Archive for July 14th, 2011

Microsoft Fix-It To Extend Battery Life, Troubleshoot Power Consumption Problems

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An improperly configured power scheme can reduce the battery life of a notebook, netbook or other mobile device significantly. It does not really have to be something that is configured deep in the operating system; Something like a too bright display can make a huge difference

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GimeSpace, Extend Your Desktop Horizontally

What can computer users do if they need more desktop space? They could buy a second monitor to run a multi-monitor setup or they could run a virtual desktop software to switch between multiple desktops with shortcuts or the mouse. GimeSpace has a different solution, which is a mix of a multi-monitor system and virtual desktops

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How would you change Microsoft’s ‘Unified Interface’?

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Posted on Windows 7 News & Tips On Tuesday at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference, Andy Lees, the president of the company’s Windows Phone division talked about the company’s vision for a unified ecosystem across all it’s platforms, phone, desktop, tablet, console and television.

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Microsoft Plans To Build 75 Retail Stores In The Next 2-3 Years

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Posted on Windows 7 News & Tips It seems that Microsoft are looking to expand their retail presence in the United States in the next 2-3 years and have set themselves the goal of opening a further 75 retail stores. This move is obviously in competition to Apple who are also rapidly increasing the number of stores that they have.

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ServiWin, Manage Windows Drivers and Services

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Sometimes you need to troubleshoot driver issues that go beyond uninstalling and installing drivers on the Windows operating system. A badly programmed driver installation for instance can load a bad driver on the system, which may be even worse if the uninstallation is not properly programmed as well. This could leave a bad driver on the system that is loaded every time the operating system starts

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