Windows 7 builds upon Windows Vista’s Backup and Restore feature, making it easier than ever to save copies of your current system image and media files. Several third party companies provide Windows 7-compatible applications that back up your files to remote servers on the Internet for a small monthly fee. While Windows 7 Backup is [...]
The verdict is in on Windows 7…and it’s all good news for Microsoft. After taking a beating when it released the buggy Microsoft Vista, the software giant has made giant strides one year after 7′s release. Web analytics firm NetApplications says that Windows 7 installations have (slightly) eclipsed Windows Vista. Since we can assume that [...]
If you liked the Search feature in Windows Vista, chances are you hate it in Windows 7. Windows Vista had a decent search interface that supported searching by date, name, tag, and author easily. You can get some of these options from the Explorer Search box when you search in one of your Libraries folders [...]
I’ll be honest: I hardly use Internet Explorer. Google Chrome is my current browser of choice. When that fails me, Firefox is my backup. The main reason I use Chrome is speed: the browser runs lickety-split on Windows 7 when the network is running smoothly, with minimal latency in page load. By contrast, IE has [...]
Once upon a time, I believed that the Windows Startup folder (Start -> All Programs -> Startup) showed me every program that the system executed upon boot. Oh, to be young and ignorant….
As Netflix has expanded its online offerings, I’ve found myself watching more programs and movies online, and using their DVD ordering service less. I’m not the only one: according to Forbes, the Netflix on demand service has…
Most Windows users know that you can use the ALT and TAB keys in combination to cycle through your open applications. What you may not know is that ALT+TAB works in conjunction with your mouse to make selecting the right window a piece of cake. ALT+TAB and Aero Microsoft introduced the Aero windowing system with [...]
One feature of Unix windowing systems that I cherish is the virtual desktop, which allows you to create multiple desktop work spaces each containing its own set of windows.
Microsoft have some good artists earning their keep. The new box art for Office 2010 is available on Amazon and they look very cool…
Former Microsoft Windows executive Bill Veghte is joining Hewlett-Packard as executive vice president of the tech company’s software business.
Many businesses who thankfully skipped Vista are now considering upgrading their aging XP desktops to Windows 7.
This session will give a fairly technical introduction to how Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is enhanced to support web applications.
Well, Microsoft’s Preview Pane in Windows 7’s Windows Explorer is a winner BUT it’s still a no go area for Word and Excel in Office 2007. I am also running the Beta version of Office 2010 and the same problem still applies in Word 2010. What a @#!@ bummer! Well, I was determined to track [...]
A lot has been made of the fact that Windows 7 is an awesome operating system and also that Windows Server 2008 has turned out to be the best server o.s. that Microsoft have built in years. The question i have today is when did Microsoft become the company with boring, stable products?
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