Just as it was the case with Windows Vista, the mitigations introduced by Microsoft alone in Windows 7 are not sufficient to bulletproof the operating system on their own.

Windows 7 Graphic

While security for Windows 7 is not a new subject, as you have been able to already read materials on this subject, fact is that following the release of the first Beta for the next iteration of the Windows client, I have seen questions from users related to how they could protect themselves best. Microsoft is indeed providing, in collaboration with members of the security industry, solutions designed to integrate with Windows 7, even if the operating system is in Beta.

Brandon LeBlanc, Windows communications manager on the Windows Client Communications Team, revealed that Microsoft had been hard at work attempting to get security providers to offer anti-virus for Windows 7. No less than three companies have rushed to Microsoft’s call, and are offering their products even if Windows 7 is still in Beta.

“The following anti-virus solutions are available [for Windows 7]: Symantec offers the Norton 360 3.0 Beta, which works on the Windows 7 Beta; AVG offers AVG Internet Security and AVG Anti-Virus that works with the Windows 7 Beta; Kaspersky is offering a technical preview of Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows 7. It is great to see that these partners were able to have their solutions working so early in our development process,” LeBlanc added.

Norton 360 3.0 Beta is available for download here.

VG Antivirus Professional 8.0 is available for download here.

AVG Internet Security 8.0 is available for download here.

Technical Preview Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Microsoft Windows 7  is available for download here.

source: softpedia.com

The Windows 7 taskbar displays previews of running programs via some very cool thumbnails. To speed up these thumbnails so that they appear instantly, follow these simple steps:

How to Speed up Taskbar Thumbnail Preview

1. Click on start and type regedit at search bar

2. Navigate to following key in left pan of registry editor

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse

3. Now locate MouseHoverTime key in right pan of registry editor

4. Doublick on MouseHoverTime or right click modify and change value from 400 to any value less then 100 (400 is milliseconds) lower the value faster the thumbnail preview.

5. Click ok and close regedit widow.

Now check taskbar thumbnail preview by hovering mouse on taskbar icon and it should open faster.

source: blogsdna.com

7 Amazing Windows LogonXp Themes

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Do you need to install Windows from your CD but lost the CD Key and the Certificate of Authenticity? There are a few methods that you can use to get Windows installed. On this page I will discuss two of the easiest methods for installing Windows 9x and Millennium without a key. If you have Windows 2000,2003, or XP you will find the method on another page.

If you just need to retreive the CD Key form the Registry download our CD Key Reader

The idea here is to get Windows to think it is either an OEM version being installed that does not require the CD Key or make Windows think it is being installed over a network without supervision so that a CD key is not asked for.

To get this accomplished we need to change the setting ProductType in the Setuppp.inf file located inside one of the Precopy?.cab files. Windows Me uses only Precopy1.cab while 9x can use 2 or 3. Since we cannot re-save the file back into the cab file we need to approach this from a different angle.

You may need to try a few different methods to get the one that works for you.

Method One: (easiest)
Start installing Windows from inside of Windows. When you are asked to except the License Agreement do not click on “Next”, YET! Now bring up the Start Menu (Ctrl + ESC buttons) and in the Run window type Notepad. Have Notepad open the file WININST0.400\Setuppp.inf. Do a search for the string “ProductType”, and change the value from 9 to 1. If the value 1 fails try one of the other values as noted below

ProductType=1: Upgrades without asking for CD KEY (serial number)
ProductType=2: CD Key required
ProductType=5: Asks for CD Key, but won’t take valid keys- and you get the option to “ignore” and go on.
ProductType=6: Works OK (?) (?)
ProductType=7: Works on Windows 95 and 95 A
ProductType=9: OEM non upgrade version

Now save the changes and continue the installation.

Method Two:
You will need to copy all the Windows installation files to your hard drive first. Then in the same folder you copied the files to create a new file Msbatch.inf. Add the following:
[Setup]
ProductType=1
(press Enter)
(press Enter)

Save the file and install Windows.

When Windows has completed installing go to the Registry Key in RegEdit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion and get the value of the Data “ProductKey”, for Windows 95, it will be “ProductID”. If you have Windows 98 or ME do not use the value from “ProductID”. Save the information, this is your Windows CD Key.

Many time you have thought of to play some videos in the presentation but lack of knowledge may come in your path or you may want to just add the video directly from the internet. Now there is a easy way to do this using Microsoft PowerPoint.

Play Youtube Videos Using Internet Connection

To insert YouTube video into a PowerPoint slide you need to provide the YouTube video URL that appears in the browser address bar, the rest is taken care of by the YouTube Wizard. After installation, there will be a new “Insert YouTube Video” option to your PowerPoint Toolbar. While running PowerPoint presentation LIVE internet connection is required for Youtube video to run.

Wizard can be download from here..

Play Youtube Videos Without Internet Connection

For using this feature first of all you have to download the Youtube file form internet which you want to play in your PowerPoint Presentation. For downloading the Youtube video follow our previous post from here..

Then convert this file to MP3 or .AVI format using some converter because PowerPoint doesn’t understand .FLV or. MP4 format.

After converting to the correct format follow this..

• Go to Insert
• Then Movies and Sounds
• Then select Movie from File
• Then after inserting a pop-up will appear asking Automatically or When Clicked. Select as your wish.

That’s it.

It happens quite a lot of time that you listen a good song on Internet and you want to download it and save it into your mobile. But downloading it and then send it to the Mobile phone using data cable or with some other media is a lengthy and tedious service to do. But Now….

You can now easily send any mp3 file to your mobile phone with just the click of a button with the Load2Mobile using Firefox or Internet Explore.

Just you have to registered to the site from here

Then add some song into your Locker, it may be from any website or from your computer.

Then uploading will continue…

Now if you want to listen this song online then you can do with available option on your mobile and if you want to send this file to your Mobile phone then select send this file. The following screen will be there….

When you provide your number it will make a process and show you the screen saying Song Sent Successfully.

That’s it.

Microsoft Released Live Search Maps for India on 03-11-2008.

Microsoft Live Search Maps for India, offers users access to detailed listings and street maps for 9 Cities, business listings across 29 Cities and access to highway networks to 20,000 cities and towns. Live Search Maps for India is on Microsoft’s Live Search Service, thereby allowing users to search for geographical information, places of general interest and business listings both on the PC and Mobile at

http://maps.live.co.in and

http://m.live.co.in.

Microsoft provided the facility to search the destination according to two option as…

1. By Location

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2. By Business

This is the first version of its local mapping service for India with the key features developed by the Microsoft India Development Centre (MSIDC) based in Hyderabad.

Microsoft have updated their Office Accounting application to version 2008 and it comes in both Professional “paid for” and an Express “free” version.

If you run a small business with international clients, you might want to shell out a few bucks for the professional accounting package with support for things like multiple currencies and multiuser access. But if you’re self employed and are just looking for a way to manage accounts, track invoices and bill payment, and a few other basic business features, the free version looks pretty nice.

Microsoft Office Accounting Express 2008 is a free, easy-to-use accounting software that works with our existing Office suite of applications which helps us to manage our small and home-based businesses.

You can get your task started in minutes with the help of a step by step interview wizard. You can create invoices, track time and expenses and bank online, plus share it with other Microsoft Office system programs.

You can easily import your data from Microsoft Money, Office Excel etc as earlier to start working from right where you left. You won’t even have any difficulty finding features and tools since most of them are very similar to Microsoft Office.

This free version of Microsoft Office Accounting Express 2008 is designed for US and UK based small businesses only and does not support local requirements outside of these two countries.

It works with Windows XP/2003 and Server/Vista and the setup file is of 225MB. You can…..

Download from here

Free DVD Creator provides you a handy tool to convert and burn DVD movies from video files. It can create DVD from all video formats such as AVI to DVD, DivX to DVD, Xvid to DVD, MPEG to DVD, WMV to DVD, MP4 to DVD, MOV to DVD, RM to DVD…Then you can play the DVDs on portable or home DVD player.

With Free DVD Creator, you can create DVD movies with NTSC or PAL video standard, 4:3 or 16:9 video aspect, 720×480/720×576 or 352×240/352×288 video resolution. Create DVD menus with built-in DVD menu maker. And burn DVD movie disc or just create DVD files (.ifo, .vob) on your hard drive.

Features of Free DVD Creator

*  Based on Microsoft DirectShow Technology®, Free DVD Creator can convert almost all video formats into DVD, including:
Convert AVI to DVD - AVI to DVD Converter
Convert DivX to DVD - DivX to DVD Converter
Convert Xvid to DVD
Convert MPEG to DVD, MPG to DVD
Convert WMV to DVD, ASF to DVD
Convert MP4 to DVD - MP4 to DVD Converter
Convert MOV to DVD, 3GP to DVD
Convert RM to DVD, RMVB to DVD
Convert VOB to DVD, DAT to DVD
* Create DVD movies with NTSC or PAL video standard, 4:3 or 16:9 video aspect, high or low video resolution.
* Create DVD menu with background picture and music.
* Convert and make Dolby AC3 5.1 DVD audio.
* Burn DVD movie disc directly, or create DVD files (.ifo, .vob) on your hard drive.
* Burn DVD from VIDEO_TS folder (which contains .ifo, .vob files).
* High conversion and burning speed.
* Completely FREE!

Windows XP has services that make it possible for other people to access your computer remotely.But if your PC is not part of a network, it’s best to turn them off. Here’s how:

1. Go to Start – Settings – Control Panel
2. Double-click the System icon
3. Select the Remote tab
4. Uncheck Allow Remote Assistance invitations to be sent from this computer
5. In the same tab click Advanced
6. Uncheck Allow users to connect remotely to this computer
7. Click Apply, then click OK

That’s it.