Windows Tools, Help & Guides

It’s been a while since the new Xbox 360 Slim was released.  I’ve been keenly reading reviews and watching screencasts on Microsoft’s new games console.  In particular I’ve been watching out for RROD issues and comparisons to the Xbox 360 Classic

I came across Paul Thurrott’s review last month, it’s one of the best on the web I’ve read and I’d like to share it with mintywhite readers.

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Our partner mlewallpapers.com have submitted 10 awesome Autumn wallpapers for our customizing pleasure.

All wallpapers are free and credits go to the original authors.

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It seems Microsoft just can’t help taking a crack at Apple recently (you gotta love it!)

Last time it was Windows 7 Vs. Mac OS X.  This time Microsoft are comparing productivity suites Windows Live Essentials & Apple iLife.

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Yesterday, Rich let you know about our new sub-forum; Windows 7 Customization.

Today i want to share with you some of the great content that resides here.

A big thanks go to our forum members that have contributed….keep it up!

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This How To guide is going to show you how to remove the location history from ‘Personalization’ in Windows 7 x86 & x64.

If you’ve been using the same Windows installation for a while and like to change your background more frequently than your pants, then this drop down menu can become a bit unwieldy and sometimes ends up including broken links.
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TWC in conjunction with Lee Whittington have released IconCache Rebuilder for those of you experiencing weird problems with your icons in Windows 7.

[UDATE – See Rich’s How-To guide to fix your corrupt icon cache manually]

Sometimes you may find an icon that just won’t display correctly no matter what you do.

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