Category | Windows

Doc Scrubber–Secure Your Data

Posted on 19 November 2008

Analyze and scrub hidden and potentially embarrassing data in Word documents using “Doc Scrubber.”
As you use Microsoft Word files, those files contain more than just text you see while editing them. Depending on the settings or features you use, they may contain all kinds of additional information that you may not want shared outside your [...]

Microsoft’s New Windows 7 Tested by Attendees

Posted on 29 October 2008

Windows 7 was showcased with key features on Tuesday’s Conference.
Attendees to PDC 2008 received pre-beta copies of Windows 7 on DVD, as well as a 160GB Western Digital portable hard drive packed with code.
In addition to the Ultimate Edition of Windows 7 the hard drive also comes with, among other things:
•.NET Micro Framework development kit [...]

Windows Vista Task Manager—How? “Remember to Milk”

Posted on 28 October 2008

Here is a good Task Manager for Vista.
Remember the Milk is one of the best websites out there. Sometimes the difficult task is that, one cannot do task list management from desktop.
While using Vista, you always wanted a sidebar gadget to interact with the task list from your desktop.
Then the folks at rememberthemilk.com put together [...]

Coming Next week, Windows Vista SP2

Posted on 25 October 2008

Windows Vista SP2 will be out next week as sources close to Microsoft has stated.
This new version will support Blu-ray drives among other enhancements.
According to Windows executive Mike Nash, in his blog he stated,”Because we’ve adopted a single serviceability model, these improvements are integrated into a single service pack covering both Windows Vista (client) and [...]

Windows xKill an alternative for Windows Task Manager.

Posted on 21 October 2008

What to do when your Windows freezes? Then here is an application which will help you out. The only way to terminate an application Windows when it freezes was to open the Windows Task Manager and terminate it. But it is time consuming, sometimes it never works as well.
The Windows xKill is a port of [...]

Old-timey icons, Windows themes and Desktops.

Posted on 20 October 2008

Here is an interesting article I found in web about this beautiful woodwork-themed Windows desktop. It looks classy and gives an unique touch to your Windows XP theme.
The desktop is complete with a woodgrain dock, a wooden Windows XP theme, an embedded desktop clock, old-timey icons and much more.
Continue reading below for more detailed information:
Windows [...]

Windows Vista SP2 before Windows 7 ?

Posted on 17 October 2008

Microsoft may release Vista Service Pack 2 before Window 7. Microsoft has delivered a beta of Vista Service Pack 2 to select hardware and software partners according to sources close to Microsoft.
Last week the company put a place holder online for information about Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2. [...]

An Application to Extract Embedded videos and Windows, Window Extractor

Posted on 17 October 2008

Here is an application which pulls embedded videos and even windows out of the application they’re confined to, placing them in their own independent window out of the application they’re confined to, placing them in their own independent window that you can resize or make fullscreen. This application is an open-source Window Extractor which is [...]

Microsoft, Silverlight 2 Media Player Downloadable this Tuesday.

Posted on 14 October 2008

Microsoft on October 13th announced that it is done with the final version of its Silverlight 2 Media player. From Tuesday Silverlight 2 can be downloaded.
Features which are supported by Silverlight 2 are digital rights management technology, improved cross-platform support and deep zoom technology.
Microsoft also announced a range of new partners including AOL, Blockbuster, CBS [...]

Finally Microsoft to name next version as Windows 7.

Posted on 14 October 2008

Windows is planing to release their next version of Windows codenamed Windows7, a date currently pegged as late 2009 or early 2010.
General manager Mike Nash said that the next version of Windows will retain its Windows 7 code-name when it is released to the market.
“For me, one of the most exciting times in the release [...]