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Beta Program, Computer Games, Microsoft Windows, Tips and Tricks, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP

Play Starcraft II Beta with AI Offline [How To]

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Update 02-08-2010: Since StarCraft 2 has been released, this guide is no longer effective as SC2ALLin1 launcher has now transformed into a handy offline SC2 retail launcher! Just install the retail version with your Battle.net activated and you can use the launcher to launch a skirmish game without login.

Hint: If you still kept/found the beta client and the older version of SC2ALLin1, you can still try to install it and play StarCraft 2 Beta offline with AI, but you can’t enjoy the updates from Blizzard which will improve the game. If you like the game, please buy the game to support the developer!

Previously I had putting up a guideline on allowing non-beta tester to play StarCraft II Beta offline, without actually having to be a part of the closed-beta test. Two months has been passed and Blizzard had released not less than 12 patches to fix bugs and add in new feature (Map Editor etc.), and thus probably the previously linked method doesn’t work well if the game has been patched. At the same time, the famous StarCrack AI has been gradually updated to a very challenging version based on the changes made by Blizzard (7.0.3 at the time of writing). Read on to find out how to play StarCraft II Beta offline without a beta account.

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Beta Program, Microsoft Windows, Software, Software Review, Tips and Tricks, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP

Windows Live Essential Wave 4 (Beta) leaked!

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Finally, after a long time of lack-of-update period for Microsoft Windows Live Services, we are able to have some test drives on the latest update of Windows Live Essential that intended to be released to closed beta testers. In the package, it can be found that there are 3 beta programs included: Windows Live Messenger Beta, Windows Live Mail Beta, and Windows Live Writer Beta, along with some other small applications (You can have a glance on the screenshot below).

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Desktop Customization, Microsoft Windows, Software, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP

Get yourself some freebies from NVIDIA! (Wallpaper and Screensaver)

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Well, besides some nicely designed graphic cards and perhaps some new famous game titles bundled with them, what else you can get from nvidia? I am a big fans of nvidia as every single graphic card I has been using were from them. I rarely explore their website except for their updated driver, and only recently I realized that they do offer some nice wallpapers and 3D screen savers for public download. So here you go:

Microsoft Windows, Software, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Word Processing Tools

How to create a new word document file in A4 size as default?

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I am not sure about you, but for me, I always have the chance to get a shared or close-to-print document set in a wrong paper size, especially the default size of Microsoft Word – letter size. However, in my working environment, A4 is our primary document size, but somehow some documents are being prepared without changing the paper size to A4, which is quite troublesome sometimes as the spacing and alignments etc. are all different in both letter and A4 size. And also if the letter sized document printed in A4 paper, there will be a portion emptied due to the letter size. So, one best way of minimizing such problems is to create a document in A4 size as the default size. Here’s how (for Microsoft Word 2007 and above):

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Microsoft Windows, PC Optimization Tools, Software, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP

Get yourself prepared to get FREE IOBit Advanced SystemCare™ PRO Edition! [Now Live!]

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Just after a few days for their expired giveaway of IObit Security 360, they are now giving away their Advanced SystemCare Pro edition for FREE which will be available within 24 hours randomly from November 20 to 27 as a ThanksGiving gift. No one know for sure which day it will be given, but you can try your luck within the mentioned days. Originally priced at $19.95, Advanced SystemCare PRO (formerly Advanced WindowsCare Professional) protect and speed up your computer. It provides an always-on, automated, all-in-one PC Healthcare Service with anti-spyware, privacy protection, performance tune-ups, and system cleaning capabilities. This powerful and award-winning precision tool fixes stubborn errors, cleans out clutter, optimizes internet and download speeds, ensures personal security and maintains maximum computer performance automatically.