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Blue Badge - Unlock All Locked Features in Windows 7

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The Pre-Beta Windows 7 build distributed by Microsoft at the PDC’08 (build 6801 – the one readily available on torrent websites) doesn’t contain many of the eagerly anticipated features of Windows 7 like the super taskbar. However as Rafael Rivera discovered many of the features are actually present but locked down. Till now we had [...]

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Good Bye Windows 3

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Remember Windows 3? The Operating System that in many ways helped Microsoft become a behemoth it is today. Windows v1 and v2.x didn’t exactly set the world on fire. The Windows juggernaut really got rolling with the release of Windows v3.
Why am I blogging about Windows 3x while the rest of the world is [...]

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All About the Blue Screen of Death

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Blue Screen of Death (commonly abbreviated as BSOD and sometimes called the Blue Screen of Doom) needs no introduction. It’s an integral part of each and every Windows Operating System. It’s the one thing that a user never wants to see but BSOD in the life of an Windows user is inevitable.
Although Microsoft [...]

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Windows 7 - The Successor to Windows Vista

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In the days of cool and catchy names (Feisty Fawn, Jaunty Jackalope and Snow Leopard) Microsoft is going back to the basics and has decided to call its next Operating System - Windows 7. Yes, its official now. The successor to Windows Vista will be called Windows 7.
That’s how Windows started out. In the [...]

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Everything You Wanted To Know About Windows 7

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The Windows 7 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

What is Windows 7?
Windows 7 is the successor to Windows Vista.

When will it be released?
Microsoft is aiming for a Jan 2010 release. But, it’s too early to tell for sure. If all is well, then it may even be released in time for 2009 Christmas. Otherwise, [...]

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Firefox and Opera Downloaded more than 5 Million Times

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Firefox and Opera have both managed to clock five million downloads since release. Firefox achieved this in less than a day compared to five days taken by Opera. But, even then its a major achievement for Opera which has about 1/10th Firefox’s marketshare. In fact number of Opera users have doubled since release of v9. [...]

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