Windows 7

Now that the Windows 7 Beta has been out for a while, I’d like to highlight how folks can try out Windows Touch, Windows 7’s new multi-touch capabilities.In order to take advantage of it, you are going to need a PC that supports multiple touch points. Today – there are […]

Putting the Windows 7 installation on a USB thumb drive has a few advantages—a small USB key is much more convenient for carrying around than a DVD, the OS will actually install much faster, and you can use a USB key to install Windows 7 on systems that do not […]

Enable Quick Launch Bar 1. Right click on Windows 7 Taskbar, and point to Toolbars context menu item, and then select New Toolbar. 2. Just copy and paste this code in the address bar %SystemDrive%\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ 3. Locate and highlight the Quick Launch folder, and then click on Select Folder […]

From Desktop Windows Key + Tab = Aero [press Tab to cycle between Windows] Windows Key + E = Windows Explorer is launched. Windows Key + R = Run Command is launched. Windows Key + F = Search (which is there in previous Windows versions too) Windows Key + X […]

One of the most troublesome issues of troubleshooting is to find out exactly how it happened and for what. Obviously, some processes are non-recoverable. For them you can not repeat the process and risk another hardware just because a troubleshooter wasn’t able to understand where did it err. So what […]

The first big patch for Windows 7 is out. Those who are using The Windows 7 Beta version, must be aware of the expiration date of 1st July. Here is this patch which not only will get rid of that 6 months of expiration warning to give you a better […]

If you have Windows 7 Beta installed with UAC disabled you might run into problems while trying to load gadgets onto your desktop.You can enable the UAC in order to use Sidebar.But if you don’t wanna turn on that nagging UAC and still love those tiny useful gadgets you can […]

The global moderator at Help My Operating System has just posted testing results, after reviewing Antivirus software. In his review he noted PASSED or FAILED in the results next to several Antivirus products that were tested. The results are here AVG PASSED Both Antivirus and Antispyware tests avast! PASSED Avira […]

With Windows 7 Beta , users that have installed the operating system have undoubtedly noticed that the installation process has evolved compared to what was available in Windows Vista. However, Patrick Azzarello, Senior Program Manager/ Windows Deployment, Microsoft, described the changes between the setup of Windows Vista RTM and Windows […]

Availability for Windows 7 beta extended Microsoft Windows Communications Manager, Brandon LeBlanc, has announced that availability for the Windows 7 beta download has been extended until February 10th, 2009. Microsoft noted that they have extended the availability as “enthusiasm continues to be so high for the Windows 7 Beta and […]