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[2 Feb 2010 | Comments | ]
Some Windows 7 users encountering false battery alerts

Users/Owners of Windows 7 notebooks are encountering an unusual problem with false alerts or warnings that their batteries are dying, Microsoft said today.

“We are investigating this issue in conjunction with our hardware partners, which appears to be related to system firmware,” a Microsoft representative said in a statement on Tuesday.
“We are working with our partners to determine the root cause and will update the forum with information and guidance as it becomes available.”
Microsoft is still looking into this issue with notebook makers to identify the cause. When its comes to …

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[2 Feb 2010 | Comments | ]
How to Setup a USB Flash Drive to Install Windows 7

Windows 7 is the latest public release version of Microsoft Windows, a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, netbooks, tablet PCs, and media center PCs. Unfortunately, Microsoft’s previous operating system – Vista was not as successful as they though but, the current version Windows 7 looks very promising and have received awesome reviews.

If you have decided to load Windows 7 on your personal computer,  I can say that you made a very good choice. There are two ways …

Featured, Mac OS X, Windows 7 »

[20 Jan 2010 | Comments Off | ]
How to upgrade from Vista to Windows 7 in your Mac OS X Bootcamp

Yesterday Apple released Bootcamp 3.1 version for Windows 7. Now, you can upgrade your Windows OS from Vista to Windows 7. But, unfortunately, for all Windows XP users who installed XP in their bootcamp and want to upgrade to Windows 7 will have to upgrade to Vista first and then to Windows 7. In other words you will not be able to upgrade your XP to Windows 7  (in bootcamp). In this case I strongly recommend you to perform a clean install (Remove the existing partition and install a fresh …

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[20 Jan 2010 | Comments | ]
Apple’s Bootcamp 3.1 for Windows 7 released.

Yesterday Apple released its Bootcamp 3.1 for Windows 7 32bit and 64bit.
Boot Camp lets you install Windows on a Mac computer, using a Microsoft Windows installation disc that you provide. Windows is installed on its own partition. After installation, you can use either Windows or Mac OS X on your Mac computer.
The Boot Camp Assistant application helps you create the Windows partition and restart your Mac using your Windows installation disc. Then you follow these instructions to install Windows and install software drivers that let Windows work with your Mac …

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[10 Jan 2010 | Comments | ]
Enable your Windows 7 GodMode

What is GodMode? God mode is a state in some video games wherein the player character is invulnerable to damage. It is typically activated by entering a cheat code, but some games may also include invincibility powerups. The term may also be used when the CPU opponent, mostly in sports games, goes into a “god-like” state, deliberately altering the probabilities and mechanics of gameplay in its favor.
It was very nice surprise for us, Windows 7 also has a GodMode where in you will find all controls and functions together in …

Vista, Windows, Windows 7, XP »

[28 Nov 2009 | Comments | ]
Few – Very cool dock apps for Windows

Windows 7 task bar is pretty convenient, but if you want to make your windows look cool, then you need the following dock applications.
Circle Dock: As you can guess by its title, its a Circle Dock. You can customize the skin and icon to according to your own preferences. Works with multiple monitors, Drag and Drop your shortcuts, files and folders and add it to the taskbar. You can rotate the dock items with the mouse wheel or arrow keys. This dock supports for French, English, Portuguese, Russian, Italian, Dutch, …

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[11 Nov 2009 | Comments | ]
Upgrade XP to Windows 7

Recently Microsoft released Windows 7. Which has been receiving great comments with excellent rating. Because of the design to simplify things we do every day, work the way we want, and make some exciting new things possible. Here are some good reason why we want/need to upgrade to Windows7 (Get quicker access to all of our stuff, Easily create and share movies, Manage open windows more easily, Connect to networks easily, Quickly find what we are looking for, Do more and wait less, Share files and printers among multiple PC’s, …

Mac OS X, Snow Leopard, Windows, Windows 7 »

[15 Oct 2009 | Comments | ]
How to access mac files from windows (Snow Leopard & Windows 7) – Network

By now you might have read my previous article on How to access windows folder/files from MAC. If not you can read it here.: How to access Windows Folders/Files from MAC – Same Network?
In this Post I am using Windows7 and Snow Leopard.
Now, the question is How to access MAC Folders/Files from a Windows Based computer? Well you can achieve that by Mapping a network connection. So, as usual lets get ready. Becuase you will be bouncing back and forth from Windows and Max OS X again.
Step By Step Process:
Step …

Mac OS X, Snow Leopard, Windows, Windows 7 »

[15 Oct 2009 | Comments | ]
How to access windows files from Mac (Snow Leopard & Windows 7) – Network

First, let me tell you, I AM A MAC LOVER- Nothing against PC but, I like to be cool and apple products are cool.
Now, I am even more excited that you are using a MAC and a PC which are connect to your home network. And now, you wanted to HOW you can access your WINDOWS files from your MAC OS X.
In this Post I am using Windows7 and Snow Leopard.
If you are interested in the other way round – How to access mac files / folder from windows follow …