Archive: ‘Windows’ Category

32 or 64 Bit: What Makes the Difference?

Windows December 5th, 2010

In recent times, the 64 bit architecture gets more and more important. What is common for 32 and 64 bit, what do you have to pay attention to?

Start Task Manager faster with your mouse

Windows December 5th, 2010

There are many ways to open the Task Manager. You like using the mouse? Opening Task Manager without your keyboard is possible too.

How-to: Change your Windows 7 logon screen

Appearance, Windows 7 November 28th, 2010

No matter which desktop background you set in Windows 7: while starting, you will always see the blue default background. You want to style this background as well? Here are the necessary steps to customize the Windows logon screen.

How-to: Block Windows 7 SP1 from installing

Windows 7 November 12th, 2010

Microsoft has provided the Windows Service Pack Blocker Tool for Administrators. With this tool, you can block Windows 7 Service Pack 1 from getting installed automatically through Windows Update.

Windows 8 in about 2 years, says MS NL

Windows 8 October 25th, 2010

Dutch Microsoft managers have talked about the Windows 8 roadmap. They also mentioned details about the release of Windows 7 Service Pack 1.

How-to: Minimize windows with keyboard in Windows 7

Windows 7 October 3rd, 2010

You like using your keyboard for managing everything in Windows? In Windows 7, minimizing and maximizing windows got easier.

How-to: Using Windows Startup Repair

Windows July 28th, 2010

The new Windows is pretty stable. Once installed, it usually works like a charm. However, even the most stable operating system can run into problems, for example if important system files get corrupted due to hard disk failures. The good thing: Windows 7 ships with a repair feature.

How-to: Get rid of Reboot prompt after installing Windows updates

Windows 7 July 3rd, 2010

You are using installing updates for Windows 7, and Windows always asks you to reboot your computer afterward? Normally you can only delay the prompt by four hours or shorter. However, you can turn off the repeated reboot prompt.

Windows 7: Search the web directly from your taskbar

Windows 7 June 20th, 2010

Windows Vista offers you the option to “Search the Internet”, directly above the search box in your start menu. The new Windows 7 does not contain this shortcut anymore, Microsoft has removed it from the start menu. If you like to, you can re-integrate it.

Support for Windows 2000, XP and Vista RTM is ending

Microsoft, Windows June 1st, 2010

Soon, Microsoft is ending support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Vista RTM (without Service Pack). It is recommended to upgrade corresponding systems.