Check if your CPU is either 32-bit of 64-bit in Windows Vista

Today or tomorrow I will be upgrading from my current Vista to Windows 7 and I needed to check which version of the OS the install.

To check whether my CPU was 32-bit or 64-bit, here's what I did (in Vista):

 First open up the System Information tools from Accessories > System Tools

Then from the System Information, look for the System Type Row, and there you will have your answer:

• x86-based PC: 32-Bit Computer
• x64-based PC: 64-Bit Computer
  

Code Beautifiers

Don't you hate it when you want to follow some code that's virtually unreadable because of it's horrific formatting?  Believe me, you're not alone.

That's why in this post I am going to compile a list of Code Beautifiers.

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JavaScript

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CSS

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HTML

Stackoverflow's reverse-engineered WYSIWYM editor

If you want a lightweight, yet advanced (especially if you want it for a website for developers) online wysiwym editor, I suggest you take a look at Stackoverflow's reverse-engineered WMD Editor.

To download it, visit their development folder at github: http://github.com/derobins/wmd

Click here for a demo

Note that in the demo, I used the wmd along with a modified Stackoverflow css file.

Cleaning out \Windows\Installer folder correctly in Vista

If you are on Vista, you may have noticed that the %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Windows\Installer folder might get quite huge and take up quite a lot of hard disk space.


Anyway, that folder is used as a cache for installation files and patches and removing those will cause you to not being able to repair or uninstall applications, and in some cases not removing patches or applying new patches to software.


To remove the contents of this folder correctly, download Windows Installer Cleanup Utility and once installed, run the following command with it:

msizap.exe G!

Reference: http://www.theexperienceblog.com/2009/05/16/how-to-clean-out-windowsinstaller-folder-correctly/