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  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Jul 30th, 2009
  • Comments: 13

Windows 7 OEM Activation Crack Already In The Wild

Did anyone really think that this would not happen eventually? That was my first though when I read the news that a Windows 7 OEM activation crack – or patch, does not really matter how you call it – was already available in various P2P networks and other sources.
The crack turns the Windows 7 RTM [...]

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Categories: Microsoft, Windows

Install VirtualBox Guest Additions for Windows 7

You may have read my series on VirtualBox virtual machine manager. If not, here it is:
Installing and configuring VirtualBox for virtual OSes.
Installing Windows XP as a virtual machine in VirtualBox.
Install Guest Additions for a better VirtualBox experience.
A new way of thinking thanks to virtual machines.
Although the Guest Additions tool has been covered already, if you’ve [...]

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Categories: Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Tutorials Advanced, Windows, software, troubleshooting

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Jul 29th, 2009
  • Comments: 12

View Photoshop PSD thumbnails in Vista and Windows 7 Explorer

Windows Vista introduced a new imaging stack, called Windows Imaging Component (WIC), and uses it in Windows Explorer to create thumbnails for most image file formats. 3rd parties can write their own WIC codec to support proprietary image formats such as Nikon NEF or Canon CR2 raw files and Windows Explorer is able to show [...]

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Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

Why you should not be an early adopter

Every so often you have a gadget or technological device that sets the wire news on fire. Recently we’ve been hearing much ado about Windows 7, iPhone 3GS, OSX Snow Leopard, SSD drives, OLED TV, HD cell phones and need I mention the Palm Pre and Blackberry’s first all touchscreen phone.
The common trend among these [...]

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Categories: Misc

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Jul 16th, 2009
  • Comments: 9

Order Internet Explorer 8 On CD

One of the few problems that European customers might experience after buying Microsoft’s upcoming operating system Windows 7 is the lack of a Internet browser. The European version of Windows 7 ships without Microsoft’s Internet Explorer which in turn means that European customers need to find a way to install a web browser without Internet. [...]

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Categories: Browsing, Internet Explorer

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Jul 11th, 2009
  • Comments: 7

Windows 7 RC To Final Upgrade Possible

I’m pretty excited about the upcoming launch of Windows 7, Microsoft’s next operating system. Not only because I’m running a very successful Windows 7 blog but also because I finally have the opportunity to install and use a new computer operating system. Windows 7 has seen lots of praise since its first announcement and it [...]

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Categories: Operating Systems, Windows

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Jul 10th, 2009
  • Comments: 20

Why Google Chrome OS Will Have No Huge Impact

Many news websites, bloggers and even conventional news sources such as newspapers or TV news have reported about the Microsoft killer Google Chrome OS, the cloud based operating system by Google that is based on their web browser Google Chrome and a modified Linux kernel. Google Chrome OS is expected to make its appearance on [...]

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Categories: Operating Systems

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