Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Repair Your Windows problems with FixWin Utility
Many occasions you may have issues in your PC like unable to recognize the CD/ DVD drive,Recycle bin suddenly disappeared from the desktop and Task Manager & Registry Editor disabled issues .FixWin is a freeware portable application for Windows 7 & Vista to repair and fix such Windows annoyances & issues.It is suitable for 32/64 bit versions of Vista & Win7.
The solutions to repair and fix 50 common Windows annoyances, issues & problems have been categorized under 5 tabs, viz : Windows Explorer, Internet & Connectivity, Windows Media, System Tools & Misc Additional Fixes.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Automatically Delete Temporary Files in Win 7
Windows 7 comes with the Disk Clean-up Wizard like Windows Vista and XP, but that utility only deletes your temporary files if they are more than a week old. You can automate the process by creating a simple batch file and then making it run at start-up so that you never have to worry about manually freeing up space from your Temp folder.
- Open Notepad and click on File > Save As. In the File Name dialog box,
Type “tempclean.bat” - Change the entry in Save As Type dropdown box to “All files”
- Click on save.
- Then in your file, type the following:
cd C:\Users\%username%\AppData\LocalRmdir /S /Q Temp - Save the File.
- Navigate to the folder where the file is saved.
- Right-click on it and click on ‘Create Shortcut’.
- Place this shortcut in your ‘startup’ folder in your Start Menu.
Every time you log in to Windows, the file will be executed and your temporary files will be cleaned. This is very useful for net books an laptops with small hard-disk space. In case you get an access error while the file is being executed, replace %username% in the file with your Windows login username.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Microsoft Windows 7 On Demand
Contents
- Master the Windows 7 user experience, including Windows Aero
- Perform Instant Searches to quickly find files and programs
- Manage files and information using Windows 7 programs and desktop gadgets
- Browse the Web, search for information, and get instant updates
- Use Windows Live Essentials to work with mail, messages, photos, and movies
- Protect your computer from Internet or network intruders
- Create your own movies, slide shows, and DVDs
- Rip, manage, and play digital music and videos
- Share files and media on a Home Group or network
- Set multiple users and parental controls
- Customize, fine-tune, and administer Windows 7
Friday, September 4, 2009
Get Windows 7 DVD for Free
Here is an opportunity for you to grab a free Windows 7 Ultimate DVD along with some other Windows 7 goodies from Microsoft.
Just check the following first
1.Are you from India, US, UK, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Italy, Spain or Hong Kong ?
2.Whether your PC can run Windows7? Ensure it with this free Upgrade Advisor Utility from Microsoft.
3.Do you have 9 or more friends?
Then you are eligible to apply for a House Party and stand a chance to get a free copy of Windows 7 Ultimate edition by hosting a house party. Windows 7 is going to launch on October 22 .
This Microsoft initiative is to spread the awareness of Windows 7 .Visit & apply at houseparty.com and you’ll receive a special Signature Edition of Windows 7 Ultimate edition if selected.
Thanks to Amit
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Free Official Windows 7 Tips and Tricks E-Book
Microsoft has released a windows 7 tips and tricks e-book which provides quick guide and tips to make your windows 7 experience smooth and easy.
It contains useful tips which make Windows 7 more productive and useful to you. The approximate size of the e-book would be 5.82 MB
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
How to Migrate from Windows XP to Windows 7
Microsoft finally announced they will release 6 Windows 7 Editions as Windows 7 Starter , Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Premium , Windows 7 Professional , Windows 7 Ultimate Edition , and Windows 7 Enterprise .
Unlike XP,Vista users can upgrade directly to Windows 7, so your files and apps should migrate to Win7 without any problems. Windows 7 doesn't have a direct upgrade path from XP, they have to manually migrate their files and apps. But Microsoft give assurance to the customers that they can always downgrade to any previous version of Windows.
As majority are using Windows XP,Microsoft is developing an excellent tool “Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010″ for easily migrating Windows XP to Windows 7.The tool Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 is in beta state now and it is capable of migrating in 30 minutes.With USMT can help you improve and simplify your migration process.It captures desktop, application settings, user accounts and users’ files, and then migrates them to a new Windows installation.
Here is an embedded video from Jeremy Chapman, senior product manager, Windows 7 Deployment.
Learn how to use the User State Migration Tool (USMT) to migrate user files and settings from Windows XP to Windows 7 using a default installation. Watch this video from Microsoft TechNet : Migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7
The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 beta is available at http://connect.microsoft.com .Further Reading: Step-by-Step: Windows 7 Upgrade and Migration. A video was posted at MSDN blog by Neilhut
Friday, May 8, 2009
Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor
If your PC can run Windows Vista, it can run Windows 7. But if you're not running Windows Vista, or are just not sure if your system is ready to run Windows 7, there's a quick way to do a simple check.This will help you to know ,whether there is any compatibility issues .
Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor check your PC’s processor, memory, storage, and graphics capabilities, identifies known compatibility issues with installed software and devices and finally provides guidance on how to resolve those issues if any solutions are possible.Before you run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor beta, be sure to plug in any USB devices or other devices such as printers, external hard drives, or scanners that are regularly used with the PC you're evaluating.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Windows 7 Regional Wallpapers
Microsoft has recently released beautiful regional themes and wallpapers of windows 7 for countries from around the globe (US, Japan, Australia, South Africa etc.) Now you can download a Regional ThemePack for India also.
Download Windows 7 Wallpapers :-
Regional ThemePack for India :-
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Windows 7 RC To be Available From April 30 2009
Microsoft said the RC will be available for download by program developers and IT 
Since the engineering team has been busy analyzing the feedback, fixing bugs, and working hard to improve the overall experience. Many suggestions helped Microsoft refine the new and improved taskbar, the behavior of Aero Peek, Touch, Windows Media Player, etc. Stay tuned!
Source:The Windows Blog.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Tweak and Optimize Your Windows 7 with SetteMaxer
If you are one of the many trying out the Windows 7 beta, you may be interested in downloading SetteMaxer as a one stop shop for common performance tweaks.
SetteMaxer is a freeware tool that can help you to optimize and solve problems in some fields of Windows 7 easily, instead of navigating on registry & services that causes time loss and possibly some mistakes.SetteMaxer has got a set of 12 tweaks able to solve the most common issues in Windows 7.It is the first optimization tool available for Windows 7
SysReq:Windows7|Download : SetteMaxer.exe |SetteMaxer.zip |Freeware|344KB
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
General Availability for Windows 7 Beta Ending This Week
If you haven't already signed up for the beta, it's already too late to sign up. You can, however, continue an in-progress download until Thursday.
General availability for the Windows 7 Beta will be ending:
February 10th: Starting at 12am Pacific Time, no new downloads will be available. If you have already begun downloading the Windows 7 Beta, you have until Feb. 12th to complete the download.
February 12th: Starting at 9am Pacific Time all downloads will no longer be available for the Windows 7 Beta. If you have not finished your download, you will be unable to do so.
After February 12th, folks will still be able to register for product keys for the Windows 7 Beta.
You will still be able to get activation keys after Feb. 12th.The above schedule does *not* apply to TechNet and MSDN Subscribers
Monday, January 26, 2009
How To: Install Windows 7 Beta from a USB Key!
Both the 32-bit and 64-bit flavors of Windows 7 Beta are available for download via this link, and you will have to burn the bits on a DVD in order to get started .
In order to build the bootable USB, users will need to turn to the Diskpart tool.Softpedia 
MaximumPC provides step-by-step guide to install Windows 7 Beta from a USB Key.Click Here To Read The Full Article @ Maximumpc.
