A quarter has ended a month back and results have started to pour in. For Microsoft, it’s good news all the way. Their latest operating system Windows 7 has exceeded its predecessor, Windows Vista. When a child passes another child, the parent is the most happiest, she has nothing to lose, Microsoft is in this [...]
After tabulating all the vulnerabilities published in Microsoft’s 2009 Security Bulletins, it turns out 90 percent of the vulnerabilities can be mitigated by configuring users to operate without administrator rights, according to a report by BeyondTrust. As for the published Windows 7 vulnerabilities through March 2010, 57 percent are no longer applicable after removing administrator [...]
Microsoft Corporation has started providing a new consumer security solution in form of Microsoft Morro antivirus that is focused on the protection of core anti-malware for addressing the necessity of a solution for the security of PCs, in accordance with the demands of the emerging markets, fast increase of the everyday increasing malware & Trojans, [...]
Microsoft’s Windows Movie Maker in Windows 7 isn’t too easy to run in Windows 7, due to lack of its availability on the Windows 7 Operating System, unlike Windows XP, and Windows Vista; here’s a guide to run Microsoft’s Windows Movie Maker on Windows 7
By default, the performance of Windows 7 Operating System isn’t really optimized. A lot can be done to speed up Windows 7 with the help of just few simple tweaks. So, let us take a look at some of them.
After sifting through a few error messages, we nominated this gem for the most unusual error message:
“Error Message: An unexpected error has occurred. (536821760) occurred at line 1768 in D:\xpclient \base\boot\setup\arcdisp.c”
This error message gives us absolutely no clue as to what is causing the problem. Fortunately, the Microsoft Knowledge Base does have an answer:
What’s triggering [...]
If you’re facing problems to network XP PC to a Windows Vista powered machine, connected with a network printer, here’s a quick guide explaining all the steps to be followed. Learn how to network XP to Vista printer on-the-fly in 10 easy steps!
Are you sick of looking at the “Microsoft word not responding” error? Well, there may be several reasons behind the same – so here’s an insight to the problem and its possible remedies.
I have received numerous mails over the past few days regarding Windows 7 installation problems people face, mainly on laptops. I decided to try it out for myself and guess what, my installation got stuck at 69% during the expanding files process. I have an Acer Aspire 5738, 4 GB RAM and Core 2 Duo [...]
When you begin to delve into details about how Windows 7 works, the discussion can quickly become complicated The primary reason for confusion is because the operating system is actually distributed and sold in multiple editions. Compared to Windows Vista, the lineup of available editions is less complicated, but you can still get tripped [...]
Windows 7 has just launched, although not in the same blaze of publicity Microsoft reserved for its predecessor Vista.
The US giant seems to have learned its lesson after that last operating system was torn apart by users unhappy with the bugs and problems it contained.
This time, they’re letting the product speak for itself, which is [...]
Since the launch of Windows 7, I have been pestered with this question and I will dedicate this post to those people who made me write this by their constant lurking.
Microsoft recommends 1GB RAM to run Windows 32 bit and 2GB for the 64 bit version.
Suppose, you have 4GB RAM like I do, [...]
Assoc displays or modifies file name extension associations. Used without parameters, it displays a list of all the current file name extension associations.
Syntax:
assoc [.ext[=[filetype]]]
.ext: Specifies the file name extension.
filetype: Specifies the file type with which you want to associate the specified file name extension.
Windows XP system restore is a great program that monitors all of the changes to your computer. If you make a change to the system registry as one of the hacks, you can always undo the change by reverting to an earlier system restore point. By default,Windows XP creates a restore point once per day. [...]
