Posted on November 25th, 2009 by Cristina
Security is a perennial issue since time immemorial. From the early days of the Internet and up to this very moment, companies and users alike will do anything to protect and secure their data and hardware from all forms of cyber attacks.
Microsoft is no exception to this. Ever since the release of their first operating [...]
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Posted on August 20th, 2009 by admin
These are the 100 best Windows 7 tips and tricks - credits to windows 7 tip originators are interspersed throughout.
Windows 7 Tips – Top 10
Create a System Repair Disk – Strongly Recommended. Type ’system repair disc’ in the Start Menu search box, and use the utility.
Aero Shake – Hold down a window by its top border (or [...]
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Posted on April 26th, 2009 by admin
Wow! Windows 7 takes a really smart approach to solving the Windows XP compatibility issue.
Some Context: Basically Windows 7 was thought to be only backwards compatible with Vista.
Which would have meant -
If you’re running Vista everything will work like it’s supposed to. Something that I can attest to with the Beta – it really does work.
The problem [...]
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Posted on February 22nd, 2009 by admin
Windows 7 adds in a neat feature for Gaming called Games Explorer. The Windows Team Blog just blogged about the Games Explorer with some screenshots. Its a small first step – However, one in the right direction.
The key features of the Games Explorer are -
A single place to see all your games, and all the [...]
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Posted on December 17th, 2008 by admin
The TaskBar has undergone some huge changes in Windows 7 and we’re going to see a much better user experience. This post focuses on the actual changes with loads of images. The best source of information for the rationale behind the changes is the Engineering Windows 7 blog’s write-up of the Windows TaskBar. And thanks to them for [...]
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Posted on December 16th, 2008 by admin
Windows 7 is going to have more support for Parallel Processing, and thus better use multi-core OSes that are becoming more and more widespread.
There were a few sessions at PDC2008 that hinted at Microsoft working on this area. The only article that has any sort of substantial news about windows 7 and parallel processing is [...]
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Posted on December 12th, 2008 by admin
This is a list of the coolest Windows 7 features. Its based off of pre-release versions of Windows7 and will change significantly as and when new releases of Windows 7 come out. On to the features -
Multi-Touch – The Windows 7 feature I’m most excited about is the Surface inspired multi-touch. It’s very Minority Report and [...]
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