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German Landscapes and Germany: Mountains to Sea Themes for Windows 7

Below are 2 cool Windows 7 themes that was released recently in the Microsoft Windows Gallery Website . Its called “German Landscapes” and “Germany: Mountains to Sea” that brings the natural beauty of Germany to your Windows 7 PC. Germany: Mountains to Sea This theme brings the the natural beauty of Germany . As per Theme website , the images were shot by the photographer Mathias Rehberg. Ge

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - February 20, 2012 at 6:29 pm

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Scan your Windows PC for driver updates using DriverIdentifier

Finding the right and updates for device drivers for your Windows PC might be time consuming . Here’s an software that saves most of your time to find if there are any updates for your Windows PC. Its called DriverIdentifier. DriverIdentifier is a application that is avaialable for free download . It scans your Windows PC’s hardware using some unique technology and then indicates the name of the manufac

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - February 18, 2012 at 3:48 pm

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Analyze Outlook Problems with Outlook Configuration Analyzer Tool

Microsoft has released a new tool called “Outlook Configuration Analyzer Tool” that analyzed your Microsoft Outlook for common configuration and reports the issues . Outlook Configuration Analyzer Tool provides an easy way to analyze your Microsoft Office Outlook and is a very useful tool for the Help Desk professionals . The Outlook Configuration Analyzer Tool works with the Microsoft Offi

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - February 14, 2012 at 4:11 pm

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Valentine’s Day Theme for Windows 7

One of the popular DevianArt user HamedDanger has created a Valentine's Day Theme or Skin Pack for Windows 7. The Valentine's Day Theme for Windows 7 converts your Windows 7 PC to a cool love theme which includes interesting and beautiful icons, wallpapers, start button etc. The Valentine's Day Theme for Windows 7 download file size is about 7 MB. To install the theme, just extract the downloaded file and run the i

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - February 11, 2012 at 2:55 pm

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Windows 8 Start Screen for Windows Vista and Windows 7

Windows 8 Start Screen for Windows Vista and Windows 7 is a freeware that provides a Windows 8 Start Screen look in your Windows Vista and Windows 7 PC . The Windows 8 Start Screen closely resembles to the Windows 8 like touch like scrolling and dragging . The Windows 8 Start Screen is created by the Devian art user dncube and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 . d

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Posted by admin - February 6, 2012 at 4:18 pm

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How to format a cell with Indian Rupee Symbol in Excel ?

If you are using Excel and finding out how to format a cell with a Indian Rupee symbol in Excel , here’s a tip to do that . 1. Right click on the cell which you want to format . How to format a cell with Indian Rupee Symbol (₹) in Excel ? 2. Click the Currency item from the list ( Number Tab) and click the dropdown Symbol . You will see the Indian Rupee symbol in the dropdown list . How to form

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - February 4, 2012 at 4:46 pm

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How to disable Tabbed Browsing feature in Internet Explorer 9 ?

Internet Explorer 9 provides the feature called Tabbed Browsing feature that lets the users open more than one website in the same browser window . This feature was infact available in the previous version of Internet Explorer 8/7 too. The Tabbed Browsing feature lets you open websites in new tabs . You can easily switch between the tabs by clicking on the tabs that you wish to view . In this blog post , i will sho

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Posted by admin - January 30, 2012 at 6:09 pm

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Convert your Windows to Windows 8 with the Windows 8 Transformation Pack

Do you want to bring the look and feel of Windows 8 to your existing Windows 7 or Windows XP ? If yes , then here’s a Windows 8 Transformation pack for it . I have used the Windows X live some years back for my Windows XP and now they have released a tranformation pack to convert Windows to Windows 8 . Its the Windows Transformation Pack v2.0 that comes with some cool Windows 8 wallpapers , new l

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Posted by admin - January 17, 2012 at 4:45 pm

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Windows 8 Beta and Refresh and Reset PC features

Desmond Lee in the Building Windows 8 Blog has written a post on “Refresh and Reset your PC” , a blog post about push button reset , a feature of Windows 8 . Desmond Lee shares information about what to expect on the PC-reset front that includes information on some of the under the hood changes that will be part of Windows 8 Beta which is expected in few months time . Desomn also highlights

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Posted by admin - January 5, 2012 at 5:07 pm

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How to insert Comments in Word 2007 ?

Microsoft Word 2007 has an cool feature that lets you to insert Comments in the Word Document . How to insert Comments in Word 2007 ? You can insert a Comments in Word 2007 by following the below steps 1. Open Word Document 2. Select the text that you want to Comment 3. Got to the Review tab and in the Comments Group , click the image “New Comment” How to insert Comments in Word 2007 ? 4. N

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - December 3, 2011 at 5:55 pm

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Windows 8 transformation Pack for Windows XP

There are quite a lot of transformation or skin packs available for Windows 8 that makes your System or Operating System look like Windows 8 . Here’s one of them , a Windows 8 transformation Pack for Windows XP from Devian Art that makes your Windows XP look like Windows 8 The Windows 8 transformation pack for Windows XP comes with lot of features . By the first look , it may appear like the W

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - November 29, 2011 at 2:44 pm

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How to Change the Background Image of Metro Start Screen in Windows 8 ?

The Windows 8 Developer Preview was released few months back and did infact lacked the feature where one can customize the Background of the Metro Start Screen . Here’s a unofficial way to set the custom background for Metro Start Screen explained by Winunleaked . WinUnleaked explains “In the Windows Developer Preview the background of the metro start menu is stored in shsxs.dll as PNG reso

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Posted by admin - November 25, 2011 at 4:19 pm

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Download Windows 8 Simulator For Windows 7 and Vista

Well , its been quite a few weeks or rather months that the Windows 8 Developer Preview was announced and was made available for download . Here’s an Windows 8 simulator , a freeware for Windows 7 that will let you try Windows 8 from Windows 7 PC . Its Metro UI everywhere . We can see it on Windows Phone 7 and now on Windows 8 too … Windows 8 Beta Simulator is not a theme / skin pack but a

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Posted by admin - November 23, 2011 at 5:27 pm

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How to display your Downloads in Windows 7 Start Menu ?

If you download a lot and if you are using Windows 7 , here’s a little trick that might help you find or manage the downloaded files . Its the trick that will display your downloads in Windows 7 Start Menu as Shortcut . How to display your Downloads in Windows 7 Start Menu ? 1. Right Click on the Start Menu and click Properties . 2. In the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties Dialog , Navigate to the Start Menu

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Posted by admin - November 13, 2011 at 4:45 am

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Mac OS X Expose Feature in Windows 7 with Win7se

Most of the Mac users will be aware of the Mac OS x Expose feature . Here’s a tool called “Win7se” that brings the Mac OS expose feature to the Windows 7 . Win7se is a expose like utility for Windows 7 that shows the Alt-Tab Switcher using screen hotspots. You will be able to set the desktop corners for different functions in Windows like Minimize all screen when you move the cursor t

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Posted by admin - November 12, 2011 at 7:24 am

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How to Log Off or LockScreen in Windows 8 ?

In one of my previous posts , i explained about shutting down or restarting Windows 8  . In this blog post ,i will explain how to Lock the Windows 8 or Logout from Windows 8 . Click the user tile . This will provide you an options which includes LogOff and Lock in it . Click Log Off to Log Off to Logout of Wndows 8 or Lock to Lock the Windows 8 . Recently Searched terms :HOW TO LOCK SCREEN

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Posted by admin - October 25, 2011 at 3:11 pm

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Gears of War 3 Delta Squad Theme For Windows 7

Here’s a new Windows 7 Theme called “Gears of War 3 Delta Squad” . The images were taken from the game “Gears of War 3″ and as per the Theme’s website , it is not classified as suitable for young children . Exviting characters like Marcus Fenix, Dominic Santiago from the Delta Squad will now be on your Windows 7 with this theme . Download the Gears of War 3 Delta Sq

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - October 17, 2011 at 5:41 pm

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Forza Motorsport 4 Theme for Windows 7

Here’s a cool theme for Windows 7 that is based on the Forza Motorsport 4 Theme . The game was recently made available to the xbox 360 and now you can have its theme for Windows 7 . The Download Size of the Forza Motorsport 4 Theme for Windows 7 is around 14 MB and includes some high quality wallpapers . The highest-rated racing game of its generation returns to the Xbox 360. Forza Motorsport 4

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Posted by admin - October 13, 2011 at 1:29 pm

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How To Enable Hyper-V Manager In Windows 8 ?

The Windows 8 includes a new feature called Microsoft Virtualization manager and hypervisor . What is Hyper-V ? Microsoft Hyper-V was earlier named as Viridian or Windows Server Virtualization is a hypervisor-based virtualization system for x86-64 systems. Its a Kind of Virtualization technique that runs multiple guest operating systems on the host . This feature was included in Windows Server 2008 . The Windows 8

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Posted by admin - October 10, 2011 at 4:23 pm

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How To Shutdown or Restart Windows 8 ?

Well , i am one of those users who found difficult to find options to shutdown or Logoff in Windows 8 when i started using it for the first time . In the Windows 8 Metro start Screen , move your mouse pointer to the bottom left corner to popup hover menu and click the settings button. Click the Power Button to explore the options Shutdown and Restart Button . Click on them to shutdown or Restart &n

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Posted by admin - October 7, 2011 at 4:38 pm

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How to minimize Ribbon in Windows 8 Explorer by Default ?

Do you like the Microsoft Office 2010 UI?? . If yes you might relate something from Office 2010 to Windows 8. Yes, it’s the Ribbon. The Ribbon includes some of the frequently used shortcuts which may be helpful for the users to identify the most commonly used commands easily. Well, this might be good, but sometimes might occupy lot of space in the Explorer. We can minimize the Ribbon in Windows 8 by default and

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Posted by admin - October 3, 2011 at 3:00 pm

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Additional Memory Power Management Options In Windows 8

The Windows 8 includes some extra power management features being included to Windows Power Plan Advanced Settings . This can be accessed via the Power Options . Just Navigate to the Power Options in Control Panel and click the Edit Plan Settings . Now click Change Advanced advanced power settings . You should now find few additional Memory Power Management options like Backoff channel heat break tol

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Posted by admin - October 2, 2011 at 4:57 am

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Download Tango For Windows 7

Video Calling over internet is one of the great way to communicate with your friends . The Video Calling uses Internet Connection , 3G / 4G . Skype and Video Calling is closely related . It is one of the the most commonly used video calling apps used in all devices like Windows Phone 7 ,  iPhone , Android , iPad , Mac OS X , Windows etc . Here’s another interesting app called “Tango” which too is

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Posted by admin - October 1, 2011 at 6:17 am

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How to Toggle Windows 8 Start Menu Without Rebooting Your Computer ?

There are already many tools or Apps  that enables the user to switch between the WIndows 8 and Windows 7 style Start Menu . Here’ another WIndows 8 Gadget that lets the user to switch between the Windows 8 Metro Start Menu and the Windows 7 style UI without restarting your computer . Its called Windows8 Startmenu and allows you change the Metro start menu style and back ground colors too You

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Posted by admin - September 29, 2011 at 3:46 pm

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How to enable File History Backup Feature on Windows 8 ?

Here’s an feature in Windows 8 that lets the users to backup and restore data in your PC . Is this feature same as the System Restore ?? Well not really … The File History lets you create complete backups of file , desktop , contacts etc on to your external hard disk . In this Blog post , i share the tip on how to enable this feature in Windows 8 Developer Preview . How to enable File History Backup Fea

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Posted by admin - September 28, 2011 at 4:41 pm

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How To Enable Delete Confirmation Message in Windows 8 ?

Have you tried to delete a file in Window 8 ? You might notice that you will not get the Confirmation Dialog by default when you delete a file or a folder . In this blog post , i will explain you how to enable the delete confirmation Message in Windows 8 . How To Enable Delete Confirmation Message in Windows 8 ? 1. Go to the Classic Desktop from the Windows 8 Metro Start Screen by clicking the Windows Explorer

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Posted by admin - September 26, 2011 at 4:43 pm

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Chocolate theme for Windows 7

Here’s one of the new Themes that i found in the Windows Personalization Gallery . Its the Chocolate Theme for Windows 7 which includes some quality wallpapers that every chocolate lovers will love Mmmmm, chocolate … chocolate-covered caramels, apricots dipped in chocolate, rich chocolaty desserts sculpted by a master chef; dark chocolate, milk chocolate, creamy chocolate, chocolate in all its luscious gl

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Posted by admin - September 25, 2011 at 6:43 am

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How to Turn On Hibernation Feature in Windows 8 ?

Do you really require an Hibernation in Windows 8 . The Operating system itself boots really faster and takes only few seconds . But if you want to enable the Hibernation in Windows 8 Developer Preview , you can do it by following the steps below . How to enable Hibernation Feature in Windows 8 Developer Preview ? 1. Click the control panel tiles from the Windows 8 Start Screen . 2. Click More Settings in the Contr

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - September 23, 2011 at 5:17 pm

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How to Change Windows 8 Metro Start Screen Background ?

Day by day , the number of utility tools that are developed for Windows 8 is increasing .In one of my previous posts , i wrote about how to Enable Snap Feature Windows 8 Snap Enabler , this time its another free tool for Windows 8 Developer Preview that allows you to modify the Windows 8 Metro UI Start SCreen Background . The Tool is called “Windows 8 Start Tweaker v1.1″ . Just download the tool and r

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Posted by admin - September 22, 2011 at 5:44 pm

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