Archive for April, 2011

How To Customize Your LogOn Screen

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I’m sure there are many of you out there who just love to customize Windows 7. Some of you have probably already customized your logon screen, but for those of you who haven’t, I’ve put together a little guide just for you! First off, if you want to change the Windows 7 Wallpaper you’ll need to download a little program called logon editor – you can download it below Logon Editor (36) Now extract that folder and then run the Logon Editor.exe file.

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Microsoft Aids Apps Developers Migrate from iPhone to Windows Phone 7

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Microsoft is serious about its position in the mobile market. It is not just the mobile phone, or the OS, but it is about Apps, and Microsoft is lagging far behind. But it aims to catchup by releasing a developer tool to help developers migrate their iPhone Apps over to Windows Phone 7.

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How To Quickly Restart Explorer.exe From Your Context Menu

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What this guide is, is a quicker and easier way to restart the explorer.exe process without having to either restart your computer or follow the method I outlined here a while b ack . There are a couple of reason as to why you would want to restart the explorer.exe process. For me it was because my desktop would stop auto-refreshing (more on that here )

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Microsoft’s Q3 Report: Entertainment/Office Up, Windows Down

Earlier today, Microsoft announced their report for their earnings in the 3rd quarter. Revenues were up 13% from this time last year at $16.43 billion.

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Ubuntu 11.04 Versus Windows 7.

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Unity vs Win 7. What do Windows users think? totalostoday.blogspot.com

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Screen Capture Tools to Look At

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Every now and then you want to capture the contents on your screen to past them into a text editor, or to manipulate them with Paint or some such program.

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Two New MS Stores in the Works: Houston and LA

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The push for selling Microsoft products continues.

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Microsoft Video Pokes Fun at Its Own Browser History

To say that Internet Explorer’s recent history has been rocky is quite

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Windows Phone 7 Apps Development

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Well its been some time now that the Windows Phone 7 was released, October 2011. While Microsoft has been in awe with this new mobile device, that is not the case with consumers. And unfortunately for Microsoft, developers are not too interested in developing Apps either

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Windows XP’s Days are Numbered

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Some Microsoft engineer was definitely having some fun with this one: Last week, Microsoft quietly a released a desktop gadget to remind customers and businesses of one important fact: Windows XP falls out of support in 2014, and would you please consider purchasing an updated OS? Getting it is pretty simple: after validating your copy of Windows, you can download and install the gadget from Microsoft’s website . After installation, there will be a blue box on your desktop, quietly counting down the days until Windows XP stops being patched

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