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Resize Windows 7 Taskbar Thumbnail Preview With Taskbar Thumbnail Tweaker

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:59:30 +0000

For all those users who are not happy with the default size of Taskbar thumbnail preview, here is a tool that allows you customize the thumbnail preview size in a jiffy.

Taskbar Thumbnail Tweaker is a portable tool for Windows 7 to customize the thumbnail preview. The tool allows you change preview display size and delay time. On top of that, the tool aids you switch to the text preview mode as well.

By default, the size of taskbar thumbnail preview is 250 pixels and preview delay time is set to 0 ms (milliseconds).

Download, extract the contents and then run this standalone tool to start tweaking taskbar thumbnail preview. Once you changed the settings, you need to log off and log on to see the changes. The download size is just 87.6 KB and is available to download at TWC.

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Clean & Repair Windows 7 Quickly With PureRa

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:11:07 +0000

PuraRa is a simple but effective tool to cleanup your Windows 7 operating system. The tool helps you clean files that are usually ignored by other popular system cleaning tools.

Download, extract and run the tool to start cleaning your Windows 7. Upon running the tool, you will be given options to select areas that you want to cleanup using PureRa. The current version (v1.5) allows you remove temporary files, recycle bin files, software distribution logs, Windows update installation files, WMI logs, .sqm file, config.msi, icon cache, thumbnail cache, and more.

This tool comes in handy when you want to repair icons in Windows 7 as the utility cleans icon and thumbnail caches in a jiffy. As this is a standalone tool you can carry this tool on your USB flash drive as well.

Note that this program will not delete junk files like Internet Explorer history, cookies and other files. The only purpose of this tool is to remove files from your Windows that other mainstream cleaning programs tend to oversee.

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Check If Your Windows 7 Is Genuine Or Not With WAT Update

admin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:21:12 +0000

Windows 7 maker Microsoft on Wednesday released a new Windows Activation update that helps you confirm that the copy of Windows 7 that is running on your PC is genuine.

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Test Drive Windows 7 Professional Online

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:26:07 +0000

For all those who have been using Windows Vista or XP, and looking for a way to test drive Windows 7 without installing, here is a cool way to experience the latest iteration of Windows client.

Although Microsoft has been offering a 90-day trial version of Windows 7 Enterprise, many users like to test Windows 7 online itself. To begin test driving Windows 7 Professional edition, visit Windows 7 Professional Test Drive page, and then click a topic in the right side.

Note that you need to have installed Internet Explorer 6 or higher to experience it.

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Download 48 Awesome Start Orbs For Windows 7

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:33:21 +0000

If you have downloaded the Windows 7 Start Orb Changer utility, here is a cool download for you. Orbs pack is a cool collection of over 45 awesome Windows 7 Start Orbs to customize Windows 7.

You can refer our how to change Windows 7 Start Orb guide to use these orbs in Windows 7. The pack features 48 Start Orb bitmaps for Windows 7 and is available to download from the link mentioned below.

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Download Official Valentine & Tiger Themes For Windows 7

admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:09:19 +0000

Microsoft has updated the Personalization Gallery again with a few more fresh themes for its fastest selling operating system in history.

It seems that Microsoft has added more than four new themes to the Personalization Gallery, but US version users can only view four new themes: Cats Everywhere, Dogs in Summer, Valentine, and Year of the Tiger.

How to install:

# Download the file

# Double-click on the theme file to apply it

You might also like to download our 14 awesome Windows 7 themes.

Download Aero Glass (Transparent) Theme For Windows 7

admin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:12:26 +0000

We have covered several fancy themes in the days gone by, including the recent Sonye theme, but here is a different theme to spice your desktop. Full Glass for Windows 7 is a beautiful theme with transparent Start menu and window.

How to install:

1. First you need to install Uxstyle Core before applying third-party themes in Windows 7. Please refer our how to install third-party themes in Windows 7 guide for more information.

2. Download the theme from here.

3. Next, copy Longhorn Full Glass folder and the file Longhorn Full Glass.theme into your C:\Windows\Resources\Themes folder.

4. Finally, double-click Full Glass.theme to apply the theme.

5. Done!

Unfortunately, this is theme is available only for Windows 7 x64 as of now. You might also like to download 14 aero glass gadgets for your Windows 7 desktop.

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Download Glass Gadgets Pack For Windows 7 (14 Glass Gadgets)

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:57:56 +0000

The Gadget feature in Windows 7 is very essential to users who like to have quick access to news, drives/folders, and other information without cluttering the desktop. For example, you can use a the default CPU Meter gadget to view your system performance without opening the Task Manager.

Recently, we covered 20 useful gadgets for your Windows 7 desktop. This time around, we have another awesome set of glass gadgets to spice up your desktop. The pack contains 14 gadgets:

# Calendar

# Clock

# System control (shutdown, restart & lock)

# CPU meter

# Email

# Net bar (monitors download/upload speed)

# Net usage stats

# Notes colour

# Notes white

# Drive info

# Radio

# Recycle Bin

# Stats

# Weather

To install one or more gadgets from this pack, follow the steps given below.

1. Download the gadgets pack.

2. Extract the ZIP pack to desktop to see Gadgets folder.

3. Open the folder, double-click on an item and finally click Install button.

4. You are done!

Also read: 12 awesome clock gadgets for Windows 7.

Windows 8 Release Date In July 2011?

admin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:58:54 +0000

If a roadmap published by a product manager at Microsoft is to be believed Windows 8 is just one and half years away! Yes, Chris Green has posted a useful product support lifecycle information that reveals that Windows 8’s mainstream support will begin in July 2011.

The roadmap also reveals some interesting information about the upcoming Office 2010. According the roadmap, Office 2010 will be RTMed in June 2010. You can download the product cycle information PDF by visiting Chris’s blog.

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Download Yule Log Visualization For Windows 7

admin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:15:05 +0000

A Visualization is plug-in for Windows Media Player that displays splashes of colour and geometric shapes that change with the beat of the audio that is playing. In simple words, Visualization is a graphical display that changes in response to the audio signal.

Yule Log is a cool visualization of a warm fireplace for your Windows Media Player in Windows 7 (x86 and x64). If you are new to visualizations, here is how to enable the visualization in Windows Media Player.

1. Download the Yule Log Visualization.

2. Kick start the installation by double-clicking on the .msi file and simply click the Next button to complete the installation.

3. Now you need to enable the visualization in Windows Media Player. Run the Windows Media Player.

4. Right-click on the player and go to Visualizations > Yule Log and then select Yule Log to enable the visualization.

5. Done! Play an audio file to see the beauty of Yule Log visualization.

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