Thursday, January 21, 2010
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Thinking of migrating from Vista To Windows 7?
Sometimes you just get a sudden realization that there is something you’re forgetting but just can’t figure out what. I have quite a few these & in such a moment it dawned upon me that I hadn’t mentioned Windows SteadyState in the past 2 posts on making Vista look & behave like Windows 7. Anyhow, the past week we saw Aeropeek come to Windows Vista too, here are is another list of software that will give you some of Windows 7’s features in Vista :
1. Windows SteadyState: gives you the PC Safeguard facility of 7 in Vista & XP. It essentially creates a sand-box which allows people to do whatever they like but the moment they restart the machine any change made is gone. Yes, ANY CHANGE!
However, SteadyState requires validation for downloading, so if you have a genuine copy then by all means.
2. Aeropeek:
Finally the known & missing Aero feature of Win 7 that was not present in Vista has arrived. Requirements:
- Windows XP/Vista
- .net framework 3.5
3. Desktop Slideshow:
Windows 7 has an inbuilt feature of automatically changing the desktop wallpaper after a specified time interval, you can avail the same feature on your PC using Caledos Wallpaper Changer. Screen shot:
4. Beta Wallpaper Pack:
Here is the wallpaper pack of the wallies contained Windows 7 Beta.
~Enjoy
UPDATE:
5. Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts in Vista:
- Win+Left/Right arrows: Dock the window to each side of the monitor
- Win+Up arrow: Maximize the active window
- Win+Down arrow: Minimize the window/Restore the window if it’s maximized
- Win+Space: All windows are made transparent so you can see the desktop
- Win+Home: Minimize all windows but the current window
6. Taskbar Shuffle:
A simple, small, free utility that lets you drag and drop your Windows taskbar buttons to rearrange them. Here’s a full feature list:
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Reorder your taskbar buttons by dragging and dropping them
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Reorder your tray icons in the same way
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Reorder tasks in a grouped button’s popup menu in the same way
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Middle-click to close programs on your taskbar
[Update] Windows Vista To Windows 7
Here is an update to my previous post on the resources that you can use on Vista to emulate Windows 7.
1. Windows 7 Build 6956 Boot Screen
To apply the boot screen, you will need TuneUp Utilities. To change the boot screen:
TuneUp Utilities –> Tune Up Styler –> Under Interface “Boot Screen”
2. Windows 7 Icon Set:
3. Windows 7 Wallpaper Set:
4. Wordpad 2009:
Monday, May 4, 2009
Using Windows Vista Compatibility Mode
Windows Vista, like any new operating system, will have problems running some older versions of applications. This is especially true in Vista, considering all the changes. Thankfully there is a compatibility mode that can be easily set per application.
To configure the compatibility mode for an application, just locate the installation directory and right click on the .exe, selecting Properties from the menu.
Select the Compatibility tab:
You can choose to run the program in Windows XP compatibility mode, or even all the way back to Windows 95 compatibility.
Probably the most useful setting to start off with would be to disable the visual themes and desktop composition, if you can't get things working. If you are trying to run a video game, you will often need to choose "Run this program as an administrator". You'll have to play around with it, but most likely you can get your application working this way.
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Friday, January 9, 2009
Windows 7 Wallpapers, The Finest So Far
To celebrate the arriving of this new operating system fan boys and enthusiasts created related wallpapers and shared them all over the Internet. Here’s a collection of some of the Finest Windows 7 Wallpapers (yet).
Unofficial Windows 7 Wallpaper Pack by maoractive
Windows 7 wallpaper by 24charlie
Windows Seven by Youness-toulouse
Windows Se7en Pack 1 by Frnak
1280×1024, 1024×768, 800×600, as well as widescreen 1680×1050 and 1920×1200.
9Wallpapers
1280×800
Windows 7 Imagination by Gigacore
Windows 7 Imagination wallpaper is created using other two wallpapers, vista trends and windows home server wallpaper.
Windows 7 Energize by WindowsNET
Windows 7 by rehsup
Windows 7 by deviantarnab
Windows SEVEN by havocki
Windows Se7en Midnight by yanomami
Windows 7 Wallpaper by ~QuantumEcho
This is a standard (4:3) wallpaper. For a widescreen resolution (16:9), look here.