Microsoft Ready With Its New OS Windows 7

Windows 7 is Microsoft’s new and improved operating system. It can be used on PCs, laptops, tablet PCs, media center PCs, and Netbooks. Microsoft wanted to build a program that is like an upgraded, yet improved, version of Vista. They have listened to their fans and critics and came out with this new OS.

Windows 7 should be faster than its predecessor, Vista. With new things, such as, an improved taskbar. You can prioritze your icons at the bottom of your screen to stay put. They come with full-screen previews so you can see what is up before you enlarge it. Although I really don’t see what is new about this, for Vista already has it. But we shall see.

Microsoft added Jump Lists, so you can quickly go back to any files or such that you have been working on. Something similar to “recent items” on Vista. Although the cool thing now is you can take a file or whatever and “pin” it to your jump list so it stays there.

Widening and enlarging screens will be much much easier. No more going to the edge of the screen and waiting for that annoying little arrow to pop up. Now you can just put your mouse pointer over near the edge and enlarge yoru screen. You can maximize your screens now by just dragging it to the top of your desktop screen and it will automatically resize it to maximize, same goes with minimize.

The Windows gadgets are now free style. Meaning they hang out on the bottom right corner of your desktop. All you have to do is point over there and your current screens will go transparent showing your all your gadgets. Quite nifty. Along with a button where you can minimize all your windows at once.

Obviously, Windows Explorer 8 will come along with the new OS. No surprise there. No need to touch on that topic. If you would like information I can supply you with a link. I use Firefox. Nothing personal

Microsoft took out some things on Windows 7. Most notably, Windows Picture Gallery and Windows Movie Maker. You can get these gadgets if you want them through Microsoft’s “Windows Live Essentials”. Which is pretty nice I must say, if you don’t want it you don’t have to have it.

Device management! I’m actually digging the new device management they have setup. You are now supplied with a SINGLE device and printer management screen! Which wonderfully displays the picture of each device currently connected to your PC. Along with that they added a program called Device Stage where you can go into a device and run certain tasks, all from a single window.

You know aggrivating it can be to setup a home network? Windows 7 comes with a somewhat similar setup connection, called HomeGroup. It is actually there to make life alot easier when connecting PCs and devices to your network. Just set your network up in HomeGroup and all devices should be set and ready to go. Sharing with those devices has never been easier.

Microsoft with Windows 7 has sped up the start up, shutdown, hibernate, and standby processes. If your using a laptop, netbook, or other such device, they have improved the energy usage and now allows for longer battery life. Dimming the display if not in use, pretty nice. That also helps extend the life of your screen as well.

Includes with Microsoft 7 is several different theme packages. Ranging from 16 glass colors to sound schemes.

Oh and you know those really annoying Windows alerts? Gone. Now all alerts will be taken to a “Action Center” and if you want to view them, you can at your own convenience. Not Windows convenience. Thank you, thank you!

And last but not least, Windows 7 provides Windows Touch. (should you have one) you can use your touch-screen monitor to go about your tasks. Sayonara mouse and keyboard. Along with some handwriting recognition additions. Jot jot jot.

Thank you for reading and I hope you’ve learned a lot or something new about Windows 7. For I know I just have. If you would like any further information don’t hessitate to comment or you can visit Microsofts site.

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How to accelerate your Vista perforamance

Upgrading a pc is just like taking a leap forward to your tech experience and so very body now and then wants to upgrade with latest in the technology. But sometimes a technology upgrade might end up with a mess more than a dreamy performance you expect. Something as similar is the story with windows vista upgrade many people took the leap and upgraded their pc operating system from Microsoft Windows XP to Microsoft Windows Vista, but what they ended up with is a very dissatisfied slow-down in performance.

Subjective confirmation suggests that Microsoft Windows Vista requires twice the computing power and resources to function at a performance level similar to that of Microsoft Windows XP. So what can you do to improve this?

Firstly, it may be worth considering if you need to have all of the Vista bells-and-whistles that are turned on by default. The Aero interface in particular, although it looks pretty, requires considerable resources and it’s worthwhile turning it off to see how much general performance improves. In addition many computers from manufacturers such as IBM come with a whole suite of ancillary support programs which you may not really need, such as firewall programs, antivirus programs, performance monitor programs, etcetra. Third party firewall programs in particular can use up a lot of resources. If you’ve been happy with the built-in Windows Firewall, then consider turning off any third party ones.

The other two areas where a significant improvement can be made is by upgrading the amount of system ram or memory, and utilising a ReadyBoost compatible flash drive or flash card.

Upgrading system memory is very straight forward. Manufacturers like Kingston make third party ram to the specifications of the big OEM’s like IBM, HP, Dell, Acer, Apple and others so it’s not necessary to pay hefty prices to obtain a 100% compatible ram upgrade. Kingston also guarantee their memory for life so even if the reseller you purchased it from closes up ship you can go back to Kingston for any warranty-related issues.

Upgrading system memory as high as your budget will allow is recommended, although anything higher than 4GB with the 32-bit version of Windows Vista is pointless, as it will generally only recognise around 3.5GB of the installed memory. The 64-bit version of Vista, however, can recognise over 8GB of memory, although most computers don’t yet support this.

To take advantage of ReadyBoost, simply plug in a compatible USB drive or flash card into your computer, then follow the steps to configure it using the built-in wizard. Once configured, ReadyBoost serves as an additional memory cache which can significantly improve performance by reserving part of the flash drive/card for memory management.

If you are not certain about whether your pc can be upgraded with more system memory, there are many websites which make this task relatively simple to figure out. Using your favourite search engine, type in your computer brand and model followed by the words “memory upgrade” and this should give you somewhere to start. Alternatively, if you still have your user manual this should contain specifications about how many memory slots you have, the maximum memory capacity your pc can handle, and the type of memory that is compatible.

To check your currently installed memory for Windows:
Right mouse-click on the “My Computer” icon and select “Properties.” The total memory is calculated and displayed under the “General” tab in the system properties window. For Mac: Click “About This Mac” or “About This Computer” from the Apple menu.