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Dual Booting Windows7 with Vista or XP

June 29, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
This entry is part 7 of 7 in the series Windows 7

Well Windows  7 is here and wouldn’t it be nice if we can dual boot XP or vista along with Windows 7?. Well here is a step by step procedure to do the same.

step 1 : First We need a copy of Windows 7 Rc. download the same from he website. Then burn the image using any software like Nero or ImgBurn to make a bootable version of  the disc from the image.

step 2 : Once we have the boot DVD we need to partition our existing hard drive to accomodate Windows 7. For this softwae like partition magic can be used  . Since parttion magic is not available for free we can use gparted live CD for the same purpose. All one need to  partition is to simply load the disk and follow the onscreen instructions. we need to make sure that atleast  16 Gb of hard disk is available as stipulated.

Step 3: From now the process is easy just load the Windows 7 disk into the drive and direct the installation to the just created drive. Make sure the drive you mentioned is clear else your existing installation wil be corrupted.

Please note that vista already comes with a bundled partion maker under Control Panel -> System and Maintainence (skip this one if you’re in Classic view) -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management. Just right click the volume from which you want to create a new partion and follow the options.

Happy installation!!!!!

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Windows Desktop

June 28, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
This entry is part 5 of 7 in the series Windows 7

What makes the Windows7 very desirable is the the slew of new features in UI that make the whole experience exciting. The desktop is pretty much the same with certain subtle changes enhancing the whole experience. The Gadgets that we saw in Vista remains but the sidebar is booted out. The gadgets so now float on the desktop.

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The themes have been given more prominence and the Windows & comes prepackaged with a lot of theme options. Users  can  personalize their desktops by right clicking on desktop and choose personalisation.

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Many themes are also available for download and access to them is quick and needs little guidance.

The other notable change is the windows explorer is additional of more file types for preview from vista so that the user need not open the document to view the contents .

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Windows7 Shortcut Keys

June 27, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
This entry is part 4 of 7 in the series Windows 7

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Shortcut key Combination Effect
Shift+Left Click ——————>    To open another instance of a program pinned on task bar.
CTRL+Left Click —————–>    It is used on taskbars to switch programs of that program alone.
Win+X —————————->    To open windows mobility center
Win+T —————————->    Jump to the taskbar to select a new window with left arrow or right arrow key +Enter
Win+P —————————->    To open projector mode to change external display settings.
Win+G —————————->     To bring gadgets to the front.
Win+Space ———————–>    To Enable Aero Peek
Win+1,2,3,4 or 5 —————–>    To launch programs from the taskbar.
Win+Home ———————–>    Minimize/Maximize non-active windows.
Win++,Win+-  ——————–>    Zoom in or out
Win+Down  Arrow Key ———->    Minimize current window
Win+Up Arrow Key ————–>    Maximize Current Window
Win+CTRL+Left Arrow Key —->    Contract non-maximized window from any arrow key direction.
Win+SHIFT+Left Arrow Key —>    Expand non-maximized window to any arrow key direction.
Win+SHIFT+Right Arrow Key ->   Move the current selected window one window to the right.
Win+Right Arrow Key ———–>    Dock Window to the right hand side of the screen
Win+Left Arrow Key ————->    Dock Window to the left hand side of the screen

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Windows7 Aero Shake & Aero Snap

June 26, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
This entry is part 3 of 7 in the series Windows 7

windows75Aero Shake is an added feature built for fun without anything specific. Just click onto a window shake it a bit well it minimizes all the other window. Shaking the window again will revive all the other windows.

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The new user interface of windows 7  make it a lot easier to sift through all the open windows. To maximize a window all one need to do is to drag the window till the top and a neat animation appears indicating that the window is going to occupy the whole screen. To bring it to the original position all one need to do is jst drag it down. This is the Aero Snap feature .Another capability of this feature is that when the window is dragged either to the left or right the window occupies exactly half of the screen.

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This is useful for comparison and other features and is especially good on a wide screen monitor.

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Windows7 UI-Taskbar

June 24, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
This entry is part 2 of 7 in the series Windows 7

windows73The claim to fame for the new Windows7 is definitely is its improved user interface. The most visible feature of that improvement is the brand new taskbar and I have a lot to gloat about it.  Its beautiful and much better than what Mac has to offer.

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The new taskbar may remind us much about the Dock of Mac OS but it follows Windows design paradigm. All the applications that are open and closed are grouped together. The applications that are open are glossy while unopened applications are dull and are not glossy in appearance. When the cursor is placed over an open application we can see a thumbnail preview of the application and the opened document of  that application. Application designed to incorporate the new features of the taskbar also opens all the tabs associated with it. While hovering over the thumbnail it brings forth the document making all other application transparent. This feature allows us to check whether the open document is the one we want.

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Right clicking an icon in the taskbar opens a jumplist ehre for example if it is an internet explorer it shows the browsing history,if it is trhe media player lets you preview videos and the Windows explorer giving acess to frequently used folders etc. The functionality could get better when new changes arew incorporated in the future applications.

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Windows7 Preview

June 23, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
This entry is part 1 of 7 in the series Windows 7

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Windows 7 is all set for official launch . Microsoft has slated Windows 7 for an October 22nd 2009 release. Currently the RC is publicly being tested and is available for download for the general public. The OS seems like a worthy successor to the much abused Vista. With the release of the Beta and the RC we do know what the new OS has to offer compared to Vista. Though radical changes have not been incorporated subtle enhancements have increased user experience and overall efficiency of the operating system. Aero has been given a boost making Windows 7 untouchable to non Aero affectionados.

This is the beginning of the Windows 7 series. Windows 7 will be cut open for an indepth analysis and everyday a post on a major topic under Windows 7 will be published. Stay tuned for a user/student/developer perspective on Windows 7 starting tommorrow.

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Microsoft Azure

June 3, 2009 by · Leave a Comment

microsoft-azureMicrosoft’s Azure Services Platform is a cloud platform aimed at delivering cloud computing services and a whole range of computing solutions based on cloud computing.This a significant step by Microsoft in the field of cloud computing following Microsoft’s online services.Azure Services Platform is an application platform which is part of the cloud that allows applications to be hosted and run at Microsoft datacenters cross various locations. It provides a cloud operating system called Windows Azure that serves as a runtime for the applications and provides a set of services that allows development, management and hosting of managed applications off-premises and on-premises. All Azure Services and applications built using them run on top of Windows Azure.

Fabric controller is the hosting environment for Windows Azure.Fabric controller manages many functions like resource management,load control and a host of other features which the connected systems need not worry about.Data storage functionality is also provided such as the Windows Azure Storage Service where the information is stored as unstructured binary blobs. Azure Services Platform provides an API built on REST, HTTP and XML which allows the developer to interact with the services offered by Azure. Besides that a client side library is also provided and is also integrated along with the Microsoft Visual Studio which functions as the premier IDE for developing applications for the environment and also publishing it. The Azureservice platform runs on the Windows Azure Specialized Operating System which in turn is on the topmost layer of  Windows Server systems running on  Windows Server 2008 .

There is also a customized version of Hyper-V which is  known as the Windows Azure Hypervisor and this provides virtualization of services.The Microsoft Azure service Platform also makes of Live Services, SQL Services, .NET Services, SharePoint Services and Dynamics CRM Services. These service can be used by the developers in developing applications for this environment. Microsoft studio is provided with client library,code management tool for the development of specialized applications for the Azure platform. Scalability and reliability is controlled by Fabric Controller which makes sure that the services do not crash. It also runs on the .NET framework SDKs have been provided for JAVA as well as Ruby so that the developers of these languages can integrate with the .NET platform.

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Moblin V2.0 beta

May 26, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
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Moblin which is the shortened form of  mobile Linux is projected aimed at developing OS for Mobile Internet Devices. The Moblion OS 2 was developed specifically for the atom processor. Intel finally turned over the Moblin to Linux in April 2009. the Linux Collaboration Summit in April 2009, Intel showed that the Moblin 2 alpha release can load major components of the stack, including the graphics system and boot up in seconds. A new graphical interface was added to the the Moblin 2.0 beta version.Moblin core which is built on the Gnome  platform is at the heart of Moblin paltform. A new interface built using clutter is the feature of the new OS .Clutter is a project developed by Intel.

The major components of the Moblin include a Moblin Image Creator allowing developers to create a custom Linux file system for a device,Kernel which contains platform-specific patches to theLinux kernel and other device drivers,power manager,Browswer based on Mozilla technologies with a finger-driven UI and MID UI integration( The browser supports major plugins like the Adobe Flash player etc.),multimedia with audio and video playback and photo viewing this also includes Helix or Gstreamer multimedia frameworks and a Linux connection manager supporting various protocols for internet connection.

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LiMo

May 23, 2009 by · 1 Comment

Limo based phones.

Limo build on the open source Linux platform plans to add 10 more members and 20 models by this year end. With Symbian OS now having a huge market share of over 47 percent in the smart phone segment. Limo plans to bring up its market share alongside android and windows mobile. Morgan Gills the head of Lime feels that the current economic meltdown will force the industry to consolidate and cut costs and he feels that Limo ,Android and Symbian will have an equal share of the market at the rate of 20-40 percent each and the market will consolidate into these three platforms eventually.

Nokia has brought out Symbian and promised it would release it on the open source platform. LiMo Foundation was set up in 2007 by Vodafone, Samsung Electronics, NTT DoCoMo, Orange, Panasonic and NEC with its current number of members tallying 55. The success of android also built on Linux is increasing the importance of limo. The advantage of using Linux is that it has a large developer community and is free. More than 30 models are available from the Limo platform including NEC,Panasonic and Motorola.

Some experts believe that Limo wont surpass the biggies like Symbian and it will remain as a small player with the market being dominated by Symbian and others providing their wares.

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Firefox could not install this item because of a failure in Chrome Registration. Please contact the author about this problem

March 2, 2009 by · 4 Comments

Last day my Windows Vista got crashed, So I restored my laptop to factory setting. After the restoring my operating system I installed all my useful applications. Soon after the installation I opened firefox browser but then I got an error saying.

“Firefox could not install this item because of a failure in Chrome Registration. Please contact the author about this problem”

And the solution

Just run the firefox in Administrator mode.

How to run firefox in Administrator mode?

Just right click the firefox icon you can see a menu item called “Run as Administrator”. Just click the menu for a single time. You don’t need to worry that you have to do this each and every time. No there is no need once you run firefox in Administrator mode, the error will not pop up next time even if you run firefox from a normal user.

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