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Download Windows 8 Developer Preview

Rahul — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 04:54:52 +0000

Steven sinofsky, president of Windows Devision, revealed the next version of windows family – “Windows 8″ at the Build conference held in Anaheim, CA. Today they have made the developer preview build available for public at no cost. Steven stated – the product shown is just the tip of the iceberg, there are hundreds of lot more features in it which you can’t imagine even. Windows Developer preview bits are available with developers tools included. Or you can download the developer preview build without the developer tools to just experience the new windows. Developer tools helps developers to hands of the Windows 8 metro styled application Development. Build with the Developer tools includes.

Windows SDK for Metro style apps
Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Express for Windows Developer Preview
Microsoft Expression Blend 5 Developer Preview
28 Metro style apps including the BUILD Conference app

Download the Windows Developer Preview build here. Note : The Windows Developer Preview is a pre-beta version of Windows 8 for developers. These downloads include prerelease software that may change without notice. The software is provided as is, and you bear the risk of using it. It may not be stable, operate correctly or work the way the final version of the software will. MSDN subscribers also has the opportunity to get additional tools with the developer build. Go to the MSDN subscriber page and download the additional bits.

Windows Server Developer Preview.

Free Angry Birds theme for Windows 7

Rahul — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 17:04:50 +0000

Most of the addicted smartphone fans are enjoying angry birds and there are many people who are so enthusiastic about it. To visualize it on your PC, decorate your desktop with the Angry birds themes for your Windows 7 PC which contains collection of angry birds wallpapers and sounds. Don’t be afraid by looking at those wallpapers because their eggs have been stolen by pigs they’re quite angry too. Download now.

ISO mounting in Windows 8

Rahul — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:04:23 +0000

Now no need to install Virtual clone drive or D-tools for CD/DVD image mounting. According to leaks Windows 8 will be having inbuild ISO mounting tool. But i guess there will be less functionality what we get by using other toolssuch as multiple mounting, DVD region setting and Safedisc emulation etc. You can use this inbuild tool in leaked 7955 build.

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Windows Thin PC has been RTM

Rahul — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:15:50 +0000

Microsoft has sucessfully completed the CTP phase of Windows This PC by today and finally its released to manufacturing. It will be available to consumers to download starting July 1, 2011. However, the RC build of Windows Thin PC will still be available to download at the CTP site, along with associated documentation until the product launches to customers. Before going further about Windows Thin PC, Lets discuss about some characteristics of thin clients and why its differ from normal clients. These clients only supports user interface for the application. All the processing logic and data maintenance is performed on the server side. They are simple, cheap and facilitate centralised control and administration. Servers are heavily loaded as all the processing logic and the data reside on the server machine. The system is less reliable and fault-tolerant as all the processing is on the server side and the control is centralised, thus the failure of the server results in system failure.

What is Windows Thin PC ?

Same as the thin client, Windows thin PC is the operating system same as Windows 7 but with lesser functionality. Microsoft Windows Thin PC (WinTPC) enables customers to repurpose existing PCs as thin clients by providing a smaller footprint, locked down version of Windows 7. This provides numerious features like cost reduction, better and powerfull centralised experience and effective control over remote desktop experience. in addition, Windows Thin PC offers :

Keyboard Filter
Input Method Editor support
Key Management Server & Multiple Activation Key activation
Rich VDI experience through support for RemoteFX
Improved end point security by denying certain disk writes via filters
Enterprise-grade management support through System Center

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How to update your Windows Phone 7

Rahul — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 01:29:31 +0000

Today Microsoft is announcing, you’ve probably been waiting since the long time, a small update for windows Phone 7. Its not containing copy paste, marketplace or Office 365 but the relatively small since its the first update.

This first update for Windows Phone is designed to improve the software update process itself. So while it might not sound exciting, it’s still important because it’s paving the way for all future goodie-filled updates to your phone, such as copy and paste or improved Marketplace search. – windowsteamblog

So it has been clear that its not the update with extra productivity features indeed Microsoft is preparing your windows phone device to get the future updates. They will be sending it out gradually to all windows phone devices. You may not get your update when your neighbor or friend receive because updates won’t be sent to everyone at once. All you need to do is connect your Windows Phone 7 device to the computer and update it through Zune and follow the instruction given in the screen. If you got stuck somewhere, I strongly encourage you to check out our step-by-step guide for updating your phone on the Windows Phone website. or checkout the complete list of how-to and troubleshooting articles on windows phone 7.

New features coming to Windows Phone 7

Rahul — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:32:35 +0000

According to press release statement Microsoft showed of some new features which will be available as a major updates for Windows Phone 7. This includes better multitasking support, copy paste feature, cloud support for Office application and Internet Explorer 9 for WP7 which is expected to support HTML5 also. Expanded features list announced :

Copy and paste functionality via first major update, coming in the next month
Twitter integration directly into the People Hub in 2011
Support for Office documents in the cloud in 2011
Dramatically enhanced Web browser experience based on IE9 in 2011
A new wave of multitasking applications in 2011
Targeting significant volume of Nokia Windows Phones in 2012

Secure your Hotmail Account with “Hotmail Alias”

Rahul — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 04:42:49 +0000

Another dashing feature of hotmail, rolled out today, allows you to create completely different email addresses that you can use to receive email into your primary account without anyone knowing what your primary email address is. This feature proves itself useful when people want multiple email addresses, but maintaining multiple accounts, with different user names and passwords that require you to check multiple inboxes, is inefficient. With today’s update, Hotmail helps you save time by making it easier to manage your current and future email addresses in one place. An anouther good use of it, for example, if your organisation having an primary email ID named company@hotmail.com and you want to create different aliases for different service like info and contact. Then you can create an aliases like company+info@hotmail.com and company+contact@hotmail.com. Email sent to this alias will still be delivered to your inbox or to a particular folder. This can help with managing different types of incoming email. So here is the way to activate it… > Login to your Hotmail Account. and click on the inbox setting account. (setting/wheel icon) > Create a new alias ID > Add a new folder name which will be assigned to new alias. > You are done !! … you will be getting the new folder assigned to your new alias ID. From today, you can add upto 5 aliases for your email account, up to fifteen aliases in total, all designed to make it easier to organize different types of email in one Hotmail inbox without having to give out your primary email address. Be Live.. Be simple… Energetic.

Release Candidates of Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials and Windows Homer Server 2011 available now

Rahul — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:09:19 +0000

Today Microsoft has announced the availability of the Release Candidate for Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials and Windows Home server 2011. They have also launched our new SBS 2011 Essentials Learning Bites – fifteen 3-5 minute videos focusing on core features and functionality. Further videos, plus many other resources can be found on the official SBS website.

Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials Ideal as a first server for small businesses with up to 25 users, Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials provides a cost-effective and easy-to-use solution to help protect data, organize and access business information from virtually anywhere, support the applications needed to run a business, and quickly connect to online services for e-mail, collaboration and CRM.

Windows Home server 2011 formerly Windows Home Server Code Name “Vail”. Affordable and easy-to-use, Microsoft Windows Home Server 2011 (WHS) is the ideal solution to help families keep their important digital files and PC’s automatically backed up, organized, and accessible.

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Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 5.5 Beta available now

Rahul — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 17:32:07 +0000

The latest beta release from the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) team provides organizations with more assessments and reporting for simplified IT infrastructure planning. Simplify planning for upgrade or migration to the latest Microsoft products and technologies with the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.5 Beta.

This multifaceted tool is now even better—with assessment for easier migration to Windows Azure and SQL Azure, heterogeneous database discovery for SQL Server migration projects, Internet Explorer 8 upgrade assessment, and much more—MAP 5.5 Beta includes new features to help you streamline planning for your next migration project.

This program is now open. The beta review period will run through mid-January, 2011. Join the MAP 5.5 Beta.

What’s new with MAP Toolkit 5.5?

Assess your environment for upgrade to Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8 (or the latest version).
Identify and analyze web application, and database readiness for migration to Windows Azure and SQL Azure.
Discover heterogeneous database instances for migration to SQL Server.
Enhanced server consolidation assessments for Hyper-V.

Pin Files, Folders, Webpages To Your Windows 7 Taskbar

Rahul — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 17:50:12 +0000

Today we are going to share a nice tool for your windows 7. You can Pin Files, Folders & Web-pages to Your Windows 7 Taskbar easily with a Portable tool “Windows 7 Taskbar Items Pinner”. Normally, the Pin to Taskbar option only works with EXE files but this tool enables you to pin any file of any extension, any folder & even web-pages. Download the application via “Ashutosh Singh”