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After the launch of Apple ipad, war of Tablets has begun.Giant companies are now keen to introduce their tablets ASAP.Yesterday at Computex Microsoft introduces tablet OS concept.Microsoft is bringing Windows 7 to the tablet, a “compartmentalized version of Windows 7 that can be embedded at the hardware level.”

Windows Embedded Compact 7 will have embedded support for silver light,flash player 10 and a browser (obviously IE).Touchscreen will be multi touch supporting panning and pinch to zoom.This was just a show of how much windows 7 is capable and microsoft is relying on other hardware manufacturers to make tablet devices which can support Windows 7.Microsoft only seems to be supplying the underlying builds that will go out to manufacturers.

Via : Engadget

The performance of Windows 7 may be slow due to number of reasons, but there are many ways by which you can increase Windows 7 Performance. Here are some tips by which you can Optimize Windows 7 for Better Performance.

1) Turn off Hibernate:
Hiberfil.sys file is located in your windows drive and Windows 7 uses Hiberfil.sys to store a copy of the system memory on the hard disk when the hybrid sleep setting is turned on. If you don’t use hibernate or for Better performance, you should turn off Hibernate. To Turn off Hibernate, Click Start, and then type ‘cmd’ in the Start Search Box. At the command prompt, type ‘powercfg.exe /hibernate off’, and then press ENTER.
Turning off Hibernation will increase you windows 7 performance and you will also get some free space on windows drive.

2) Run Less Programs at startup:
Some programs start themselves automatically when you start Windows 7. Too many of these programs opening at the same time can slow down Windows 7 Performance. To increase Windows 7 performance, delete unnecessary startup programs.

3) Increase Pagefile.sys Size:
Windows 7 uses a paging file for virtual memory called Pagefile.sys. This file is created during Windows 7 Setup and is always located in the root directory. If you increase size of Pagefile.sys, then performance of Windows 7 will increase. The best size of Pagefile.sys is your RAM x 1.5.

4) Keep Visual Effects Turn Off:
You can also increase Windows 7 performance by turning off visual effects. To do that, right click my computer then click properties and then click ‘Advance system settings’. In ‘Advance system settings’ dialogue select ‘Advance’ tab then click ‘Settings’. Now click ‘Adjust for best performance’ and click ‘OK’.

5) Delete Unnecessary Files:
If you reduce the number of unnecessary files on your hard disk it will also help Windows 7 to run faster. Unnecessary Files includes temporary files, Recycle Bin , and a number of system files and other items that you no longer need.

6) Fix Registry Errors:
If you have any Error in you Windows 7 registry or unnecessary registry entries, it will also affect Windows 7 performance. If you installed a program in Windows 7 and later want to uninstall it, always use the programs uninstaller to uninstall the program. Don’t directly delete Program from you hard disk because if you do so, it will only delete the program from hard disk not it’s registry entries and these registry entries will affect Windows 7 Performance.
For Fixing registry errors or deleting unnecessary registry entries you can use registry cleaner software’s like CCleaner etc.

7) Use Anti-Virus Program:
If your Windows 7 Performance is slow, it’s possible that it’s infected with a virus or spyware. The best way to deal with viruses is to prevent them in the first place. Always run Anti-Virus software and keep it up to date.

Disable User Account Control(UAC):
By default User Account Control(UAC) is on in Windows 7. If UAC is on, then it will stop many actions like Installation of New Programs, change of setting etc. and Display a dialogue asking you to confirm your actions. If you Turn it off, then it will not annoy you. To Turn User Account Control(UAC) off, Control Panel on desktop then click ‘User Accounts and Family Safety’ and then ‘User Account’. Now Click on ‘Change User Account Control Settings’. User Account Control Settings dialogue will Open. Slide the slider bar to the lowest value (Never Notify), then click ‘OK’.

Microsoft has introduced a new range of Wireless Mobile Mouse 3500 with attracting colorful patterns.The patterns includes Red,green,white,pink and blue colors.Microsoft was inspired by the patterns found in nature, like rock formations and stones.By having these patterns on mouse will refresh us by just having a look on these incredible colors patterns.

There are three graphics to choose from – (left to right) Wave, Folk and Geode. Wave is a vibrant organic pattern, Folk was inspired by Scandinavian and tribal art, and Geode references rock facets and formations.These colorful patterns Wireless Mobile Mouse 3500 can be bought from Bestbuy for just $29.95

Buy : Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 3500

Via : Microsoft Hardware Blog

Microsoft announced today that they are eliminating the word ‘Series’ from Windows Phone 7.Microsoft made this announcement in company’s official Twitter page.

Microsoft announced:
“Tis the season for Series finales. We’ve got one too – dropping the ‘Series’ and keeping the ‘Windows Phone 7.’ Done.”

Microsoft has not given any reason why they are doing that but the reason may be that the old name was far to long for an OS.

Windows Phone 7 is planned for release by “holiday” 2010.

Via neowin.net

Support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 will end on July 13, 2010.This means that the users who are still using SP2 of Windows XP will no longer receive updates after this date.In order to receive updates after July 13, 2010 they will have to update to Windows XP SP3, a free update.But the Windows XP SP2 64-Bit Edition is supported until April 8, 2014.This is because there is no SP3 for Windows XP 64-Bit Edition.

Support for Windows Vista RTM (Release to Manufacture) will end on April 13, 2010.The users of Vista RTM will no longer receive updates after April 13, 2010 and they must upgrade to SP1 or SP2 to receive updates after April 13, 2010.

Via neowin.net

After using Windows 7 anybody who has little computer knowledge can easily identify that Microsoft is working seriously on Windows 7.This time microsoft shows that Windows Phone 7 series will support 3D Gaming.Microsoft Recently showed two 3D games running on its ASUS Windows Phone prototype and built with its brand new XNA Game Studio 4.0.

The Harvest, and Battle Punks are the games showed by Microsoft.The Harvest , a good looking touch-controlled dungeon crawler with destructible environments,While on the other hand Battle Punks is “a less impressive one-on-one sword fighting Facebook game.By showing the support of 3D gaming in Windows Phone 7 Microsoft is surely trying to attract peoples towards windows Phone 7.We’ll have to wait until MIX for more details and hopefully some shareable demos!

Via : Engadget

The Microsoft Office 2010 Team also thanked Beta Testers by e-mail, “as a valued Technical Beta participant, you play an important role in preparing Office 2010 for the rest of the world! We thank you for your continued participation, feedback, and hard work.”

The Office 2010 will be available in the following editions.
Starter Edition
Home and Student Edition
Home and Business Edition
Professional Edition
Professional Academic Edition

Microsoft Office 2010 RTM is expected to be release in the June 2010.

Via neowin.net

Microsoft Office 2010 will be available in worldwide stores in June 2010.

Many times we face this problem when  we forget or lost Windows password or somebody had changed the password of our system. In such a situation either we have to install windows again or find a solution to reset the password so that we can log into Windows easily. In this post, I will show you how you can reset the password on Windows easily with the help of your Flash Drive without reformatting or reinstalling your system.. In this post I will use a Flash Drive of 2 GB. Below are the steps to reset Windows password using bootable USB Flash Drive.

Step1. Download a free demo version of Windows Password Key 8.0

http://www.lostwindowspassword.com/downloads/Windows_Password_Key_Demo.exe

Step2. Run the downloaded file to install Windows Password Key 8.0. You can install Windows Password Key 8.0 on any PC you have access to.

Step3.Windows Start menu – From your Microsoft Windows Start Programs menu, select Windows Password Key | Windows Password Key 8.0.exe. . Windows Password Key 8.0 will be launched automatically.

Step4. Create a bootable USB Flash Drive

4.1 You can click “Browse” to browse Windows Password Key 8.0 image file. The file is usually located as the default.

4.2 Select “USB Flash Drive” and insert your USB into a USB port on the computer, specify the USB Flash Drive from the pull-down list.

4.3 Click “burn” button.

4.4 Windows Password Key extracts the ISO image and copies the necessary files on a USB Flash Drive

4.4: Put in your newly created USB Flash Drive and remove your Windows password:

1. Insert newly created USB Flash Drive and reboot your computer.

2. It’s necessary to change your computer’s setup to make it boot from the USB Flash Drive.

a. pres ‘F2‘ or ‘Delete‘ or “F10” to enter your BIOS setup.

b. Looking for a tab or menu relating to booting in the BIOS setup software’s opening screen. In this example, it’s simply called “BOOT,” and can be accessed by using the tab and/or arrow keys to highlight the word “BOOT” on the menu bar. Once there, hit enter, and you’ll see a submenu that’s specific to how the PC boots.

c. Using the tab and/or arrow keys,select “Hard Disk Drives“, and hit “Enter”.

d. Select the “1st Drive“, hit “Enter”.

e. Select the “USB: your USB brand”, in the example it is “USB: Kingston DTG(2G)”, and hit “Enter” to Set the USB Flash drive as the first bootable option.

f. When you’re done with the BIOS setup program, using the tab and/or arrow keys to navigate to the EXIT menu, select the option for saving the changes you just made, and then reboot. (In many BIOSes, a special key–often the F10 key–will save, exit, and reboot in one step.) . When your computer restarts, it will boot from the USB flash drive.

3. When the USB Flash Drive boots, you’ll see Windows Password Key 8.0 initializing (see screen shot below). If so, you can continue to the next step.

4. Choose the Windows installation to be processed:

5. Choose the user whose password you want to reset by typing it’s number and pressing ‘ENTER’.

6. Type ‘y’ followed by ‘ENTER’ to reset the password.

7. After you confirm the resetting of the password. Windows Password Key 8.0 asks: ‘Reset password for another account? (y/n)’. Type ‘y’ to reset password for another account, or ‘n’ if you are finished and want to exit. Remove the Windows Password Key 8.0 bootable CD/DVD and restart your PC. Now you are able to log into your computer without a password!

Guest Post by : Mark