So you are still using IE7 and have not moved to a better browser like Firefox? Well, if you need to download more than 2 files at a time, you might want to change the following settings in your registry: MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server & MaxConnectionsPerServer. Simply change the value to something more appropriate to your needs or copy and paste the text below into a file called myIEdownloadprefs.reg and double click it:
If you are a command line junkie and end up doing almost everything from a command prompt, you will find that the problem is that Windows Vista doesn't have a built-in command to launch an application in administrator mode.
Thankfully Brandon Paddock has created an extremely useful tool called Start++ that has a built-in sudo command.
To launch a command in "sudo" mode from the start menu, just preface it with "sudo", which will launch the application in administrator mode.
One of the most comprehensive and detailed plan for bringing standard approaches and techniques to mashups is OpenSAM, which leverages many existing standards such as WebDAV, openid, LDAP, and also subscribes to DataPortability.org’s standards to create a consistent and well-organized design and interaction model for offering complex, heterogeneous mashups to both the consumer and business community.
Sam Ramji, Microsoft’s chief open-source advocate, is pushing MS in the right direction. Slowly but surely, MS is entering the 21st century and open it to the concepts and philosophy of open source. MS will support SWT and the Higgins identity management project.
So you are still using IE7 and have not moved to a better browser like 
One of the most comprehensive and detailed plan for bringing standard approaches and techniques to mashups is 
So, you are not running your own LAMP server w/ your own instance of Tomcat? 
