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How many times have you wished that you have an easy access to your most used folders? But alas! Windows generally shows only a default set of folders in the sidebar! And you thought you can never change that? See the below image then !!

All you need to do is any one of the below mentioned step:

1. Drag and Drop

   In Windows Explorer, go one level above the folder that you want in the sidebar and simply drag your mostly used folder onto the sidebar.

   

   As you can see from the above two images the folder is easily being moved and how the folder’s link is placed inside the sidebar.

2. Edit the Links folder

   • Go to Run and type C:\Users\<Your User Name>\Links
   • Add/Remove shortcut of folders that you want to be there in the sidebar.(Remember: Shortcuts and not the folders itself!!!)

So you want to access ftp server but any software in the world that you use gives you a connection error. Sounds similar? Then read on…

If you are able to browse any ftp site but unable to connect using any third-party tools or softwares then you are behind an ISA Firewall Server. For most part of it, it would have been done by the company you work in, the college network backbone or even some of the cybercafe chains.

ISA Server provides the two basic services of an enterprise firewall and a Web proxy/cache server. ISA Server’s firewall screens all packet-level, circuit-level, and application-level traffic. The Web cache stores and serves all regularly accessed Web content in order to reduce network traffic and provide faster access to frequently-accessed Web pages.

You may not be able to access ftp via any third pary softwares as you are behind the proxy server and dns resolution is not the same now. For this you need to download and install the ISA Firewall Client from here.

The ISA Firewall client would help translate the dns resolution and other network messages to and from the third party softwares.

PS: This is not a hack, but the normal procedure. Oflate there were many people who got confused on accessing the ftp via a proxy server.

One of the coolest thing about Microsoft is they being both Designer and Developer friendly(or atleast they are trying to be !!!)

Microsoft has recently announced the next MIX and PDC events to be organised in 2008.

While MIX basically targets designers and web-developers, PDC is for (desktop)developers. For those who wanna attend the MIX session, hurry up, Microsoft is giving an early registration concession of 200$ whcih is little less than 20% of the total(1295$) fees. On the other hand, nothing much has been said about PDC, apart from it being held in Los Angeles, CA during 27th-30th Oct 2008. BTW, MIX would be conducted during March 5-7 2008 in Las Vegas, NV.

I’m really excited to hear the keynote and to know the latest offerings from Microsoft Reasearch, are you ???