Create secret partitions of your USB Flash Drive

Creating partitions inside your USB drive is not possible because of
the nature of the hardware but Rohos Mini Drive application uses a smart
trick which lets you create partitions in your USB drive.  First let us
understand what it does before we talk about rest of the features :

• First it claims part of your USB Drive Storage. So once you have the setup done it will have some percentage show as occupied.
• Second,  For such partition on your USB drive it creates a virtual partition on your hard drive.
• Number of Partitions = Number of such Virtual Drive = Number of USB i.e. For every USB you get a virtual drive.
• This Virtual partition is linked with USB and is accessible using a password.

Did not get it ? Come back here when you finish reading the rest of the post.

Now lets start from basic. First download the application
and install it. Insert your Thumb drive and launch the application.The
plugged in thumb drive is automatically detected. Click on Setup USB Key
to start.

Here
you will details of How much Space is being taken to create the secret
partition on USB flash drive and where the image of the drive is kept.
Best is to keep it in your USB device so you can use it any where. Here you create password which will be required to open it later.

Once
this step is complete you will see the list of drives on top of the
application dashboard and virtual drive listed in My Computer. Whatever
you store in this drive is stored in USB.

Also in USB flash drive you will see few files of Roho which is required to launch when you are on a different computer.

Now Rohos Mini Drive application has two versions. One which is free and supports creating virtual drive
up-to 2GB and there is no limitation on the paid version.  This
application also comes along with few tools which lets you manage the
drive itself.  Here is the list :

• Deleting the disk.
• Expanding the size of the disk.
• Check disk utility.
• Change Password.
• Create Password Reset File

The USB drive comes with a small utility Rohos Mini Drive (Portable). This is the browser tool
which you can use to explore any image created by Roho Application. For
example if you have saved images to somewhere else when creating it,
you can still explore it any time with this portable application.

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September 24, 2010

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How to Change the Priority of Wired/Wireless Network Cards in Windows

Do you ever plug in your wired network card while your wireless card
is still enabled? Ever wonder how Windows chooses which one to use?
Here’s how to see the default priority—and how to change it if you want.

Note: there’s almost never any reason to change this, as
Windows does a good job of choosing the right connection. Still, if you
want to tweak it to work differently, this is how you would do it.

How to See the Current Network Card Priority

You’ll need to open up a new command prompt window and type in the following command:

netstat -rn | more

The | more part of the command will make sure that it doesn’t go
flying off the screen, requiring you to scroll backwards—speaking of
which, you should read our article about how to scroll backwards in the command prompt with the keyboard.

At the top of the output you’ll see the Interface List, and the
column on the left-hand side shows the metric of the interface. You’ll
notice that the loopback interface has the highest priority, followed by
my wired Gigabit card, and then my wireless card.

If you’re wondering what all the other cards in the list are about,
I’ve got some VPN software loaded, as well as VMware Workstation, all of
which create virtual adapters that show up in the list.

How to Change the Network Card Priority

To change the priority, head into Network and Sharing Center and
click on the Change adapter settings link on the left-hand side—or you
can quickly open the network connections list by typing ncpa.cpl into the Start Menu search box.

Now that we’re in here, choose the network card that you want to
change the priority for, right-click it, and choose Properties from the
menu.

Now select the Internet Protocol Version 4 item in the list, and click the Properties button.

Now click the Advanced button at the bottom of this window…. getting tired of clicking yet?

And now, finally, we’re at the place where you can make the change.
Uncheck the box for Automatic Metric, and then type a number into the
Interface Metric textbox. You can consult the list that we found in the
command prompt earlier to know what metric to assign—you’ll probably
want to assign it something higher than 1, since that’s used for the
loopback adapter.

You may want to go ahead and change the priority for your other card
as well, just to be sure that it is assigned the proper priority.

Computers and Internet

September 12, 2010

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Create your own Run commands

Yes… you can create your own run command to open any kind of application. No more need to navigate start > all programes etc…

follow these steps to create your own command to open Firefox.

1. Open registry editor by using Run box. Go to Start > Run, or press Win+r and type regedit.

2. navigate to:
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\App paths
3. Right click on App Paths and select New > Key, title the key , Firefox.exe
4. Right-Click the default string value and click Modify.
5. Change the value data to the actual path of application which you want to run. C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
6. Now right click anywhere in the white space and select New > String value.
7. Name it as Firefox and set the value data to -  C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe.
8. Exit.

Now you can open Firefox by using run command “Firefox”.

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September 8, 2010

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Close All of Your Open Applications in a Snap

You’ve been doing some serious work on your computer and have a bunch
of apps, browsers, spreadsheets, and documents open. You’re done for
the day, but closing each app and document individually is going to be a
hassle. Here we take a look at an awesome utility that will close all
of your running applications at once with one click.

Close All Windows

Close All Windows from NTWind Software is an easy to use utility that
doesn’t require installation, and will terminate all programs with a
single click. Simply download and extract the zip file, and when you
open it you’ll see the files that run it.

You can put this folder into a handy directory like C:\Users then pin
the executable to the Taskbar for easy access in Windows 7.

It will also work in XP or Vista and you could add it to the Quick Launch toolbar.

 

If you haven’t saved your work in a program or document, the app
will ask if you want to save your work, just like if you were to close
out of it normally.

If you need a way to quickly close out of all your open apps when done for the day, Close All Windows is a very cool solution.

Download Close All Windows

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September 5, 2010

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Change the User Interface Language in Vista or Windows 7

Would you like to change the user interface language in any edition of
Windows 7 or Vista on your computer?  Here’s a free app that can help
you do this quickly and easily.

If your native language is not the one most spoken in your area,
you’ve likely purchased a PC with Windows preinstalled with a language
that is difficult or impossible for you to use.  Windows 7 and Vista
Ultimate include the ability to install multiple user interface
languages and switch between them. However, all other editions are stuck
with the language they shipped with.  With the free Vistalizator app,
you can add several different interface languages to any edition of
Vista or Windows 7 and easily switch between them.

Note:  In this test, we used an US English copy of both Windows 7
Home Premium and Windows Vista Home Premium, and it works the same on
any edition. The built-in language switching in the Ultimate
Editions lets you set a user interface language for each user account,
but this will only switch it for all users. 

Add a User Interface Language to Windows

To add an interface language to any edition of Windows 7 and Vista, first download Vistalizator (link below). 
Then, from the same page, download the language pack of your choice. 
The language packs are specific for each service pack of Windows, so
make sure to choose the correct version and service pack you have
installed.

Once the downloads are finished, launch the Vistalizator program. You
do not need to install it; simply run it and you’re ready to go.  Click
the Add languages button to add a language to Windows.

Select the user interface language pack you downloaded, and click Open.

Depending on the language you selected, it may not automatically
update with Windows Update when a service pack is released.  If so, you
will have to remove the language pack and reinstall the new one for that
service pack at that time.  Click Ok to continue.

Make sure you’ve selected the correct language, and click Install language.

Vistalizator will extract and install the language pack.  This took around 5 to 10 minutes in our test.

Once the language pack is installed, click Yes to make it the default display language.

Now, you have two languages installed in Windows.  You may be
prompted to check for updates to the language pack; if so, click Update
languages and Vistalizator will automatically check for and install any
updates.

When finished, exit Vistalizator to finish switching the language.  Click Yes to automatically reboot and apply the changes.

When you computer reboots, it will show your new language, which in
our test is Thai.  Here’s our Windows 7 Home Premium machine with the
Thai language pack installed and running.

You can even add a right to left language, such as Arabic, to Windows.  Simply repeat the steps to add another language pack. 

 

Vistalizator was originally designed for Windows Vista, and works
great with Windows 7 too.  The language packs for Vista are larger
downloads than their Windows 7 counterparts.  Here’s our Vista Home
Premium in English…

And here’s how it looks after installing the Simplified Chinese language pack with Vistalizator.

Revert to Your Original Language

If you wish to return to the language that your computer shipped
with, or want to switch to another language you’ve installed, run
Vistalizator again.  Select the language you wish to use, and click
Change language.  

When you close Vistalizator, you will again be asked to reboot.  Once
you’ve rebooted, you’ll see your new (or original) language ready to
use.  Here’s our Windows 7 Home Premium desktop, back in it’s original
English interface.

Conclusion

This is a great way to change your computer’s language into your own
native language, and is especially useful for expatriates around the
world.  Also, if you’d like to simply change or add an input language
instead of changing the language throughout your computer.

Download Vistalizator

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September 3, 2010

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Schedule Updates for Windows Media Center

If you use Windows Media Center in Vista or Windows 7, it can
sometimes be annoying when it decides to download updates and waste
bandwidth while you’re working on other things. Here we take a look at
scheduling the updates for a specific time.

You may have noticed the icon in your system tray telling you Windows Media Center is updating.

To schedule the updates for a specific time, open Media Center and go
to Tasks \ Settings \ General \ Automatic Download Options. Then
schedule a start and stop time for downloading updates.

It’s annoying having WMC downloading updates if you’re working online
and have a slower connection. This will allow you to still get the
updates without interfering with your online activities.

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September 2, 2010

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MeeGo (Netbook Operating System)

MeeGo
is an open source, Linux operating system based on Moblin (by Intel)
and Maemo (by Nokia). Its aim is to merge the efforts of Intel on Moblin and of Nokia on Maemo
into one project. It is hosted by the Linux Foundation. According to
Intel, MeeGo was developed because Microsoft did not offer
comprehensive Windows 7 support for the Atom processor.

MeeGo
is intended to run on a variety of hardware platforms including
handhelds, in-car devices, netbooks and televisions.All platforms share
the MeeGo core, with different “User Experience” (“UX”) layers for each
type of device.

MeeGo provides support for both ARM and Intel x86 processors with SSSE3 enabled ^[6] and uses btrfs as the default file system.

MeeGo for netbooks comes in two versions: one with Google Chrome (closed source) and one with Chromium (open source). For a media player, MeeGo comes with Banshee 1.0 for MeeGo (which has just been released):

(Banshee 1.0 for MeeGo)

As an email client, MeeGo is using Evolution Express, a new Evolution interface especially designed for small screens:

(Evolution Express)

For
VoIP, IM, and presence functionality, MeeGo uses Telepathy. Telepathy
is a D-Bus based framework that unifies all supported protocols of real
time communication, including, but not limited to, instant messaging,
IRC, voice and video over IP, and cellular calls.

(Meego File Manager)

Other useful technical info: MeeGo uses BTRFS
as the default filesystem (but you can use a different filesystem if
you want), PackageKit for package management, Tracker for indexing,
meta-data extraction, and search capabilities for a variety of data
types, including media files, and documents and PulseAudio for the
sound.

(MeeGo Network Panel)

ConnMan (which is sponsored by both Intel and Nokia) is used for connection management – application which Ubuntu will also use for its 10.10 Netbook Edition, as well as Telephony APIs (oFono) for telephony services.

Users who want to download it themselves can obtain the disk image from the MeeGo website. For additional details, see the official release announcement and release notes.

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August 31, 2010

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10 Tips for Improving Your Wireless Network

If
Windows ever notifies you about a weak signal, it probably means your
connection isn’t as fast or as reliable as it could be. Worse, you
might lose your connection entirely in some parts of your home. If
you’re looking to improve the signal for your wireless network, try
some of these tips for extending your wireless range and improving your
wireless network performance.

1. Position your wireless router (or wireless access point) in a central location

When
possible, place your wireless router in a central location in your
home. If your wireless router is against an outside wall of your home,
the signal will be weak on the other side of your home. Don’t worry if
you can’t move your wireless router, because there are many other ways
to improve your connection.

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2. Move the router off the floor and away from walls and metal objects (such as metal file cabinets)

Metal,
walls, and floors will interfere with your router’s wireless signals.
The closer your router is to these obstructions, the more severe the
interference, and the weaker your connection will be.

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3. Replace your router’s antenna

The
antennas supplied with your router are designed to be omni-directional,
meaning they broadcast in all directions around the router. If your
router is near an outside wall, half of the wireless signals will be
sent outside your home, and much of your router’s power will be wasted.
Most routers don’t allow you to increase the power output, but you can
make better use of the power. Upgrade to a hi-gain antenna that focuses
the wireless signals only one direction. You can aim the signal in the
direction you need it most.

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4. Replace your computer’s wireless network adapter

Wireless
network signals must be sent both to and from your computer. Sometimes,
your router can broadcast strongly enough to reach your computer, but
your computer can’t send signals back to your router. To improve this,
replace your laptop’s PC card-based wireless network adapter with a USB
network adapter that uses an external antenna. In particular, consider
the Hawking Hi-Gain Wireless USB network adapter, which adds an
external, hi-gain antenna to your computer and can significantly
improve your range.

Laptops with built-in wireless typically have excellent antennas and don’t need to have their network adapters upgraded.

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5. Add a wireless repeater

Wireless
repeaters extend your wireless network range without requiring you to
add any wiring. Just place the wireless repeater halfway between your
wireless access point and your computer, and you’ll get an instant
boost to your wireless signal strength. Check out the wireless
repeaters from ViewSonic, D-Link, Linksys, and Buffalo Technology.

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6. Change your wireless channel

Wireless
routers can broadcast on several different channels, similar to the way
radio stations use different channels. In the United States and Canada,
these channels are 1, 6, and 11. Just like you’ll sometimes hear
interference on one radio station while another is perfectly clear,
sometimes one wireless channel is clearer than others. Try changing
your wireless router’s channel through your router’s configuration page
to see if your signal strength improves. You don’t need to change your
computer’s configuration, because it’ll automatically detect the new
channel.

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7. Reduce wireless interference

If
you have cordless phones or other wireless electronics in your home,
your computer might not be able to "hear" your router over the noise
from the other wireless devices. To quiet the noise, avoid wireless
electronics that use the 2.4GHz frequency. Instead, look for cordless
phones that use the 5.8GHz or 900MHz frequencies.

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8. Update your firmware or your network adapter driver

Router
manufacturers regularly make free improvements to their routers.
Sometimes, these improvements increase performance. To get the latest
firmware updates for your router, visit your router manufacturer’s
website.

Similarly, network adapter vendors occasionally update
the software that Windows uses to communicate with your network
adapter, known as the driver. These updates typically improve
performance and reliability. To get the driver updates, do the
following:

Windows 7 and Windows Vista

• Click Start menu, click All Programs, and then click Windows Update.

• In the left pane, click Check for updates, and then wait while Windows Vista looks for the latest updates for your computer.

• Install any updates relating to your wireless network adapter.

Windows XP

• Visit Microsoft Update, click Custom, and then wait while Windows XP looks for the latest updates for your computer.

• Install any updates relating to your wireless adapter.

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9. Pick equipment from a single vendor

While
a Linksys router will work with a D-Link network adapter, you often get
better performance if you pick a router and network adapter from the
same vendor. Some vendors offer a performance boost of up to twice the
performance when you choose their hardware: Linksys has the
SpeedBooster technology, and D-Link has the 108G enhancement.

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10. Upgrade 802.11b devices to 802.11g

802.11b
is the most common type of wireless network, but 802.11g is about five
times faster. 802.11g is backward-compatible with 802.11b, so you can
still use any 802.11b equipment that you have. If you’re using 802.11b
and you’re unhappy with the performance, consider replacing your router
and network adapters with 802.11g-compatible equipment. If you’re
buying new equipment, definitely choose 802.11g.

Wireless
networks never reach the theoretical bandwidth limits. 802.11b networks
typically get 2-5Mbps. 802.11g is usually in the 13-23Mbps range.
Belkin’s Pre-N equipment has been measured at 37-42Mbps.

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August 30, 2010

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Boost Netbook Speed with an SD Card & ReadyBoost

Looking for a way to increase the performance of your netbook? 
Here’s how you can use a standard SD memory card or a USB flash drive to
boost performance with ReadyBoost.

Most netbooks ship with 1Gb of Ram, and many older netbooks shipped
with even less.  Even if you want to add more ram, often they can only
be upgraded to a max of 2GB.  With ReadyBoost in Windows 7, it’s easy to
boost your system’s performance with flash memory.  If your netbook has
an SD card slot, you can insert a memory card into it and just leave it
there to always boost your netbook’s memory; otherwise, you can use a
standard USB flash drive the same way. Also, you can use ReadyBoost on
any desktop or laptop; ones with limited memory will see the most
performance increase from using it.

Please Note:  ReadyBoost requires at least 256Mb of free space on
your flash drive, and also requires minimum read/write speeds.  Most
modern memory cards or flash drives meet these requirements, but be
aware that an old card may not work with it.

Using ReadyBoost

Insert an SD card into your card reader, or connect a USB flash drive
to a USB port on your computer.  Windows will automatically see if your
flash memory is ReadyBoost capable, and if so, you can directly choose
to speed up your computer with ReadyBoost.

The ReadyBoost settings dialog will open when you select this. 
Choose “Use this device” and choose how much space you want ReadyBoost
to use.

Click Ok, and Windows will setup ReadyBoost and start using it to
speed up your computer.  It will automatically use ReadyBoost whenever
the card is connected to the computer.

When you view your SD card or flash drive in Explorer, you will
notice a ReadyBoost file the size you chose before.  This will be
deleted when you eject your card or flash drive.

If you need to remove your drive to use elsewhere, simply eject as normal.

Windows will inform you that the drive is currently being used.  Make
sure you have closed any programs or files you had open from the drive,
and then press Continue to stop ReadyBoost and eject your drive.

If you remove the drive without ejecting it, the ReadyBoost file may
still remain on the drive.  You can delete this to save space on the
drive, and the cache will be recreated when you use ReadyBoost next
time.

Conclusion

Although ReadyBoost may not make your netbook feel like a Core i7
laptop with 6GB of RAM, it will still help performance and make
multitasking even easier.  Also, if you have, say, a memory stick and a
flash drive, you can use both of them with ReadyBoost for the maximum
benefit.  We have even noticed better battery life when multitasking
with ReadyBoost, as it lets you use your hard drive less. 

SD cards and thumb drives are relatively cheap today, and many of us
have several already, so this is a great way to improve netbook
performance cheaply.

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August 29, 2010

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Evolution of Windows Operating System

Windows was the first commercially available GUI Operating System
from Microsoft founded by Bill Gates. In 1983 Microsoft announced the
development of Windows, a graphical user interface (GUI) for its own
operating system (MS-DOS), which had shipped for IBM PC and compatible
computers since 1981. After 4 years in 1985 Microsoft released Windows
1.0 Since then, Microsoft has shipped many versions of Windows, and the
product line has changed from a GUI product to a modern operating
system.the most successful operating system from the house of Microsoft
was Windows XP. The latest buzz is Windows 7 which is in Beta testing
now.lets take a look at Microsoft Windows from version 1.0 to windows
7. The information & Pictures are collected from various sources like Wikipedia, Microsoft, Google etc.

Windows
1.0

Windows
1.0 was a 16-bit graphical operating environment that was released on
20 November 1985. Windows 1.0 was the first ever commercially available
GUI Operating System.Windows 1.0 was only available on floppy disks.
The user had to have DOS to install.Windows
1.0 offers limited multitasking of existing MS-DOS programs and
concentrates.The system requirements for Windows 1.0 constituted
CGA/Hercules/EGA (listed as “Monochrome or color monitor”), MS-DOS 3.1,
384K RAM (512KB recommended), and 2 double-sided disk drives or a hard
drive.Windows 1.0 runs a shell program known as MS-DOS Executive. Other
supplied programs are Calculator, Calendar, Cardfile, Clipboard viewer, Clock, Control Panel, Notepad, Paint,Reversi, Terminal, and Write.

Windows 2.0

Windows
2.0 was a 16-bit Microsoft Windows graphical user interface-based
operating environment that superseded Windows 1.0. Windows 2.0 was
supplemented by Windows/286 and Windows/386 in 1988.Windows 2.0 was
packaged with AT&T Computers as test software for many educational institutions. This variation of Windows 2.0 has “plug
‘n’ play” capabilities.Windows 2.0 allowed application windows to
overlap each other, unlike its predecessor Windows 1.0, which could only
display tiled windows. Windows 2.0 also introduced more sophisticated
keyboard-shortcuts and the terminology of “Minimize” and “Maximize”, as
opposed to “Iconize” and “Zoom” in Windows 1.0.

Windows 3.0

Windows
3.0 is the third major release of Microsoft Windows, and was released
on 22 May 1990. It became the first widely successful version of
Windows and a powerful rival to Apple
Macintosh and the Commodore Amiga on the GUI front. It was succeeded
by Windows 3.1.Windows 3.0 includes a Protected/Enhanced mode which
allows Windows applications to use more memory in a more painless
manner than their DOS counterparts could. It can run in any of Real,
Standard, or 386 Enhanced modes, and is compatible with any Intel
processor from the 8086/8088 up to 80286 and 80386.

Windows
3.1X

Windows
3.1X series was the successor of windows 3.0, Windows 3.1 was released
in March 1992.Windows 3.1x contains a color scheme named Hotdog Stand.
This color scheme contains bright hues of red, yellow and black. The
color scheme was designed to help people with some degree of color
blindness see text/graphics on the screen easier.Windows for Workgroups 3.1 (originally codenamed Winball and later Sparta),
released in October 1992, features native networking support. Windows
for Workgroups 3.1 is an extended version of Windows 3.1 which comes
with SMB file sharing support via the NetBIOS based NBF and/or IPX network transport protocols.

Windows NT 3.1

Windows
NT 3.1 is the first release of Microsoft’s Windows NT line of server
and business desktop operating systems, and was released to
manufacturing on 27 July 1993. Two editions of NT 3.1 were made
available, Windows NT 3.1 and Windows NT Advanced Server.Windows NT
provided a 16-bit compatibility subsystem, called “Windows on Windows”
(aka WOW), which allowed most Windows 3.x applications to run unmodified
on NT. Applications which made direct access to hardware, or depended
on DOS-level drivers, were not supported.NT also introduced Win32, a
32-bit implementation of the Windows API. This permitted many 16-bit
Windows applications to be recompiled for the system with minimal
changes. Win32 also allowed the growing body of 16-bit Windows
programmers to leverage their skills on the new system

Windows 95

Windows
95 was released on August 24, 1995 by Microsoft.Windows 95 was
intended to integrate Microsoft’s formerly separate MS-DOS and Windows
products and includes an enhanced version of DOS, often referred to as
MS-DOS 7.0. It features significant improvements over its predecessor,
Windows 3.1, most visibly in the graphical user interface (GUI).The
basic elements of the interface introduced in Windows 95 — including
the taskbar, Start button and menu, and the Windows Explorer file
manager. Windows 95 included support for 255-character mixed-case long
filenames and preemptively multitasked pseudo-protected-mode 32-bit
applications. Whereas earlier versions of Windows are optional
“operating environments” requiring the MS-DOS operating system (usually
available separately)

Windows 98

Windows
98 (codenamed Memphis) was a graphical operating system released on 25
June 1998 by Microsoft and the successor toWindows 95.Windows 98
Second Edition (often shortened to SE) is an updated release of Windows
98, released on 5 May 1999.It includes fixes for many minor issues,
improved USB support, and the replacement of Internet Explorer 4.0 with
the significantly faster and lighter Internet Explorer 5.0.

The
release of Windows 98 was preceded by a notable press demonstration at
Comdex in April 1998. Microsoft CEO Bill Gates was highlighting the
operating system’s ease of use and enhanced support for Plug and Play
(PnP). However, when presentation assistant Chris Capossela plugged a
scanner in and attempted to install it, the operating system crashed,
displaying a Blue Screen of Death.

Windows 2000

Windows 2000 is a line of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on business desktops, notebook computers, and servers.
Released on 17 February, 2000.Four editions of Windows 2000 were
released: Professional, Server, Advanced Server, and Datacenter
Server.Additionally, Microsoft sold Windows 2000 Advanced Server Limited
Edition and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Limited Edition, which were
released in 2001 and run on 64-bit Intel Itanium
microprocessors.Microsoft marketed Windows 2000 as the most secure
Windows version ever, but it became the target of a number of
high-profile virus attacks such as Code Red and Nimda. Almost nine years
after its release, it continues to receive patches for security vulnerabilities nearly every month.

Windows Millennium Edition

Windows
Millennium Edition, or Windows Me was a hybrid 16-bit/32-bit graphical
operating system released on 14 September 2000 by Microsoft. ME stands
for Millennium.It included Internet Explorer 5.5, Windows Media Player 7, and the new Windows Movie Maker
software, which provided basic video editing and was designed to be
easy for home users. Microsoft also updated the graphical user
interface and the shell features and Windows Explorer in Windows Me
with some of those first introduced in Windows 2000.n 1997,
“Millennium” was the codename for a future version of Windows NT that
was expected to be released in 2000 or 2001. In 1998, Microsoft stated
that there would be no version of Windows 9x after Windows 98.

Windows XP

Windows XP
was first released on 25 October 2001, and over 400 million copies
were in use in January 2006, according to an estimate in that month by
an IDC analyst.Windows XP is a line of operating systems produced by
Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business
desktops, notebook computers, and media centers. The name “XP” is short
for “experience”.Windows XP is the successor to bothWindows 2000
Professional and Windows Me, and is the first consumer-oriented
operating system produced by Microsoft to be built on the Windows NT
kernel and architecture.The most common editions of the operating
system are Windows XP Home Edition, which is targeted at home users, and
Windows XP Professional, which offers additional features such as
support for Windows Server domains and two physical processors, and is
targeted at power users.

Windows Vista

Windows
Vista is a line of operating systems developed by Microsoft for use on
personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops,
Tablet PCs, and media center PCs. Prior to its announcement on July 22,
2005, Windows Vista was known by its codename “Longhorn.” Development
was completed on November 8, 2006. Windows Vista contains many changes
and new features, including an updated graphical user interface and
visual style dubbed Windows Aero, improved searching features, new
multimedia creation tools such as Windows DVD Maker, and redesigned
networking, audio, print, and display sub-systems.Windows Vista includes
version 3.0 of the .NET Framework, which aims to make it significantly
easier for software developers to write applications than with the
traditional Windows API.

Windows 7

Windows
7 (formerly codenamed Blackcomb and Vienna) is the next release of
Microsoft Windows, an operating system produced by Microsoft for use on
personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops,
Tablet PCs, netbooks and media center PCs.Microsoft released beta
version of Windows 7 which gets a very heavy response.Unlike its
predecessor, Windows 7 is intended to be an incremental upgrade to
Vista, with the goal of being fully compatible with device drivers,
applications, and hardware which Windows Vista is already compatible
with.Presentations given by the company in 2008 have focused on
multi-touch support, a redesigned Windows Shell with a new taskbar, a
home networking system called HomeGroup,and performance improvements.
Some applications that have been included with prior releases of
Microsoft Windows, most notably Windows Movie Maker, and Windows Photo
Gallery, are no longer included with the operating system; they are
instead offered separately (free of charge) as part of the Windows Live
Essentials suite.

Computers and Internet

August 28, 2010

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