You can change the quality of thumbnails in Windows 7 and make a custom settings. The size can be changed easily by selecting from drop down menu in the extreme right top corner; but, you have to follow a trick to change the quality of the thumbnails. Regarding size, here is a screenshot of default sized thumbnails: You can change it easily: Problem is that, when you browse a folder with lot of … [Read more...]
Windows Service Pack Blocker Tool Kit
What is Windows Service Pack Blocker Tool Kit? A blocking tool is available for organizations that would like to temporarily prevent installation of Service Pack updates through Windows Update. What is its use? A blocking tool is available for organizations that would like to temporarily prevent installation of Service Pack updates through Windows Update. This tool can be used with: Windows 7 … [Read more...]
Take the Risk Out of Building Private Clouds with HP and Microsoft
The big announcement from TechEd 2010 Europe was that Microsoft had partnered with a group of hardware partners representing more than 80% of the hardware market in order to democratize private Clouds. While in Berlin earlier this week I had the opportunity to get insight into the partnership between HP and Microsoft over Hyper-V Cloud which resulted in offerings such as the HP CloudStart for … [Read more...]
Microsoft not amused by open source Kinect drivers
DIY hardware company Adafruit Industries recently offered a $3,000 bounty to encourage the development of open source drivers for Microsoft's Kinect motion control camera. Developer Hector Martin claimed the prize this week and has published his source code under the terms of the GPL in a public git repository. Martin's implementation includes code for initializing the camera, capturing live … [Read more...]
Windows 8 Could Feature Cloud Backup via Windows Azure
The next major iteration of Windows could feature an entirely different level of backup leveraging Cloud computing. At least this is hinted into a job post from Microsoft which discusses a possible connection between Windows 8 or Windows vNext, and Windows Azure. Although the details for what could end up being Windows Azure-based Windows 8 storage come from Microsoft, fact is that the … [Read more...]
Windows 8 in 2012
Microsoft has purged all mentions of Windows 8 from a company site in the Netherlands which revealed that the next major iteration of Windows is right on track for availability in 2012. After confirming officially, but inadvertently, that the successor of Windows 7 is only a couple of years away, the software giant managed to easily go back to its traditional silence related to upcoming Windows … [Read more...]
Recover data from old scratched CD or DVD
This a technique to recover data from damaged or scratched disks. Here we follow a special method of how to create a full working CD or DVD from the scratched one. First some tools will be needed: 1. Alcohol 120% or similar disk burning software 2. Dry soft Facial tissue paper (or something like that). 3. Small piece of cotton 4. Light cooking oil (yes!) Step 1 : Preparing the CD Get the … [Read more...]
All types Customization Softwares for your Windows
Hi Friends, Welcome... I am here for some knowledge to give you on your Windows Customization These Softwares are provided by Stardock Corporation. 1). Bootskin Stardock BootSkin is a program that allows users to change their Windows boot screens. Unlike other programs that can change the Windows boot screens, BootSkin does so in a safe manner. It doesn't patch the Windows kernel. Nor does it … [Read more...]
Windows 8 (Windows vNext) Riskiest Product Bet for Microsoft
Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer is considering the next version of Windows as the riskiest product bet by the Redmond company, according to a Mary-Jo Foley report. Windows 8, or Windows vNext as Microsoft would prefer it, is for the most part a great unknown. In the post-Longhorn/Vista era, the software giant is extremely careful with the details it shares about Windows operating … [Read more...]
Installation and uninstallation of programs in Windows 7
I am writing a basic tutorial for the beginners on how to install and uninstall softwares in Microsoft Windows 7 . How to install any software in Windows 7 Generally, the installation file have .exe extensions ; but in Windows 7, you can not see the extension by default. However, installer file can be of other extensions too (like *.msi). Obviously, you need to have an installation file to … [Read more...]
Microsoft Is Superior to Google : Steve Ballmer
Microsoft Is Superior to Google, Says Steve Ballmer Talking about the Cloud The rivalry between Microsoft and Google has only accentuated in the past years, with the software company climbing into the Cloud and expanding its territory on the search market, and with the search giant producing operating systems to compete with Windows client and Windows mobile platforms. Microsoft Chief Executive … [Read more...]