Awesome offer from O’Reilly Media and Microsoft Press on their Windows 7 titles. 50% off, no DRM eBooks in all formats. They even include great titles such as Network Your Computers & Devices Step by Step or Windows 7 Inside Out, Deluxe Edition.
Posts Tagged ‘windows 7’
Does Internet Explorer 9/64-bit deliver better performance?
This brief test compares the browsing performance of the normal 32-bit version of Internet Explorer 9 against the 64-bit version.
Does the 64-bit Version of Internet Explorer 9 Deliver Better Browsing Performance?
Is it worth using the Safely Remove Hardware icon?
Does this still make sense when using USB memory sticks or external hard drives? Learn from this tutorial + benchmark:
Want to Stop Using the Safely Remove Hardware Notification Icon?
The Complete Tutorial to Windows Speech Recognition
The Speech Recognition in Windows has become pretty awesome yet few people know about it, let alone use it. 7 Tutorials has published an awesome series of tutorials which takes you through all the basics needed to get you started.
They ended their series with this great wrap-up article, sharing links to useful articles plus thoughts and advice about using the tool.
Speech Recognition: Afterthoughts on Its Strengths and Weaknesses
Limited Edition Artist Series theme (Win7)
From Microsoft: Swirling dragons, floral profusions, and cacophonies of color—this dazzling free theme for Windows 7 celebrates the innovative work of artists like Kenzo Minami, Sally Zou, Stina Persson, and more. The Microsoft Hardware Limited Edition Artist Series is a growing collection of wireless mice featuring unique designs.
The Windows 8 Start Screen vs the Start Menu
An interesting analysis: Is the Start Screen an Improvement vs. the Start Menu?
How to work with the Event Viewer in Windows
Do you want to learn more about Event Viewer and its uses in Windows 7? Check these great tutorials:
Beautiful Ferrari theme (Windows 7)
Holy Maranello ! Awesome new themes from Redmond include Porsche, Ducati, Infiniti and Akrapovic.
Microsoft via MajorGeeks
Get Access to More Advanced Configuration for User Accounts and Groups
The Local Users and Groups snap-in from Computer Management, allows more granular control over the user accounts and groups found in Windows. These tutorials show how to work with it.