Possible October Release for Windows 7
Thu, 30/04/09 – 20:28 | No Comment

Acer’s United Kingdom Marketing Director, Bobby Watkins, leaked that the 23rd of October will be the release date for Windows 7.

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Windows 7 - Windows XP Mode
Sat, 25/04/09 – 16:44 | One Comment

To download seventeen screenshots of the new feature (in a .zip), from Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows, click here.

This week, through the leak of the Windows 7 Release Candidate (build 7100), Paul Thurrott and Rafael Rivera have teamed up to provide astonishing new information about one of the new features in Windows 7 called Windows XP Mode.

The project, which has remained a secret until now, was titled Virtual Windows XP but later changed to its current name. According to Rivera, “XPM is built on the next generation Microsoft Virtual PC 7 product line, which requires processor-based virtualization support (Intel and AMD) to be present and enabled on the underlying PC, much like Hyper-V, Microsoft’s server-side virtualization platform.” Windows XP Mode will be made available for free to Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate users. However, the add-on does not come in the Windows 7 box. It will be downloadable off of the Microsoft website. With Windows XP Mode, users can run XP Mode applications side by side with Windows 7 applications (see Figure 1).

The new feature should prove to be a huge bonus for Windows XP holdouts who aren’t quite sold on the idea of moving to Windows 7. Now, Microsoft can boast about near 100% compatibility with XP applications.

Figure #1: A Windows XP application, Office 2003, running side by side with a Windows 7 application, Office 2007.

Figure #1: A Windows XP application, Office 2003, running side by side with a Windows 7 application, Office 2007.

To download seventeen screenshots of the new feature (in a .zip), from Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows, click here.

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Logon Changer for Windows 7
Sat, 21/03/09 – 17:09 | 2 Comments

A new program, called Logon Changer, makes changing your Windows 7 login screen background as easy as finding an image on your hard drive.

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Windows 7 - Custom Login Backgrounds
Mon, 16/03/09 – 12:46 | 6 Comments
Windows 7 - Custom Login Backgrounds

Windows 7 officially supports the customization of backgrounds on the “Login” screen.

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Best Internet Browsers on Windows 7
Thu, 26/02/09 – 17:41 | 27 Comments
Best Internet Browsers on Windows 7

With multiple new browsers out there, which one is best for your Windows 7 machine?

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How To: Enable DreamScene in Windows 7
Thu, 19/02/09 – 20:31 | 18 Comments
How To: Enable DreamScene in Windows 7

Although Microsoft has ditched the DreamScene feature in their new operating system, Windows 7, you can still enable the feature through a simple hack.

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Tweaking the “Send To” Menu in Windows 7
Mon, 9/02/09 – 9:09 | No Comment
Tweaking the “Send To” Menu in Windows 7

With “SHIFT” and “right-click” in Windows 7, there is a whole new range of options for sending files and folders.

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Windows 7’s New Preview Pane in Explorer
Wed, 28/01/09 – 9:36 | 3 Comments
Windows 7’s New Preview Pane in Explorer

The new preview pane in Windows 7 supports a wider range of formats than Windows XP and Vista. Users can play movies, songs, view documents, and more in the Preview Pane.

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