it easy to deploy or create custom installation disk. Dino Nuhagic the creator of nLite started new tool in the last November, called vLite or Vista Lite. It’s similar to nLite, by helping you to automated pre-install Windows Vista configuration. According to Nuhagic’s state on his latest releases, vLite 0.8 beta is featuring:

Talking about the 32-bit version.
Depending on the OS image used it can go down to about 650MB ISO, while the Ultimate version is around 675MB, with all removed. On top of that with all removed you still have almost all the functionalities of a full XP.

Looked at some stats and it turns out that when a 1GB machine is used with the Vista Lite, vLite can save you up to a 600MB ! of free space in the RAM memory compared to a full version. I find that amazing, and the general usage is much faster even on my Core 2 Duo. Not to mention the 5GB smaller install.

You can download vLite from vlite.net. For the beginner, James Bannan of APCMag wrote excellent article that can guide you.