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Closing Open Windows’ Applications the Easy Way!
Mar 19th
Now here’s a useful little tool I found on the Internet. It is simple to use and closes all running windows with a simple click.
It is available from this website http: www.ntwind.com
To get this useful application you need to download it using this hyperlink:
Download – CloseAll.zip (36 KB)
CloseAll is not a “memory hungry” program. It only sends a “close” message to any open applications telling them to shut Read more ...
Businesses Starting To Embrace Windows 7 With Open Arms
Mar 17th
Microsoft are constantly pushing and shoving businesses to try and get them to upgrade to the latest versions of their software, be it Internet Explorer or Windows 7. Why?, Well when businesses begin to adopt your product, you know you’ve done something right.
A recent study carried out shows that more than half of those who took part were planning on having some machines in their corporation running Windows 7 by the end of the year.
The survey was carried out by Dimensional Research, on 923 businesses in January, and it found that some 16 percent of businesses are already running some Windows 7, with a further 42 percent planning to start their loading their machines with it by the end of 2010.
Of course this news bodes well for Microsoft and Dimensional Read more ...
Take Internet Explorer 9 for a Test Drive
Mar 16th
Okay, not literally ‘cos you can’t really do that, but Microsoft today announced that you can indeed try its forthcoming IE9 browser, at least the guts of it. They’ve made a Platform Review available to download here.
In short Microsoft want to show off the new technologies in the browser, including support for HTML5 and a rendering engine that uses the power of your PC’s graphics processor to load pages faster than ever before.
How To Easily Manage External Displays
Mar 14th
The other day I was trying to set up a projector for a friend who was running Windows Vista on his laptop. Being so familiar with Windows 7 I thought it would be a simple straightforward procedure, but unfortunately it wasn’t. It’s only when you go back to an older OS like Vista that you realise the small subtle changes Microsoft have made in Windows 7 and your really appreciate them.
With Windows 7 connecting to and managing an external display is really quite simple. Firstly you connect your display to your laptop/PC with a HDMI cable or VGA cable etc…
Then once it’s powered on you simply use to following keyboard shortcut;
Windows key + P
You will then see this window pop up on your screen
