Microsoft has been leaking like a sieve in recent years and now Windows 8 Beta are reporting that the release candidate for Windows 7 Service Pack 1, build number 7601.17105.100929-1730 has leaked to the web. The service pack, which is also applicable to Windows Server 2008 R2, is usually the milestone after the implementation of [...]
- Author: Mike Halsey MVP
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Why Problems Occur with Windows (book excerpt)
My new book Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out from Microsoft Press is now officially on sale (and obviously I had a few drinkies last night to mark the occasion). You still have time to enter our exclusive competiton to win copies but as a taster, here’s an excerpt from Chapter 13… Why Problems Occur with Windows. So [...]
- Author: Mike Halsey MVP
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gHacks Competition! Last Chance to Enter This Weekend!
To mark the release of Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out from Microsoft Press, that has been written by Mike Halsey, one of the editors here at your favourite tech website gHacks.net, we have a fantastic competition in conjunction with our sister site www.Windows7News.com and a massive 52 prizes to give away! The prizes here at gHacks.net are… [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Windows Product Scout
The Windows Product Scout is a new addition to Microsoft’s Windows homepage. The free service offers product and software recommendations on a weekly basis. All item suggestions are fully compatible with Windows 7 and take advantage of the operating system’s feature set. For some, it looks like clever placed advertisement, and that is surely one [...]
- Author: Mike Halsey MVP
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gHacks “Windows 7″ Competition!!
There’s still time to enter our competition with a massive 52 prizes across two websites! What’s more – here’s a hint – the volume of entries here at gHacks has been much greater than at our sister site Windows7News.com, so you can increase your chances of winning by entering there too!! To mark the release [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 4
Two New Official Windows 7 Themes Released
In time for Halloween and the autumn season are two new official themes for Microsoft’s latest operating system Windows 7. The themes are offered in themepack format, a new format introduced in Windows 7 that allows one-click installations of themes in the operating system. Themepack files on the other hand are nothing more than archives [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 5
How To Center Windows 7 Taskbar Items
Many of you are aware that Microsoft changed the taskbar in Windows 7 quite a bit in comparison to Vista and Windows XP. The taskbar is by no means a perfect solution, but it offers several improvements that make sense to the majority of users. I for myself like the ability to pin programs, folders [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Windows 7 Direct Download Links
Computer users may have a few reasons for downloading Windows 7 directly from the Internet. Among the top reasons are installations on computers without DVD drive, downloading the 64-bit edition if it is not supplied with the purchased version (only some Windows 7 editions, like the Professional edition, come with two discs to install 32-bit [...]
- Author: Mike Halsey MVP
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COMPETITION! Win “Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out” + More
To mark the release of Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out from Microsoft Press, that has been written by Mike Halsey, one of the editors here at your favourite tech website gHacks.net, we have a fantastic competition in conjunction with our sister site www.Windows7News.com and a massive 52 prizes to give away! The prizes here at gHacks.net are… [...]