A round up of the best icon packs on the web. Full credit goes to the image authors. Let us know about any others you really like!

Want More Icons?

Check out more icon collections on Mintywhite.com or learn how to use these on a dock in Windows.

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A round up of the best icon packs on the web. Full credit goes to the image authors. Let us know about any others you really like!

Want More Icons?

Check out more icon collections on Mintywhite.com or learn how to use these on a dock in Windows.

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Read the rest of Free Mac/Windows/Linux Icon Packs [Set 15] PNG/ICO

A round up of the best icon packs on the web. Full credit goes to the image authors. Let us know about any others you really like!

Want More Icons?

Check out more icon collections on Mintywhite.com or learn how to use these on a dock in Windows.

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Read the rest of Free Mac/Windows/Linux Icon Packs [Set 14] PNG/ICO

rsvr85 is now part of the Windows Guides team. That makes two of us. Readers: now you’re in trouble ;)

rsvr85 is well seasoned in desktop customization and has been mentioned a few times on Windows Guides before for his work over at the Forums (rsvr85’s profile.)

rsvr85’s Posts

Here’s what we’ve seen from him thus far:

• Free PDF To Text Converter
• Microsoft Office 2010 Screenshots (14.0.4417.1000)
• Customise Windows 7 Media Center (Part 1)
• Change & Limit System Restore In Windows 7 [How To]
• Disable HomeGroup In Windows 7 [How To]
• Add Custom Libraries To Windows 7 Explorer [How To]
• Customise Windows 7 Media Center (Part 2)

Welcome to the team! Please welcome rsvr85 in the comments (it might win you a copy of Windows 7.)

Further Reading

• PC Maintenance Handbook Now Available
• PC Security Handbook Now Available
• Meet a Windows Enthusiast: MSherwood
• Free Mac/Windows/Linux Icon Packs [Set 16] PNG/ICO
• Free Mac/Windows/Linux Icon Packs [Set 15] PNG/ICO

Microsoft Office (Mondo) 2010 Build 14.0.4417.1000 has hit the streets.

So far it’s proving to compliment Windows 7 very nicely indeed.

Here’s some basic screenshots for your pleasure!

Do you have Office 2010 installed?  What do you like or dislike about it?  Tell us about it in the comments or let us know about anymore screenshots you’d like to see.

Further Reading

• Introducing: rsvr85–Our New Writer
• Meet a Windows Enthusiast: MSherwood
• Free Mac/Windows/Linux Icon Packs [Set 16] PNG/ICO
• Free Mac/Windows/Linux Icon Packs [Set 15] PNG/ICO
• Free Mac/Windows/Linux Icon Packs [Set 14] PNG/ICO

There are so many fonts out there and searching for the best ones can be a pain. Then you find one you really like and the website owners want you to pay for it! Put your credit card away and enjoy these free Modern fonts. Windows Guides helps you find the font you need. If you don’t find what you are looking for here, click the link below to go to the fonts section.

Check out more font collections on Mintywhite.com

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Office 2007 comes with a utility named Groove and I assume you already know that because you’re reading this guide. Learn how to remove it below.

I have no need for Groove, which syncs your documents for collaboration with others. If you have no need for this, you can do either of the following: remove Groove completely or remove references to the groove in Windows Explorer.

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MSherwood is a Windows Forums moderator and runs a blog over at MyWindowsPC. In this interview, you’ll get to know him better and learn about some of the things he likes to do.

Who is MSherwood? What does he like to do outside the world of computers?
Well, computers only take up a small portion of my time. When I’m not on a computer, I’m at work in investment operations, plugging away at my information systems degree, or spending time on one of several hobbies, which include:

• Spending time with my wife
• Playing Golf
• Playing/watching baseball, or any other sport for that matter
• Taking care of living things, especially my freshwater aquarium and bonsai

What is your favorite quote and why?

“You can always become better”
-Tiger Woods

First of all, I love Tiger Woods. I love the way he plays the game, I love how competitive he is, and I love how he shows in this quote that even if you are the best in the world at something, you can become even better if you have the desire. I hope that someday I can be the Tiger Woods of something.

If you were a superhero, what powers would you have?
Wow. The ability to give myself any other superpower? Does that qualify? Seriously though, I would probably want to fly. I’ve always had a fascination with airplanes and flight, and it would be pretty cool to fly sans the plane part.

What encourages you to help people on Windows Forums?
The sheer frustration we can at sometimes face with computers. For those of us who grew to adulthood without the internet for the most part, when you face a problem and have limited resources and contacts it becomes very difficult to find a solution. Now that everyone can be connected we have the best minds on the job and usually find a solution within a much shorter timespan. When I grew up there was no help and it was all trial-and-error. I think that is where all the gurus come from.

Do you have any plans to start a website?
You betcha. I have very limited experience with HTML and Javascript but after I get my blog going steadily on MyWindowsPC I will probably convert that over to my own website. I want to focus on new software and developments from the Microsoft community mixed with reviews and tutorials on how to get the most out of Windows and Windows Mobile (my new baby), among other things. Right now there are so many forums that cover these areas but not one place where you can go to get the information on all of them. I want to bring all of that together. I may even branch out to security and other things depending on where my knowledge takes me the next couple of years. It will be a lot like Mintywhite but focusing on things outside of Windows as well.

Where do you see your website in five years?
Well, hopefully I’ll be doing a preview on Windows 9, Windows Mobile 8, Office 16, and creating a community of techies that help each other get the most out of all these things. If I’m only a fraction as popular as Mintywhite I’ll count myself lucky.

You’ve tested Windows 7 extensively, do you think this OS will replace XP in the near future?
Definitely yes, for a couple reasons:

• Microsoft wants it to. It’s cutting support, stopping patches, and really pushing enterprises towards 7. XP will die the death this time.
• In my opinion, it blows XP away. I’ve been using 7 exclusively since the Beta launch and the performance and eye candy just can’t be matched. And that was a beta. Everyone gripes, “Oh, but XP is so stable and works on older machines” and that’s true. But 7 is stable, and one day your old hardware won’t cut it anymore. And even Vista is stable, to a certain extent. I’ve used them all, and 7 is the best by far. It optimizes new and old hardware to its fullest extent and offers the easiest OS to use from Microsoft… ever. So although XP may still be stable like an old trusty pickup, I’d rather drive the Ferrari.

What is your number one Windows tip?
Never give up. If you don’t like the way something works, chances are it can be changed. If something isn’t working, chances are there’s a fairly easy solution. Computers are excellent tools and they’ll do whatever we want them to if we know how to order it around. So keep at it, ask for a little help, and in no time you will be enjoying your PC to a fuller extent than you ever have before.

Thanks MSherwood! Good luck with your new blog and everything you love to do. Thanks for your help!

Further Reading

• How To Deal With EXE Issues On Your PC
• Free Mac/Windows/Linux Icon Packs [Set 16] PNG/ICO
• Best Windows Freebies and Guides 18 [September 2009]
• IObit Security 360: Complete PC Tool-Suite for 2009 [Reader Review]
• Changes to mintywhite.com (and my other sites)

Are you bored and do you want to play pranks on your friends? Get a few minutes with their PC and have some fun while you watch them try to figure out what’s going on. UPDATE: I thought I would bring this up again for April Fools. Do you have any to add to the list?

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Winstep Xtreme from Winstep Software Technologies, is a single, easy to install package featuring the following desktop enhnacements:

NextSTART

The world’s first easy to use, skinnable Start Menu/Task bar replacement.

WorkShelf

A powerful, multi-paged desktop replacement, program launcher and document organizer that can be used as an alternative or supplement to the normal Windows desktop. Also features handy modules such as a talking clock that can synchronize your system time with the atomic time servers on the Internet, an Email Checker, Weather monitor, CPU, RAM and Net Meters and more!

NeXuS

A super fast program launcher, allows you to organize your most frequently used applications and put them into docks.

Start Menu Organizer

The Winstep Start Menu Organizer is an application designed to help you organize and clean your Windows Start Menu. The Organizer allows you to quickly group your Start Menu shortcuts into a specific set of categories (e.g. Utilities, Internet, Office, etc…) thus making finding what you are looking for a lot easier and much, much, faster!

FontBrowser

A simple font browser with an easy to use interface. You’ll wonder how you ever lived without it!

Download Winstep Extreme (Link removed after complaints of not being free)

Further Reading

• Free Mac/Windows/Linux Icon Packs [Set 16] PNG/ICO
• Best Windows Freebies and Guides 14 [May 2009]
• Free Mac/Windows/Linux Icon Packs [Set 15] PNG/ICO
• Best Windows Freebies and Guides 18 [September 2009]
• PC Security Handbook Now Available