Archive: Posts Tagged ‘GUI’

Windows 7 browser ballot screen accepted by European Union

Browsers, Windows 7 October 7th, 2009

Microsoft may distribute Windows 7 with the browser ballot screen proposed by the Windows team. The European Commission accepted the offer. From Windows 7 onwards, the user sees a selection dialog to install other browsers than Internet Explorer, when they set up the system.
Within the dialog, the 5 most widespread browsers will [...]

More than 20,000 Hotmail passwords leaked

Windows Live October 6th, 2009

Several thousands passwords for European users of Microsoft’s e-mail and identity service Hotmail/Windows Live ID have been published on the Web, according to information published by Neowin. The Windows Live team states:
We immediately requested that the credentials be removed and launched an investigation to determine the impact to customers. As part of that investigation, [...]

Problemi Messenger: la scrittura a mano non funziona

Problemi Messenger August 31st, 2009

Se vuoi passare alla funzione scrittura a mano in Messenger, ma non funziona, prova a fare come spiegato di seguito:

Installa Microsoft Windows Journal Viewer 1.5.
Riavvia il tuo computer dopo aver completato l’installazione.
Poi, installa l’aggiornamento sicurezza per Windows Journal Viewer.
Riavvia di nuovo il tuo computer.
Ora entra in Messenger e prova a passare alla funzione scrittura [...]

Windows Live Essentials 2009 QFE2: Cosa c’è di nuovo?

Windows Live August 27th, 2009

“QFE” è l’abbreviazione di Quick Fix Engineering. In questo post, evidenzierò le Note di Rilascio per Essentials 2009 QFE2. Allora, cosa è nuovo o cosa è cambiato?

Finestra di conversazione di Windows Live Messenger: Cinese/Giapponese/Coraeno IME (Input Method Editor) si reimposta in Inglese nella finestra di conversazione di Messenger.
Su un computer con su [...]

Il mio browser è un cattivo ragazzo :(

Browser, Windows Live August 27th, 2009

“Windows Live è stato progettato per te, ma forse non per il tuo browser.”
Questo è quello che ho visto sul mio schermo quando ho aperto Windows Live Calendar con Google Chrome. L’avviso mi dice di usare Internet Explorer 6 maggiori, Safari 3 o maggiore, oppure Firefox 2 o maggiore, in questo ordine.
Le domande che [...]

Windows Live and You: “Windows Live services help me keep in touch” (Lance Manasse)

Windows Live and You August 12th, 2009

After a longer break, the summer edition of the series “Windows Live and You” is finally back. Today I will be talking with Lance Manasse, who lives in the United Kingdom and is also known by his nickname “Salem”.
mynetx: Please tell me a bit about yourself. Is your life directly or indirectly involved [...]

The 256 colors experiment, Part I

Messenger July 20th, 2009

Nowadays, displays offer a rich variety of colors, mostly 32-bit, allowing a multitude of 4,294,967,296 different colors—more than 4 billion! Graphic artists tend to use more and more of these possibilities. Messenger is one of them, especially in version 2009, also known as Wave 3. But if you have a display that [...]

How-to: Minimize Messenger to the system notification area in Windows 7

Windows 7 May 14th, 2009

If you are running Messenger quite frequently, perhaps even permanently, the rather big Messenger icon in the “normal” taskbar might get into your way rather quickly. How would it be to force Messenger to act like in previous versions of Windows—that is, to “minimize to tray”? Here is how you can.

Windows XP geht in Erweiterte Supportphase über

Windows February 14th, 2009

Ab 14. April 2009 wird der Mainstream-Support für Windows XP, inklusive aller Editionen, von Microsoft eingestellt. Danach werden nur noch kritische Fehler in Windows XP behoben.
Viele Privatanwender als auch Firmen lieben Windows XP so sehr, dass sie noch nicht einmal darüber nachdenken, auf Windows Vista umzusteigen. Jedoch wird der Druck, zu aktualisieren, größer, denn Microsoft [...]

Wanted: Logo for a new Web Messenger!

Appearance, Stuff November 7th, 2008

See your creation become the logo of a popular web service!
Without publishing too much details: I am looking for a logo for a new Web Messenger.
You think you can create such a logo? Start over, and show me your creation!
What do you get from it? The designer of the winning logo will get invited to [...]