Registry Tweaks to Enhance Your Windows XPerience
You may ask yourselves, why should this article be any different from all those tweaking tutorials around the Internet or, better yet, why should you read this when you can install a program that does it all for you?
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23.10.2008
Registry Tweaks to Enhance Your Windows XPerience VI
The moment has come once again to pimp your Windows XP with the skills of a power user and the tool that will always be at your disposal, Notepad. This article, along with the previous ones, will allow you to enhance and customize your operating system with advanced IT knowledge.
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29.11.2008
Registry Tweaks to Enhance Your Windows XPerience - Part II
Allow me to start this article by recommending you read (if you haven’t already) the first part of this “tweaking series,” as it sets the ground rules that must be followed in order to get the job done right.
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24.10.2008
Registry Tweaks to Enhance Your Windows XPerience - Part III
Welcome back to the registry optimization saga! If you’re just joining us, please start by reading at least our first episode, which describes a few rules that must be followed in order for the optimization process to take place successfully...
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25.10.2008
Registry Tweaks to Enhance Your Windows XPerience - Part V: Desktop Icons
Once again, it's time to enhance your Windows XP operating system exactly the way you want and without paying a cent on expensive programs that do something so simple that even a kid could handle it.
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26.11.2008
Registry Tweaks to Enhance Your Windows XPerience - Part IV: Display Properties
Welcome to yet another episode of our Microsoft Windows XP tweaking saga. If you're not familiar with the procedure, please start by reading the first article in the series, so as to fully understand how exactly you should use the lines below and how to run the tweaks.
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12.11.2008
Registry Tweaks to Enhance Your Windows XPerience - Part VIII: Add or Remove Programs
In part eight of the our tweaking series we’ll go through a few Control Panel optimizations for Windows XP power users that may not interest most people using their operating system for basic tasks.
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26.12.2008
Vista Feature Will Enhance Online Newspaper Reading
Even if you're reading All the News That's Fit to Print on an ultra-mobile computer, it may soon look and feel the same way it does spread out with your morning coffee ? minus the ink-stained fingers, perhaps.
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4.5.2006
The New York Times to Enhance Online and Offline Reading Experience
SEATTLE - April 28, 2006 - Today at the American Society of Newspaper Editors convention, The New York Times and Microsoft Corp. unveiled a prototype of a new PC-based software application for news distribution called Times Reader. Available for download in the coming months, Times Reader is a New York Times application that takes advantage of Microsoft Windows Vista, the next generation of the Windows client operating system, to enhance the online and offline reading experience of The New York Times.
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29.4.2006
Windows 7 Migration Tool to Move From Windows XP to Windows 7
In past we had covered guide on upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7. Unfortunately there is no direct upgrade path from Windows Xp to Windows 7 and you have to use Windows Easy Transfer utility if you want to move your user and program files from XP to Windows 7.
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22.11.2009
Vista SP1, and then Windows 7, Windows 8 and Non-Windows Midori
2008 saw the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Server 2008, but Microsoft's journey on the Windows path is far from over.
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5.8.2008
Windows 7 RC Brings Windows XP Mode Beta and Windows Virtual PC Beta
The Release Candidate of Windows 7 will bring with it the first Beta development milestones for Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC.
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29.4.2009
Windows Reactivator 2.0 - Backup & Restore Activation Status of Windows XP with Windows Reactivator
Every time you reinstall your windows XP you need to reactivate it online using your product key & worst if you lost your Windows XP product key.
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3.6.2009
Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2
Feb 26th, 2008. Principled Technologies has released two Microsoft commissioned reports on Windows Vista SP1 performance. In these tests, Principled Technologies measured responsiveness of Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2 when performing a set of common business and home tasks.
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28.2.2008
Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9 – 1 Billion and Counting
Is Windows dead? Or, at least, is this the beginning of the end for Microsoft's proprietary operating system?
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15.9.2008
Week in Microsoft: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9
This week in Microsoft, we covered 128-bit support possibly coming to Windows 8 and Windows 9, Windows 7, Windows Mobile 6.5, Bill Gates, Office 2010 Starter, Microsoft MVP status, Windows Live Hotmail, the EU, and Microsoft Security Essentials.
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10.10.2009
Windows Vista Build 5231 and Windows Media Player 11 Leaks!
Windows Vista Build 5231 has leaked to the web. The new build is said to include Windows Media Player 11 included. View the screenshots below! This is a Main branch build that was released on September 12th, 2005 at 8:20PM.
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Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3: Official Release Dates
A French website, PC Inpact, has posted the official Microsoft product change request forms for Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3.
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6.2.2008
Download Free Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2 Straight from Microsoft
Via the Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image. That's right! Microsoft is offering access to free downloads of Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2.
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6.3.2008
Windows Vista SP1 outperforms Windows XP SP2 in file copy
"Its interesting that people seem to think that Vista under performs in every area of the system which is quite an incorrect perception.
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27.5.2008
Windows Fiji Has RTMd as Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008
Microsoft officially confirmed that Windows Fiji has been released to manufacturing.
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18.7.2008
Windows 7 Beta Doesn't Play Nice with Windows Azure Cloud OS Tools
The promise for Windows 7 is that it will deliver an evolution when it will come down to stretching into the Cloud compared to its precursor, Windows Vista.
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16.1.2009
Internet Explorer 8 MUI packs for Windows XP, Windows Server 03
As detailed in our previous blog post, the following Internet Explorer MUI packs shipped today.
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17.5.2009
Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta adds Windows 7 support
Microsoft announced the release of Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta, along with news that it will feature Windows 7 support.
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20.7.2009
Check for RAM Error or Defect in Windows 7 and Vista with Windows Memory Diagnostic
Memory or RAM is one of the most important electronic hardware component on a computer systems, not only in term of speed or clock frequency and size, but also the reliability of hardware ecosystem of the RAM sticks or memory modules and its subsystem.
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1.10.2009
The Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 98 Threat Mitigation Guide
Well, Microsoft still puts effort in old Windows versions...
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31.3.2006
Windows Vista comes with 19,500 drivers on DVD – more on Windows Update
Ever needed to find a driver for a product and wished Windows would either just have the driver in it, or that their Windows Update service could provide it? With Vista, it can – and new features and updates will be forthcoming too. It’s about time!
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20.11.2006
Windows XP Home No Longer Qualifies for Windows Vista Upgrades
Windows XP Home Edition no longer qualifies for Windows Vista Business Upgrade or Upgrade + SA through Volume Licensing.
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17.10.2007
Microsoft Offers a Complex Windows Vista vs. Windows XP Perspective
A new standard of security is an integer aspect of the evolution puzzle represented by the move from Windows XP to Windows Vista.
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3.11.2007
Windows XP SP3 to Drop Concomitantly with Windows Vista SP1?
Yes, it's time for every Windows user's favorite obsession: Windows XP Service Pack 3. The third and final service pack for Windows XP has been quite elusive for the past three years.
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25.11.2007Skype Still Thinking Mobile -- for Windows
Just three weeks after Skype
development chief Eric Lagier
said a Skype version for cell
phones was a no-go, the
company has signed an
agreement with HelloSoft to
license its VoIP software to
enhance its Windows Mobile
client...
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31.01.2007Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office system: Better together
Columnist Tom Bunzel explains
how to enhance productivity by
leveraging Windows Vista
features in 2007 Office system
programs such as Word, Excel,
and PowerPoint...
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09.12.2006Microsoft Introduces Branded
Webcams
Microsoft introduced its own
line of webcams on Tuesday,
called LifeCams. Both models
feature tight integration with
Windows Live Messenger, and
signal the start of a new line
of products that would tie
into and enhance Windows Live
services...
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13.06.2006Microsoft Joins Online Era of
Software
Microsoft on Tuesday took the
lid off its highly anticipated
line of online services,
called Windows Live and Office
Live. The company has been
quick to say that the new
products are not meant to
replace traditional desktop
software, but instead are
intended to enhance the
Windows experience...
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02.11.2005Intel unveils tool for creating mashups that enhance Web sites
Intel Corp. today is set to unveil a new browser extension that allows users create client-side mashups as they browse the Web. The tool promises to
help users enhance sites they visit with customized information ranging from geographical data to the leg room available on specific airplanes.
The new
Intel Mash Maker is made up of various widgets that can
understand the meaning of the Web site they are on and enhance existing content based on a user's preferences and interests, Intel said. The company
will launch a public beta of the technology Tuesday at the
O'Reilly Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco.
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22.04.2008Opera Speeds Up Wireless
Surfing
Browser company teams with
Bytemobile to enhance the
mobile Internet experience...
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17.01.2006New Antivirus Tool is Coming
Security vendor eEye will
enhance Blink to detect
viruses along with other
network-based attacks...
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12.12.2005Intel, AMD Processors Look to Enhance Virtualization
While much of the focus of the 2008 VMworld conference focused on VMwares plans to create an operating system capable of managing the entire data
center, Intel and AMD were quietly preparing to increase virtualization at both the processor and chip set level. In the coming months, Intel plans to
detail the virtualization capabilities of its Nehalem processors, while AMD is launching a new server platform that will feature the ability to create
I/O virtualization.
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24.09.2008United States to Require RFID
Chips in Passports
State Department says
controversial chips enhance
security...
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27.10.2005Yahoo launches beta of Search Gallery
Based upon the SearchMonkey platform, Yahoo users can now enhance their searches with developer-created apps...
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06.06.2008Skills Development Crucial for IT Pros
Microsoft Learning introduces new testing and tools to enhance the proficiency, productivity and career potential of IT pros...
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12.05.2009HTC Touch Pro 2 now available from T-Mobile
Starting today, T-Mobile customers will be able to get their hands on the long-awaited HTC Touch Pro 2 smart phone. Shipping with Windows Mobile 6.1
from Microsoft and HTC's Touch Flo 3D interface, the Touch Pro 2 is the most powerful Windows Mobile phone available from T-Mobile. The device
will be upgradable to Windows Mobile 6.5 later on this year, which will add many more finger-friendly features and enhance the overall user
experience.
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12.08.2009Microsoft Kicks off New Windows Campaign
“This is the Conquistador, explains Jerry Seinfeld, showing a befuddled Bill Gates a brown loafer. “They run very tight.
After seeing the new ad
from Microsoft, which debuted today, some may wonder what Jerry Seinfeld helping Bill Gates pick out a new pair of shoes has to do with software. The
answer, in the classic Seinfeld sense of the word, is nothing. Nevertheless, the spot is the first and most visible sign of an ambitious effort by
Microsoft’s Windows business to reconnect with consumers around the globe.
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06.09.2008Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 available November 24th
The Windows Home Server Team is pleased to announce that Power Pack 3 will be available in all shipping languages (Chinese, English, French, German,
Italian, Japanese, and Spanish) on November 24th, 2009. Power Pack 3 will be made available to existing users via Windows Update. Users need to have
Windows Home Server with Power Pack 2 already installed on their home server. Power Pack 3 will automatically install as part of Windows Update if
Automatic Updates is enabled on the home server.
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19.11.2009Roundtable Q&A: Infrastructure Optimization Benefits Companies at All Stages of IT Investment
IT experts focus on how
organizations can cut costs
and enhance business agility
with licensing solutions that
simplify Infrastructure
Optimization...
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29.05.2007New Rookies 'battle between generations' ad from Microsoft
Neowin reported earlier about the two new Windows ads which are part of the new ad campaign phase called Rookies. The ads featured 4 1/2 year old
Kylie and 7 year old Alexa who use Windows Live Photo Gallery to enhance their pictures. To emphasize the same underlying message which is, how easy
are Windows products to use, Microsoft has released another set of ads in its Rookies website to demonstrate the panoramic photo creation, slide show
and photo sharing features of Windows Live Photo Gallery.
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24.02.2009Intel: Wireless Tech Will Improve Cities
Intel on Thursday announced it was launching a pilot program in 13 communities worldwide to look into how wireless technology and innovations in computer applications could enhance the quality of services for governments, businesses, and citizens...
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19.08.2005Microsoft Buys Photo Organizer
Tool
British photo organization
software maker iView
Multimedia said late Monday it
had been acquired by
Microsoft. The company said
the acquisition would help to
enhance the product, as well
as its customer service. The
Mac version will not be
discontinued...
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28.06.2006Microsoft IT Training and Certification Help Organizations and Individuals Flourish
Chris Pirie discusses how investing in IT skills enables organizations to drive productivity, enhance efficiency, and cut costs, while making
individuals more valuable in todays economic climate...
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21.01.2009Microsoft Makes Strides in Government Sector
Q&A: Government organizations continue to turn to Microsoft solutions over Linux solutions to help enhance efficiency, reliability, security features
and collaboration capabilities...
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10.10.2007