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Download Standalone 32-bit Windows Vista SP2 Beta Build 6002.16597 Update (Torrent for Windows6.0-KB948465-X86.exe)

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Windows Vista SP2 build 6002.16597 is reported to make significant improvement to Windows Vista operating system in term of performance, operating speed, reliability and stability. For users who facing difficulty in getting Windows Update to deliver the Service Pack 2 beta for Windows Vista to their system, there is also standalone update package of Vista SP2 beta build 6002.16597

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Windows 7 Localized Language Wave (MUI) Release Date Roadmap

Sunday, November 9th, 2008

Microsoft has revealed more details on the release road map of upcoming next version of operating system - Windows 7, in a monthly update that is published and distributed to OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) recently. The latest update specifically provides information about the waves to release different localized language version of Windows 7.

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Windows 7 Focus on Hardware Optimization with SSD Improvement

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

Microsoft is trying to streamline its Microsoft 7, the upcoming OS (Operating System) with the aim to make it one of the best OS in terms of compatibility with different hardware platform in today’s PC market. During the recent WinHEC (Windows Hardware Engineering Conference), the giant software maker has released a number of pre-beta Windows 7 to hardware developers, hoping to reduce incompatibility issues of devices as being encountered in Vista OS before the official launch of Windows 7 by next year.

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Windows 7 Multi-Touch Driver For Developers

Friday, November 7th, 2008

Multi-touch is another excellent feature developed by Microsoft to improve and simplify the way users communicate or interact with their computers. This more direct and natural way of interaction was demoed in May this year and received quite positive response from the public. This multi-touch function has been further developed by Microsoft with the introduction of Windows 7 during the PDC 8. With this multitouch technology, the input process has been improved tremendously through the multiple simultaneous inputs. Multitouch is likely to be ubiquitous and develop into a new trend in just a matter of time. If you are a developer who is keen on exploring the new Windows 7 multi-touch capabilities, there is great news for you now.

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Tweaking Windows XP Logon Screensaver and Logon Message Box

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Windows XP is still amongst the popular Operating Systems despite the impending challenge posed by Windows 7 and the anniversary celebrations by Vista. If you are still using Windows XP and are sick of the conventional logon screen and the standard logon messages, let’s play some tricks on the settings and change them! It doesn’t take up a lot of your time, and you can personalize the logon by making some amendments to the registry. Anyway, before you start modifying the registry value, bear in mind that serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Thus, back up the registry before any modification. Read the post via this link to find out how to back up and restore the registry in Windows.

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How to Rearm and Extend Free Usage (Activation Grace Period) of Windows 7 to 120 Days

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Windows 7 (SeVeN) is probably going to continue the trial software trend that starts with Windows Vista’s rearm, that user can install Windows 7 without any product key for free usage of 30 days as evaluation period. During the 30-day activation free grace period, user does not need to activate Windows 7, and can use Windows 7 of any edition in full functionality.

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Windows 7 Wallpapers Free Download (Includes Special PDC Version from Build 6933)

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Windows 7 may comes with a few new wallpapers for users to select and use as desktop background if the preview of Windows 7 by Microsoft so far proved to be correct and valid till final RTM version. In fact, there are a few new wallpapers already been included in the pre-beta Windows 7 build version 6801 given away to participants of PDC 2008.

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List Of PDC 8 Windows 7 Video Collection

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

The 2008 Professional Developers Conference (PDC) has finally closed. Microsoft successfully impressed developers, users and the public about Microsoft’s future new platform of Windows 7. The positive and excited response has far exceeded Microsoft Windows7 Team’s expectations. Windows 7 Team has promised a more detailed technical analysis and deep exploration of this new product in its upcoming Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) 2008 from 5 - 11 November 2008 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Users who want to learn more about Windows 7 can register to attend the conference. A pre-beta build of Windows7 will be given away to some selected and lucky guests at WinHEC. (Of course you can download it via the leaked Bit Torrents, as in the case of Windows 7 pre-beta 6801 32-bit and 64-bit editions). While waiting for more excitement from Microsoft on Windows 7, let’s review the video collection from PDC 2008 on Windows 7 from Channel 9:

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