This video provides a look at a new feature that has been added to Google Maps, which provides a street level view of some cities that can be rotated 360 degrees.

1. Go to Google Maps.
2. Click street view at the top right.
3. Select one of the cities that has street view detail, which is indicated by the camera icon.
4. Now drag the little yellow guy to any street that is highlighted blue.
5. Instead of using your mouse after that, you may find it easier to use the + (plus), - (minus), and arrows keys to navigate around. 

When running files from a local server you receive "Do you want to run this file?" or "The publisher could not be verified. Are you sure you want to run this software?". These prompt can be disabled via the Internet Explorer security settings.

Problem: When attempting to connect to a remote Vista machine, you receive the message "Your credentials did not work". Vista does not allow a blank password when connecting with remotely via remote desktop. The obvious solution would be to create a password for the account but I hate that.

Solution: Enable blank passwords with the Group Policy Object Editor or via the registry.

Problem: Receive "Internet Explorer cannot download / from help" when attempting to open Help and Support in Windows Vista.

Fix: Correct .xml file association in the registry

Problem: Firefox is displays, "No suitable plugins were found. Unknown Plugin (application/x-player2)" when viewing sites with embedded WMP files.

Using Yod'm 3D and VMware I'm running Windows Vista 64-bit, Windows XP Pro, Ubuntu 64-bit (Linux), and Max OS X Tiger all on the same each residing in their own virtual desktop.

I did a little investigating today for a free simple way to create Adobe Acrobat PDF documents. After looking around for a while, I narrowed it down to three of the more popular picks available today: BullZip PDF Printer, CutePDF Writer, and PrimoPDF. All three got the job done, but I liked the BullZip product best. It was the least obtrusive with the most features. All three programs work by using Ghostscript and installing a virtual PDF printer. To create a PDF document, you simply print to the virtual printer. This enables you to create PDF files from most any application.

1. Navigate to Control Panel, choose "Uninstall a Program" under "Programs" and then click on "Turn Windows features on or off". There you can disable the Indexing Service.
2. It is also possible to disable indexing for a certain drive or enable it only for selected folders. You can do this by changing the Properties of a drive or folder (right click on drive letter in Windows Explorer).Windows Search service
3. The fasted way is to simply disable the Windows Search service. Run Services (just type "Services" at the Start Search bar), right click on the Windows Search service and select "Properties". Then choose "Disabled" for the start type. Afterwards, you have to stop this service by right clicking on it and selecting "Stop".

During the initial when it ask for your product key, just leave it blank and click next. When it finishes re-run setup from Windows and enter your product key this time. It will take about 50% longer to install the second time.