Windows Phone 7 Series Announced

February 15th, 2010

Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled the next generation of Windows® Phones, Windows Phone 7 Series. [Read More...]

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New Version of Windows Live for Windows Phone released

January 25th, 2010

A new version of Windows Live for Windows Phone, working in Standard or Professional phones, has just been released as a free download. [Read More...]

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Windows Live for Windows® phone (Pro)

January 10th, 2010

Now  you can stay connected to those that matter most with Windows Live™ for Windows® phone. Windows Live Messenger, Hotmail®, Photos and the “What’s New” feed are now all available on your 6.x Windows® phone. Windows Live™ for Windows® phone (Pro) is for use with a touch phone. [Read More...]

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Whats new in Windows 7, Windows Easy Transfer wizard.

December 30th, 2009

Moving to a new PC or installing a new operating system on the one you have is a lot easier with Windows Easy Transfer. Windows Easy Transfer is a wizard that helps you transfer the data that is important to you, including: [Read More...]

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Physical Memory Limits for Windows 7

November 20th, 2009

Limits on memory and address space vary by platform, operating system, and by whether the IMAGE_FILE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE value of the LOADED_IMAGE structure and 4-gigabyte tuning (4GT) are in use. [Read More...]

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Cool Windows ‘7 on 7′ features.

November 3rd, 2009

Here’s a one-stop shopping spot for the 7 on 7 blog series from the past week.  Hopefully, it’s given you great ideas on how to start leveraging the new Windows 7 features in your own applications.   [Read More...]

Touch Gestures in Windows 7

October 18th, 2009

Touch Gestures are the basic actions you use to interact with Windows or an application using touch. If you have a touch-enabled monitor and Windows 7 installed, then virtually any program that works with Windows responds to your touch. [Read More...]

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The New Ringtone Editor in Windows 7

October 12th, 2009

These days, if you want a truly attention-grabbing ring-tone you can’t rely on your favorite pop songs. You need to craft your own new & original ring tone. You can now do this easily in Windows 7. [Read More...]

The New Windows 7 Volume Mixer & Control

October 11th, 2009

Windows 7 has a new Volume Mixer feature & Volume Control options. The key improvements to this feature are better graphic displays & the ability to control the sound levels of all the applications which call for audio support from Windows 7. [Read More...]

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Whats new in Windows Mobile 6.5 ?

October 8th, 2009

Windows Mobile 6.5 has made significant enhancements to business productivity, consumer messaging, and mobile Internet. It focuses on key areas to help partners target professionals and also target new consumer messaging positions for Windows phones.   [Read More...]

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Windows 7 Calculator.

August 25th, 2009

In Windows 7, several new functions have been added. The calculator can be operated in 4 modes; Standard, Scientific, Programmer & Statistics. [Read More...]

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Windows Vista Features removed in Windows 7

June 28th, 2009

Windows 7 contains many new features. However certain programs & features that were a part of Windows Vista have been removed in Windows 7. The following is a short list of some important features that have been removed in Windows 7. [Read More...]

Security features in Windows 7 for the mobile worker.

June 21st, 2009

Windows 7 has expanded security offerings to provide the necessary security controls to help mobile workers access the information they need to be productive, wherever and whenever they need it. [Read More...]

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Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7.

June 7th, 2009

Microsoft has been working on bringing natural user interface and it was first introduced multi-touch in Microsoft Surface. Since then, the Windows and Surface development teams have been collaborating closely on bringing multi-touch to Windows, and last year demoed a few applications they created to run on Windows 7.

It was therefore expected that Microsoft would introduce Windows 7 and its multi-touch capabilities or ‘Windows Touch‘. [Read More...]

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Change Time Zone with tzutil.exe in Windows 7.

June 7th, 2009

I had already posted about the Point-n-Click Time Zone Gadget for Windows 7 in our Forums. But for those who’d like to know a bit more about tzutil.exe, here’s a litle more. [Read More...]

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7 Reasons to buy Windows 7

June 7th, 2009

In case you have missed, Microsoft has already put up a Windows 7 page at the Microsoft Store. Apart from confirming the Windows 7 box designs and the System Requirements, it also enumerated several reasons to buy Windows 7.  [Read More...]

How to enlarge text size in Windows 7.

May 6th, 2009

If you have difficulty reading the text on your screen, you can always use the Magnifier to enlarge parts of the screen.  But if you are looking to make the change permanent, you can do that too! [Read More...]

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The Default Location Control Panel applet in Windows 7.

April 27th, 2009

Windows 7 Control Panel has an applet called as the Default location. This Default Location, stores your Geo Location, ie your Zip code, Country, Latitude &  Longitude. [Read More...]

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Windows 7 to have a Windows XP mode.

April 25th, 2009

Microsoft plans to release a new feature called Windows XP Mode for users of its business versions of Windows 7 that will include a fully licensed copy of Windows XP SP3 running in a virtual machine. [Read More...]

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User State Migration Toolkit Features for Windows 7

April 19th, 2009

Microsoft Windows User State Migration Toolkit (USMT) is used to migrate user data and application configurations for a user’s current client computer to a new client computer. The Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) recommends migrating user data and application configurations by using USMT. [Read More...]

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