Posted on Windows 7 News & Tips Way back, when NoDo was being pushed in a staggered fashion across carriers and devices, someone found a way to force the Zune software to make the update available for their phone and shared the details with us. WPCentral has revisited those steps  which appear to work with the Mango update as well

Windows 8 is on the way. Watch Kim show you what’s new and improved

The MDF disk image format (MDF stands for Mirror Disk File) is not as widely used as the ISO format. This in turn means that the file format is not supported as widely in disk burning or mounting applications when compared to the ISO format

The System Restore feature of the Windows operating system can be very handy if configured correctly. It in theory allows the user to restore system settings and files to a previous state

I personally do not really care if mp3 files on my computer have the proper album covers associated with them. I do however know a few people who want their mp3 collection to be in perfect condition, which includes having album cover art for all of their mp3 files

Posted on Windows 7 News & Tips Just to show how seriously Microsoft takes us here at Windows7News.com (and our sister sites), they have selected five of my Windows 7 Troubleshooting videos to appear on the official Microsoft support website at support.microsoft.com .  The videos were made to promote my Microsoft Press book, Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out late last year and are the only Windows 7 video content currently on the site. Microsoft have given them a prominent position, listing them third out of the 16 help sections for Windows 7 help and support, and personally I think they’ve done a fabulous job in the way they’re presented.  Microsoft does occasionally feature help and support content from MVPs but I am delighted that they invited me to submit my videos.  I will also be making new videos them into the future to include Windows 7 and Windows 8 among other subjects, which could yet include Windows Phone and, as you’ll read below, Office 2010 and Office 15 (when it is released next year or during 2013) The videos cover the subjects, Using the Automated Troubleshooters , Repairing Corrupt Boot Files , Using the System File Checker , Using the Windows Event Viewer and the ever-popular Using Windows Startup Repair which has already had over 4,500 views since going live on YouTube a few months back.  These videos differ slightly from the YouTube versions in that they don’t include the music that accompanied them originally, this is due to licensing constraints. Image only, no playable video But the news doesn’t just end there!   There are advanced negotiations currently underway between Microsoft and my publisher to host the Step by Step tutorial videos I made, and that have now been released for free on YouTube on the Microsoft support site as well.  These videos include Windows 7 and Word 2010  but also includes the as yet unreleased PowerPoint 2010 and HTML5, and any tutorial that helps teach people how to use PowerPoint responsibly has got to be good thing    There’s over ten hours of free tutorial videos for Windows 7 and Word 2010 alone.

Love your Windows 7 PC/Laptop ? Does evangelizing about Windows 7 automatically come to you? If yes, then Microsoft is searching for you.

Posted on Windows 7 News & Tips This is a guest post by Spencer. If you want to guest post on this site, then please read our  guidelines  here

They started it with the launch of Mozilla Firefox 2.0 and it then turned into a tradition. We are talking about Microsoft sending an Internet Explorer Cupcake to the Mozilla Firefox Team every time… For more visit The Windows Club

Posted on Windows 7 News & Tips Here are some extraordinary Themes and Wallpapers from Velinov, a Bulgarian Artist.