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Setup Outlook with Windows 7

2010-11-27T20:05:00.002+08:00

Here are some screen shots that I took. Hope it will help out. I am using Gmail account because they have Pop mail servers available.

Following screen below is when you click on More Settings.

Put a check mark on "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication"

and put the radion button on "Use same settings as my incoming mail server"

Incoming server POP3 is 995; Outgoing server SMTP is 587 and make sure you put a check mark on "Leave a copy of messages on the server" so that you still have a copy on on your webmail.

windows 7 drivers

2010-11-27T07:24:00.001+08:00

Hardware drivers has been a pain in the past during the legacy OS specially if you have a separate video card and some devices like printer. We usually install the software that came with out device CD which contains the driver for our hardware device, well not anymore in windows 7.

Windows 7 came with native drivers inside the installer disc which came with a 32bit and 64bit. What windows 7 did just in case no drivers where found is they compiled all the drivers of known NIC or Network Interface Card embed on the disc so once installed, it can automatically connect to the Internet. Why is that so?

Previous OS or legacy OS have this automatic search drivers online which was not that reliable before but windows 7 made it useful.

2010-11-27T06:51:00.001+08:00

windows 7 upgrade? why would you while your current operating system is running perfectly fine?

Well, let me give you a brief orientation on what to look up to with upgrading to windows 7.

Full glass effect of the windows 7 environment. Much faster than vista or what most people describe it as a combination of windows XP and windows vista. Those are only few of the features and reasons to do windows 7 upgrade.

Windows 7 family pack

2010-11-26T13:35:00.001+08:00

A lot of people is interested with Windows 7 Family Pack; a single purchase Windows 7 package which includes 3 licenses. However, it is available with the Home Premium edition of Windows 7 only. And it comes in Upgrade version, not in full retail. Upgrade discs requires a legacy operating system like XP or Vista. Buying family pack can save you $200, and according to the ADS you get a FREE CISCO ROUTER.

Make sure that you meet the necessary requirements before upgrading to Windows 7 family pack, or shall we call it Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade family pack, to avoid data loss.

Windows 7 Activation

2010-11-24T01:13:00.002+08:00

Not sure if your Windows 7 is Activated? Then read…

A lot of people like me and you are already satisfied with just entering the product key after the installation of Windows Operating System. Well, think again. Why does it ask you to activate again for 30 day? Why does it tells you that you have 20 days left before automatic activation? Why does your computer went to BLACK SCREEN after you have shut it off.

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I will be explaining all of these questions for your convenient so that you don’t have to call Microsoft and ask them what happened. Let’s start of during your installation. You computer crashed and you were not able to boot to your windows or your harddrive failed and need to replace it. Those are common reasons we usually re-install our operating system. Now, during installation and before and finishes or completes, it ask you to enter your product key, then you entered your product key and went through completing installation. Windows is running for a couple of weeks and you noticed a message that you have 3 days left for activation.

We usually disregard it specially when we are busy doing our jobs. After a couple of days more your windows went to black screen? Why is that? Because you have not activated your copy of windows or you did not told Microsoft that “Hey! I got your Windows 7 installed to my computer with the GENUINE product key that I bought from you guys”. Well that pisses me off especially when I bought a GENUINE copy of windows with a GENUINE product key and the GENIUNE packing from Microsoft. Well, here they are…

Every computer has its own serial number or what we call it Hardware ID. When you installed windows to your computer, it generated an Installation ID or a combination of your hardware ID and your product key. Those are the information that Microsoft needed to have your windows activated. During your first activation of windows, it actually asked you to automatically activate online or do it later. It actually sends the Installation ID to Microsoft and tells Microsoft that this is the computer ID that I am installing Windows 7. That way, Microsoft will be able to track if this is the same computer you are installing Windows 7 or not and this is also one way of preventing piracy.

Activating your Windows 7 is just simple as 1-2-3.

Click on “Start”, right click on Computer and select Properties:

“Activation Windows” window will show after clicking “Activate Windows Now”

A message will say “Activation was successful” if the activation process was successful.

When activation was successful it should show you Windows is activated on the location where there is a 19 days left before automatic activation is placed and a genuine logo will appear at the right side.

Windows 7 Installer with All Editions available

2010-11-22T15:19:00.004+08:00

Windows 7 Starter
Windows 7 Home Basic
Windows 7 Home Premium
Windows 7 Professional
Windows 7 Ultimate

Windows 7 retail and upgrade installation discs are designed to particularly install a specific edition of Windows 7. A consumer who wishes to upgrade to Windows 7 can only upgrade to that edition written in the installation disc. Setup no longer asks the user which edition he wants to install. Lots of enthusiasts search the web on how to create an installation disc where all editions and architecture (32bit and 64bit) are available during setup.

Is it really possible to create one?

Yes. There a few simple steps to create a universal installation disc. Deleting ei.cfg from the installation disc does the trick. Although this part is a bit tricky and risky. The installer required on this method is the ISO file. One way to do this is to unpack the ISO file to your computer hard drive, delete the ei.cfg file then repack to ISO file again. And that is the tricky part. However, Windows 7 buffs made it simple for us. They designed a file automation program that will automatically inject the process to an ISO file without unpacking the whole ISO file.

They call it the ei.cfg Removal Utility which can be downloaded from this link: DOWNLOAD

The ei.cfg Removal Utility does not remove the file itself; it tells the ISO file to ignore ei.cfg and displays the entire edition available. Just make sure that you will this process with precaution and make sure your battery is full.

Windows 7 Upgrade Paths

2010-11-22T15:02:00.001+08:00

Windows 7 Upgrade licenses are much cheaper than the retail licenses. So some consumers prefer to purchase Windows 7 Upgrade. However, the question is, can you in-place upgrade the existing Operating system running on your computer to Windows 7?

That’s an important thing to consider. As we know it, Windows 7 comes in several editions, and for you to in-place upgrade to a certain edition of Windows 7, your existing Operating System must have a valid upgrade path. For example, you have a Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit; you can only in-place upgrade to either Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit or Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit.

So for the benefit of the users, Microsoft shared a table of reference or the upgrade chart. It details the editions of Windows Vista and Windows 7; as well as information whether you can upgrade an edition of Windows Vista to a certain edition of Windows 7. The architecture of the software (32-bit or 64-bit) is also taken into consideration. Cross-architecture is not supported; by any operating system, not Windows only.

Noticeably, Windows XP does not have a valid upgrade path to Windows 7; hence, "Custom Install" or "Clean Install" are the only options so XP users can switch to Windows 7.

InPlace Upgrade to Windows 7; How to and the pre-requisites

2010-11-21T20:27:00.005+08:00

Windows XP Windows 7

Windows Vista Windows 7

Wouldn’t you prefer switching to Windows 7 without having to back-up your important files, re-install the programs you use, and being able to keep your computer settings? It saves time and all the hassle. You might have some programs or applications installed for you and this means trouble if you don’t have the installation disc.

Keeping them intact is possible while you switch to Windows 7 if you do in-place upgrade. The installation method would keep your files, programs or applications, and your computer settings as you run the setup. However, there are some requirements to make it possible. The current version of the OS is taken into consideration. Since there is what we call ‘upgrade paths’ to Windows 7.

Another thing is the specifications of your computer system. There are system requirements for Windows 7 to run on your computer.

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