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This category will provide you with all the tips and trick, softwares and utilities that Microsoft releases from time to time. We also cover direct download links to the popular software like Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows etc.
Windows 8 will remain Windows 8. Yes! Microsoft has officially announced that Windows 8 is the official product name of their next Operating System which is currently in beta. There has been a lot of speculation on the editions of Windows 8 when it will be launched. If you go through Windows 8 Consumer Preview [...]
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Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Windows Server 8 beta were made available for download on 29th February, 2012. At that point, no one had an idea about what these Operating Systems will be named finally as these names were not final. But yesterday, Microsoft has clarified some details about the names and editions of their [...]
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The Microsoft Windows Live Essentials 2011 has been updated and the new build number is 15.4.3555.0308. It is a minor update. The new update has affected Setup Installer, Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Movie Maker, Windows Live Photo Gallery and Windows Live Mesh. The Setup is now a 214 MB. The new [...]
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Microsoft has not made it clear about the probable release dates of its products that are under active development including Office 15, IE 10, Windows 8 and Windows Phone. The roadmap of the release of these products was shared by Microsoft with its partners in December last year but it was confidential and was not [...]
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It’s the second Tuesday of April, 2012 and as usual Microsoft has released the security updates for its various products. The most important news in April is that the support for Windows XP will end on April 8, 2014. The extended support for Windows Vista has already ended. It means that Windows XP users will [...]
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Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (DaRT) is a part of Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP). The new beta version of DaRT has recently been released. The latest beta version is DaRT 8 Beta. Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset is the ultimate troubleshooting toolset for Windows which extends the recovery options of Windows. Using DaRT, one can [...]
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Windows 8 Consumer Preview has a great built-in feature called Split Screen that enables you to split the screen into two sections, one larger and another smaller. In either of the section you can have Metro App or Desktop e.g. you can work on Desktop while viewing the Metro App in the small screen. This [...]
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Windows 8 is built with touch enabled Metro Start Screen and Charms Menu. The metro UI is useful for those having touch screen computers because it includes many apps specifically redesigned for touch enabled devices. The Metro UI has got the menus, sliders and buttons wider than the general windows UI to prevent people missing [...]
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Windows 8 Consumer Preview comes with a brand new touch enabled boot loader. You will see the boot loader touch enabled selection screen only if you have installed Windows 8 in dual boot environment. The new boot loader has integrated some tools which can help repair Windows 8 Operating system in case it has corrupted. [...]
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Currently, SATA (Serial ATA) hard drives are being used widely because of their enhanced performance, better throughput and other features. Previously PATA (Parallel ATA) was being used which is being replaced by SATA technology. The Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is a technical standard defined by Intel that specifies the operation of Serial ATA (SATA) [...]
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