Windows Tools, Help & Guides

If you’ve moved from Windows Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 Ultimate, you may have noticed some games have been cut from the mix.  Most notably, Hold ‘em.

Microsoft intends to release Hold ‘em through Games for Windows as it did for Tinker but for those of you who can’t wait, here’s a way to get Hold ‘em working on your Windows 7 system.

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Not too long ago we reviewed a PDF solution suite called Foxit Phantom PDF. The developers of Foxit later announced a competition, giving away 3 full licenses to the product. I have just received word from The people behind Foxit Phantom PDF suite. They have picked their winners. .

Foxit Phantom PDF suite

This program is the ultimate Acrobat Competitor.

• Review Here

So Who won ?

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I don not know if many of you are used to shutting down computers remotely; if you want to do it on a different computer, you need to enter a username and a password.

You need a user with administrator rights to shut down a computer remotely.

This method works on Windows XP, but Windows 7 can remember the user and password even after a reboot of your computer.

First, press Winkey + R, type \\nameserver, and press Enter, Windows then will ask you for the credentials. Remember to change nameserver for the name of the PC you want to shut down.

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Personally, I don’t see the point in upgrading your hardware if your computer does everything you need it to. However, sometimes it’s nice to improve what you already have. In this guide we will learn how to make the most out of the hardware you have and make Windows 7 run faster. (Here’s a similar list for Windows XP and for Windows Vista.)

I highly recommend you create a system restore point before starting.

Note: There is a lot of crossover with this guide and the guide to extend laptop battery life as some of the procedures, listed below, will help save power.

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Want to customize your Windows 7 a bit more with a custom theme? Here’s the 10 best currently available themes selected by sergiogarcia9 from SG Designs (find out more at www.sergiogarcia9.deviantart.com)
To go to these themes downloads location just click the titles.

To learn how to install a theme, go here.
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If you are one of the unlucky … ahem.. few, who don’t have the space or wifes approval to buy a second (or third) monitor for your desktop computer, then this is definitively for you.

OR, let’s say that you have connected your computer to your projector or TV and the TV-Driver doesn’t support your 1900×1280 (or similar) screen resolution, but a mere 800×600. What do you do ? Switch resolution each and every time you mirror your desktop ?

OR, Maybe, maybe you just want to have different desktop settings for individual programs and  tasks …

DEXPOT, will let you do all this and much more on 20 virtual Desktops at once!

Windows Guides’ Rating	User Rating	Compatible with
5 out of 5	(10 votes, average: 3.90 out of 5)

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