Gaming as a life style
Up until now, in all of our articles we described the improved and completely new things that were included into Windows 7 beta. Having the compatibility with Windows 7 in mind, we addressed numerous needs of the users; needs concerning a stable and secure system for offline and online work, the entertaining section as well as the needs of the users concerning programs crucial to their work. Today, we’ll address the needs of those that instantly react when the word “gamer” is mentioned, as well as those less hard-core users that enjoy playing a small, [...] Continue Reading…
August 31, 2009
Windows 7 is Internet ready
The internet is no more considered as a choice or a privilege to just a particular group of people. Nowadays, the internet has become a need, a constant inexhaustible source of information and more. It has become a platform for business and a way of life for many people that work in different corporations. This is why it’s important to familiarize with all kinds of software that can allow us normal and beneficial work on the Internet.
Internet browsers – There is a public, one decade long war going on between Microsoft on one hand and [...] Continue Reading…
August 31, 2009
More reliable, safer, better
We started describing utility software compatible with Windows 7 with the previous article and in it we enlisted some of the mostly used applications whose versions are already compatible with the newest operating system. We gave our best to single out the most interesting and widely used applications, though it hasn’t been easy. Here’s our second selection of tools that will make your computer more reliable and safer. Some of the tools may come in handy in case you need a damage assessment report after a major software or hardware catastrophe.
Quicksys RegDefrag 2.3 – Registry entries [...] Continue Reading…
August 30, 2009
Sometimes, even the best need help
From our previous review articles on Windows 7, one could be under the impression that, unlike the previous versions, Windows 7 is impeccable operating system that carries out tasks flawlessly and in error-free environment. That’s only partially true, since we can’t install all of the programs that improve the speed and reliability in all aspects of work. Software that carries out such tasks goes by the name system or utilities. With it, you will considerably improve and optimize work. The good news is that a lot of versions of some well-known applications, together with [...] Continue Reading…
August 28, 2009
It’s the little things that make life fun
When the gadgets appeared for the first time, a lot of users took them for granted. These mini applications usually displayed entertaining or informative contents and were installed mostly by younger users. After Vista, though, things drastically changed. When gadgets came preinstalled with the operating system Vista, more and more users became aware of all of the benefits that they offer. The variety of gadgets expanded and besides the regular reminder, calendar, and clock, there were gadgets whose functions were to closely track the state of critical hardware (such as CPU temperatures) [...] Continue Reading…
August 27, 2009
Office in Windows 7
Office suits are one of the most used programs and are equally important to both home and business users. Whether you want to close a business deal, make a presentation about how successful your company is, or simply write an essay, you instantly reach for the set of office programs that have been installed on your machine. But if you’re one of those that are always looking into new things and already have Windows 7 installed, you may ask yourself the following question: What office suite should I install, and how can I know if it [...] Continue Reading…
August 25, 2009
The more, the better
The moment we installed and started using Windows 7, we couldn’t stop admiring the impressive changes and improvements in almost every aspect of the OS. Security, as we mentioned in some of the previous articles, is certainly one of those aspects. It’s worrying, though, how many people, even companies, are trying to create malicious software whose purpose is to get into as many as possible systems and wreak havoc. This is why, even if your Windows 7 OS is still in pre-release version, you should seriously consider installing additional protection, an antivirus software application developed by [...] Continue Reading…
August 24, 2009
Multiprocessor units, multi cores, multi displays… never before has the capabilities of the hardware been increased in such a short time span. But all this power is in vain unless there’s something that can utilize it and adjust it to its needs. Up until now, software and system achievements couldn’t properly respond to hardware’s fast development. Before, from the theoretical point of view, some processes needed the efficiency of multi core processors but even so, a lot of things still needed to be done. In order to improve this situation, Microsoft, with the considerate help of some of the [...] Continue Reading…
August 23, 2009
Beam me up Scotty
Windows Advanced Rasterization Platform or WARP 10 is a high speed software rasterizer that is to be distributed with the newest Microsoft operating system, Windows 7. Its primary purpose is to allow users to play games and work with applications on systems where DirectX 10 or 10.1 is unavailable at the moment or not installed at all.
If your graphic card doesn’t support DirectX 10, or you need all the benefits from the 10.1 version but don’t have the necessary hardware then the software comes to the rescue. And who could better develop this if not the [...] Continue Reading…
August 22, 2009
Many might have wondered how does the new Microsoft Windows 7 look like? Well if you have seen a Windows vista before, it pretty much look the same in a nutshell. But don’t get confused, the new Windows 7 is not just a Service Pack for Vista. There is a lot of new features in Win 7 that is not available in the Vista. If you are concerned about the overly done security protection (UAC) & compatibility issues, rest assure, these problem has been fixed in the new OS. Out of the three computers I tested on including one [...] Continue Reading…
August 21, 2009
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