http://download.microsoft.com/download/D/D/1/DD1A75DE-18F8-4BBF-8827-AB3C4CBBE690/Ferrari_Win7Theme.themepack

4 more great images from the bing dynamic themepack.  Featuring a beautiful Japanese garden, a lake scene from Pearst in Montenegro, Yellowstone National Park in the USA and a crop circle from the UK.

 Japanese Garden

 Pearst in Montenegro

 Yellowstone National Park in the USA

 Crop Circle

Rob

With this Microsoft Fixit

Read more at the full KB article (KB2230957)

Error code 0x8007000D when trying to activate a Windows server 2008 or Windows 7 machine using any type of product key.

Get more help for Windows 7

Rob

Here is your chance to select the 5 finalists from a list of 10 for the best Windows Website 2009

‘From among the 60+ participants, the individual rankings of each of the judges, viz. Ed Bott, Rafael Rivera, Steve Sinchak, Paul Schottland, Lowell Heddings, Emil Protalinski, Howard Lo, Corrine Chorney, James Fisher & myself, was taken and added together to arrive at the following shortlist of 10 websites, mentioned below in no particular order:

winhelponline.com , windows7center.com , 4sysops.com , bhandler.spaces.live.com , intowindows.com ,
maximumpcguides.com , msigeek.com , windowsvalley.com , sevenforums.com , 7tutorials.com

These 10 websites will be put up for open Community Vote, from Aug 11th, 1.30 PM UTC to Aug 26th 2009, 1.30 PM UTC.

Please do visit these fine Windows websites, & then cast your vote for and canvas for your favorite Windows website, so that it can move on to the final round.  The criteria in short was and should be : Does the website have substantial original quality content of interest & use to a Windows 7 & Vista user ?’

Kudos to all those that made the top 10 and good luck.

Poll : Vote for the Best Windows Website 2009. | The Windows Club

Rob

Featuring an island in Tuvalu in Polynesia and

and Pulpit Rock  in Portland Dorset

Get the bing dynamic theme

Rob

If you receive the following error message

“Error 1079: The account specified for this service is different from the account specified for other services running in the same process”

and services fail to start on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows 2008 R2 or Windows 7, then you can fix it with a Microsoft fixit 50671.

If you prefer to fixit it manually or want to read more info then please read KB article 2478117

Rob

Another day another Language Interface Pack (LIP), this time the Windows Vista Telegu (the official language of Andhra Pradesh in India) LIP:

Click here to download the Telugu Vista LIP

Please Note A font-enabling package must be installed prior to installing the Vista LIP package. This font package contains important font update information that is required to view your language correctly. To install the font package, click here: Install font package.

Also note that the Telugu LIP can only be installed on a system that runs an English version of Windows Vista. It is recommended to use 96 DPI for this language.

Rob

So this is for William who emailed me with this question.  He had made an IE Favorite folder hidden and couldn’t find a way to get it back.

As this folder is just like any other folder it is quite simple to fix, but the key is to know where your favorites are stored.

1. First go to Windows Explorer and navigate to the folder where your favourites are.  This is typically c:\users\<user name>\favorites
2. Now select the Organize menu and choose ‘Folder and search options’
3. Click the view tab, and make sure you select ‘show hidden files, folders’  and press Apply
4. Restart Internet Explorer and your hidden folder should now appear.

Thanks to Ian who supplied me the answer

Read more on hidden files

Rob

Just wanted to point out this nice free ebook from Windowsvj.com with 50 Windows 7 Tips and Tricks.

“ as the name suggests its a compilation of one of the finest Tips n Tricks about Windows 7. You can use them to enrich the Windows 7 Desktop experience of yours. It contains more than 50 Tips and tricks and an added bonus section for Windows 7 Applications.”

Thanks to @baxiabhishek for the tip

Rob

This looks a great Windows Media Player visualization of a nice warm fireplace that changes with the music you are currently playing.

Download Yule Log Visualization For Windows 7

Just what you need for these cold winter nights…

Read a little more about Visualisations and plugins in Windows Media Player

• Watch visualizations while playing your music
• Add a plug-in to Windows Media Player

Thanks to Into Windows for the spot

Rob