5 Awesome Vista And XP Themes

Hey Readers, sorry for being a bit lazy on the posting new articles. I have been really busy lately with my College as my A Level just got started. Sorry again. Well… i got little news for you guys… =D My blog Gravity Blue, got a Page Rank Update from 0 to 2, which is an awesome news as my blog will now be getting more attention from Google.

Getting to the posts now. I found these awesome Vista Themes at Deviant Art. You can use themes on your Vista or XP PC. You will need to get a patch before you use these themes, download UxTheme patcher for XP and Vista.

AirScape Max Theme by eddy62. An Amazing Black fusion with awesome icons.
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Network Windows XP With Vista

Earlier I told you guys on sharing internet between vista computers and while I was writing that article my friend called me over to his place fix sharing internet between his new Vista PC and the other Windows XP PC.

After sometime, I managed to solve the problem and today I will sharing it with you guys so you can easily connect your two PCs together.

The latest feature introduced by Microsoft called Windows Vista Network Map, really makes networking really easy but does not help when you connect your Windows XP with it.

After trying everything on my PC, I came to check if workgroups has to do something with networking two PCs together, and there it was. The default workgroup for windows XP is MSHOME; while for Windows Vista, it is WORKGROUP. So the change in the default workgroups creates the first issue.

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Share Internet Between Vista PCs

If you want to connect two computers together and want to share internet, with this tutorial, you can easily do it. You won’t need any networking softwares or long wasted hours of configuring your hardware. If you want to share internet, simple begin with setting up your internet connection to your service provider. Simply skip this step if you only want to network your computers to only transfer your data. Then use the Network Setup Wizard to configure the computer.

To begin with, connect the two computers. Click on Start, righclick on Network and choose properties from the menu. There you will see the Network and Sharing Center window, click manage network connection.

Once you see the network connection window, there you will see two active network connection, the first one will your internet connection and other from your computer to the other.

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Windows 7 M3 Screenshots

Microsoft released its Windows 7 M3 Build 6780 to its selected partners while keeping the progress still hidden to the public. Well some of the progress screenshots made to the internet showing new looks and features added to the upcoming Windows 7.

Although Microsoft still insists on the Windows 7 release being made no later than 2009 or 2010, but most of the experts believe it will soon be out in around June 2009.

Lets get on with the screenshots i found. Microsoft has again managed to add new interface with appealing graphic. A change in Microsoft Pain, Word and Calculator is pretty much noticeable in the screenshots. The display properties are also overhauled. lets get on with them.

Start Menu:

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Change Your Gmail Interface

If you too are bored by the same white look of Gmail, then its time you change the interface of your Gmail, giving it a more cool look with your firefox.

I found this awesome site, Global designs, which offers amazing redo to your Gmail with a simple plugin. This is something your inbox will look like after you get the plugin:

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Convert An Image To Text

I visited quite a few forums where people used image written in text, and i always wanted to have something like that. Well, after a few searches as Google, i managed to find an awesome tool over the internet which converts your image to text. Take a look at this, i converted the Google Logo to text.

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Backup Your Files To Gmail

Earlier i wrote a tutorial on using your Gmail inbox as your Gmail Drive, and today i found this really awesome freeware to easily backup your files to Gmail, in other words, send to gmail.

A simple right click on the files and selecting Backup to Email will send the selected file to your Gmail inbox, storing it as an email. Large files can be slit and zipped to make them smaller in size. You can also schedule the backup so you can avoid right clicking to bakup a file to Gmail.

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Problems With iTunes 8 for Vista Users

Its been a few days since the iTunes 8 was released and most of the people are already questioning its release with bugs being reported.

One major issue which is suffered by the Windows Vista users the blue screen of death. Yes, i know we all hate it. sambeckett_ at the Apple support forum has reported this bug, which is as follows:

I just installed itunes 8 over my itunes 7 on Vista.
Now whenever I plug in my ipod nano, I get a blue screen death. 3 times so far. even if it is plugged in on boot, I get a blue screen.
Before itunes 8 I never seen a blue screen with vista since it came out.

PC: Dell XPS 710 Windows Vista

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iPhone Firmware 2.1 Out Now; Promises Yet Again

It had hardly been 2 days after the release of the iPhone firmware 2.0.2 when Steve Jobs confirmed the release of the next iPhone firmware and it was rolled out on the 9th September, with iTunes 8, new iPod Nano 4G and iPod Touch.

After the two firmware releases i.e. 2.0.1 and 2.0.2, iPhone users complained about the dropped calls and weak signal strength while the typing lag was fixed in the firmware 2.0.2 but a new problem with the third party application popup as when the iPhone users tried launching the application, it would suddenly close and on 9th September, Apple released its Firmware 2.1 addressing to the 3rd party application problems, weak signal strengths, poor battery life and slow backups.

Apple has come up with number of promises for the iPhone customers which includes improved email reliablity for both POP and exchange users, installation and working of the third party application is improved and the contacts search is also made better.

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Apple’s iTunes 8, iPod Nano 4G, iPod Touch 2G; Out Now

Alright people, yesterday was the long waited 9th September on which Apple promised all the new stuff. Yesterday, at the Apple’s Lets Rock Event, Apple rolled out the iTunes 8, iPod Nano 4G (all the rumored images proved to be correct), iPod Touch 2G. Awesome.

Lets begin with the latest iTunes 8. The latest media management and playback software by Apple, features the latest recommendation engine, new visualizers, the latest grid view, and new terms & conditions.

The recommendation engine works amazing when you select a song in iTunes and it displayes a list of recommendations related to the song you have selected, i really loved the feature.

When you use this feature, you have to agree to the terms & conditions and then it will gather the songs information to your iTunes library. All the processing time depends on the song library you have on your computer and the computer you are using. Then, it will send the information to Apple and will build you a profile based on the likes and dislikes, which will the enable you to use the amazing recommendation feature in the sidebar of your iTunes.

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