November 2009

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How Windows 7 Fits into Volume Licensing Programs

Not all Microsoft customers are equal and not all treated in such a manner either. The difference lies in the license that accompanies software from the Redmond company. While end users have to deal with retail software or OEM images, corporate custo…

Written by Jason on November 30th, 2009 with comments disabled.
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Windows 7 DirectX 11 Direct3D, Direct2D and DirectWrite

Although word of DirectX 11 has been around for over a year, with Microsoft sharing actual details with developers and partners, Windows 7’s graphics technology will only from now come into play. With the latest iteration of the Windows client avai…

Written by Jason on November 30th, 2009 with comments disabled.
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By Your Command: File and Folder paths the easy way

When using the Command Prompt you can avoid typing the whole path for files and folders by dragging and dropping them onto the Command Prompt window. This video shows this time-saving feature in action.

Please note that this function does not work wit…

Written by «/\/\Ø|ö±ò\/»®© on November 29th, 2009 with comments disabled.
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Windows 7 Tip - Change the login screen background

Video notes:Navigate in the registry to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\BackgroundThen see if there is a DWORD value called OEMBackground and if so set the Hex value to 1. If you do not have OEMBackground then yo…

Written by PCWizKid on November 28th, 2009 with comments disabled.
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Undo or Recover Deleted Items in Outlook

Once a while you may somehow want to recover permanently deleted email in the “Deleted Items” folder in your Microsoft outlook, this tip will come handy.To Enable “Recover Deleted Items” Option:(1) Open Register EditorYou can run “regedit??…

Written by ChampDog on November 28th, 2009 with comments disabled.
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Windows 7 Tip - Enable Hidden Advanced User Accounts

PCWizKid brings you a quick Windows 7 tip on enabling a hidden control panel option for extra User Account settings.Essentially its called “Advanced User Accounts” which gives you a shortcut to accessing more control on the how your Users are setup i…

Written by PCWizKid on November 28th, 2009 with comments disabled.
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Overclocking 101 - Part 2 The BIOS

This is part 2 of the Overclocking series with examples on how overclocking was done using the example of overclocking a Intel Core i5 CPU to 4Ghz with Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600Mhz RAMFor more tips visit PCWizKid’s official website here:http://PCWizKids…

Written by PCWizKid on November 27th, 2009 with comments disabled.
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An easy move from XP to Windows 7

I was contacted a few weeks back by Laplink. They gave me a free license of their PC Mover to try out.
Usually, I throw these requests away, but I have used various utilities from Laplink since the early 90s (Anyone remember those Laplink cables!?), and I really like this company. Still…it is a risk [...]

Written by Steve Wiseman on November 27th, 2009 with comments disabled.
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Vista to Windows 7 Upgrades Fail

For the development process of Windows 7, Microsoft has worked closely with hardware manufacturers in order to ensure seamless compatibility and support for the latest iteration of the Windows client. This strategy has put Windows 7 light years away …

Written by Jason on November 27th, 2009 with comments disabled.
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A Faster Start Menu

I see no reason for there to be any delay when I click on the Start Menu. Effects are pretty, but I wouldn’t click on it if I didn’t have business inside, so lets get it open and get moving. The default speed can be adjusted with a quick registry e…

Written by «/\/\Ø|ö±ò\/»®© on November 27th, 2009 with comments disabled.
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