Windows 7 ships with a host of great features and applications. It also carries a lot of dead weight inherited from its predecessors. The following three applications have received little or no attention from Microsoft as the years have progressed – and their fate is none improved in Windows 7. What’s more, there are free [...]
Since I use Google Chat to keep in contact with family and friends, I’ve used the desktop version of Chat to alert me when I receive new messages through my Gmail address. While Desktop Chat is nice, it has yet to be updated for Windows 7 – particularly for Windows 7′s best new UI feature, [...]
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 manual install for the Evo 4G upgrade to Froyo (Android 2.2) has just been released. Now you can wait till tuesday to get your OTA version and not have to go through the steps below, or you can get your update 4 days early! I went through the update without any error and I [...]
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…
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.
The good folks at Uniblue have seen fit to give me some (5) free licenses to their new software Registry Booster 2010.
This session will give a fairly technical introduction to how Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is enhanced to support web applications.
This session will give a fairly technical introduction to the new features in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 that contribute to it being a more solid and manageable platform.
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 [...]
Microsoft has released to manufacturing its Windows Embedded Standard 7 product, which is targeted at OEMs who want to include Windows 7 features and capabilities in their TVs, set-top boxes and other specialized devices.
On Wednesday evening, Barry McPherson, executive vice president of support and customer service, issued an apology on behalf of McAfee, saying the company was sorry for the problems it caused for so many customers.
This video demonstrates some useful new cmdlets in PowerShell 2.
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