Earlier this week, Microsoft publicly released the first service pack for Windows 7. Maybe it’s a sign of the times that such a software release didn’t capture much attention outside the tech community, unlike the huge attention Microsoft used to get with its software releases and announcements.
There may be instances when you need to log into your computer from another location, such as a hotel, place of business, or on vacation. Whether you want to check the progress of a large download, to see the latest activity that has been happening on your computer, or need to access a specific document for work, there is a way that you can set up your Windows XP machine so that you can login from another location.
For reasons that I can’t figure out, my Windows 7 laptop thinks that everything’s fine with the sound system, but I can’t actually hear anything when I try to play music or watch videos on YouTube. Is there some easy way to diagnose these sort of sound or audio problems on Win7?
I’m working with a group of software developers and recently had a problem where my copy of Windows 7 automatically updated to change something and the app we’re building stopped working on my computer. After we figured out what had happened they told me to disable the automatic system update feature in Windows 7. But how do I turn the autoupdate feature off, it seems like it’s built-in to Microsoft Windows now??
When surfing the net and videos on YouTube, we may come across some movies that we would like to keep for ourselves without having to always get online and connect with the popular video search engine. With this in mind, I have provided an easy-to-use step by step method below that will allow you to save a copy of your favorite YouTube videos.
In some circumstances, you may need to reinstall Windows XP. It may have been quite some time since you have installed Windows XP, and have accidentally misplaced the original case that your CD came in, which includes the CD key that is needed during the installation process. With this in mind, I would like to bring your attention to a piece of software called Magical Jelly Bean that will allow you to automatically recover the CD key that was entered during your last Windows XP installation.
Microsoft Security Essentials continues to win industry-backed, third-party security certifications. A good, comprehensive anti-virus is a must-have application in any Windows system. An anti-virus application that scans for up-to-date virus signatures, one that runs concurrently in the background for real-time protection, and also importantly, one that does not hog system-valuable resources during runtime is what a pro user desires whatever the cost. For years that personally has meant only one choice for me: using Kaspersky. Keeping up with yearly subscription costs of many anti-virus applications can be an expensive proposition, and its second-class citizen status on the Windows platform often means system performance degradation. In recent years, Microsoft has continued to improve Microsoft Security Essentials to the point where choosing anything else seems nonsensical.
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When I click “Start” to open the menu window in Microsoft Windows 7, the “Search” choice (above recent items) is missing. How can I add it to my start menu?
When we visited Israel a few weeks ago we kept running into people who would ask “have you seen Soluto yet?”
Luckily we were able to visit them in their Tel Aviv offices and get a good look.
May 11, Windows will be receiving some critical patches for both Windows and Microsoft Office. They will be plugging holes which can leave users vulnerable to remote attacks. The patch will be issued for both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 users. Along with Microsoft Office, the patch will address Visual Basic problems as well.
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