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Windows 7 reaches 175 million licenses

Windows 7 reaches 150 million licenses

Just after a month of topping 150 million in licenses, Microsoft and no doubt Steve Ballmer, is happy to report once again that Windows 7 is selling quite well, adding another 25 million in sales.  That’s 175 million copies of their currently flagship OS.

Microsoft releases Windows 7 Service Pack 1 BETA

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Microsoft has made the BETA release of Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 publicly available to TechNet, BizSpark and MSDN subscribers. If you’re eager on testing the latest build for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, head to the MSDN download page. Otherwise (if you’re a consumer), just wait [...]

Windows 7 hits 150 million licenses

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Microsoft has announced that it has now sold over 150 million Windows 7 licenses since the product first launched in October 2009, reiterated that this makes it’s current flagship OS as the fastest-selling operating system in history. Doing the math, Windows 7 customers are snatching up 7 copies every second.

File Management made easy with Windows Double Explorer

Managing files between multiple Windows Explorer windows is usually a hassle without a proper software to handle this task. Sure, it’s easy transferring a file or a set of files from one folder to another but what if you need to distribute them along multiple folders with different file structures? That’s quite a task especially [...]

Full Listing of Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts

Hotkeys are the epitome of efficient computing.  AKA accelerator keys or keyboard shortcuts, hotkeys are a set of keys or combination of keys that when pressed, invokes specified commands on computer.  They can launch programs, perform tasks, send a command to your PC or an active application etc.  Using hotkeys/keyboard shortcuts them not only increases [...]

Windows 7 RC Shutdown Starts March 1

In a weeks time, computers that have the Release Candidate (build 7100) of Windows 7 installed will begin to experience a bi-hourly (every two hours) recurring shutdown.  That means a not so subtle prompt of having your PC shutting down as a reminder to fork up some cash for the retail version or saddle up [...]

Install and Enable DreamScene in Windows 7

Windows DreamScene is a feature from Windows Vista that allowed you to use a video, movie show, slideshow or even an animated image to be set as a the desktop background.  This has been booted out of Windows 7 in favor of Desktop Desktop Slideshow wallpaper auto rotator.  If you’re missing DreamScene’s features and want [...]

Windows 7 Market Share Reaches 10%

Love em or hate em, you got to admit that Microsoft did something right with Windows 7 as their current flagship OS reaches 10% market share. And that’s only after three months of availability. That’s 1 in 10 computers accessing the Web, if the report from Net Applications is to be belived. Microsoft wasn’t kidding [...]

Turn On and Enable Aero (and Aero Peek) in Windows 7

Windows Aero on Windows 7 is much more functional than just eyecandy and supports several intuitive features like Aero Peek, Live taskbar thumbnails and of course the glass effect. It’s also the platform for other interesting UI improvements like the Windows Flip 3D. Without Aero enabled, you’ll be missing out these interesting features. The good [...]

Windows 7 is finally here!

Windows 7 is now on sale around the world. There’s also a slew of new computers from netbooks, gaming laptops to full pledged workstations going on sale carrying Microsoft’s new OS so there really is much cause for celebration. Here’s a rundown of what you can expect.