Archive for the 'Windows' Category

New Technologies in Win 7

Blu-Ray: Windows can write Blu-ray disk without any additional software. However, it can only write data discs. The operating system does not support Blu-ray writing for films.
Codecs: H.264, MPEG4 and AAC replace the currently preinstall codecs. The new codecs use the hardware acceleration of the graphics card and hardly stress on the CPU.
MINWIN: Microsoft has [...]

Windows Sidebar

You want to keep yourself constantly updated by displaying news in the sidebar. However, the information you see on starting the computer early in the morning is not of the current day, but of the previous day.
Windows seldom updates the data in the sidebar. The default presets are to blamed for that. Nevertheless, you can [...]

More power: Exchanging Software and Drivers

Spring Clean for Better Performance
Start the big clean by removing the old drivers and unnecessary software. Replace unnecessarily bloated programs with sleeker alternatives.
1. Uninstall Old and Unneeded Programs and Softwares
The greed for software can be overwhelming at times: ‘Quickly download this tool; i might need it sometime or other’. The next thing you [...]

Optimized Hard Disk

Optimized hard disk the standard Windows way.
Windows has the suitable tools on board - right click the icon of your hard disk that you want to check and select ‘Properties’ from the menu.
In the ‘Tools’ tab, click the ‘Check Now’ button under the ‘Error Checking’ area (For XP user, you must log on with administrator [...]

Better Performance Step 2

Clean: Washing out junk data quickly
Put Windows in the bath tub now and throw in a couple of highly effective cleaning agents
1. Thoroughly Cleaning old Windows versions
If Windows has been used for a long time, there are sure to be dozens of useless files stored on the hard disk, which slow down the system. You [...]