While testing Windows Vista long time ago I have noticed new program called Snipping tool that could take screen shots from whole screen or part of the screen.
I have searched a bit to find if it is possible to have it on XP because Vista sucks 
but is’t only available for Tablet PCs.
Luckily there are free solutions and replacements on the Internet.
Program is called Gadwin PrintScreen and it’s freeware.
When you install it you get a small tray icon and it’s automatically activated with Print Screen key.
In program options you can configure where to save output files, what type of picture they are going to be, resizing options and so on.
You can download program on this link.
Yesterday I tried to connect to my work network with Cisco VPN client after recent reinstallation of my laptop but without success.
Error that I was getting was PEER_DELETE-IKE_DELETE_UNSPECIFIED. I tried to find some with similar problem on Google but that wasn’t successful either.
So the only thing to do was to install Windows from scratch and begin from start again with elimination of software.
After a while I have found that new version of Thinkpad Fingerprint Software 5.8 was cause of my agony. It took me almost 2 days to find this error but reverting on older version 5.6 solved the problem.
I hope that this will help someone with similar problem like I had.
While trying to create some maintenance plans on MsSql server 2005 (default installation) with SP2 installed I have received this error message:
'Agent XPs' component is turned off as part of the security configuration for this server.
While trying different solutions from Microsoft, MSDN and different forums I have found one that worked for me. Open new query window, copy code below and hit F5 for executing. After this you can create plans.
sp_configure 'show advanced options', 1; GO RECONFIGURE; GO sp_configure 'Agent XPs', 1; GO RECONFIGURE GO
After intensive testing of Sysinternals Desktops utility I have found new one that is also FREE and that works better than Desktops.
Things that I missed in Desktops were:
New program that I found is called Vista/XP virtual desktop manager. Some of the options that it provide are:
You can find more info about program and download it on this link.
Here are some screenshoots.
If you had ever wanted to slip reactivating Windows XP after reinstallation here is one good tip from [Online Tech Tips]. There is only one file that is needed for sliping of reactivation and that is wpa.dbl which is located in C:\Windows\System32 directory.
So procedure would look like this:
So procedure is very simple and if you create your own installation cd with help of Nlite you can include this file too and skip activation after reinstallation.
Note: This file that you have saved can be used only on the PC that it comes from, on others it won’t work.