Operating Systems

If you feel that Windows Aero no longer can satisfy your higher and higher appetite and request for advanced visual effects, Wheelie is small program utility that reinvent how user browses the Internet by providing a new way to switch between tasks and application windows and stripping away unwanted stuff from the web pages. Wheelie also capable to manage and flip through the images found […]

Windows operating system supports dual-booting a PC, where users can install multiple OSes and select which system to boot up to on machine startup. If you have installed Windows 7 or Windows Vista on top of current existing Windows XP to make the PC a dual boot system, but now decided to ditch or dump the Windows 7 or Windows Vista partition to revert to […]

Windows and DOS (Command Prompt) have several environment variables which provides a set of dynamic values that points to important system locations or settings. Environment variables provided a way for running programs and batch command script to access the true discrete values, system paths or user management settings for configuration and processing purposes, avoiding the use of hard-coded values which may fail on some systems […]

For system administrators who don’t have budget to get a full featured network or server monitoring system, but want to monitor Hyper-V server, Tore Lervik has created a Windows Sidebar gadget (Desktop Gadget in Windows 7) for Hyper-V (now integrated with Windows Server 2008 R2) server monitoring. The gadget is aptly named as Hyper-V Monitor Gadget for Windows.

Windows 7 has remade the Taskbar completely to become a Superbar, where the application windows’ button on Taskbar has been replaced with icons, with added features such as ability to pin shortcuts or programs directly to Taskbar (instead of using Quick Launch bar), Jump Lists, and improved thumbnail preview with Aero Peek. But not all people will like the icons-only Taskbar without label though.

In Windows 7, there may be occasional error where user cannot drag and drop an application program to Windows Taskbar (Superbar) and Start Menu anymore, with the icon shows a red cross when user attempts to place it on Taskbar or Start Menu. When right click on a program icon or shortcut, the “Pin to Taskbar” and “Pin to Start Menu” context menu is missing […]

All shortcut icons in Windows operating system, including Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, has a small arrow overlay on the icons. The arrow is used to different between a shortcut from an actual physical file itself. The shortcut arrow is presented on all desktop icons, and icons in Windows Explorer, and it can be easily remove or hide.

Intuit TurboTax Business is a tax preparation and filing software for S-Corporation, C-Corporation, Partnership, Estates and Trusts, or multi-member LLC. Turbo Tax Business is suitable for businesses who has revenue of less than $250,000, and has fewer than five employees. With TurboTax Business, business owners can easily prepare and complete business tax by DIY (do-it-yourself), saving costs to hire accountant.

Microsoft Office business productivity suite is another cash cow for Microsoft beside Windows operating system, which just released the upcoming Windows 7 to pubic beta. Microsoft Office System, which has its current version Office 2007 released on January 2007, is always popular with businesses and corporations, has a new version coming up too. Codenamed as Office 14, and will likely take the name of Microsoft […]

SecureZIP Express is a freeware edition of SecureZIP developed by inventor of .ZIP format, PKWare. Previously, a free full version license of SecureZIP is giving away by PKWare for the freeware, but the free achieving and encryption software has been renamed as SecureZIP Express to differentiate it from paid version of SecureZIP and PKZIP.

Microsoft has released Language Interface Packs for Windows 7 Beta in Microsoft Connect website. For users who do not use the leaked invitation code ID to register for Windows Ecosystem connection, there is no way to get localized versions of Windows 7 Beta or Windows Server 2008 R2 (aka Windows 7 Server edition) other than versions that provided for free official download.

Although Windows 7 Beta publicly available Customer Preview Program (CPP) has been officially launched, which allow everybody to download and install Windows 7 Beta build 7000 ISO, but some people may still want to join and access to Windows 7 Beta connection in Microsoft Connect website, the main platform to test Microsoft products.