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Is Microsoft SteadyState useful ? Did not work so well for me

Posted by Siew Kam Onn on July 19, 2008

Featured Windows Download: Windows SteadyState Creates a Wreck-Proof Space for Kids, Experiments

Windows XP/Vista only: SteadyState, a free Windows utility offered by Microsoft, is a handy tool to have if you’ve got kids, friends, or just a program or two that could possibly wreak havoc on your system

It did not work so well in my experiment. I turned on Protect Hard Disk and Preserve Changes Permanently. The PC froze 2 times during restart when it was committing the changes ie making the changes permanent.

My PC also ran significantly slower with Steadystate.

With the above problems, I uninstalled Steadystate.

Read Office 2007 files with Office XP, 2000, 2003

Posted by Siew Kam Onn on July 9, 2008

Download details: Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats

By installing the Compatibility Pack in addition to Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, or Office 2003, you will be able to open, edit, and save files using the file formats new to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007. The Compatibility Pack can also be used in conjunction with the Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003, Excel Viewer 2003, and PowerPoint Viewer 2003 to view files saved in these new formats. For more information about the Compatibility Pack, see Knowledge Base article 924074.