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For years if you have wanted to clean a PC that’s heavily infected with malware there were precious few, if any, tools you could actually boot your computer from to perform the cleanup. Now Microsoft are jumping in with a new beta product called Standalone System Sweeper. The tool, which is based on Microsoft Security [...]
The developer decided to make his own touch interface for Windows 7 and did so for his ASUS Eee Slate tablet device.
For all you movies fans out there, I’ve gathered up a selection of great themes from your favorite movies for Windows 7. I’m sure you all have personal favorites, and I’m sorry if I haven’t included yours in the list below, but hopefully there’s something there for everyone. Be sure to let us know what one’s your [...]
Microsoft is not wasting time or money on DataCenters. These are locations where “Cloud” services originate from.or they go too. Unlike the Internet, which has no origin or destination built in, the cloud does. When an enterprise decides to put its services on the cloud, it is contracting with a cloud provider to have those [...]
Here are some beautiful landscape and other Windows 7themes from PhatPuppy. The colors are magnificent. Here are the download links: Beside Still Waters Stock Stairway to Heaven Stock For the Longest Time Stock Painter’s Palette Stock Phatpuppy Don’t Worry Stock Eye of the Storm Creation Above or Below Thermopylae Starry Starry Night [...]
Microsoft have been boasting that the next update to their Windows Phone smartphone OS platform will have 500 new features. People have needless to say been asking what all these new features are as only a few have been demonstrated so far, with many people sceptical that these new features could be going down the Apple [...]
Different Eyes. This is a different set of Themes I found from EliseEnchanted. She has other themes, but the eyes caught my attention. A little unusual, sure…but the colors caught my attention. How about you? . . [Different View] [The Last][Lonely Hearts][Multi Colored][Glowing][Vile] [Gold][The Dragoness][Born This Way][Naga][Blending In][Fire] Related posts:Change The Color Of The [...]
In this edition of the Windows Desktop Report, Greg Shultz shows you how to use the Internet Explorer 9 Blocker Toolkit to prevent the automatic delivery of Internet Explorer 9 on a Windows 7 system.
A few months ago, Microsoft working in conjunction with the FBI and other law enforcement agencies, took down the infamous Rustock Botnet. This botnet that originated in Russia was responsible for 30 billion spam messages a day by using 150,000 machines, many which the owners did not know that their PC was compromised. Recently, Microsoft filed [...]
I’ll start by saying this. I love Windows Live Mail. In fact the whole Windows Live Essentials Suite is, well, essential to all modern PCs in my opinion. There are so many great products in the suite, all free and all of top notch quality, that you’re really missing out if you don’t at least [...]
The Windows Phone Developer Blog unveiled a web version of the Windows Phone Marketplace which is coming soon for users to browse, buy and download games and apps for their Windows Phone. 
Problems with slow internet or network access on Windows Vista or Windows 7? Try our Vista/Windows 7 network troubleshooting and tweaking guide.
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No, I’ve not been on the strong sauce again though you might think so as I almost never say anything good about Apple, well, actually I do but the fanboi’s tend not to notice :P So what’s this utterly crazy prediction of mine that by 2015 Apple will own a massive 35% of the Home [...]
Windows phone 7 hasn’t been the success that Microsoft would have hoped it would be, but Microsoft is serious about the mobile phone market. Indeed in the upgrade version 7.5, there are reported to be over 500 new features to be added to the Windows mobile phone. What kind of features? Here are the list [...]
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The last twelve months have been turbulent for the Adobe Flash Player. After spending years at a languid development pace (Flash 10.0 was originally released in 2008), several things happened to push it forward. For starters, most major Web browsers have been pushing support of the new HTML 5 standard, which seeks to replace many [...]
Big deal, right? So What, Right? Well it is a big deal for two reasons. First it is the first, yes the first, public acknowledgement that the next iteration of Windows will be called Windows 8. There have been may posts here, also on Windows8News.com, and ConnectedInternet.com about this, but no Microsoft official has publicly [...]
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Today I’ve put together a great selection of Windows 7 Sports themes for all our sporting users. I’ve tried to mix things up from soccer teams,football and other sports. I’ve even got one for all you vuvuzela fans (more about that below)! Some of the themes simply change your wallpaper and color scheme, others will [...]
Here are 18 Windows7 themes and wallpapers in digital paint brushing style by the artist AbusoRugio. [Smile Umbreon, Smile] [Subway Preparing] [Zoroark- On The Forest] [Riolu- Blue Crystal] [Chibi FireFox] [Music Panda] [Galvantula's Challenge] [Blue Moon] [CM: Blitz's Crystal Cave] [Grovyle] [Watching The Moon] [Midnight Training] [Moonlight Forest] [Gate Of Psychic] [Battle With Illusion] [Conquer The [...]
Here are images, themes and screen shots from two different artists, XiaoBotong and Ukitakumuki. Their styles are different but their artistry is arresting. View and download the images to create a series of themes for your desktop. : Here are images and themes from the artist XiaoBotong. . . : Download Links For [...]
If you have the right working tools for network operations, you can get a lot of information that can help you control or monitor the network. Here are three tools, WinTracer, PacketViewer, and NetTraffic that are easy to use and provide you with a steady stream of network information. NetTraffic NetTraffic allows you to view [...]
Recently there have been many tech websites telling you that they attended Microsoft’s TechNet conference. They sat in the audience at the various presentations and fed back news. At Windows7News and Windows8News we’re doing things a little differently and I’ll be at Microsoft’s UK Tech.Days in London when they start on Monday at the request of Microsoft [...]
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Here are some nature themes from Paul Raymaker, artist and photographer. ” When shooting, I capture the best data with my pixels as I can through careful technique. My practices are far from perfect and I am always trying to learn and absorb as much information as possible. My photographs always maintain integrity and have [...]
Microsoft has posted on the Windows Experience Blog that students who buy a new Windows 7 PC for at least $699 and up will receive an Xbox 360 Slim 4GB console for free. 
We're obviously big fans of Windows 7 on this site, but that doesn't mean that we are anti anything not from Microsoft. Download a great Windows 7 Theme based on Android from Google.
In this edition of the Windows Desktop Report, Greg Shultz shows you how to use the System Diagnostic Report to gather troubleshooting information on-the-fly.
Figures released by research firm Gartner have shown that in the first quarter of 2011, Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system shipped on 1.6 million handsets. This is very impressive for just three months but still the new smartphone OS isn’t meeting expectations and is far behind its rivals. To put this into perspective Microsoft currently hold [...]
Futuremark recently released PCMark7, a full suite of Windows 7 tests and benchmarks. The suite consists of tests for: storage, computation, image and video manipulation, web browsing and gaming.
While Microsoft is happy about the rise of its OS use, it should not be too happy at all about the rise of malware hitting Windows 7. According to Microsoft, malware infections on Windows 7 machines went up by more than 30 percent during the second half of 2010. For the second half of 2010, 32-bit [...]
Using the options available from the command line version of the Windows 7 defragmentation utility you have much more control over the maintenance of your storage devices.
It’s a good news week for Microsoft as new research shows the company and its product on the up. Internal figures from the company’s Malicious Software Removal Tool metrics show that Windows 7 is the least vulnerable version of the company’s operating system to attack with only 3.8 infections found per thousand PCs for the [...]
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Here are three launch tools that will help you get access to your files or programs faster. Typhoeus Hotkeys Typhoeus Hotkeys is a free program for your Windows computer that allows you to launch programs, files and websites with just a single key press. If you spend too much time looking for your content, you [...]
Enabling Concurrent Sessions allows multiple users to use the same PC at the same time, or the same user to be logged on more than once i.e. this allows a second user to log into a machine via Remote Desktop without the person sitting at the machine being booted off or even noticing.
It’s all go here at Windows7News.com (as per usual) and just to show some of those other Windows, Microsoft and tech websites out there that they’re not all as impressive as they might think they are we’re doing more and more every week and bringing you bigger and better stuff. For all of you Tech [...]
Go on, ask the question, you know you want to. Why would anyone be dumb enough to put Windows 7 on a phone? Actually, and I don’t mean to appear rude here, it’s not anywhere near as dumb a proposition as you might first believe. We’ll get past the obvious stuff first, this phone actually [...]
The Windows 7 UI is already pretty neat. The variety of aero effects and colors, along with a wide range of Windows 7 themes really make it quite an attractive OS, that’s easy on the eye. Not only does it look good, but for the most part, it performs as well as it looks. With [...]
W7MC is one of the hidden gems within Windows 7 - Here are 12 Essential Windows 7 Media Center Addons that will get the most out of it.
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Windows 7 Themes come in a variety of formats, here are photographs from PinGallery who specializes in HDR HDR stands for High Dynamic Range. HDR-digital photos are characterized by high richness, even in bright areas or deep shadows. This is possible when conventional bracketing are converted by using special software in HDR images. . In image processing, [...]
Microsoft have this week formally approved a tool that can set things right if you jailbreak your shiny new Windows Phone and then find that the process has broken the updater, so you can’t get the latest updates and patches from Microsoft. It’s a smart move and one that is surely going to win the company [...]
Robot themes and wallpapers are very popular backgrounds, and here are several Robot Windows7 Themes from the artist Rettag. [Guaro_of_ gigantic_8] [Guaro_of_ gigantic_7 ] [Guaro_of_ gigantic_6 ] [Guaro_of_ gigantic_5] [Guaro_of_ gigantic_4] [Guaro_of_gigantic_3][DaitOurYou] [Guard_of_gigantic_2] [Guard_of_ gigantic] [mischievous_little_ robot][Run] [Holloween] To download the images select the Download Center.Type in the image name(with an underline mark for the space, or copy the [...]
Here are 18 Windows7 Themes on the subject of Dragons. The artist is KeremBeyit, whose gallery appears in Deviant Art. You can download the theme from the Artists link by selecting Download Center, and typing in the theme name. Note, words are separated by a hyphen. Here are the images: Over the Clouds, Sir Wooden Sword, The [...]
The WiCast EW2000 is almost as simple to use as a HDMI cable, which is going to save you time and aggravation at your next presentation.
Windows 7 Themes, or background pictures, give your desktop a new look. Some are basic to the Windows 7 software, others are available for download. Here is a set of Windows 7 Themes that range from Science Fiction to Nature. These are available on Windows7News posts. Windows7 Sci-Fi Themes from TheLovas [Download Link] If you like [...]
Jack Wallen shows you how to clear the Address Resolution Protocol cache and how to manage that cache with a few command switches.
In this issue of the Windows Desktop Report, Greg Shultz describes how the Windows 7 Live File System format works and how you can use it for backups or additional storage.
These three graphics programs do something different and each has a specific audience to attract. That said, you should try all three to see how your image work can improve.
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SkyWallet is similar to LastPass and also offers support for not only passwords, but also for banking, credit card and other personal information storage via Microsoft's free SkyDrive.
Working with the clipboard is frequently a no brainer because you don’t have the options of storing multiple clips in it. You can save items to it, or press the Print-Screen Key or Alt-Print-Screen to capture an item, like a screenshot and then past it in a Word document of Spreadsheet, or Paint application. That’s [...]
I’m delighted to announce that my 170 page Windows 7 Power Users Guide is now completely FREE to download and own as an eBook. The book is for people of all technical ability from complete novices to IT Pros. UPDATE : In the first day of it’s release as a free eBook, the Windows 7 [...]
For some reason, Windows 7 does not have a built-in way to adjust the number of Recent Items listed on the Start Menu. Mark Kaelin shows you how to do it yourself with a registry tweak.