Posts Tagged ‘windows 7’

Transform Windows7 Taskbar to Vista Taskbar

Transform Windows7 Taskbar to Vista Taskbar

Many of us have transformed our vista/XP taskbars to look like windows 7. It may be useful for some people who like to work in vista to transform their windows 7 taskbar to look similar to windows 7  taskbar. Here is an easy trick to change the appearance of the windows 7 taskbar.

Right-Click on the [...]

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Enabling Administrator Account in Windows 7/Vista

Enabling Administrator Account in Windows 7/Vista

The Administrator Account was always created by default in Windows XP and the previous versions of the Windows. But in Windows 7 and Vista this account is not activated by default although it is created. The administrator account may be useful in case of troubleshooting or if you want to make some heavy registry tweaks. [...]

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Windows 7 To Be Out This holiday Season

Windows 7 To Be Out This holiday Season

Few days ago, rumors spread out that Windows 7 will be released on October 23 as confirmed by two Acer executives. While Microsoft has always maintained that Windows 7 will be released in 2010, but this time Microsoft executives at Tech Ed North America 2009 announced that Windows 7 will be available from this [...]

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Check if Your PC Can Run Windows 7

Check if Your PC Can Run Windows 7

If you haven’t tried out Windows 7 RC or Beta yet and are wondering whether your hardware will be able to run Windows 7 with its eye-candy features, then use the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor  tool from Microsoft.
It’ll scan your computer hardware and will give you a report to let you know whether your [...]

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Check Out What’s New in Windows 7

Here’s a helpful video showing what’s new in Windows 7 Release Candidate, which was released yesterday. This video explains all of the new interface, menu and design tweaks made in Windows 7 RC since the launch of Windows 7 Beta.

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Windows 7 Release Candidate Available For Download

Windows 7 Release Candidate Available For Download

While Microsoft earlier said that Windows 7 RC will be available from May 5, though it is still May 4 in US, Microsoft has made available Windows 7 RC for public download.
To download Windows 7 RC, follow these steps:
1. Head over to Windows 7 page, scroll down the page a bit, and select language [...]

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Windows 7 Release Candidate More Useful For First 10 Months

Windows 7 Release Candidate More Useful For First 10 Months

Though Windows 7 Release Candidate will be valid for 13 months, it’ll be more useful for first 10 months as from March 1, 2010, it’ll start having bihourly shutdowns alerting the user to buy Windows 7, as stated on this Microsoft’s partner page.
While it’ll work well up to June 1, 2010 but after March [...]

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Windows 7 Release Candidate Valid For 13 Months

Windows 7 Release Candidate Valid For 13 Months

Windows 7 Release Candidate build 7100 has been made available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers and will be available to general public from May 5. One good reason for testing out the release candidate of Windows 7 is that it will be valid for 13 months that makes it valid up to June 1, [...]

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Microsoft Will Offer Updates Even For Pirated Windows 7

Microsoft Will Offer Updates Even For Pirated Windows 7

Microsoft will provide Windows Updates even to pirates copies of Windows 7. Softpedia reports that idea of providing updates to illegal windows copies might seem like promotion of piracy but according to Paul Cookie, director, Windows Client Enterprise Security, Keeping your system updated makes sure it is reliable and remains safe from online threats.

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Windows XP Available for Netbooks Till October 2010

Windows XP Available for Netbooks Till October 2010

Though Windows 7 will have a starter edition, that is targeted towards netbooks as it’ll be a reduced version of Windows 7 with lesser functionality and a limit of running 3 programs at the maximum. this 3 program limit made Linux guys happy as users would certainly not like netbooks that can only run [...]

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