View Windows 7 Startup Program List with Startup Discoverer
Windows 7 has several ways to start applications & programs automatically commonly referred as startup locations.
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17.11.2009 Download Bing Wallpapers & Set as Desktop Wallpaper with Wallpaper Downloader
In past we had reviewed Bing Downloader tool to download Bing background wallpaper and here is wallpaper downloader which is a small utility to download bing.com background image and set as desktop wallpaper.
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18.9.2009 Remove Unnecessary Startup Entries To Boot Windows Faster
Sometimes it's very frustrating when your computer is booting up Windows very slowly especially when someone calls you up to check something on your computer, and you need to call back because your computer takes ages to boot.
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5.5.2007 View Windows 7 Startup Program List With Portable Starter
If you have tight control over auto starting applications on startup then you can stay safe from malicious programs, worms and viruses without any antivirus software.
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13.10.2009 Startup Delayer v2.3.127 Beta
The power to speed up your computer's startup process! Can you learn another language in the time it takes for your machine to boot? Do you turn on your PC when you go to bed, so it's finished booting by the time you get home from work the next day?
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8.9.2007 Wallpaper from Windows 7 Starter
Just installed Windows 7 Starter edition on a low-end spare notebook for testing purposes when I found this new wallpaper which ships with this edition of Windows.
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10.8.2009 How to: Create custom wallpaper collections in Windows 7
Do you love customizing your Windows desktop? If you do, you'll love this trick!
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28.7.2009 MSN Wallpaper Manager from Windows Live Download
Many users love to have high quality beautiful wallpapers on their desktop and often we get bore with old wallpapers and we need to search and download more wallpapers from internet. Its not easy to get such high quality wallpapers.
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21.7.2009 The Ultimate Wallpaper
It was looking empty, so we created something special just for Ultimate users.
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9.3.2007 Download Windows 7 Helvetia Wallpaper Featuring Raquel Alvarez
Windows 7 and the mother of the Swiss nation are concepts that work perfectly well in a mix. And photographer Noe Flum hesitated little at the chance of shooting Helvetia and Windows together for a desktop background.
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8.9.2009 Leaked Windows 7 Details: Theme Files, Gallery, Packs and Wallpaper Slideshow
While Windows 7 is still a taboo subject as far as Microsoft is concerned, with the company offering just crumbs from the feast that is Windows Vista's successor, details do manage to slip through, and the Redmond company has nobody to blame for it but itself.
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6.8.2008 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. Its 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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17.10.2007How the default Windows 7 wallpaper evolved
Gizmodo tracked down Chuck Anderson, the creator of Windows 7's box art, default wallpaper and login screen. In an exclusive overview of the
evolution of the Windows 7 wallpaper and login screen, the gadget lovers managed to secure some rare development shots of how Microsoft came to the
wallpaper that is now used worldwide. Chuck Anderson is a 20 something digital media artist living in the US. Both the login screen and wallpapers
took approximately four months, start to finish according to Gizmodo. They were achieved by a mix of pen and paper, wacom tablet and Photoshop.
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06.11.2009Cool Wallpaper Generator
Create visual stunning wallpapers from your personal photo collections. This Wallpaper Generator makes it easy to compose your most beautiful photos
to stunning wallpapers for your desktop!
Remember your last summer holiday a little bit longer, keep in mind your special
moments, or think of your sweethearts. With the Wallpaper Generator it never has been so easy to keep those moments in your mind.
Download now this free tool and start to create personal wallpapers! System Requirements: Windows Vista or Windows XP with .NET Framework 3.0.
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28.10.2007Windows 7 build 7232 leaks, with new wallpaper
It's that time again, another week and another Windows 7 build leak. They are really starting to flow now leading up to RTM and this time there
are changes to report. Last week we had 7229 leak and this week it's build 7232.winmain.090610-1900 that has wriggled out of Microsoft's
Redmond HQ and is being distributed across the net. The most obvious visual change is that a new default wallpaper has been set and there is no more
betta fish. The new wallpaper is named harmony. Windows 7 is still on track for a July RTM, and it's possible that it may even RTM by the end of
June.
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16.06.2009How to: Create custom wallpaper collections in Windows 7
Do you love customizing your Windows desktop? If you do, you'll love this trick! By default, Windows 7 includes several locations to choose
pictures and desktop backgrounds from, such as Windows Desktop Backgrounds, Pictures Library, Top Rated Photos, and Solid Colors. In this article, I
will walk you through the process of creating your own wallpaper collection through the registry, and how to customize it to your liking. This process
will help you categorize and sort your wallpapers efficiently, and allow you to use a mix of categorized wallpapers with Windows 7's new automatic
background shuffle without the need to lump everything together. Disclaimer: The steps in this article involve modifying the Windows registry.
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28.07.2009How to: get Bing's daily photo as a Windows 7 wallpaper
No matter what you think of Bing as a search engine, you have to admit that the daily homepage photos are pretty cool. They range from amazing nature
photos to holiday sensitive events. Those images now have a new use, being wallpapers for your Windows 7 PC. One of Windows 7's lesser know
features is the ability to download new wallpapers via a RSS feed. Thanks to the efforts of Long Zeng from www.istartedsomething.com & makeuseof.com
you can now do just that. By using the code below, you can create a live daily updating bing theme.
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05.08.2009Windows DreamScene coming soon on Ultimate
Windows Vista Ultimate users
began to receive the first set
of "Ultimate Extras". But
arguably the most anticipated
Ultimate Extra was not there
-- Windows DreamScene.
Windows client
director, Jeff Putt has
confirmed that this extra will
not be available in its final
form immediately after launch.
However, a technology preview
may be coming soon for Windows
Vista Ultimate users who want
to give it a try.
Windows DreamScene enables
users to use looping
high-definition video content
(MPEG, WMV) as an animated
wallpaper. Thanks to the new
3D accelerated desktop in
Windows Vista, the animated
wallpaper uses virtually no
CPU (just a little for
decoding the video).
Microsoft demonstrated
Windows DreamScene yesterday
at the launch event which
showed Windows DreamScene
using an animated wallpaper
created by
Stardock
. The wallpaper they showed
will be available exclusively
at Neowin.net's partner site,
WinCustomize
.com, in February.
More information on
public availability for
Windows Vista Ultimate users
is expected soon.
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30.01.2007GUI Championship voting: Animated wallpaper
The semi-annual GUI design contest, GUI Championships has begun user voting on the best entries for animated wallpapers. Animated wallpapers are
quite a challenge to design properly. A good one should use little CPU, not be distracting, and still look as good as a static wallpaper. This
year's entries come from around the world and the categories are most original and most usable. View: GUI Championships website View:
Brad's write-up on the entries
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25.11.2008Ajax Startup Launches Web Desktop Linked To Gmail
Net entrepreneur Michael Robertson, founder of MP3.com and Linspire, is on a crusade to change the software industry again. This time, he's putting
his energy and expertise behind a new startup that uses Ajax as a middleware platform to create a niche in the software as a service (SaaS)
marketplace.
The company is Ajax13, the product is
ajaxWindows, and
the concept is pretty straightforward: The software platform is operating system-agnostic and based on the XML User Interface Language (XUL) to act as
a Web-based desktop. Files can be moved around and opened, and applications launch with a mouse click. The interface also includes customizable
wallpaper, start-up and shut down sounds, and browser bookmarks. But instead of interacting with the hardware, the user stores all desktop data,
documents, and content, free of charge into a Gmail account.
"The concept here is that we didn't want to determine where our
registered users keep their files," Robertson told InformationWeek. "We are launching the Gmail interface but we will let people have a choice going
forward." Options include other online sites or a local storage device such as a USB thumb drive, Robertson said. ..
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06.09.2007DeskScapes 2.0 Final Released
Animated wallpaper is now available to all users of Windows Vista as Stardock has released DeskScapes 2.0 today on
www.stardock.com. DeskScapes allows users to display video as well as dynamic content on the
Windows Vista desktop.
DeskScapes 1.0 was released in conjunction with Windows Vista Ultimate, but Stardocks DeskScapes 2.0 adds
support for all versions of Windows Vista. The free edition includes several animated wallpapers to show off what is possible; the premium edition is
priced at $19.95 and supports adding third-party animated wallpaper (hundreds are available) and includes additional premium content.
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06.05.2008Startup Mahalo aims to combat Yahoo, Google with 'semantic relationships'
"We know not everybody wants to give up Google or Yahoo," acknowledged a CEO of a startup that aims to compete with them both. But the future
of search, he says, could involve more features than either ever considered...
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20.03.2008Startup with Intel ties to launch Office Live competitor
A Internet startup with close ties to Intel is planning to release as soon as next month a new online small business suite to directly compete with
Microsoft Office Live and Google Apps...
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22.11.2007Skype Founders Name TV Startup Joost
Skype founders Niklas
Zennstrom and Janus Friis have
given a name to their new
Internet television startup,
which formerly went by the
code-name The Venice Project.
Now officially dubbed Joost,
the company intends to combine
a TV-like experience with the
flexibility of the Web...
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16.01.2007Vista Startup Sounds
Impossible to turn off
Apparently, Windows Vista's
startup sounds, recorded by
Robert Fripp, are very liked
by Microsoft executives, so
much that they are thinking
about removing the ability for
the end user to remove them or
customize them as he wishes.
According to
Steve Ball, the group program
manager for the Windows Audio
Video Excellence team, Windows
Vista will offer a "common,
and beautiful, face to the
world.". He says Microsoft
worked hard on those sounds
and on its corporate image and
that he thinks they will be
liked by a majority of users.
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02.09.2006Intel buys mobile Linux startup
Intel has acquired Linux development startup Opened Hand as a part of the chipmaker's Moblin mobile
Linux project...
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03.09.2008Windows Server 2008: Terminal Services Architecture
Day Fourteen - we are past the halfway point. A good portion of the next two weeks will be devoted to Terminal Services and the new TS features. So
strap in, and let's get started ...
We talked about the
Windows
Server 2008 Startup Processes in an earlier post. SMSS.EXE is still the first user-mode process created during the boot process as in previous
versions of Windows. The change is that now SMSS.EXE launches a second instance of itself to configure Session 0, which is dedicated to system
processes. The instance of SMSS.EXE dedicated to Session 0 launches the Windows Startup Application (WININIT.EXE) as well as an instance of CSRSS.EXE
for Session 0, after which it exits. WININIT.EXE continues the startup process by starting SERVICES.EXE and LSASS.EXE as well as a new process, the
Local Session Manager (LSM.EXE) which manages Terminal Server connections for the machine.
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14.02.2008Head of Yahoo Music Ian Rogers departs for music startup
Ian Rogers, who pushed the music industry to drop DRM, is resigning as general manager for Yahoo Music to take the helm at a new startup called
Topspin Media, which calls itself "the future of digital artist services."..
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03.04.2008Trend Micro OS Protection beta released
Trend Micro today released
http://www.trendsecure.com/por
tal/en-US/threat_analytics/os_
protect.php?WT.cg_n=home_2nd_r
ight>Trend Micro OS Protection
beta for its Trend Micro
Internet Security 2007
customers. OS protection
includes Trend Micro Firewall
Booster and Trend Micro
Pre-Startup Scan.
Rather than rail against
various kernel changes within
Windows Vista as Symantec and
other did last fall, Trend
Micro says it wanted to work
in cooperation with Microsoft.
Trend Micro OS Protection
works on both the 32-bit and
64-bit editions of Windows
Vista.
The chief
benefit from Trend Micro
Firewall Booster is Windows
Vista users won't have dual
firewall technologies running.
Firewall Booster leverages
existing Windows Vista
Firewall capabilities, adding
protection provided by Trend
Micro. Trend Micro Pre-Startup
Scan runs before Windows Vista
boots, ferreting out sleeping
malware such as rootkits
before engaging the operating
system. Pre-Startup includes a
system restore checkpoint, so
that a user can always roll
back any changes made. The
process is not automatic,
allowing the user to decide
when and how the scans will be
done. ..
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23.06.2007Microsoft Helps Launch Startup to Produce Next-gen Mobile UI
Sporting what appears to be a
demo of a zooming, tiled Web
browser for mobile handsets
with larger displays, a
startup firm called ZenZui
burst upon the scene at CTIA
Wireless this morning, with
some help from Microsoft's IP
Ventures program. Its aim is
to produce a new browser for
mobile devices, along with the
business model that will drive
it (read: advertising)...
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27.03.2007Windows Vista Performance
Enhancements
MVP Charlie Russel describes
the new features in Windows
Vista that improve overall
system responsiveness and
reduce startup and shutdown
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22.07.2006DeskScapes 2.0 Preview Available
Stardock is pleased to announce that the DeskScapes 2.0 preview version is now available. DeskScapes allows users of Windows Vista to have animated
wallpapers on their desktop. It runs the Stardock created .DREAM format which can contain videos as animated wallpapers or dynamically generated
content.
What makes DeskScapes special is that animated wallpapers can be run that use hardly any system resources (obviously
this will depend on what animated wallpaper is chosen). It integrates seamlessly with the Windows Vista desktop background dialog so picking animated
wallpapers is much the same as picking any other desktop wallpaper.
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