One thing I don’t like about Windows 7 or Vista is their habit of changing the Shutdown or Sleep button into an “Install Updates and then Shut Down computer” button when any pending Windows...
Microsoft has recently published an article detailing steps required to disable or remove the Browser Ballot (or Browser Choice) screen. Starting this March, the Browser Choice screen began displaying on Windows machines for European customers....
Suppose you want to “super-quickly” login to Windows 7 and don’t want to wait for the start-up applications to load first. You don’t have to be geek to do that! It seems like Microsoft...
Microsoft security updates of last month have caused some controversy over a patch that was first thought to cause blue screen (BSOD) on some computers. It was later found that the said patch was...
Whenever you work, you often open several applications. Now suppose, you have to go somewhere and you are in a hurry. To shutdown Windows, you have to first close each applications individually, which is...
We recently talked about Windows 7 Orb Changer, which helps you to easily customize Windows 7 Start Orb. Now, we found StartOrbz, another portable freeware utility created by Blizo (at deviantART). This app allows you to...
File associations in Windows can get jeopardized either due to a corrupted registry or a malicious virus attack. The latter can also cause further problems like disabled system tools and file associations so that...
Microsoft Windows 7 RC testers knows very well that the RC version is expiring in March, 2010. They have to now upgrade to the RTM/final retail version of Windows 7 to continue. If you have...
We have covered the news about “Microsoft to Release Windows Activation Technologies (WAT) Update for Windows 7” earlier. This has been apparently made available as a knowledge base article that links to the update...
Microsoft will be releasing “Windows Activation Technologies (WAT) Update for Windows 7“. As the name suggests, it is an update for WAT, the built-in activation and validation components present in Windows 7. This new update...