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Microsoft Announces Windows Azure Media Services
[2012-05-08] Microsoft definitely needs to give its cloud network - Windows Azure - a kick in the pants. If it wants to compete with the likes of Google's and other cloud businesses, it's going to have to step up its game. Microsoft announced its solution this morning - Windows Azure Media Services.

Upgrade Options For Windows XP Users
[2012-04-17] It's been almost 11 years since the launch of Windows XP in October of 2001. The operating system is getting on in years and Microsoft has done their best to get people to upgrade. Unfortunately, its successor, Windows Vista, did little in the way of making people upgrade. In fact, there were probably a lot of users who downgraded from Vista after all of its problems became more known. Those users should probably start looking into getting an upgrade because your operating system of choice may soon be a hive of exploits and botnets.

Change Window Border Color In Windows 7?
[2012-03-29] I don't want to change my theme, I like my background picture, and I don't want weird buttons or widgets all over my desktop. I just want to change my window frames from boring grey to pink or orange or some other cheery color. Can I do that in Windows 7 or am I stuck applying themes from Microsoft until I find one I like?

Change Default Program For Web Pages In Windows 7?
[2012-03-07] I'm a big fan of Google Chrome as a Web browser, but every time I double-click on an HTM or HTML document, it opens up in Microsoft Internet Explorer. Eewww.. How do I fix it and change the default program for this type of file or content, Dave?

Create new user account on Windows 7?
[2012-02-21] I'm going to be loaning my Windows PC laptop to my brother but don't want him to mess with all my files. I know that Windows 7 supports multiple user accounts because I obviously log in to get to my own. How do I add a new account for him to use?

How can I change my Windows PC computer name?
[2012-02-09] Just inherited a computer from my Dad and it's very nice, except it has a generic WINPC computer name. I want to change it to something a bit more memorable. How can I easily change the name of my Windows 7 laptop PC?


Change what program manages iPhone photos on Windows 7?
[2012-01-20] When I plug in my iPhone 4s into my Dell Windows 7 laptop, it automatically imports all the photos and videos into Windows Live Photo Gallery. It's driving me crazy! I don't want to use this particular program for managing my photos! How can I change it or, better, have Win7 simply ask me what to do when I hook up my iPhone?



Is Touch The Future of Computing?
[2011-12-30] In today's world, many of us interact with our computers using external input devices, such as the keyboard and mouse that have been commonplace ever since the dawn of personal computing. In the not-too distant future, these external input devices, that we depend so much on with computers today, may not be needed with the direction that computing is headed. The idea of touch-based technology may dominate the computing world soon enough.

MS Office Coming Soon To An iPad Near You
[2011-12-01] One of the great software packages that many people run on Microsoft Windows is the Microsoft Office package. This software package took over from Microsoft Works, providing consumers various tools to accomplish computer-based and online tasks, such as: word processing (Word), spreadsheets (Excel), database management (Access), and visual presentations (PowerPoint). This software quickly became popular and made the office and educational environment more efficient with these easy-to-use packages.

The Various Pointer Options of Windows XP
[2011-11-11] In Microsoft Windows (or any other graphical user interface), the mouse is the best (and easiest) input device for navigating around the various windows and menus within your operating system. With this in mind, there are various ways to customize how your mouse operates and functions so that you can gain a better Windows experience.

Achieve Better Productivity On The Road With Windows Applications
[2011-10-20] Do you perform your business duties and ventures "on the go"? Do you spend more time on the road rather than in the office? Do you travel with a laptop always looking for wifi hotspots? If so, then the truck that I will elaborate on in this article is just for you.

Create a Screen Saver Using Your Photos
[2011-10-04] In this age of technology, many people are taking photos of their friends and family from the various events they have attended, and sharing them with these people by uploading them to various social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. You can also share the pictures you take on your computer's screen saver, and in this tutorial, I will show you how you can make your screen saver a photo album.

Upgrade my virtual machine for VMware Fusion 4?
[2011-09-21] I've just upgraded from VMware Fusion 3 to the latest 4.0 release since I'm running Lion and the company says it's a lot faster, but now it's complaining that Windows 7 is out of date and needs to be updated? What's going on and how do I fix it?

Windows XP Celebrates Ten Successful Years
[2011-09-08] A few weeks ago on August 24th, 2011, the well-known and still widely used operating system of Windows XP (short for eXPerience) celebrated its 10-year anniversary. According to Engadget, Windows XP is still widely used among consumers and businesses alike, and it is also a common choice of operating systems for computers that are being released today. Engadget also states that this distribution from Microsoft still holds 74 percent of the workplace marketshare.

How to Create a Screen Shot in Windows
[2011-08-16] There may be some cases where you will need to create a screen shot of the window(s) that you currently have open, whether it is for a customer support representative to better diagnose a technical problem with your computer or to create a snapshot of what is happening on your computer just in case the situation you are in does not happen again. All of the common versions of Microsoft Windows (95, 98, 2000, XP, Vista, and 7) provide ways to easily capture and save a screen shot so that you have a visual document of the current state of your operating system.

Helpful Windows Shortcuts For InfoTech Admins
[2011-08-04] The Windows operating system is a clean and easy system to navigate around in. Menus at the top of your application windows, icons to folders and applications on the Desktop, and smaller icons within the System Tray make accessing your programs easier and give Windows a more user-friendly experience. Along with these easy-to-use shortcuts that can be performed with your mouse, I would like to highlight some of the commonly used keyboard shortcuts that can better your Windows experience.

Kinect Now "Connects" to Windows
[2011-07-14] One of the biggest revolutions in the gaming industry (as well as the technology industry in general) is the Kinect for the well-known gaming system Xbox 360. The Kinect changed the gaming world by releasing a component for the Xbox 360 by enabling users to interact with the game they are currently using without using any handheld controllers. This gives the user/player more freedom and better controls their character/avatar/entity on the specific game that the user is playing. Just think: What if this technology was brought into everyday computing functions? Well, that dream is now reality.

Easier way to take Windows screen captures: Snippet Tool
[2011-06-30] A while back you wrote about how to use the PrtScrn and MS Paint to capture or grab screen images in Microsoft Windows [ed: link added], but there's an easier way, Dave, a utility included in Windows 7 called Snippet Tool. You should definitely check it out and share it with everyone!

Touching Windows 8
[2011-06-09] If you have an interest in PC software and, in particular, operating systems, you'll probably remember the milestones in each consumer release of  Microsoft Windows. You may have fond memories of some versions, eg,  Windows XP. Others, like  Windows Me, might bring back some hostile thoughts.

A Look into Windows' Accessibility Tools
[2011-05-26] Many people in today's population use Microsoft Windows without a hitch; however, there are many people out there who need a little extra help navigating through this quality operating system. Whether a person needs more visual aids around Windows or more audio assisting, Microsoft Windows provides its users with various tools so that they can get the best and most out of this product.

Will We See 'Microsoft Skype' Soon?
[2011-05-12] On Tuesday, May 10, 2010, the software giant Microsoft announced a deal that they would be buying the large communication software Skype, which is a commonly used for face-to-face interaction. Skype was originally owned by an investment company called Silver Lake, and, as of this week, Microsoft now owns this quality communication software.

Windows 8 Build Leaks! Oops?
[2011-04-28] It seems like only yesterday when the latest version of Windows (Windows 7) was released, covering up the various flaws that Vista included. You will see that computers on the market now come with a mandatory version of Windows 7, instead of having the choice of either Windows XP or Windows 7, because Windows 7 is now starting to become a dominant operating system within the PC world. This will help to start eradicating Windows XP, because software manufacturers are beginning to lessen the amount of support they provide for Windows XP drivers.

Unix/Linux Commands That You Can Run In DOS
[2011-04-14] If you have been a long time Windows user, you would remember that prior to the Windows 9x boom, there was Windows 3.1, which primarily ran through MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System), now commonly known as the "Command Prompt."

Firefox Users: Version 4 is Now Available!
[2011-03-31] Last week, Mozilla released its latest release of its Firefox web browser (version 4), and there are many new features included with this new release, such as a new cosmetic appearance, along with new ways that you can interact with the pages that you visit on the Internet.

Enabling and Disabling AutoPlay in Windows XP
[2011-03-17] One of the unique and interesting features for external media in Windows XP is the feature of AutoPlay. These features in Windows XP allow the user to automatically run a specific program or event whenever they insert or load a specific device into your computer, such as a CD-ROM disk, or a USB jump drive.


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