We hear a lot of improvements are being brought into Windows 7 and I’m sure many Windows enthusiasts envy and would love to try it out. The fact that it is still Beta stage seems to be the perfect reason why many haven’t tried Windows 7. In fact, even if it is officially out in [...]
Windows Aero is one of the distinctive feature in Windows Vista that is not available in Windows XP. It is a set of interface enhancements which creates more dynamic user interface on Vista as compared to Windows XP. Windows Aero Glass is a subset of Windows Aero that creates translucency in all windows in Vista. [...]
There a lot of people desperately want to use Windows Vista but their machine specifications do not allow them to experience the exciting new features in Vista. But don’t worry if your machine does not have the required specs for Windows Vista to be on board because Vista Transformation Pack offers most of the privileges [...]
As soon as you install Windows Vista on you computer, you just say goodbye for good to Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) because it is replaced by Internet Explorer 7. Why bother? Yup, that’s the correct question to normal users but for web developers the absence of IE6 is troublesome especially when it comes to cross [...]
On September 16th, Microsoft rolled out Windows Live Wave 3 Beta, the newly Windows Live suite of applications and for the record, this is another late buzz from the renowned procrastinator :) If you look at the installer (screenshot below), you may choose the applications of your choice or you may choose all of them [...]
Automatic Updates is an integral part of Microsoft Windows that allows important security updates from Microsoft server to be downloaded and installed automatically. When the download and installation process is done, it will ask whether we want to restart now or later. The problem arises when we choose to restart later. A Windows Update popup [...]
In order to install a new font, say for Photoshop editing or for whatever reason, we need to open Control Panel > Fonts and we need to copy & paste new fonts into the “Font Folder”. That’s how it works on Windows XP. This is not really a convenient process if you need to to [...]
Even though more and more people are migrating to Windows Vista, Windows XP has really made its presence felt in this recent years and will not tail off so quickly, at least not in this near future. Though my laptop is Vista-ready, I doubt its capability of handling Windows Vista. I believe many share the [...]