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The Best Windows 7 Website Competition Begins

Posted by Rich On June - 30 - 2009ADD COMMENTS

Windows7Update is hosting the Best Windows 7 Website Competition. I am one of the judges in the competition and invite those that run Windows 7 websites to submit their site. If you know of a Windows 7 related website, please head to the competition and nominate the site.

Competition Prizes


First Prize
	A copy of the Windows 7 Ultimate upgrade ($219)(upon release) A copy of SnagIt ($49.95) A website review on Windows7update.com

Second Prize
	A copy of the Windows 7 Professional upgrade ($99)(upon release) $100 PayPal prize

Third Prize
	A copy of the Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade ($99)(upon release) $50 PayPal prize

Rules

Only one entry per person (even if you have multiple sites)
Judges cannot participate
Your website must be in English or have an English
translation

How to Enter

Click here to submit your entry

More Details

Find out more about the competition here.

XP Scene Gives You Windows Dreamscene in XP

Posted by Rich On April - 14 - 200918 COMMENTS

Windows Vista Ultimate comes with a feature called Dreamscence, which allows you to play videos as your wallpaper. Other versions of Vista and all versions of XP do not come with this by default.

XP Scene creates an HTML file, which you can use as your background (XP only) and display your video as your wallpaper. Just follow the three simple steps the program takes and you’ll be up and running.

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Want to Prank Your Friends for April Fools? Use This!

Posted by Rich On March - 31 - 20098 COMMENTS

Here’s a quick program to help you prank your friends tomorrow: the Ultimate Virus!

What Does it Do?

I’ll let this screenshot tour I just prepared do the talking. Try to get your friend to run through the whole process and tell them that turning off their computer is not a good idea :)

Just download the file and after executing the exe, you’ll see something similar to the following:

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Update Group Policy without Restarting Your Computer

Posted by Rich On March - 23 - 20096 COMMENTS

If you make a change to the group policy on your Windows XP Professional; Vista Business or Ultimate; or Windows 7 Ultimate machine, you will need to restart your computer to make the changes take effect. In this guide, you’ll learn how to avoid restarting with a simple command.

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Ultimate Windows Tweaker 1.1

Posted by Rich On February - 9 - 200929 COMMENTS

vista ultimate tweaker 01 Ultimate Windows Tweaker 1.1

UPDATE: V 1.1 is now available with 20 more tweaks! Howard Lo, Microsoft’s Regional Team Manager (APAC) released Ultimate Windows Tweaker, a Tweak UI for Windows Vista at the South Asia MVP Meet 2008. Windows Guides readers can get their hands on a copy, which does not need installation and is only 370kb. The program lets you apply over 130 tweaks without using the registry once!

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Seven Days with Windows 7: Making it Functional

Posted by Rich On February - 2 - 20092 COMMENTS

7days7 02 Seven Days with Windows 7: Making it Functional Windows Forums member, MSherwood spent seven days using Windows 7 and nothing else. In this two-part series, he shares his impressions, likes, dislikes, and recommendations for Windows 7. The second part of this series covers program installation and feature exploration.

Check the first of this two-part series.

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