Microsoft Windows 7/Vienna transformation pack...!

Microsoft has officially confirmed that Windows 7 (Codenamed Blackcomb and Vienna) is not going to be released until early 2010.
Windows 7 is the next version of Microsoft Windows and the successor to Windows Vista. There was a rumors that the release date of Windows 7 to be June 3, 2009, but the according to the official news from Microsoft it is clear that we are not going to see the new OS anytime soon..
But you can have a look at the it with the new released Windows 7/Vienna transformation pack for windows XP v 3.0 Or get it directly from here

It is expected that it wont slow down your system because as said by a digit user that unlike vista transformation pack, This allows us to install each thing like boot screens, log on screen Manually which is better and doesnt slow down the system...
It also has an installation guide which is also very helpful ....

Official Release Of Windows Vista SP1

Finally Microsoft has Officially released it Windows Vista Service pack 1(SP1) it will feature 23 security updates, 550 hotfixes, and is packed into a 434.5MB package or 726.5MB for the 64-bit version..!To make Vista more user friendly this SP1 will feature more apparent fixes that include file copying ETA being more accurate, UAC should pop up a bit less in certain areas, and DirectX has been fixed to support DX9, DX10, and DX10.1 hardware. They also fixed WGA to fix the two most common exploits of the system and they’ve added some more support for third party search solutions. Remember one thing Prior to getting the service pack you must have, in order, updates KB947172, KB937287, and KB938371 installed..
There were many People who had quit from Vista and what Slashgear think is that now if You get this Copy of latest Vista SP1 you will surely love it and i also agree this...!

Source : Slashgear, CRN

Make Windows Vista Super Fast Like Never Before.

Make Your Windows Vista super fast like never before with Vishal Gupta's master tutorial and it will take a maximum of 2 min to experience a noticeable improvement in your Vista..!
Let's not waste time any more , Just follow the steps..!
First get the modified registry file from here and run it then follow the 3 more steps
(1) Right-click on My Computer icon on Desktop and select Properties (or press key + key), click on Advanced system settings link in left side pane (You can also open it by typing sysdm.cpl in RUN or start menu search box and press Enter). Now click on Settings button in Performance section: and disable all unnecessary options in Visual Effects tab..
For your Reference visit here to know which option you can set enabled ...!
(2) Open Folder Options and click on View tab: and disable these following option

• Display file size information in folder tips.
• Display simple folder view in Navigation pane.
• Hide extensions for known file types.
• Show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color.
• Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items.

(3) Now goto Services & Applications -> Services. Here you can set a few unnecessary services to Manual, which will not start with windows and will decrease the boot time and will increase system performance.
Follow the link to know about which services can be safely set to MANUAL:
Few More steps are available in Vishal's Tutorial, but i got a massive improvement in my Vista with these three steps and hope it will work for you also...
Don't Forget to thank Vishal Gupta in Digit Forum....!

Expand Vista Trial Period Legally....!

The great thinks about Microsoft is that they are giving a 30 days Evolution period for vista users to activate their Windows Vista, this let the users to to get habituate with the new operating system before before buying the activation Keys from Microsoft...!
May be some user thinks that 30 days is not enough for them to study the new OS in that case You can Expand the trial version to up to 120 days. Remember it is a legal way and we are not using any crack, Patch or any Pirated code..
Just follow the steps :
Suppose you have 12 days remaining for your activation, something like this(1) Open up an administrative mode command prompt by typing in cmd into the start menu search box, and then hit the shortcut Ctrl+Shift+Enter to launch in administrative mode.
(2) Now run this command from the prompt: "slmgr -rearm"
It will take a little while, but eventually a dialog will pop up telling you to reboot. Do so, and you'll see that the activation period has been reset to 30 days...Note that if you want to get a full 120 days out of this tip that you need to use this command on day 29th or 30th day of your trial mode. Remember you can only use this command 3 times after the first one i.e a total of 4 times after that you have to purchase the original License from Microsoft...!

Source : How to Geek

Microhoo or Yacrosoft?

The world's top software company could boost its online presence dramatically if Yahoo accepts a
$44.6 billion bid to be purchased, and it could be the biggest Internet deal since the $182 billion AOL buyout of Time Warner in 2001.
Microsoft, the world’s largest software company, said it offered $31 per share for Yahoo, or a 62 per cent premium over the Internet media company’s closing stock price on Nasdaq on Thursday.
Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer said in a statement that “We have great respect for Yahoo, and together we can offer an increasingly exciting set of solutions for consumers, publishers and advertisers while becoming better positioned to compete in the online services market,”
Speculation over a Microsoft move on Yahoo has swirled for at least a year, as investors wondered whether the two would seek a joint stand against an ever more powerful Google as Google has grown faster than Microsoft in every quarter since 2004 when the search engine company came out with its initial public offering — a fact that rankles in Redmond, Microsoft’s headquarters.
With online advertising projected to grow to $80 billion by 2010, Microsoft can grab a larger slice of that pie if it can pull in Yahoo, which ranks as the world's heaviest trafficked web property.

Source : The Telegraph , Webpronews

Reduce The Start UP time of Vista...!

I recently upgraded my self from Windows XP to Vista and i noticed that it is taking much more time than XP to start up, and while surfing internet i found a simple tweak by which you can speed up the boot up time of vista.. just follow the steps...
Windows Vista provides a simple method to delay the startup of a service so that you can boot more quickly.The service will still eventually be started, but in the background after you are already at the desktop and the process is called Delaying Service start up
Search in your start menu search box by typing the keyword "services", or you can get in the administrative tools section of control panel...Here you will find some less important item like the Cisco VPN client required by my employer, or services installed by your printer etc which are not required by you but are starting along with Windows start up..

Select the above mention service or those service which you think in not required by you, right-click on it and choose Properties (or just double-click it)
Now change the "Startup type" drop-down to "Automatic (Delayed Start)", close the dialog and then go on to the next item.
This process will surely reduce the start up time of your Vista and it recommended that you make one change at a time..

Source : Howtogeek

Two New Sound Card Device To Enhance Vista...!

In order drop hardware acceleration Microsoft has included DirectSound 3D audio in their latest released operating system Windows Vista, along with this the motherboard makers have diligently worked to improve the quality of onboard audio solutions which posed a challenge to the sound card manufacturer...
keeping this in mind Auzentech and Asus release their latest two new sound card device one of which is Asus' new Xonar D2X, which is based on a tweaked version of C-Media's Oxygen HD and it comes with a PCI Express interface providing fodder for the scores of empty PCIe x1 slots that dot the enthusiast landscape...The second one is Auzentech's X-Fi Prelude, which is the first third-party card to employ Creative's X-Fi silicon. The Prelude uses a custom board design and upgraded components in an attempt to wring better sound quality from the already impressive X-Fi audio chip...
These two are expected to target the high end of the desktop sound card spectrum..
get more information from TechReport ...!

Source : Techreport

Security Hole in Microsoft Excel........!

Microsoft Corp. said hackers have found a way to use some older versions of its Excel spreadsheet program to take over control of people's computers.

Microsoft said late Tuesday that it is investigating reports of such attacks, but has not yet determined whether it will patch the hole, or when.
People who open a specially crafted Excel file from an e-mail attachment or visit a compromised Web site could be inviting hackers to take over their PCs for malicious purposes such as stealing passwords and other personal information, or sending out spam. Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Service Pack 2, Excel Viewer 2003, Excel 2002, Excel 2000 and Excel 2004 for Mac all contain the security hole.
The software maker said in a statement that users of these programs can protect their computers by using a tool that scans the files for bad code before opening, called Microsoft Office Isolated Conversion Environment.

The most recent versions of the spreadsheet program, Excel 2007, Excel 2007 SP 1 and Excel 2008 for Mac, are not thought to be affected, Microsoft said.

Source : Tech2.com

GIve a MAC looks To Your Windows XP...!

At this moments still 50% of PC users are using Windows XP and we are so famelier with Windows XP that we never think of changing it, Microsoft is releasing new version everyday which is having better graphics, better looks and more enhanced but as far as performance is concerned we strongly believe that XP is better and with this concept we are unable to change our OS.
Anyway we can give our XP a different looks, download a small application from Flyakiteosx.com and give your XP a MAC looks..
Download the software directly from here ..!After your downloading is compleate, extract the archive and run the installation file and follow the instruction..
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After installation reboot your system and see the all new MAC looks of your Windows XP..
there are so many transformation software are available that will change the look of your XP and give VISTA looks, they also slow down the PC but this will not slow down your PC and it can be uninstall the program any time to go back to your normal old looks...

Source : helpero.com