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Microsoft Official Video Shows enhanced file management UI (copy, move, rename, delete) in Windows 8

2011-09-22T02:07:00.000-07:00

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UPDATE: Official video also reveals new Start ORB present in Windows 8. Check out the ending part of this topic. Windows 7 users can download this new Start ORB using this topic.

Since when Microsoft has launched official "Building Windows 8" blog, the company is trying post more and more interesting details about Windows 8 regularly.

First Microsoft announced about USB 3.0 support in Windows 8:

Windows 8 Will Come With Support for USB 3.0, Microsoft Confirms

And today Microsoft has made another exciting announcement about an excellent feature in Windows 8.

Windows 8 will come with a completely new redesigned file copy, move, rename and delete dialog box. According to Microsoft, they have improved the file management functionality in Windows 8 and the file copy/move dialog box UI has been changed completely.

Here is what the official announcement says:

Copying, moving, renaming, and deleting are far and away the most heavily used features within Windows Explorer, representing 50% of total command usage (based on Windows 7 telemetry data).

There are some pretty cluttered and confusing parts of the Windows 7 copy experience. This is particularly true when people need to deal with files and folders that have the same file names, in what we call file name collisions.

We clearly have an opportunity to make some improvements in the experience of high-volume copying, in dealing with file name collisions, and in assuring the successful completion of copy jobs.

In Windows 8, we have three main goals for our improvements to the copy experience:

One place to manage all copy jobs: Create one unified experience for managing and monitoring ongoing copy operations.Clear and concise: Remove distractions and give people the key information they need.User in control: Put people in control of their copy operations.

Based on these goals, we made four major improvements to the copy experience.

Redesigned Copy/Move Dialog Box:

First, we’ve consolidated the copy experience. You can now review and control all the Explorer copy jobs currently executing in one combined UI. Windows 8 presents all pending copy jobs in this single dialog, saving you from having to navigate through multiple floating dialogs looking for the one you need.

Ability to Pause/Resume File Operations:

Next, we’ve added the ability to pause, resume, and stop each copy operation currently underway. This gives you control over which copy jobs will complete first. You can also click any of the source or destination folders while the copy operation is taking place and open up those folders.

To support this new ability to prioritize and decide, we’ve added a detailed view with a real-time throughput graph. Now each copy job shows the speed of data transfer, the transfer rate trend, and how much data in left to transfer. While this is not designed for benchmarking, in many cases it can provide a quick and easy way to assess what is going on for a particular job.

Here you can see three copy jobs underway:

Estimated Time Remaining:

We’re anticipating that many of you are going to want to know what we’ve done to improve the accuracy of the estimated time remaining for a copy to complete.

Estimating the time remaining to complete a copy is nearly impossible to do with any precision because there are many unpredictable and uncontrollable variables involved – for instance, how much network bandwidth will be available for the length of the copy job? Will your anti-virus software spin up and start scanning files? Will another application need to access the hard drive? Will the user start another copy job?

Rather than invest a lot of time coming up with a low confidence estimate that would be only slightly improved over the current one, we focused on presenting the information we were confident about in a useful and compelling way. This makes the most reliable information we have available to you so you can make more informed decisions.

Conflict Resolution:

Our last major set of improvements simplify and clean up the experience for resolving file name collisions, which we also refer to as “conflict resolution.” At this point we can admit that the current experience can be rather confusing. People don’t know which files are which, and they find it challenging to find the information they need to make a decision.

Our new design is much more clear, concise, and efficient, providing a much more visible and actionable approach to conflict resolution. All the files from the source are on the left. All the files in the target location with file name collisions are on the right. The screen layout is easy to understand and shows you the critical information for all the collisions, front and center in one dialog.

If you need to know even more about the conflicting files, you can hover over the thumbnail image to see the file path or double-click it to open it from here.

Finally, in addition to these big improvements, we’ve also done a thorough scrub and removed many of the confirmation dialogs that you’ve told us are annoying or feel redundant (i.e. “are you sure you want to move this file to the recycle bin?” or “are you sure you want to merge these folders?”) to create a quieter, less distracting experience.

All of this adds up to building a significantly improved copy experience, one that is unified, concise, and clear, and which puts you in control of your experience.

Following is an official video featuring all these new improvements and redesigned copy/move dialog box:

If you don't see a video here or can't play it, download it using following links:

High quality MP4

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Its an excellent move from Microsoft. It clearly shows how much efforts Microsoft is putting in developing Windows 8. Good going MS...

UPDATE: Our reader "MuTz777" noticed the new Start ORB in Windows 8 video. The new Start ORB is shown in the beginning of the video.

Windows 7 users can enjoy this new Start ORB using following tutorial:

Get New Leaked Windows 8 Start ORB (Start Button) in Windows 7

Also check:

[Windows 8] What We Know and What We Need to Know?

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Download CryENGINE 3 SDK for free and create your own Games

2011-09-21T22:23:00.000-07:00

You ever wanted to create a game? If so, now is your dream come true.

Crytek has released its "cryengine sdk" absolutely free. Its the same search engine that Crysis 2created.

Anyone can now have a full version of the best all-in-one Game Development Engine is free to download and use it without cost for non-commercial game development.

The award-winning SDK offers the complete game engine to AAA quality next generation games for the PC, and includes the CryENGINE sandbox 3-level editor, a production-proven, 3rd generation "what you see is what you play" (WYSIWYP) tool designed by and for professional developers.

The free CryENGINE SDK will be regularly updated to ensure that you have access to all claims CryENGINE 3.

System requirements [Developer]

Supported operating systems: XP, Vista, Windows 7 (with Windows 7 recommended) CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz, AMD Athlon 64 X 2 2 GHz or betterMemory: GB of RAM (4 GB recommended) video card: nVidia 8800GT 512 MB RAM, ATI 3850HD 512 MB of RAM or better

System Requirements [End User]

Supported operating systems: Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista SP1 or SP2, Windows 7CPU: 32-bit or 64-bit processor (a multi-core processor is highly recommended) memory: 1 GB RAM (2 GB recommended) video card: ShaderModel 3 graphics card (for example, a NVidia 6 series map)

You can download via following link:

Download CryENGINE 3 SDK for free

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[Giveaway] Get free 6 months license of Avira Premium Security Suite 10

2011-09-21T18:32:00.000-07:00

Avira is one of the best and most popular free anti-virus and security suite available on the Internet.

avira Premium Security Suite is all round protection for you and your family. Are essential if you:

Trust on the internet for everythingRegularly shopping and buying online retailers, or bid on auction sitesEver access your bank or financial accounts online chat, communicate, and social network constantlyShare your computer with your partner or other family membersWorry about keeping your precious family memories safeAre worried about what your children can see and do online

Avira Premium Security Suite protects you with 15 different security technologies, including an additional firewall. More than that, it keeps you safer online with ParentalControl. And also includes a handy BackupSystem,.

The cost generally $ 31.59 but you can now genuine 6 month license absolutely free.

Avira i.c.w. Computer Shopper magazine provides 180 days license of Avira Premium Security Suite absolutely for free.

You just need to follow these simple steps to obtain your license key:

1. go to following link:

Get free 6 months license of Avira Premium Security Suite

2. enter your name, email, country name and security code and click "request license now" button.

3. The immediately send an email in your Inbox containing a link that will offer you your free license code and download link to grab the setup file.

You can also open the same page by clicking on the button 'license summary' present on the screen that is displayed when you view the data by using step 2.

So now you can enjoy the excellent security suite free for 6 months.

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Microsoft Releases Fixit "Test mode Windows 7 build 7600 or 7601.5″ message (watermark) of Windows 7 Desktop disable

2011-09-21T13:54:00.000-07:00

Many times Windows 7 begins suddenly show Test mode watermark on Desktop. A message appears on the bottom-right corner with the following text:

Test mode
Windows 7
Build 7600

If you Windows 7 sp1used, you get build 7601 displayed on the screen:

Test mode
Windows 7
7601 Build

It actually happens when Windows 7 is running in Test mode. Microsoft has released a new Fixit to solve this problem.

SYMPTOM:

When you use your computer Windows 7 based startup, the following message appears in the lower-right corner of the desktop:

Test mode Windows 7 Build 7600

For Windows 7 SP1, you get following message:

Test mode Windows 7 build 7601

This message appears because your computer in test mode.

CAUSE:

The test mode watermark can appear as the signing test mode is started on the computer. This test mode can occur if an application whose drivers are not digitally signed by Microsoft is installed and still in the testing phase. Microsoft added test mode to Windows so that users can test programs without having to obtain a certificate for server authentication. The message that is mentioned in the "Symptoms" section appears in the lower-right corner of the desktop when the computer is in test mode.

SOLUTION:

1. click on "Start button-> > all programs-accessories". Right-click on "Command Prompt" and select "run as Administrator". If you are prompted for password, the password and continue. You can also open Command Prompt in Administrator mode by typing "cmd" in Start menu search box and press "ctrl + Shift + Enter".

2. now offer following command:

bcdedit/set TESTSIGNING OFF

If the above command does not work, you can specify the following commands:

bcdedit.exe-set LoadOptions ENABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
bcdedit.exe-set TESTSIGNING OFF

3. that's it. Command Prompt window, close and restart your system. It will be the watermark from Desktop to turn off.

AUTOMATED FIX:

If you do not want the problem to resolve manually, you can download after Fixit released by Microsoft, which will automatically fix the problem:

Download Fixit Test mode watermark from Windows 7 Desktop

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How to disable Full row select feature, enable column heading in all views and reordering enable icon in Windows 7 Explorer?

2011-09-21T10:03:00.000-07:00

Windows 7 comes with many improvements and new features, but also some annoyances. The biggest annoyance with Windows ExplorerWindows 7 is the renewed.

Microsoft removed some classic and useful functionality of Windows 7 Explorer such as:

You cannot change order of icons in Windows 7 Explorer with simple drag-n-dropWindows 7 Explorer not exhibit column heading (header type) folder views except the Details view

There are also many people who didn't like the new full row select feature in Windows 7 Explorer.

We have many tutorials posted in the past to solve these annoyances. But today we are going to an absolutely free and very small nut "folder options X" which allows you to fixed after annoyances in Windows 7 Explorer to share:

Entire row selectEnable column header in all disable rearrange icon viewsEnable

Folder options x is a free software "T800" AskVG created by reader. You just have to install this tool, run it and select the applicable options, use the check boxes as shown in following screenshot:

Just click on the Apply button will be enabled/disabled and the functions directly in Windows Explorer. No restart or log off is required.

After his 2 screenshots showing the before and after effects:

Standard Windows 7 Explorer:

Modified Windows 7 Explorer folder options x tool:

As you can see in the second screenshot, select entire row, column heading (header type) function is enabled in all folder views and now you can change the order of icons with simple drag-n-drop.

You can use this tool following download link:

Download folder options x

Home page

It works in both 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows 7.

If you want to do these things manually, check out these tutorials:

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[Direct Download Links] Windows 8 Developer Preview

2011-09-21T06:42:00.000-07:00

Microsoft has Windows 8 Developer Preview released to the public this linkwhich can be downloaded from.

For your convenience, we offer direct download link for 32-bit and 64-bit editions so you can immediately start downloading them without having to navigate through Web pages:

Windows 8 Developer Preview with Developer Tools (64-bit or x 64)

Download Link (4.8 GB)

Sha-1 hash -6FE9352FB59F6D0789AF35D1001BD4E4E81E42AF

The ISO-file contains the following components:

Developer 8 64-bit Windows SDK for Visual Studio PreviewWindows style Metro appsMicrosoft 11 Express for Windows Developer Preview28 developer PreviewMicrosoft Expression Blend 5 Metro style apps including the BUILD Conference app

Windows 8 Developer Preview (64-bit or x 64)

Download Link (3.6 GB)

Sha-1 hash – 79DBF235FD49F5C1C8F8C04E24BDE6E1D04DA1E9

The ISO-file comes with Windows 8 Developer Preview (64-bit) and Metro style apps.

Windows 8 Developer Preview (32-bit or x 86)

Download Link (2.8 GB)

Sha-1 hash -4E0698BBABE01ED27582C9FC16AD21C4422913CC

The ISO-file comes with Windows 8 Developer Preview (32-bit) and Metro style apps.

Note: You will not able to upgrade from Windows 7 installation are, clean installations are supportedonly.

Also check:

[Windows 8] What We know and What We want to know?

System requirements for Windows 8 Developer Preview

Make Windows 8 Bootable USB Drive or DVD using official "Windows USB/DVD download Tool"

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Download now Windows 8 Developer Preview Build

2011-09-21T02:43:00.000-07:00

Windows 8 today Microsoft preview of Conference on BUILD appears, and here is a great news for all the people who are eagerly waiting to try their hands on Windows 8.

Microsoft has announced that Windows 8 Developer Preview they are going to build 8 PM PST to the public in order to release tonight.

UPDATE: Windows 8 Developer Preview Microsoft has public building which can be downloaded via the following link:

Download Windows 8 Developer Preview Build

[Direct Download Links] Windows 8 Developer Preview

According To Microsoft:

Windows 8 is a pre-beta Developer Preview version of Windows 8 for developers. These downloads include beta software that can change without warning. The software is provided "as it is, and you shall bear the risk of their use. It may not be stable, or correctly the way that the final version of the software will work. It should not be used in a production environment. The features and functionality in the pre-release software may not be in the final version. Some features of the product and may require advanced or additional hardware functionality, or the installation of other software.

You can download both 32-bit and 64-bit editions. The download also includes a 64-bit (x 64) build with development tools to build apps. The download also includes a suite of sample applications that not only illustrations of potential apps, apps that Microsoft is planning to ship with Windows 8.

Please note that you not able to upgrade from Windows 7 installation are, clean installations are supported willonly. This is a developer preview release and is not intended for production. It's not even a beta version. Microsoft confirms that they will be updating the release with different quality updates and drivers in the coming weeks/months to test their general update and telemetry mechanisms.

You can learn more about new features in Windows 8 official Windows 8 Fact sheet with guide released by Microsoft:

Download Windows 8 factsheet

Download Windows 8 Developer Preview Guide (PDF)

Download the Guide from the Developer Preview Windows 8 (XPS)

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[Windows 8] What We know and What We want to know?

System requirements for Windows 8 Developer Preview

Make Windows 8 Bootable USB Drive or DVD using official "Windows USB/DVD download Tool"

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[Guide] How can the owner (consent) of a key in the registry in Windows?

2011-09-20T22:28:00.000-07:00

Many times we Windows post Course Centre for which taking ownership and full permission to assign a specific registry key. Although we provide detailed steps to do this task in all our tutorials, some people find it difficult to take ownership of registry keys.

Recently when we an email from one of our reader asks how to authorize a user full on a registry key in Windows, we have decided to create a special article about it.

So today in this article we will take a step-by-step guide with screenshots which will teach you how to take ownership and full permissions to assign a registry key.

So without wasting time, let's begin the tutorial:

1. Type regedit in RUN or start menu searchbox, and then press Enter. It will open Registry Editor.

2. Now scroll to the desired registry key, right-click it and select "permissions ..." option.

3. it opens a new dialog box. Click on the button "Advanced".

4. now go to "owner" tab, select your user name, and then click apply . If you also take ownership of the sub key, select the option "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects".

5. select your user name in the first dialog box now andallowcheck "to" given for "full control" option.

6. that's it. Click apply and OK buttons, and now you have full permission for the registry key.

Also check:

[Guide] How can owner (consent) of a file or folder manually in Windows?

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System requirements for Windows 8 Developer Preview

2011-09-20T18:12:00.000-07:00

As we know that Windows 8 Developer Preview has Microsoft to build public which can be downloaded via the following link:

Download now Windows 8 Developer Preview Build

If you plan to install it but not sure whether your system will be able to install it, don't worry! If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7 in your system it will also support 8.

For those who want to know the system requirements, follow the official system requirements for Windows 8 Developer Preview build released by Microsoft:

Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x 86) or 64-bit (x 64)RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GBHDD: (64-bit) 16 GB available disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit) DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driverTaking advantage of touch input requires a screen that supports multi-touch

Please note that you do not upgrade to Windows Vista or Windows 7 installation, 8 out of to perform clean installations are supportedonly. This is a developer preview release and is not intended for production.

Also check:

[Direct Download Links] Windows 8 Developer Preview

Make Windows 8 Bootable USB Drive or DVD using official "Windows USB/DVD download Tool"

[Windows 8] What We know and What We want to know?

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Microsoft confirms existence of App store in Windows 8

2011-09-20T14:32:00.000-07:00

We have told you about "App Store" feature found in Windows 8 builds that will work if a software market. It will very probably 8 Windows users to download and install software without them searching websites allow.

Recently we told you about the launch of the official Windows 8 blog:

Microsoft launches official "building Windows 8? Blog, pre-release Build to come in the coming months

Microsoft has released a new announcement on official blog to introduce Windows 8 team and this announcement confirms existence of accidentally "App Store" feature in Windows 8.

Here's what this official announcement says:

Windows 8 has new features in the full width of the product. It takes quite a team to build Windows 8.

The work of the implementation on Windows happens when developers write code. This code implements features that originate from specifications written by program management along with interaction design of product designers. Testers are responsible to ensure the spec is complete and the code does what the spec says that it should do.

Microsoft has released the work of Windows divided into "feature teams," groups of developers who own a combination of architectural elements and scenarios in Windows. Microsoft has approximately 35 feature teams in the Windows 8 Organization. Each feature team has anywhere from 25-40 developers, plus testing and program management, all work together. The teams are all focused on building a worldwide product, and so some of the teams are located outside the United States and worldwide.

Many of the teams described below features or areas that you are familiar with or that you can probably find out on the basis of the name. Microsoft also has these teams in seven larger groups that related teams together-fundamentals, devices and networks, core OS, developer experience, user experience, Web services, and our engineering system draw organized. The Group of Windows Live (Hotmail, Messenger, Skydrive, photos, LiveID, and more) also has a similar structure. Internet Explorer group is also a few teams on its own, but obviously contributes for various Windows 8.

App compatibility and applications of theApp storecompatibility of devices and Media ExperienceApp EvolvedDevice ConnectivityDevices & ExperienceCore experience ExperienceEcosystem Networking Fundamentals Engineer Desktop Engineering SystemEnterprise NetworkingGlobal ExperienceGraphics PlatformHardware ExperienceHuman developer interaction Platform Hyper-VIn Control of your PCKernel PlatformLicensing and Deployment PlatformNetworking CorePerformancePresentation and Media CompositionReliability, security, and PrivacyRuntime ExperienceSearch, view, and CommandSecurity & Identity Storage & Files SystemsSustained EngineeringTelemetryUser UpdateWireless OnlineWindows ExperienceWindows-Centered and Networking servicesXAML

If you carefully the above list is displayed, you will find App Store team in bold. The announcement of the App Store team clearly confirms existence of App store in Windows 8.

Let's keep our fingers crossed and wait for some more interesting and exciting announcements from Microsoft.

Thanks to our reader "mutz777" for sharing the news ...

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[AIO] Ultimate Tutorial to customize the context menu of my Computer in Windows XP, Vista and 7

2011-09-20T11:02:00.000-07:00

Context menu is the menu that appears when you right-click anywhere such as desktop shortcuts, etc. Almost all Windows users use my Computer context menu access to "System Properties", "Computer Manager" and other tools.

In past We have posted many tutorials that you to add many interesting and useful shortcuts to my Computer context menu such as Device Manager, services, network connections, God mode, Task Manager and much more.

Recently, we have a long article that is actually a collection of all the Desktop context menu posted tutorials related to post here: AskVG

[AIO] Ultimate Tutorial for customizing the Desktop Context Menu in Windows Vista and 7

Using the same idea, today put in this article we My Computer context menu tutorials our best together for your convenience. It will help you in reading all these tutorials quickly and easily and will also ensure that you are not one of them have missed.

Most of these tutorials work in almost all Windows versions including XP, Vista, 7 and Server editions, but some are only exclusive to Windows 7.

So without wasting any time to let all these tutorials: ultimate list

Control Panel, Task Manager and other useful add shortcuts in my Computer context menu:

Following tutorial helps you in different useful system tools shortcuts if Add/Remove Programs, Device Manager, disk cleanup, click Control Panel, click Event Viewer, Computer Manager, MSConfig, Registry Editor, Services Manager, Task Manager and Windows Update with icons in my Computer context menu Add.

Control Panel, Task Manager and other useful add shortcuts in my Computer context menu

Add cascading menus in my Computer context menu:

This tutorial helps you to add shortcuts in the group context menu in my Computer. For example, you can create a folder "System Tools" that all the system tools folder options shortcuts such as, energy management, system management, etc installed in your system will contain. A group of shortcuts saves space and makes your context menu look weird.

Windows XP style "Classic System Properties" Add shortcut from the context menu of my Computer:

If you use Windows Vista or 7, you might miss the classic System Properties window that used to show in Windows XP. Following tutorial will guide you in the same classical System Add shortcut properties from the context menu of my Computer in Windows Vista and 7.

Windows XP-style classical System Add shortcut properties from the context menu of my Computer

' Network connections ' Add shortcut in my Computer context menu:

This tutorial will guide you in adding a shortcut to ' network connections ' box in my Computer context menu so that you can quickly and easily:

How ' network connections ' Add shortcut from the context menu of my Computer?

Windows 7 "God Mode" Add shortcut in my Computer context menu:

"God Mode" in Windows 7 allows quick access to all Control Panel options in a single place. This tutorial will guide you in adding a shortcut to "God Mode" in my Computer context menu so that you can quickly and easily open by right-clicking the My Computer icon, and "God Mode" option.

How Windows 7 "God Mode" Add shortcut from the context menu of my Computer?

Adding Aero ON/OFF shortcuts in my Computer context menu:

If you switch to enable or disable Aero in Windows Vista and 7, you must do so using the properties of the system or the properties of desktop. But there are 2 simple commands that quickly enable/disable Aero.

Following tutorial will guide you in adding shortcuts to these 2 commands in my Computer context menu, so you disable Aero can quickly and easily.

How to add Aero shortcuts from the context menu ON/OFF of my Computer in Windows Vista and 7

Add useful shortcuts in the Main window of this Computer:

After tutorials will help you in adding different useful shortcut keys such as the Recycle Bin, network connections, etc directly into my Computer window:

Other useful Explorer Context Menu Tutorials:

Here are a few other tutorials to help you learn how to add several useful shortcuts in Explorer context menu:

That's all for now. We keep updating the list when we post a new tutorial to customize My Computer context menu. So stay tuned and keep visits AskVG ...

Also check:

Ultimate Tutorial for customizing the Desktop Context Menu in Windows Vista and 7

Complete the tutorial Customizing Desktop context menu in Windows XP by using Resource Hacker

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How to Get "minimize to System Tray" feature back in Windows Live Messenger (WLM) in Windows 7?

2011-09-20T07:34:00.000-07:00

Windows 7in if youWindows Live Messenger used, you may have noticed that it does not minimize to system tray when you click the minimize button in WLM titlebar. Instead, about in the taskbar, just like any other program.

In earlier versions of Windows that used to sit in the system tray on clicking the minimize button. You can use this feature in Windows 7 compatibility mode trick using enable:

How to Get "Hide Window when minimized" option back in Windows Live Mail in Windows 7

If you do not use compatibility mode to trick we share today, a free and very small utility that Windows Live Messenger automatically patches of EXE file to bring back the minimize to system tray feature in Windows 7.

"WLM tray Patch" change is a freeware which changes what hex code to WLM executable file and the good old minimize to system tray feature back.

You have to run the patched, select the Windows Live Messenger from EXE- Patch file and click the button. It also creates a backup file so that you can restore if you are not satisfied with the tool. To restore the original file, enter the patched restore again and click the button.

You can download it by using following link:

WLM tray Patch download

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How to Fix Windows Phone 7 and Zune devices connection problems and issues?

2011-09-20T03:55:00.000-07:00

Windows Phone 7 or many times Zune device owners facing different problems while connecting and the detection of devices on computer system. Sometimes the device is not recognized by Windows and sometimes the Windows device driver does not install properly and displays error messages.

Do you have a Windows Phone 7 or Zune device and the left and right page connection problem in Windows, this article will definitely help you.

Fixit Microsoft has released a to automatically diagnose and fix connection problems and issues when Windows Phone 7, Zune or Zune HD device is not recognized or detected when connected to a pc.

What it fixes:

Driver not found not errorsDevice and installedOut of date Filter block driversDevice class detection device

You only need to download the correction using following link:

Fix for Windows Phone 7 and Zune download connection problems

Run the installer and follow the instructions. It will automatically detect the issue and will fix it for you.

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How to Get Windows 8 Metro style Start menu with clock in Windows 7?

2011-09-20T00:52:00.000-07:00

Recently we posted about new Metro Windows 8 style start menu in which was leaked by an official Microsoft demo video found:

Microsoft Leaked new Metro style start menu in Windows 8 Video? Not really

Actually, it wasn't a new start menu. Start screen are a part of new introduced in Windows 8.

If you are a lover and want to make your adjustment Windows 7 look like Windows 8, you would have already followed after tutorial:

Transform Windows 7 in Windows 7 without using Customization Pack

Now we are going to share a similar start menu widget for Windows 7. YvidhiatamaAskVG of DA Group members "parassidhu" and "have" a Windows 8 Metro style Windows 7 start menu look like widget for users created.

After his 2 examples of these widgets:

All links such as institutions, devices, etc are fully functional and open the control panel Device Manager, Windows, and other related programs.

You can download using these widgets after Links:

Download Windows 8 Metro style Start Menu Widget for Windows 7 (by yvidhiatma)

Download Windows 8 Metro style Start Menu Widget for Windows 7 (by parassidhu)

Give them a try and let us know what you have the most and why?

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Downloading 2 Freeware "Synergy" and "Director" control of multiple PCs with one Input mouse and keyboard

2011-09-19T20:59:00.000-07:00

Recently we posted about "Mouse without frontiers" tool will be released by Microsoft Garage:

Microsoft Releases free "mouse without borders" Utility

The above tool allows you to control up to 4 PCs with a single mouse and keyboard. You can move your mouse cursor from one screen to another.

Kowalski"AskVG readers"Nunja Business"and" shared 2 excellent free tools "Synergy" and "Director" who do the same work Input.

Synergy:

Synergy is a free and open source software that you can easily share your mouse and keyboard between multiple computer systems, where each computer has its own display. No special hardware is required, you just need a network connection. Synergy can be used in Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Use is as simple as moving the mouse from the edge of your screen. You can even share your Clipboard.

You can download it by using following link:

Download Synergy

Input Director:

Input Director is another similar free tool for Windows that allows you to control multiple Windows systems only users using your keyboard/mouse connected to a single computer system. It is designed for people who have two (or more) computers next to each other and find themselves regularly to switch from one system to another.

With Input Director, you can share a single keyboard/mouse on a range of systems. You switch which system receives the input either by hotkey, to move the cursor so that it transitions from one screen to another (in a very similar way to a multi-monitor setup). The idea is that you can post the monitoring of two or more systems in a row and use a shared keyboard/mouse to check all of them.

Input Director also supports a "shared" Clipboard, which you can copy data to the Clipboard on one system, on the transition to another and paste.

Input Director is required for Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008 or Windows 7.

You can download it by using following link:

Download Input Director

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[AIO] Complete the tutorial Customizing Desktop context menu in Windows XP by using Resource Hacker

2011-09-19T17:48:00.000-07:00

Error in deserializing body of reply message for operation 'Translate'. The maximum string content length quota (8192) has been exceeded while reading XML data. This quota may be increased by changing the MaxStringContentLength property on the XmlDictionaryReaderQuotas object used when creating the XML reader. Line 1, position 9655. Error in deserializing body of reply message for operation 'Translate'. The maximum string content length quota (8192) has been exceeded while reading XML data. This quota may be increased by changing the MaxStringContentLength property on the XmlDictionaryReaderQuotas object used when creating the XML reader. Line 1, position 9665.

UPDATE: Tutorial updated with new screenshots and methods.

You might be using the Desktop context menu since a long time in Windows but did you know that you can customize it to your needs? You can add/remove items from the context menu, you can re-arrange items, you can group those items, you can add your name in the context menu, you can add an image in context menu, you can add your favorite application shortcut in context menu, you can enable "View" menu in context menu. Phew... There are lots of things which you can do with Desktop context menu.

So this tutorial will help you in fully customize the Desktop context menu in Windows XP. So tighten your seat belts and get ready for our journey.

The default Windows XP Desktop context menu looks as following:

and following are a few examples of the customized Desktop context menu which you'll get after following this tutorial:

So without wasting any time, lets start the tutorial:

How to Edit the Desktop Context Menu?

First question comes how will you edit the whole Desktop context menu? To edit it, you'll need Resource Hacker. If you don't know about Resource hacker, then visit this link.

To customize the Desktop context menu, we'll need to edit "%windir%\System32\Shell32.dll" file in Resource hacker. When you'll open "Shell32.dll" file in Resource hacker, you'll see various folders in left-side pane like Bitmap, Menu, String Table. Dialog, etc. We'll only need to edit "Menu" and "String Table" folders for our task.

Customizing Menu Items Text:

To change any menu item text, just replace its name to your desired name. e.g. I have changed almost all menu items names in the given screenshots, Refresh has been renamed to Reload Icons, New has been renamed to Create, Properties has been renamed to Personalize, etc.

Almost all menu items name can be changed in "Menu -> 215". So go to "215" menu in Resource Hacker and change your desired menu item text enclosed in "" and then click on "Compile Script" button. For example, To change "Refresh" to "Reload Icons":

Change following line:

MENUITEM "R&efresh", 28931, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED

To:

MENUITEM "Rel&oad Icons", 28931, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED

To change "Properties" text, you'll need to edit "Menu -> 220".

A few menu items like "Lock Web Items on Desktop", "Show Desktop Icons" and "Run Desktop Cleanup Wizard" are stored in "Menu -> 218".

To change "New" menu item's text, go to "String Table -> 1895" and in right-side pane, change text of "30315" line.

Removing Menu Items:

If you want to remove any particular menu item, then simply select its line of code and delete it and then click on "Compile Script" button. For example, if you want to delete "Refresh" from context menu, then delete following line from "Menu -> 215":

MENUITEM "R&efresh", 28931, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED

Grouping Menu Items:

You can also group menu items to save some menu space and to make it more organized. To group menu items, you'll need to add some extra code.

First add following lines of code at the place where you want to show the main group:

POPUP "Put_Group_Label", 0, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
{
}

Replace "Put_Group_Label" with any desired text which you want to show in context menu.

Now you'll need to cut paste the desired menu items code between the curly braces.

For example, as in the screenshot I have grouped "View" and "Arrange Icons as" menu items in "Icons Menu". What I did, I pasted the above mentioned code just before the "View" menu item code line and then moved the lines of "View" and "Arrange Icons as" menu items between curly braces.

Its a bit complex task and require some practice.

Adding Image in Desktop Context Menu:

To add an image in context menu, visit following tutorial:

Add an Image in Desktop/Explorer Context Menu in Windows XP

Adding Your Favorite Application Shortcut in Desktop Context Menu:

You can also add any favorite application shortcut to context menu, like Firefox, Media Player, Winamp, etc. To know about it, visit following tutorial:

Add Your Favorite Program Shortcut in Desktop Context Menu in Windows XP

Enable "View" Menu in Desktop Context Menu:

"View" menu is not present in Desktop context menu. After applying following tutorial you'll be able to get "View" menu in Desktop context menu just like Windows Vista:

How to enable VIEW Menu on Desktop in Windows XP

Add Your Name or Any Desired String in Desktop Context Menu:

As you can see in the screenshot, I have put my name at top in context menu. You can also do the same with the help of following tutorial:

How to Add Your Name in Desktop Context Menu in Windows XP?

PS: If you face problems while changing the menu items text, grouping them, enabling view menu, etc, then you can use my ready-made code for it.

Just copy following code and replace the existing code in "Menu -> 215" with this new code. Click on "Compile Script" button and you'll get almost the same look as shown in screenshot. Now you can change the text, etc easily:

215 MENUEX
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
{
POPUP "", 0, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
{
MENUITEM "!*~.VISHAL.~*!", 33333, MFT_STRING, MFS_GRAYED | MFS_DEFAULT
POPUP "&Icons Menu", 1, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
{
POPUP "&Show Icons As", 0, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
{
MENUITEM "Filmstri&p", 28719, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "T&humbnails", 28717, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "Tile&s", 28718, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "Ico&ns", 28713, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "&List", 28715, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "&Details", 28716, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
}
POPUP "Sort &Icons By", 28673, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
{
MENUITEM "", 30208, MFT_SEPARATOR, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "Show in &Groups", 30209, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "&Auto Arrange", 28753, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "A&lign to Grid", 28756, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
}
}
POPUP "&Clipboard Menu", 1, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
{
MENUITEM "&Paste", 28698, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "Paste &Shortcut", 28700, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "&Undo", 28699, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
}
MENUITEM "Rel&oad Icons", 28931, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "Media Player", 28785, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "", 65535, MFT_SEPARATOR, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "Customize This &Folder...", 28722, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
MENUITEM "", 65535, MFT_SEPARATOR, MFS_ENABLED
}
}

NOTE: If you face problems while saving the file after editing in resource hacker, then make sure you have disabled WFP (Windows File Protection) service using WFP Patcher, it can be found in our “Download” section.

Also if you are getting error “Can’t create file…“, that means you have edited and saved the same file recently and there is a backup file which needs to be deleted before saving the file again. Go to the "System32" folder and you’ll see a file “Shell32_original.dll”. Delete it and try to save the file again.

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Add-on automatically save and recover lost form data in for Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari

2011-09-19T14:28:00.000-07:00

Many times we are an online form, fill out our comment types in a Web site banner near or putting together an email to our friend/family member and suddenly the browser crashes or we click the close button or back by accident. BOOM! All data will be lost.

You ever find yourself in the same State? It often happens with all of us and we have no other choice except to retype the entire data.

To make your life easier, we today to share 2 Mozilla Firefox excellent Add-ons for (one of Google Chrome them also works in Safari and web browsers) which automatically save data from forms and text area and help you recover the lost data.

Lazarus: Form RecoveryTextarea Cache

Lazarus: Form Recovery

Using Lazarus, you can recover lost forms with a single click. Lazarus automagically are encrypted and any save form as you type. If the submission failed or if you forget to send the computer or your browser crashes, you can restore back to the page and the form data you originally entered.

Lazarus works with WYSIWYG editors AJAXified, rich text boxes, and shapes. It also comes with RSA and AES hybrid encryption, so your data is safer than ever.

Lazarus comes in 2 versions: version 2.0 and version 3.0. Version 2.0 is available only for Mozilla Firefox whereas version 3.0 also available for the Google Chrome and Safari browsers.

Version 3.0 is currently in beta testing and its featureset is not quite as complete as that of Lazarus 2.0 (no search lazarus functionality, does not work on WYSIWYG textboxes) but it should be a bit more stable.

Download Link

Textarea Cache

Are a very lightweight extension and saves only the content in textarea or WYSIWYG editor. User can recover the stored in the cache window texts, even the tab or window may close unexpectedly.

Once installed, an icon in the status bar when the text is stored in the cache. Click the icon the cache window opens.

You can also use the Textarea Cache button in toolbar to Firefox to quickly open the advanced settings or the cache window open.

If you want to retain stored in the cache longer texts, you can do as follows:

About: config Type in addressbar extensions.tacache.clearCache EnterNow and press the 1 extensions.tacache.restartClearInMin set to Set -1 extensions.tacache.maxTextSaved to Set to a larger number of (this is the size of the cache, use carefully)

The texts will now be kept in the cache, stored unless it is full.

Download Link

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Free download 6 months license of Avira Premium Security Suite 10

2011-09-19T10:17:00.000-07:00

Avira is one of the best and most popular free anti-virus and security suite available on the Internet.

avira Premium Security Suite is all round protection for you and your family. Are essential if you:

The cost generally $ 31.59 but you can now genuine 6 month license absolutely free.

Avira i.c.w. Computer Shopper magazine provides 180 days license of Avira Premium Security Suite absolutely for free.

You just need to follow these simple steps to obtain your license key:

1. go to following link:

Get free 6 months license of Avira Premium Security Suite

2. enter your name, email, country name and security code and click "request license now" button.

3. The immediately send an email in your Inbox containing a link that will offer you your free license code and download link to grab the setup file.

You can also open the same page by clicking on the button 'license summary' present on the screen that is displayed when you view the data by using step 2.

So now you can enjoy the excellent security suite free for 6 months.

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Download free password recovery Tools for Windows, Dialup, Messengers, emails, Browsers

2011-09-19T06:52:00.000-07:00

Often we need to reset or recover passwords of our email accounts, instant messengers, dial-up connection, Wi-Fi, network shares, routers, Outlook PST files, etc.

In this case "Password Recovery Tools" to help you.

"Password Recovery Tools" is a collection of free and portable utilities created by "NirSoft", which allows you to easily view the passwords of above mentioned Windows-based programs and many other programs.

These tools pack contains the following password recovery tools:

Messenpass Mail PassViewIE PassViewProtected storage PassViewDialupassBulletsPassViewNetwork password RecoverySniffPass password SnifferRouterPassViewPstPasswordPasswordFoxChromePassWebBrowserPassViewPasswordFoxWirelessKeyViewRemote Desktop PassViewVNCPassViewPocketAsteriskRemotePocketAsterisk

This pack comes in both Installer and portable version. The installation program automatically copies all the files in the installation folder that you select, and a start menu folder with shortcuts to all installed tools and help files creates. The uninstaller removes all files, including the configuration files (cfg) of each tool.

The portable version does not need to install. Unpack the downloaded ZIP file and you're ready to run .exe files of different password recovery tools.

You can use following Links to download:

Password Recovery Tools for Windows download (Installer EXE)

Password Recovery Tools for Windows download (Portable ZIP)

Note: Some antivirus power the infected with virus/Trojan detection. There is no need to worry if its a false positive. This software is absolutely safe to use.

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How to completely remove/uninstall a Software program in Windows without using 3rd Party Software?

2011-09-19T02:48:00.000-07:00

In general all computer users to install various software programs regularly. Sometimes they keep them and sometimes they decide to remove them.

Remove a program in Windows, we uninstall it from Control Panel, but many times the standard delete utility provided by the program does not completely remove the program. The lefts some entries in the Windows registry, some files in different folders on your hard disk drives.

These leftovers could slow down your system and it makes no sense to keep them in your system.

There are many 3rd party software such as Revo uninstaller, etc available on the Internet who claim that the complete removal of a software program in Windows, but sometimes failure also completely remove this software a software from your system.

We here at AskVG always try to the things to do today, so in this tutorial we're going to share some easy-to-use steps that you to completely remove a software program in Windows will help.

So without wasting time lets start the tutorial. We've taken Mozilla Firefox as an example in this tutorial:

We have divided this tutorial in 4 steps:

PanelDelete with control remaining in files and folders from the Windows Temp folder ProgramRemove RegistryEmpty delete keys Software

Step 1: removing the Software via the control panel

The first thing first! Remove the software using the Windows Control Panel.

Windows XP:

Open the Control Panel, double-click "Add/Remove Programs", select the name of the program and click on Uninstall button. It will delete.

Windows Vista/7:

Open Control Panel, click "programs and features", select the name of the program and click on Uninstall button.

Step 2: Delete Remaining files and folders of the program

Although you have removed the software via the Control Panel, some a few files of this program is still in system folders.

Delete those leftovers, you must place a check mark after folders:

% ProgramFiles%
% appdata%

If you have a folder with the name of the software program that you deleted using 1st step, delete.

Note: You have to type the above text in RUN or Start menu search box and press Enter. It will open the folder directly.

The Program Files folder:

Application Data Folder:

Note 2: 64-bit system users will also want to check the folder "c: Program Files (x 86)". We assume here that your Windows is installed in c: drive. If you have installed Windows in a different drive, replace c: by drive letter.

Step 3: Remove Software keys from the Windows registry

You have to be careful while after this step. Perform this step only if you are familiar with Windows registry and Registry Editor if you have used in the past.

If you uninstall a program, many times the entry in the Windows registry is not removed by the uninstaller. It can Windows registry size increase.

Completely remove the software, you must also delete the key from the Windows registry.

1. regedit Type in the start menu run or search box, and then press Enter. The Registry Editorwill open.

2. Now go to the following keys one by one:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software

64-bit system users will also want to check after extra key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node

Once you get to the above mentioned keys, find a key with the name of your non-installed software. If you find a key, delete.

Sometimes the name of the key may be based on the company name or the name so if you suspect that a developer key, fold it, and then verify that are associated with the uninstalled software program. If so, you can delete it.

PS: Make sure to take a backup before deleting anything from Windows registry so that you can restore it later if something goes wrong. Take to backup, right-click the key that you are going to delete "export" and select. It will save one..Reg file that contains the backup that key.

PS2: Expert users can also copy all of the key with the name of the non-installed software using "Ctrl + F" search and delete them. You must be very careful for it. Remove the key only if you are absolutely sure that the key was created by the non-installed software.

Step 4: empty Temp folder

Finally Temp that you can also empty folder contains temporary files and cleaning of this folder is absolutely safe.

Empty the Temp folder, type following in RUN one at a time or start menu search box, and then press Enter:

% temp%
Temp

The Temp folders will open. You can empty them. If Windows gives errors while deleting a few files, let them. These files can be used by some current software or Windows services.

That's it. After following the above steps, you will be able to completely uninstall and remove Windows a software program.

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Game booster is free with new version 3.0, one of the best Gaming Optimizer for Windows

2011-09-18T23:05:00.000-07:00

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Game Booster is an excellent Windowsgaming optimizer software for. It delivers the best gaming experience to you even if you have an old PC.

One-click to boost PC performance is not enough, Game Booster also allows you to tweak your system for top PC performance. By temporarily shutting background processes and unnecessary Windows services, cleaning RAM, and intensifying processor performance, Game Booster concentrates every little system resource for gaming only.

The good news is that Game Booster 3.0 freehas been released which is absolutely. With the release of this new version, IObit has discontinued the paid premium version. They have stopped any further development and maintenance of Game Booster Premium from now on. However, customers who purchased Game Booster Premium 2 will still be able to take advantage of free technical support.

Any users who purchased Game Booster 2 Premium in the past 30 days have the option of obtaining a full refund from IObit.

What's New in Game Booster 3.0:

New "Diagnosis" function is now available: Game Booster 3 now can analyze and generate a report which shows the weakness of your system that can effect your gaming experience.New "Boost" features: Now you can edit your own "Black list" and "whitelist" in Game Booster 3. Meanwhile, Game Booster 3 can also set the priority of the processes automatically if you check the option of "Lower process priority".Added "Game Desktop": Through some special technical methods, Game Booster 3 now is able to provide you a pure "gaming environment" that if you run games via GameBox, you don't see desktop and taskbar anymore.

Key benefits in Game Booster 3.0:

1-Click Boosting Game Performance: Game Booster v3 can easily and fast close background processes and unnecessary Windows services, to speed up you game playing and avoid possible conflicts and incompatibility. With the innovative "Enhanced 3rd parties ' services detection" technology, Game Booster v3 can automatically detect and close more unnecessary background services.Defragments Game Files: With the improved defragment engine, Game Booster v3 can quickly defragment game directories and files, to make your games load and run faster than ever.Tweak System for Top PC Performance: Game Booster v3 can tweak your PC for the ultimate system and Internet speed with a single click.

It can be installed in Windows 2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7. Both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows editions are supported.

You can download it using following link:

Download Game Booster 3.0 Free

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Get new leaked Windows 8 Metro Start ORB (start button) in Windows 7

2011-09-18T18:46:00.000-07:00

Recently we posted about an official video released by Microsoft, which has the new Windows 8file management functionality in:

Microsoft Official Video Shows enhanced file management UI (copy, move, rename, delete) in Windows 8

Our active reader noticed "MuTz777" the new Start ORB present in the demo video:

The new Start ORB has a Metro style flat Windows logo that looks great.

If you Start ORB in Windows 7the same want, here is excellent news for you., we have a Start ORB for Windows 7 users who used in Windows 8 official demo video looks.

The following is an example of this Start ORB in action:

HOW TO USE:

1. first, download the Start ORB using following link:

Download Windows 8 Start ORB for Windows 7

2. extract the downloaded ZIP file and you get the PNG file with Start ORB.

StartOrbz 3. Now you will have to apply from the Start ORB software you get via following link:

StartOrbz: create and change Windows 7 Start button easily and quickly

4. run the software, follow the instructions and click on "ORBs start import" button.

5. scroll and select the downloaded Start ORB PNG file. It will show you that the ORB has been added. Click the Apply button and it will apply the Start ORB within a second.

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Transform Windows 7 in Windows 7 without using Customization Pack

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[Video] VMlimited Man: Microsoft Pokes Fun at VMware

2011-09-18T14:06:00.000-07:00

Microsoft has released a new video, "VMlimited Man" VMware which to poke fun at a popular virtualization software company with the name released.

"Tad" that the video features for a seller wants to sell obsolete virtualization packages VMlimited company is and to customers.

This is the official description taken from the video page:

Some claim they have a cloud solution providers IT but they really offer something less. They offer no common management tools that allows you to easily manage and migrate about your private and public clouds. They allow you to not that deep in your applications. And they require licensing that costs more, the more you use.

Are you ready to move to a cloud, try a personal cloud solution from Microsoft. It was built for the future and ready now.

Following is the released video:

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Avast! Free antivirus with Anti-Spyware, anti virus released 6.0.1289

2011-09-18T09:35:00.000-07:00

"Avast!" is one of the most popular free antivirus software for Windows and now 6.0.1289 they have released a new version that comes with many new features and fixes.

Main features:

Protectionavast of the engineReal-time anti-rootkit anti virus and anti spyware! WebRepavast! ScannerAutoSandboxIntelligent ScannerSilent/CommunityIQBoot-time bit-Gaming Mode Filesystem ShieldWeb ShieldMail ShieldScript ShieldNetwork Shield64 ShieldBehavior supportHeuristics ShieldP2P shield/IM engine Code emulator Automatic processing Smart virus definition scan optimizationWake-updatesMulti-threaded up/scheduled scan

If you want to install avast! Free Anti virus in your PC, your system must meet the following requirements:

Operating systems supported

Windows 7 (each edition, 32-bit or 64-bit) Windows Vista (all Excl. Starter Edition, 32-bit or 64-bit Edition) Windows XP service pack 2 or later (each edition, 32-bit or 64-bit), Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 4

Minimum hardware requirements:

Pentium 3 Processor128 MB RAM200 MB of available hard-disk space

You can download it by using following link:

Download avast! Free Anti virus

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Download free Bootable rescue CDs of Kaspersky, AVG, Avira, BitDefender, F-Secure, Panda and Dr. Web antivirus

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Download Windows 8 Concept login screen "gloosh" for Windows 7

2011-09-18T06:17:00.000-07:00

Recently We shared Windows 8 concept boot screen for Windows 7 users:

Download new Windows 8 Concept Boot screen for Windows 7

Now the turn of the login screen (welcome screen). Today we are going to share Windows 8 concept logon for Windows 7 users.

"Gloosh" login screen is made from AskVG DA grouppegelMember "" after being inspired by a concept of Windows 8 found on the Internet.

This login screen features Windows 8 Metro UI along with some cool animations that looks really great.

The following is an example of this login screen in action:

This login screen supports both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7 editions and you'll need to a file system to be able to enjoy to replace it.

PROCEDURE DESCRIPTION INSTRUCTIONS:

1. first file after download:

Download Windows 8 Concept login screen for Windows 7

2. Now go to "c: Windows System32" folder and take ownership of authui .dll file. To take ownership, can help you take the following tutorial:

PS: We assume that you have Windows 7 installed in c: drive, if the installed in some other disk in your system, change c: \ drive letter.

3. once you have taken the ownership of the file, rename it to a different name if dll authui_bak.

4. extract the downloaded RAR file using 7-zip or WinRAR now and new authui .dll file copy in the correct folder to the folder "c: Windows System32".

5. that's it. Windows will start with the new file and you will enjoy the new login screen.

6. if you also change the login screen background similar to the above example, you can help from any Windows 7 login screen change software listed in the following topic:

Ultimate Collection of the best free Tools for customizing Windows 7 login screen

We have after image used as our login screen background in the above example:

New wallpaper found in latest Windows 7 Milestone 3 Build download

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