Customize Windows 7
Something I’ve always liked Windows, is the ease with which we can change the look of the operating system. What initially grew in popularity, born of a need in the days of Windows XP (come on, who endured the awful initial appearance?) for those who did not conform to the classic theme of the days of Windows 95 / 98, is now force.
Windows 7 is still looking good until today, with intelligent changes made ??to the default theme (use icons instead of text at the bar, merge the “quick launch”, with the bar of applications, among other things). But that does not mean, of course, we have to limit the customization only color transparencies and used wallpaper.
So today we will see a compilation of existing items to personalize Windows 7. Since Windows 7 themes, applications to change the “Orb”, or home button, to add useful applications panels (giving more and consume less resources than gadgets), this article will be the basis for customizing go the look of Windows 7.
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Themes for Windows 7 – Periodically, we give out the best themes available for Windows 7. So in that link, you will find all articles written about it. Most likely, they find one they like.
Install issues with UXStyle unofficial (and the video tutorial ) – Besides the official themes provided by Microsoft , we can also install themes “unofficial”, which change much more than the color of the bar and windows and wallpaper. These issues can change the look of Windows almost completely. And to do? They need an application like UXStyle. In the links above you will find how to install this application step by step, and a useful video tutorial you can follow.
Enable Aero in Windows 7 Home and Starter – The majority of issues we need to Aero. If you have Windows 7 Home and Starter, Aero is disabled. Here’s how to activate it.
Themes for Windows 7 Home and Starter – Do not have a video card powerful enough to run Aero? Here themes that work with Windows 7 Home Basic and.
I recently saw an excellent Miaplacidus, called Start Button Changer, which allows us to change the start button simply and quickly.
The Orb default Windows 7 looks good, but if you got tired of seeing it shine, why not change it for something different?
Download microsoft windows 7 beta build
First impressions Microsoft windows 7 beta build
Although there is still almost a year for the commercial launch of Windows 7, the new operating system Microsoft is creating a buzz among all professionals in the computer systems administration .
It offers a working environment tailored to what the user demands.
Increased speed, robustness and compatibility.
Increased speed of system start up, shutdown and hibernate it.
Optimization of memory performance.
Lower power consumption (ideal for laptops notebooks novel).
Best usability and document management applications.
Improved navigation, new task bar and accessible interface.
Integrated Software for touch screens.
According to statements from Microsoft, windows 7 performance will be functional with the features of reliability and safety that people expect, and is also designed to be compatible with the same hardware, software and peripheral devices used by their predecessors Windows Vista and Windows XP .
We will have to be alert to changes that will suffer Windows 7 to the commercial appearance of it.
New in Windows 7
Continuing the previous article What’s new Windows 7, here try other developments highlighted in this new OS from Microsoft.
In regard to Gadgets in Windows Vista appeared next Derec ho called Desktop Sidebar on the toolbar in Windows 7 is no longer needed this bar, because the gadgets appear individually and you can move and place in any area of the screen. In fact when installing Windows 7 is not any Gadgets on the Desktop, but you can go to Control Panel and then locate the icon on the Desktop Gadgets, give him double-click in the next window and you will see that you can put Gadgets on the desktop with only to double-click each of them . You can place the Calendar, Weather, Clock, there is a very interesting puzzle among others.
In Windows 7 Start Menu disappear Recent Documents in Windows XP that we now what we have in the left column of the Start Menu is the name of the program of the documents we have been working, be it Microsoft Office Word, Microsoft Office Excel, and by placing the mouse pointer over the name of the application, appear to the right documents previously used, with one click you can open them immediately.
Another great new feature of Windows 7 is to be able to access the latest jobs we have been implementing a very easy way. If you like the minimized windows Control Panel, or a Word document and give right-click on the icon located on the Taskbar, you obserbar in the case of a series of Word documents, or if the Control Panel, a list of tasks or options that have worked previously and with just one click you want, the trendrás on your desktop immediately. You can even Pin this program to the taskbar, just click on that option.
In other words if you want to put the icon for a particular application in the taskbar, just open the program and minimize it, then apply the right mouse button on the icon and click Pin this program to the taskbar and if wanted to remove the icon from the Taskbar, you have to give back and this time Right click Unpin this program from taskbar.
Frankly I’m amazed at so much innovation in Windows 7, if you’re so grateful you let me your comment and be happy, personally I will be responding.
Free MoneySupermarket Car Insurance Comparison App
It feels as though there is an app for everything nowadays but up until now the price comparison market has had a rather lacklustre presence.
This is no longer the case, as you can now compare car insurance quotes on the move as well thanks to UK based price comparison company MoneySupermarket.com.
The app, which can be downloaded for free from either the MoneySupermarket website or iTunes, compares quotes available through over 100 different car insurance companies in just three clicks; saving motorists a significant amount of time each year whenever their renewals are due. The company claims that the average motorist would shave £375 off the cost of their premiums by utilising the app.
MoneySupermarket teamed up with award winning mobile communications firm Mobile Interactive Group (MIG) to develop the app which is available free of charge to all iPhone or iPad owners.
Although Apple products currently hold most of the market share, it is rumoured that a version of the app which is compatible with android phones will be launched at some point over the course of 2012. We would therefore advise android phone owners to keep their eyes peeled on developments if they are keen on getting their hands on this nifty piece of software which won The Guardian’s Consumer App of the Week award upon its launch.
Farewell to HP Slate
Clearly our present is very far from what happened a few years ago in the world of operating systems. Everything changes, everything changes, and mentioned industry is not without it.
You’ve been through, in a very short time, a Attn centralized ion laptop PCs and a growing importance in the world of mobile and also that of the tablets, which is the focus of much of the innovation.
Two new news we’d like to share here. On the one hand we find the decision not to market HP HP Slate, which was to bring Windows 7, and secondly we have the announcement of a new version of webOS 2.0 by the end of the year. But let’s go step by step …
On Slate, HP has decided that only versions will be launched to corporate companies and other institutions, so that the average consumer, that we most of us, you can not get to try this new tablet that has raised so many expectations. Rather than the cancellation of the device itself, this is important because another product that would take Windows (W7 Home Premium) has been discarded.
Would not be surprising, given the circumstances, that the announcement by Jon Rubinstein that we will have a new version of webOS 2.0, the operating system created by Plam in recent years is related to their inclusion in future HP products mobile and tablets.
What we can also wonder what future is some modification of tablets include Windows 7 operating system. Dell, LG, Acer and Asus have already said they are thrown by Android for most of its products, and now HP cancels one of the products had generated more buzz in the last CES. Now we’ll see if Microsoft changes its strategy and how it addresses, again, the entry into these devices.
10 tips for using Windows 7
Windows 7 was released in late 2009 and today, many users already have Windows 7 installed on their computers.
1. Its programs will be faster
may have noticed that the taskbar Windows 7 (the bottom bar of the screen) is much larger than the last. But it is also easier to use. You can simply drag the program to the bar to keep on hand, you can add the ones you use most often. Click on the icon of the program you want, hold the left mouse button and move the mouse to the taskbar. Note: You can drag the toolbar anywhere on your desktop, for example, the left or right or top of your screen. Something very useful for widescreen monitors. 2. New games Windows 7 has 3 new games: Internet Backgammon, Checkers of internet , and Swords Internet . These games can play against other people via Internet . If the opponent while playing automatically removed will be replaced by the computer. 3. Shake the window This is new in Windows 7: By shaking the active window all the programs that are active will be positioned on the task bar. The quick shortcut is Windows key + Home key.
4. Movements of windows
you can have several programs open at once. Drag a window to the left of the screen and automatically usher in the middle of the screen. Drag another window on the right and this will fit in the other half of the screen. It is very easy to maximize a window from the top of the screen by dragging left or right. The hotkey for this Confucian is Windows key + left arrow key or Windows key + down arrow or right. This will make the window fits on either side of your screen.
5. Easy access to desktop
What is this mysterious transparent button below the screen (located right below)? Click once on it and see that all windows are minimized to the taskbar and you have your desktop clean without any software to view. If you do it again by clicking the windows back to their original position.
6. Organizing the library folders in
the Library folder in Windows 7 is new. In libraries can be placed and create new folders. You can put all the folders you want in Libraries. To create a library in Windows Explorer, click Libraries> Library News. Then add a directory to the new library by clicking the record button a folder. 7. Paint “improved” The painting and drawing program has improved considerably, it has more tools and is easier to edit images. Now the images are no longer saved in BMP, PNG if not. 8. Calculator The calculator has been extended. For example, there is a statistical way, and now you can convert units. For example, one can calculate the average fuel consumption. 9. Run XP programs Want to use an old program that is not suitable for Windows 7? You can download more help from the Microsoft website. For more information, visit the Microsoft Web site. 10. New magnifying glass magnifying glass in the Windows 7 looks much more like a real magnifying glass.
Windows Service Pack 1
Since yesterday is available on the web the new update, the only far-from Windows 7. Many users were waiting for this story because, as mentioned, so far there was no official release from the people of Microsoft Windows for the last of their systems operating acquire certain aggiornamiento.
But not all rosy. We will see why, before we say some key issues. The news had been raised by Michael Kleef on 10 February. This Windows Product Manager had said precisely that this update, called Service Pack 1 of Windows 7, was already in its final phase, ie RTM (the code is already completed no longer needs the developers any finishing touch). What Kleef was also commented that SP1 would be available via Windows Update.
But, it is important to know that all the innovations of SP1 (which also function as radical innovations to the extent that many of the updates were already available on Windows Update, but now they are packed in a unit that makes things easier) are routed to Windows Server 2008 R2.
But what are these new? The main ones are two: Dynamic Memory and RemoteFX functions. Both optimize the Windows Server virtualization. Upgrades vary in size from 260 to 330 MB. It is also important to know that while it is free to download this update, you must register for the purpose of having an official key.
News of the upcoming Windows
Much has been made ??from “involuntary” filtering program roadmap purpose of developing a new version of operating system Microsoft, Windows. Some have labeled him as a name and everything. No one would be more to Windows 7, if not, however, before a Windows 8. Others question whether this nuva desktop version, that is “normal” and say that what you are talking about is more a new version of the Microsoft operating system for tablets. The truth is that we have no assurance so far, and everything you say will be speculation.
Clearly we can not not be so naive and think that the leaks of information are “involuntary” to one who knows even a little Windows market strategies as a phenomenon that is occurring today will not find it strange at all, giving some credence and validity to the rumors and comments that “leak” through the web.
So try to make clear what are the basic lines of these rumors, and so far we have no statement “official”.
In principle, the fundamental news is that it is quite possible that in the middle of this year (2011) Microsoft is introducing its new version of Windows. It is estimated that it could be in September, then it will be conducting the Professional Developers Conference. What are the reasons that indicate it would not be so likely to happen? The economic, indeed. As Windows 7 is selling very well, has had a great reception from users, which would make inexplicable the birth of a new operating system version.
Enterprise Linux
Today you can do much more with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux is an ideal business platform for a wide range of applications of IT infrastructure. The latest release, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, represents a new standard for Red Hat offers greater flexibility, efficiency and control. Works on a wide range of hardware architectures and cloud hypervisor. Corporations and agencies that standardize on Red Hat Enterprise Linux is able to focus on developing their business, knowing that they have a platform that offers much more than they need.
More reliable. You will have fewer worries if you choose Red Hat instead of Microsoft Windows.
Over the past seven years, the survey on the value they bring manufacturers conducted by CIO Insight magazine has revealed that senior managers place the computer technology as Red Hat at the top of the list of software vendors. Red Hat Enterprise Linux offers increased uptime that Microsoft, and the ability to install patches faster than Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008 reduces downtime, allowing you to devote his time to more strategic IT tasks. Our global team and innovative approach to engineering result in a stable operating system platform supports every version up to ten years.
Red Hat offers some of the latest industry innovations.
In the same survey on the value of manufacturers, these senior managers evaluated at Red Hat as one of the most reliable software vendors. We offer high quality products, we meet our commitments and respond to the needs of our customers. Red Hat provides uniformly superior customer experience. Read the rest of this entry »
Google Chrome OS, the new Google operating system
In mid 2009, Google promised that his operating system Chrome OS would be completed by fall 2010. During this year and a half its mobile OS, Android , has proven to be able to compete in this new field. Is the deadline marked. Will they make time to launch?
The latest rumors indicate that yes, or at least soon know all. Google has already officially Release Candidate status to Chrome OS and unofficially has leaked the November 11 date for a possible launch. That day would have been designated by a developer of the company in an open issue in the internal forum Chromium.
Google Chrome OS is an operating system that is unlike any other because it is based on the cloud through the “chromoting”, something like a remote desktop application to access computer applications through the browser. This peculiarity, which makes it extremely lightweight and fast, requires to be permanently connected to the network to function. Read the rest of this entry »