TurnOffLCD - How To Manually Turn Off Notebook or Laptop LCD Screen
Whenever I stop using my laptop but I decide to leave it turned on, I’ll make sure that I turn off the LCD screen.
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22.7.2008 Microsoft: Lots to turn off in Windows 7
In a blog posting on Friday, Microsoft noted that, with Windows 7, customers will have the option of disabling a number of features of the operating system, should they so choose.
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6.3.2009 Microsoft Must Turn To Virtual OS After Vista
Microsoft can't afford five-year gaps in between major operating system releases, Gartner says, and the way around the delays is with modules.
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8.9.2006 Turn on Remote Desktop in Windows Vista
Remote Desktop is disabled by default in Windows Vista, but it’s easy enough to turn it back on. If you need to access your Vista PC from another box, it’s an essential thing to turn on.
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26.1.2007 Turn any web widget into a Vista Gadget
The Amnesty Generator for Windows is designed to let you convert any embeddable web site widget (including Google Gadgets) into a Vista Sidebar Gadget with very little work.
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6.2.2007 TechEd 2007 Preview: Now It's Developers' Turn to Make Changes
With Windows Vista already a firmly entrenched product in many homes and some businesses, and with Windows Server 2008 cruising toward a final release in the second half of this year, Microsoft may feel it's time for its many partners and developers with an interest in Windows' success to stand and deliver.
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4.6.2007 How to Disable/Turn off Bing Home Page Image
Microsoft new search engine Bing.com is steadily becoming popular and more and more users have started using bing to search.
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3.8.2009 Turn a counterfeit copy of WindowsXP into a free Vista license!
Perhaps you have bought a license of WindowsXP Home, Pro or Media Centerd Edition 2005 from your local dealer and afterwards it turned into a counterfeit while trying to validate it through WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage) program.
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29.4.2006 Microsoft: Turn Pirated Windows Copies into Genuine Products!
Microsoft is providing users with the means to turn their pirated copies of Windows into genuine products. However, the offer is only available for Windows XP, and not for Windows Vista.
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2.10.2007 Microsoft makes a u-turn, Windows 7 testers to get free copy
In a surprise turn around, Microsoft announced today that Windows 7 technical testers will be receiving a free copy of Windows 7 Ultimate.
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30.7.2009 Turn Off or Disable User Account Control (UAC) in Windows Vista
User Account Control (UAC) is a new security feature in Windows Vista that requires all users to log on and run in standard user privileges mode instead of as administrator with full administrative rights, thus prevent unauthorized or accidental changes that could destabilize the computers or allows virus and malware to exploit the system-level privileges provided to the local administrator to attack the network security, compromise computer safety and privacy, and damage files and settings in the network.
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19.12.2006 Disable and Turn Off Windows Vista Search Indexer and Indexing Service
Windows Vista has greatly enhanced its search algorithm where the search process is now not only faster, but users can also easily search for almost all kind of files, documents, pictures, videos, emails and contacts in Outlook 2007, and even commands or application programs’ executables.
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19.9.2007 Are Windows Vista Sales So Bad That Microsoft Needs to Turn to God for a Miracle?
Is Windows Vista, Microsoft’s latest client, underperforming to such an extent that the company needs to turn up the volume of its prayers?
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2.11.2007 As Windows XP Deadline Looms, OEMs Turn To Vista Downgrade Rights
Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) may be preparing to discontinue sales of Windows XP, but some OEMs have found a way to circumvent the software giant's June 30 deadline.
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25.4.2008 Matrix Screen Saver
Whether you're a newbie or senior software engineer, you want your screen savers to look cool, and this one fits the bill. It emulates the green Matrix code you see in the movie, with characters running vertically down the black background. You can set the resolution, the speed of the falling glyphs, and other options.
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SumoDance Screen Saver
Whose life can't be uplifted by the site of rows of dancing sumo wrestlers? Life's not so bad once you get to know these guys, as rows of them dance, bounce, and stomp to a goofy tune.
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UFO Screen Saver
Watch flying saucers zoom across a virtual cityscape. To preview the screen saver, unzip both files and put them in your c:windowssystem directory. Then go to the Control Panel, click the Display icon, and select the Screen Saver tab.
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Turkey Screen Saver
Adorn your desktop with some turkeys strutting across a simple black background. As the turkeys amble across the screen, they show a little knowledge of what will become of them Thanksgiving day--making for a poignant scene of innocence the moment before all is corrupted. You can choose from one to ten turkeys; the program also offers password protection.
Note that the screen saver shows the vendor's name on your desktop, and although this brash self-promotion can seem a bit annoying, it is tolerable--especially since the program is free, and because it's seasonal, you'll probably want it on your desktop for only a short time.
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Hack to Turn Off and Disable Windows 7 CD or DVD Writer Burning and Auto Tray Ejection Feature
Windows 7 inherits the capability to burn or write to CD and DVD burner or writer, with additional support to directly burn ISO and IMG disc images with Windows 7 Explorer.
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18.8.2009 Sea Life Screen Saver
Display a variety of sea life, including jellyfish, dolphins, sand sharks, and other underwater denizens. This screen saver works best at a resolution of 800 by 600 pixels, although 640 by 480 is also supported.
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Hubble Images Screen Saver
Take your mind to the heavens every time your computer is left idle. The Hubble Images Screen Saver displays images of nebulae and celestial bodies, captured by the world-famous telescope.
There's no other information concerning the images than the names, so if you wish to learn more about spacey sights with names like "Eta Carinae" or "NGC-3603," you'll have to look elsewhere. But the full-screen NASA photographs will jettison you to places far removed from this mudane, terrestrial existence.
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3D Dissolve Screen Saver
Watch 3D objects in random sizes and colors as they spin and transform. You might not see the same morphing twice. This updated version is smaller in size and has fixed a system key bug in Windows 95B.
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Halloween Witch Screen Saver
This screen saver shows a witch flying across the night sky, dropping pumpkins. A Halloween banner also slides down the screen.
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Flying Christmas Screen Saver
Watch Santa as he flies across your screen while Christmas music plays in the background. You specify the number of Santas to display and how fast they fly. You can also choose how long the included photos display before they fade out. The registered version contains ten photos.
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3D Santa Screen Saver
This screen saver features a 3D Santa Claus performing a variety of acrobatic acts (and a few unusual stunts, too). If you have a sound card, you can listen to some accompanying effects, as well.
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Rainy Night Screen Saver
Lull yourself to sleep with this screen saver, which adds rain and the delicate sound of distant thunder to your desktop.
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Models Celebrity screen saver
Angelica Bridges, Cindy Crawford, Meg Ryan Katherine Heigl, Pamela Anderson, Stacy Keibler are just a few of the Hot Models and Celebrities included in this Babe-Packed screensaver. You can also easily configure your favorite image from this screen saver as your desktop background.
(FREE - Win 95+ / 1.31 MB Easy install/uninstall)
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Windows 7 Logon Screen Rotator
Till Windows Vista & Xp there was no support for changing Login Screen background and you have to use third party apps like logon studio for changing login screen background.
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8.6.2009 New Vista Screen Shots Hit the Web
ActiveWin has posted some
new Windows Vista screen shots of Build 5268, which is the "Interim OEM build," according to the site. We are still hearing that
5270 is what will be designated as the December Windows Vista Community Technology Preview (CTP) build, however.
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19.12.2005 Apple Confirms Touch-Screen iPod?
Apple may have slipped up and given the first public confirmation of the long-rumored touch-screen iPod. In a PDF document intended for developers discussing the iPod notes feature, the Cupertino, Calif. company references such a device.
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2.11.2006Can a touch-screen interface turn around Windows?
It's no secret that Windows Vista hasn't seen the warm reception Microsoft had hoped. With Windows 7, the company is placing its bets on a
multi-touch interface -- like the iPhone UI for PCs -- but can it turn things around?..
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28.05.2008TomTom turn by turn navigation coming to iPhone
Turn by Turn navigation is finally coming to the iPhone. Announced at Apple's WWDC Tom Tom will be bringing the service to the device. Many have
asked for such a service as the iPhone is the perfect platform for the software and Tom Tom is set to deliver on that front. Also along with Tom Tom
Apple will be allowing users to add other turn by turn type applications. Google maps will now be allowed to be embedded into applications and it
will give you all of the same functionality that the stand alone app has. What developers will come up with is only a guess but it should allow for
many new and more useful applications.
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09.06.2009Google Labs: Turn your email into a Google Doc
Google has released another experimental feature from their Google Labs offerings, that allows you to turn an email into a Google Doc. Quite often
we might have lengthy email conversations that become tougher to manage going through each conversation. With this new lab feature, you can turn a
whole bunch of similar email conversations into a Google Document. You can turn on this new lab feature by going to the Gmail Labs tab under
Settings, select Enable next to Create a document and hit Save Changes at the bottom. Here is a good example below from my own email.
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19.12.2008Can a touch-screen interface turn Windows around?
It's no secret that Windows Vista hasn't seen the warm reception Microsoft had hoped. With Windows 7, the company is placing its bets on a
multi-touch interface -- like the iPhone UI for PCs. Could it change the public mood?..
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28.05.2008Enable New Boot screen in
Vista Beta 2
Tired of the pathetic boot
screen in current Vista
builds? There is a new trick
that will allow you to see
what may be the new boot
screen for Windows Vista.
This new boot screen
is still not what we have been
expecting but is a move in the
right direction compared to
the white progress bar screen
currently used.
Enable New Boot Screen:
1. Click on the
start orb and type in
"MSCONFIG" in the textbox.
2. Once the
System Configuration tool
loads, click on the Boot tab.
3. Under Boot
Options check "No GUI
Boot".
4. Hit
OK and reboot to see the new
screen
More
tweaks at source!
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12.05.2006Lenovo to launch dual-screen Workstation at CES
Lenovo is all geared up to launch its Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds Workstation at the CES Expo this January. The most interesting thing about this
workstation is that it features a dual screen display, hence the 'ds' in its product name(short for 'dual screen'). The workstation
comes with a dual screen display - The main screen is 17 inches and the secondary screen is 10.6 inches. Lenovo is also offering users the option of
selecting the less expensive Intel Core 2 Quad Processor (2.66GHz built on the newer 45-nanometer manufacturing process) instead of the Intel Core 2
Extreme along with the dual screen display.
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21.12.2008Dell launches Latitude XT2 tablet PC with multitouch feature
Dell announced this week its Latitude XT2, industry's first Tablet PC with multitouch screen capabilities which will allow users to use natural
gestures like a pinch or tap for scrolling, panning, rotating and zooming. There's also a programmable double-tap feature to launch a browser or
turn the screen off to save power. Last year Dell released a software module to add multitouch capabilities to the original Latitude XT.
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12.02.2009Microsoft Upgrades Hotmail Storage, Features
Microsoft this week began
rolling out new features to
users of its Windows Live
Hotmail service, most notably
adding increased mail storage
of 5GB for free accounts and
10GB for paid subscribers. The
company has also add
"vacation replies" and
the ability to turn off the
Today screen...
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15.08.2007Nokia launches N-series phones for US and Europe
The new N85 and N79 smartphones for European high-speed mobile networks will be followed by a North American edition of the N96. Each will offer a 5
Mp camera with Zeiss optics, integrated turn-by-turn GPS navigation, and N-Gage gaming...
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27.08.2008Sex offenders must turn over Internet passwords
Sex offenders who live in the state of Georgia have lost a lot more privacy. A new law that went into effect today requires all offenders not only
give authorities their Internet email address and screen names but also the passwords too. Georgia is not the first state to enact such legislation.
Utah was the first to require passwords as well as Internet handles to be turned over to authorities; there are currently 15 states that require email
address and user names be turned over but not all require passwords. State Senator Cecil Staton told MSNBC, "We limit where they can live, we make
their information available on the Internet. To some degree, we do invade their privacy ...
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02.01.2009Google set to offer free turn-by-turn GPS mobile app
Google announced today that it will be offering a free turn-by-turn directional GPS service for its Android 2.0 mobile devices. According to Gizmodo,
Google is working closely with Apple to deliver this app in the future to the iPhone. Google's GPS navigation will take advantage of Google Maps,
hybrid and Street View images. When Android 2.0 ships in November to consumers, the Google GPS mobile application will offer a fantastic feature list
including traffic data. Traffic data will notify users of accidents and slow traffic on major highways. The cloud map network, which will be
constantly updated, will offer the latest reports on highway traffic flow, using data from department's highway cameras and from cell phones using
Google Maps.
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28.10.2009Windows 7 695x Boot Screen Video
Chris Holmes: So last week, winfuture posted about Windows 7 build 6954 having a new boot screen. Ever since then, people have been wanting to see
exactly what this new boot screen looks like. I can tell you it looks pretty nifty. It is basically 4 animating balls that come together and form a
glowing windows flag, making for a pretty cool effect.
I recently had a chance to film this boot screen in action, so without
further ado, watch the video of the new Windows 7 boot screen...
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04.12.2008A hundred bucks turns a BlackBerry into a Garmin navigator
Garmin announced a new lifetime offer to Research in Motion BlackBerry smartphone owners: its complete turn-by-turn, voice direction service for a
one-time fee of $99.99, for the life of their BlackBerrys...
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16.05.2008Windows 7 695x boot screen revealed
Chris Holmes, Windows Enthusiast and blogger, has posted a short and somewhat blurry video of the new Windows 7 boot screen in action. The latest
sign of changes for Windows 7 signals a departure from the Vista boot up screen. Microsoft kept the boot screen simple with Vista after asking BIOS
makers, PC makers, and video card makers to remove product advertisement screens at system boot. Microsoft created a simple boot method which it
claimed took 6 seconds off initial boot compared to the more graphical boot that it had originally planned with the Longhorn betas.
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04.12.2008New Kindle to feature a 9.7 inch screen
According to Engadget, the new Amazon Kindle DX will feature a 9.7 inch screen as opposed to the 6 inch screen on the current model. This new model is
expected to be officially announced at the Amazon Press Event on the 6th of May. Image from Engadget The bigger screen could make the new Kindle
"more newspaper and college textbook-friendly". Universities including Case Western Reserve University, Pace, Princeton, Reed, Arizona State, and
Darden School at the University of Virginia have signed up for trials to issue the new Kindles with pre-installed textbooks to college students.
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05.05.2009MS Research project solves mobile touch screen problems
A computer science
student and a developer at
Microsoft Research have
created a technique designed
to make it easier to select
items on a mobile-phone screen
with a finger and not a tiny
pointed stylus.
The development comes just
before Apple Inc.'s much
anticipated iPhone, with its
touch screen, hits the market
in June.
The
Microsoft Research project,
called Shift, automatically
displays an image on the
screen above where users place
their finger showing the area
under the users' finger. The
image is circular and includes
a small X. By toggling the tip
of the finger, users can move
the X to place it on top of
the item they want to choose.
Lifting the finger from the
screen selects the item. ..
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17.05.2007Details leaked on unannounced Sidekick LX 2009
While it's unofficial, the long rumored but still unannounced Sidekick LX 2009 could well include 3G support, GPS with turn-by-turn instructions, and
more, according to a detailed spec sheet that appeared online...
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30.01.2009Microsoft changes browser ballot screen, testing begins
Microsoft have made changes to the browser ballot screen that will prompt users in Europe to help them make selections on which browser they would
like to use.
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08.10.2009Rumor: New iPod nano to feature a Zune-like screen
According to various sources, the upcoming fourth generation iPod nanos will be returning to the rectangular style of the first and second-gen models
with a screen not too different from the Zune's. The iconic click wheel will still be present in the new model, but the screen will have a 1.5:1
aspect ratio, as seen on the iPod touch, as opposed to the 1.33:1 ratio found on the current iPod nanos and the iPod classic.
For those
unfamiliar with the Zune, the screen will be vertically oriented, meaning lists will be longer and thinner, and videos will be rotated 90 degrees, so
in order to watch a video the device has to be turned on its side. All of this means that the new iPod nano will, in fact, be larger than the previous
model in exchange for a bigger screen. There's no denying that an iPod refresh is definitely on the way, but when remains to be seen. Rumors
suggest that the new iPods will be revealed later this year.
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31.07.2008European Vista and XP to get browser ballot screen too
Microsoft has confirmed that it will be distributing a ballot screen software update to users, in Europe, of Windows XP and Windows Vista. Last week
Neowin reported that Microsoft has proposed the idea of a ballot screen to the EU. European consumers who buy a new Windows PC with Internet Explorer
set as their default browser would be shown a ‘ballot screen' from which they could, if they wished, easily install competing browsers from
the Web. If this proposal is ultimately accepted, Microsoft will ship Windows in Europe with the full functionality available in the rest of the
world.
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