If you still haven’t upgraded to the Windows 7 beta editions and are waiting for the official release on 22 October, you can try out this really cool windows 7 sidebar for XP. This windows 7 sidebar for XP is similar to that of Windows Vista or Windows 7.
Even if you are a Windows Vista user, you can still try out this windows 7 sidebar as the developer claims that this sidebar is uses 50% less PC resources and is faster than the original Windows Vista sidebar.
Windows 7 has been making news every single day and its beta editions are already out for trials. It is predicted that Windows 7 will be introduced to the world on 24th January 2009.
Till then if you have been following Windows 7 updates and wants to try it on your PC running on Windows Vista or XP, then today’s tutorial will help you dual boot your pre-existing OS plus Windows 7. It’ll help you adjust partitions your hard drive for the Windows 7 installation and will not dump any of your current settings of your PC.
To begin with trying out Windows 7, you will need to download a 2 GB Windows 7 installation file and burn it on a DVD.
You can get the 32-bit Version from Here. And 64-bit Version from Here.
Most of you guys out there have experienced this that when you try installing Windows XP on Vista, the installation fails telling you that an updated version of Windows is installed and then you have to format your hard drive to first remove the pre-existing Windows Vista so that you can install a fresh copy of Windows XP.
Well, I have the solution for you guys, with which you wont need any formatting of your hard drive or your data being lost. There is a tool i found called Virtual PC from Microsoft, with which you can easily install Windows XP on Windows Vista.
With this simple software, it creates a virtual environment within your Vista running PC, which means you wont need any creation of separate partition on your hard drive or format it for the installation.
Windows 7 news are flooding as Microsoft prepares to unveil their lates windows to the world. I know you cant wait for it, neither can i as i am expecting a much improved operating system from vista which uses less RAM and performs better. Although the Windows 7 stats are quite convince as Windows 7 took less time than Windows Vista to boot up on the same specification PCs.
This tutorial is for all of those guys who cant wait for the Windows 7 (not he leaked one) and love to try the latest features offered by Windows 7 including this awesome calculator.
Also, Lifehacker has posted really cool screenshot of this Windows 7 calculator. Check them here.
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Earlier i shared with you guys 5 awesome windows Vista and XP themes and today i found out these 5 awesome cool windows Vista themes from deviant art. Yes, i have been loving deviant art very much lately, there is so much cool stuff to discover and i love sharing my findings with you guys. Make sure you guys read the instructions on the authors pages for the themes for correct installation, plus you will find the download links below the screen shot of the theme. Continue reading »
Yes, Gravity Blue just got a new theme. Thanks to releaseLive for sharing this theme in his post. The theme is really simple, an awesome blend of white, grey and orange, I totally loved it. I will also be adding the multi language availability feature, so that people who have problem reading English will now be able to select their respective countries to find the posts translated to their language.
Well, let’s get on with the post. Earlier I shared with you guys on making a custom installation CD for Windows XP to easily get your computer on the previous working conditions with all your applications installed after you install the fresh copy of windows and today, ill be telling you guys on installting a fresh copy on Windows Vista using your USB drive.
To begin with, you will need a minimum of 3GB USB flash drive to get yourself ready for copying installation files onto.
Once you have the USB drive, first thing is to format it, use NTFS to format. It is highly recommended so that all the previous data or any viruses are removed. Continue reading »
Hello reader, I know its been a long time since I have posted anything. I am really sorry about it. I was having some issues with my host, they are pretty much fixed now and my blog is back on. I am really sorry about the last week.
Well, earlier I shared with you guys on changing removable drive icon for Windows XP and now I have found an awesome freeware with which you can easily change your removable drive icon. This also works amazing with your Hard drive icons and best of all, you just have to make couple of clicks to change the icon rather making codes and stuff.
To change the icon, you just need to select your removable drive and select the desired icon from your computer and you are done. Click the save button and the icon will be changed in a few seconds. Check out the screenshot below: Continue reading »
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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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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