Windows Tools, Help & Guides

Every month we take a look around some of the most interesting windows-related web sites. We collect the best free stuff and write tips to help you get more out of Windows. Below you’ll find wallpapers, icon packs, fonts, screensavers, and freeware we’ve found over the last 30 days. We’ve also put together our most popular windows guides.

Enjoy the overview of stuff you shouldn’t have missed in November 2009.

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In assosication with TuneUp, Windows Forums is giving away five (5) licenses for TuneUp Utilities 2010. As usual, the competition is simple to enter; find out more here.

The Spanish translation of Windows 7 – The Pocket Guide is now available. Thank you to the translators:

• Dina Valencia
• Felipe Guerra
• Gerd von Allwoerden
• James Kennedy
• Jose Pa
• Juan Carlos

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Recently, we bought a new TV for our front room. One of the primary reasons for buying the TV is to connect it to our PC; this way, we can watch TV shows on something bigger than a desktop monitor. There are many TV shows freely available online these days. You can search YouTube, Hulu, and other great websites. But if you are looking for an integrated solution to find most, if not all, your TV shows, Miro may be the program for you.

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If you are making a PowerPoint presentation, poster, graphic, or anything that requires typography, you may find some of these fonts useful. There many free fonts out there but it is often hard to find good ones as there is so much choice and so many fonts are not very high quality. In these collections, I attempt to find the best free fonts out there and provide direct download links to them so you can start using them straight away. If you are unsure of how to install a font, learn here.

More Fonts

Check out more font collections on Mintywhite.com. Organize your fonts with Windows Fonts Explorer.

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The Vietnamese translation of Windows 7 – The Pocket Guide is now available. Thank you to Triết Học Nguyễn for translating the WHOLE book himself!

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