Tag Archives: windows 7
Install Windows 7 from USB Drive
Posted on 31. Aug, 2010 by Jes Darmanin.
I’ve recently acquired a cool new Acer One Netbook. These netbooks usually come pre-installed with some Linux version, that unfortunately it’s not ideal to use for most of us. When I went around to install Windows 7 on my new machine, I absolutely couldn’t find my external DVD drive (I loaned this to a friend [...]
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Windows 7 – Live Messenger Polygamy
Posted on 26. Oct, 2009 by Jes Darmanin.
Following my previous article on Windows Live Messenger polygamy (aka. MSN Messenger). I’ve tested out the same method to run two (or more) Live messengers at once on Windows 7, and the trick works great! – so head over to http://www.itnewsblog.com/2009/03/28/open-2-windows-live-messengers-at-once-msn-polygamy/ and follow the steps in the blog post. Be careful when editing the registry [...]
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Windows 7 Quiz
Posted on 23. Sep, 2009 by Jes Darmanin.
Over at technologyandbusiness.com.au, an Australian technology an business site (obviously) have created a quiz to find out how much of the Windows 7 related hype you have absorbed. Click here to go to the quiz. To keep life interesting, they have also thrown in some general Microsoft and Windows questions. Good luck!
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Turn on or off Secure Desktop in Windows 7
Posted on 18. Aug, 2009 by Jes Darmanin.
By default, on Windows Vista and Windows 7, whenever you are prompted with a UAC dialog the entire screen turns dark and the computer seems to freeze completely. This is done on purpose (Not a bug) to prioritise the importance of this window. During this period, the rest of the screen is un-usable, meaning that [...]
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Windows 7 – just a big service pack?
Posted on 08. Jan, 2009 by Jes Darmanin.
I’ve read loads of comments all over the web and on several blogs complaining that Windows 7 is just a big service pack. Recently however I read this post by Jason Perlow over at Zdnet – http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=9367 renaming Windows 7 as Windows Fixta, and I think this is a bit un-fair! Let me explain why [...]
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Activate Windows 7 (Beta 1)
Posted on 06. Jan, 2009 by Jes Darmanin.
For those who managed to download the latest Beta 1 of Microsoft’s Windows 7 (and liked it) were probably disappointed to discover that this beta operating system will only work for 30 days unless you activate it. For the time being there is no product activation key available, so this patch was released to crack [...]
