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 [...]
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 [...]
So, you are finding that Search is not working very well. Maybe it’s time to give it a tune-up. Now this is where another of Windows 7’s useful Problem Solvers can help. Click the Start button. In the Search box, type “search problem”. Search offers a problem solver called “Find and fix problems with Windows [...]
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 [...]
When searching for a particular file and you draw a blank, it is possible it’s saved in the wrong location. Being human, we often make mistakes!
Microsoft XNA Framework is a set of software, services and resources for developing games on Microsoft platforms. In this video, see how XNA can be used to build games that target Windows Phone 7.
The easiest way to develop for Windows Phone 7 is with the familiar Microsoft Silverlight platform. In this video, see how Windows Phone supports Silverlight and how you can use XAML and .NET to build a simple Silverlight-based Windows Phone application.
Like many computer users, I am always interested in trying something new. This means I am often looking for new applications and registry hacks on the web to improve my computer skills and operation. Sometimes these exploits end up in disaster. Every time I download an application, install a new game, perform a software update, [...]
I am always on the lookout for new and useful applications to enhance my computer. Many of the applications I download add their system icon to the Notification Area. While this is not a problem in itself, some applications are memory hogs and slow down Start Up while they grab a piece of my computer’s [...]
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