(Rooftop Details of Casa Mila, Barcelona)
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
Windows 7 Canada Wallpapers
(Sunset at Moraine Lake, Banff National Park-Coucher de soleil sur le lac Moraine, parc national Banff, Alberta)
(Lady Evelyn Falls-Chutes Lady Evelyn, Northwest Territories-Territoires du Nord-Ouest)
(Boats at Curme Islands, Desolation Sound Embarcations près des îles Curme, baie Desolation, British ColumbiaColombie-Britannique)
(windows7news.com)
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Windows 7 Australia Wallpapers and backgrounds
(Nambung National Park, West Australia)
(Lasseter Highway, Northern Territory, Australia)
(Finke River near Glen Helen, West Macdonnell Range, Northern Territory, Australia)
Sunday, February 7, 2010
How to create a theme for windows 7
the format of Theme (.theme) files used in Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP. A .theme file is a .ini text file that is divided into sections, which specify visual elements that appear on a Microsoft Windows desktop. Section names are wrapped in brackets ([]) in the .ini file.
Windows 7 supports new features including the Desktop Background Slide Show. Unrecognized sections of .theme files are ignored by previous versions of the operating system. A new file format, .themepack, has also been introduced with Windows 7 to help users share themes. Themes can be selected in the Personalization Control Panel only in Windows 7 Home Premium or higher, or only on Windows Server 2008 R2 when the Desktop component is installed.
Windows 7 supports new features including the Desktop Background Slide Show. Unrecognized sections of .theme files are ignored by previous versions of the operating system. A new file format, .themepack, has also been introduced with Windows 7 to help users share themes. Themes can be selected in the Personalization Control Panel only in Windows 7 Home Premium or higher, or only on Windows Server 2008 R2 when the Desktop component is installed.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Customize Windows 7 and Windows Live Messenger – for free
Take a journey to the beach, escape to the mountains, explore the city or go on a safari – while never leaving your PC. Create your own avatar for your Windows 7-powered desktop – then share it with your friends on Windows Live Messenger. Choose your destination to personalize your PC experience (Click here )
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Friday, February 5, 2010
security event 4672
- Event contain :(Special privileges assigned to new logon).
this event is considered a normal activity for the computer
this event is considered a normal activity for the computer
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Best games for Windows 7
 IT has been nearly fifteen years since the war between the orcs and humans ended. An uneasy peace settled over the land while, for years, the drums of war were silent. Yet the kingdoms of men grew complacent in their victory - and slowly, the defeated orcish clans regrouped under the banner of a new visionary leader. Now a darker shadow has fallen over the world, threatening to extinguish all life - all hope. The drums of war play upon the winds once again - rising urgently towards the inevitable hour when the skies will rain fire - and the world will tremble before the coming of the Burning Legion. |
 The second in BioWare’s planned trilogy of action-RPG games set in outer space almost 200 years into the future, Mass Effect 2 (Xbox 360: 96, PC: 95) finally arrived in stores this week, a little over two years after the first Mass Effect 91 captured the imagination of gamers (and sold over 2 million copies in the process). The story-driven game revolves around the actions of the player-controlled Commander Shepard, who is sent on a mission to track down the mysterious aliens known as the Collectors, who have been causing entire human colonies to disappear. Expected to contend for the title of game of the year (despite its January release date), Mass Effect 2 is so far living up to the hype, collecting stellar reviews on the level of last year’s critical darling, Modern Warfare 2 94. |
 On November 10, 2009, Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare 2 will strike worldwide. The most-anticipated game of the year and the sequel to the best-selling first-person action game of all time, Modern Warfare 2 continues the gripping and heart-racing action as players face off against a new threat dedicated to bringing the world to the brink of collapse. Game Features: Epic single-player campaign picks up immediately following the thrilling events from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The definitive multiplayer experience returns, with a host of new perks and enhancements. New cooperative SpecOps mode, the perfect combination of Modern Warfare's single-player intensity and the addictive replayability of its multiplayer. |
 Need for Speed™ SHIFT is an award-winning authentic racing game that combines the true driver’s experience with real-world physics, pixel-perfect car models, and a wide range of authentic race tracks. Need for Speed SHIFT takes players in a different direction to create a simulation experience that replicates the true feeling of driving high-end performance cars. Players are thrust into the loud, visceral, intense, athletic experience of racing a car on the edge of control from the driver’s perspective through the combination of perception based G-forces, the hyper reality of the cockpit view, and the brutal experience of a first person crash dynamic. Need for Speed SHIFT features an accurate, accessible physics-based driving model that allows you to feel every impact, every change of track surface and every last bit of grip as you push yourself to the edge. The all-new driver profile is the ultimate extension of the true driver’s experience. This system gives each player a unique persona based on a player’s driving skill and style - aggressive or precise. Driver profile impacts how a player unlocks cars, overall career progression and online matchmaking. In Need for Speed SHIFT, how you drive is who you are behind the wheel. Need for Speed SHIFT is being developed by Slightly Mad Studios in collaboration with Black Box and senior vice president Patrick Soderlund at EA Games Europe. Slightly Mad Studios includes developers and designers that worked on the critically acclaimed games GT Legends and GTR 2. |
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  Description:Defy hostile alien abductors and fight your way off of the massive Mothership Zeta, orbiting Earth miles above the Capital Wasteland. Mothership Zeta takes Fallout 3 in an entirely new direction – outer space. Meet new characters and join with them in a desperate bid to escape the Aliens’ clutches. To do so, you’ll wield powerful new weapons, like the Alien Atomizer, Alien Disintegrator, and Drone Cannon, and deck yourself out in brand new outfits, like the Gemini-Era Spacesuit and even Samurai Armor.Story:A strange Alien signal is being broadcast throughout the Capital Wasteland, originating from a crashed UFO. Is it a distress call, or something far more sinister? That question is answered when you find yourself beamed aboard an enormous Alien spacecraft, with only one alternative – to fight your way to the bridge of the ship and secure your escape.Key Features:
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    On the pitch, critical gameplay fundamentals have been enhanced to ensure that FIFA Soccer 10 mirrors real-world soccer, providing more sophisticated ball control, and physical interaction. On attack, players now analyze space more effectively, curve their runs in an attempt to stay onside, create passing lanes naturally, and drive for more variety in attacking options. On defense, new concepts like position priority enable defenders to multitask so dangerous spaces left open by teammates out of position are covered. Plus, slide tackle targeting, press marking, and better urgency clearance logic provide new options that make defending a tactical skill in FIFA Soccer 10. Three new innovations change the player control experience in FIFA Soccer 10. The first-ever true 360° dribbling system gives players finer control of the ball, enabling them to find spaces between defenders that previously were not possible. Using an all-new animation technology, skilled dribblers now have the ability to face the defender and use highly responsive lateral dribbling to skip past him. An innovative concept called Freedom in Physical Play enables players to perform wider dribble touches and new collision sharing creates a varied, less predictable, and extended fight for possession between the dribbler and a defender. A deeper iteration of the ever-popular Manager Mode features more than 50 major improvements, including new match realism, ultra-realistic player transfers based on multiple decision points, and true-to-life player growth curves. New game modes, and innovations to popular features like Be A Pro, will be revealed in the upcoming months. Game Available On: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Xbox 360 Wii PSP PS3 PlayStation 2 PC Download Nintendo DS FIFA Soccer 10 Official Site -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Developer: EA Canada Genres: Sports Brand: FIFA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
Monday, February 1, 2010
Sunday, January 31, 2010
classic start menu for windows 7
CSMenu is a little application which acts like the classic start menu. It's designed for Windows 7, which doesn't have a classic start menu.(download)
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Windows 7 Sales, 60 percent jump in quarterly profit
With a hyper-sale of Windows 7, Microsoft posted an overwhelming 60 percent jump in quarterly profit. The Redmond based-company announced their net profit for second quarter fiscal touched $6.7 billion ( 74 cents per share) for its fiscal second quarter. This is $ 2.5 billion more than last year. Moreover, the net profit also surpasses the expectations of analysts at Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S who expected it to be 59 cents per share. Microsoft's stock has run-up after the launch of Windows 7 operating system in October. All the rivals IBM corp., Google Inc and Apple Inc have overcome the average Wall Street estimates this quarter.
As Andy Miedler, analyst at Edward Jones, projects
"Make no mistake, these were very good results out of Microsoft. Expectations were heightened ever the last few weeks, given Q4 PC shipments and good numbers from Intel,"
However, there are some questions raised against the earnings numbers, as Microsoft is said to have included the effects of deferred revenue from pre-sales of Windows 7 to PC makers and retailers, and its free upgrade program. If the revenue was deducted the profit would have been 60 cents per share.
Apprehending the market volatility, Microsoft stopped making specific profit or revenue forecasts in January 2009.
As told by Chief Financial Officer Peter Klein to Reuters
We didn't see enterprise spending growth in our fiscal second quarter just ended,
Windows 7 was Microsoft's strongest-selling operating system till date, given the Visatster with Vista. Last quarter, PC sales grew by 15.2 percent.
MIcrosoft's revenue climbed 14 percent to $19.02 billion after including $1.71 billion of deferred revenue from the Windows 7 launch in October. Excluding that the revenue the sales would stand at $17.31 billion.
Most analyst speculate that the Microsoft corp. stock had its run. With PC sales going steady and a new applications coming up, the stocks can still outperform. All eyes are on the new Microsoft Office scheduled for a launch in June.
-source : http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/windows-7-sales-skyrockets-microsoft-profits/
As Andy Miedler, analyst at Edward Jones, projects
"Make no mistake, these were very good results out of Microsoft. Expectations were heightened ever the last few weeks, given Q4 PC shipments and good numbers from Intel,"
However, there are some questions raised against the earnings numbers, as Microsoft is said to have included the effects of deferred revenue from pre-sales of Windows 7 to PC makers and retailers, and its free upgrade program. If the revenue was deducted the profit would have been 60 cents per share.
Apprehending the market volatility, Microsoft stopped making specific profit or revenue forecasts in January 2009.
As told by Chief Financial Officer Peter Klein to Reuters
We didn't see enterprise spending growth in our fiscal second quarter just ended,
Windows 7 was Microsoft's strongest-selling operating system till date, given the Visatster with Vista. Last quarter, PC sales grew by 15.2 percent.
MIcrosoft's revenue climbed 14 percent to $19.02 billion after including $1.71 billion of deferred revenue from the Windows 7 launch in October. Excluding that the revenue the sales would stand at $17.31 billion.
Most analyst speculate that the Microsoft corp. stock had its run. With PC sales going steady and a new applications coming up, the stocks can still outperform. All eyes are on the new Microsoft Office scheduled for a launch in June.
-source : http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/windows-7-sales-skyrockets-microsoft-profits/
Internet Explorer 8 crashes, hangs or restarts while opening or closing tabs
Windows Internet Explorer 8 crashes periodically when you attempt to open or close tabs. You may receive the error:
“Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close.”
“Internet Explorer has stopped responding”
Or it may just freeze or restart without providing an error message.
This is due to a set of incompatible add-ons/toolbars that you may have installed.
They are as follows:
· “Network Optimizer” – Filename: NPIEAddon.dll or NPCommon.dll
· “Media Access Startup” – Filename: HPIEAddon.dll or HPCommon.dll
· “System Search Dispatcher” – Filename: SSD.dll
This is due to a set of incompatible add-ons/toolbars that you may have installed. They are as follows:
· “Network Optimizer” – Filename: NPIEAddon.dll or NPCommon.dll
· “Media Access Startup” – Filename: HPIEAddon.dll or HPCommon.dll
· “System Search Dispatcher” – Filename: SSD.dll
- Method 1:
To use the Reset Internet Explorer Settings feature from Control Panel, follow these steps:
1- Exit all programs, including Internet Explorer (if it is running).
2- If you use Windows XP, click Start, and then click Run. Type the following command in the Open box, and then press ENTER:
inetcpl.cpl If you use Windows Vista, click Start
Type the following command in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER:
inetcpl.cpl The Internet Options dialog box appears.
3- Click the Advanced tab.
4- Under Reset Internet Explorer settings, click Reset. Then click Reset again.
5- When Internet Explorer finishes resetting the settings, click Close in the Reset Internet Explorer Settings dialog box.
6- Start Internet Explorer again.
Please note that running RIES (Reset Internet Explorer Settings) will reset all user-defined settings including those set by installed extensions, toolbars and other add-ons to IE Defaults. This includes all Security, Privacy and Zone settings. Also this will clear browsing history, delete all temporary Internet Files, cookies, form data and especially all stored passwords.
However, RIES does not clear Favorites or Subscribed Feeds.
- Method 2:
Use the Manage Add-ons tool to disable the Add-ons that are causing this issue. To do this, follow these steps:
Open Internet Explorer 8.
1- Click Tools, and then click Manage Add-ons.
2- On the Show drop-down menu, select All add-ons to display all add-ons that are installed on the computer.
3- Look for each item in the list, select the add-on, and then click Disable in the Information window.
4- When you have disabled all the items in this list, click OK.
5- Exit and then restart Internet Explorer.
The common names of the add-ons are as follows:
"Network Optimizer”
"Media Access Startup"
"System Search Dispatcher”
“Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close.”
“Internet Explorer has stopped responding”
Or it may just freeze or restart without providing an error message.
This is due to a set of incompatible add-ons/toolbars that you may have installed.
They are as follows:
· “Network Optimizer” – Filename: NPIEAddon.dll or NPCommon.dll
· “Media Access Startup” – Filename: HPIEAddon.dll or HPCommon.dll
· “System Search Dispatcher” – Filename: SSD.dll
- cause :
This is due to a set of incompatible add-ons/toolbars that you may have installed. They are as follows:
· “Network Optimizer” – Filename: NPIEAddon.dll or NPCommon.dll
· “Media Access Startup” – Filename: HPIEAddon.dll or HPCommon.dll
· “System Search Dispatcher” – Filename: SSD.dll
- solution :
- Method 1:
To use the Reset Internet Explorer Settings feature from Control Panel, follow these steps:
1- Exit all programs, including Internet Explorer (if it is running).
2- If you use Windows XP, click Start, and then click Run. Type the following command in the Open box, and then press ENTER:
inetcpl.cpl If you use Windows Vista, click Start
Type the following command in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER:
inetcpl.cpl The Internet Options dialog box appears.
3- Click the Advanced tab.
4- Under Reset Internet Explorer settings, click Reset. Then click Reset again.
5- When Internet Explorer finishes resetting the settings, click Close in the Reset Internet Explorer Settings dialog box.
6- Start Internet Explorer again.
Please note that running RIES (Reset Internet Explorer Settings) will reset all user-defined settings including those set by installed extensions, toolbars and other add-ons to IE Defaults. This includes all Security, Privacy and Zone settings. Also this will clear browsing history, delete all temporary Internet Files, cookies, form data and especially all stored passwords.
However, RIES does not clear Favorites or Subscribed Feeds.
- Method 2:
Use the Manage Add-ons tool to disable the Add-ons that are causing this issue. To do this, follow these steps:
Open Internet Explorer 8.
1- Click Tools, and then click Manage Add-ons.
2- On the Show drop-down menu, select All add-ons to display all add-ons that are installed on the computer.
3- Look for each item in the list, select the add-on, and then click Disable in the Information window.
4- When you have disabled all the items in this list, click OK.
5- Exit and then restart Internet Explorer.
The common names of the add-ons are as follows:
"Network Optimizer”
"Media Access Startup"
"System Search Dispatcher”
Internet explore 8 freeze on Windows 7
I notice after browsing flash's webpage that IE 8 start to hang a little and take long time to open new tab , and after searching the net i found the solution :
1- uninstall flashplayer completely from control panel "Programs and Features" and make sure it doesn't appear in internet explorer add-ons.(adobe has uninstaller for their flash player , I recommend to use it instead of using control panel , click here to download the flash uninstaller)
2- Restart the laptop
3- Go to Adobe website and install the flash player again
that's it , it work for me and hope in work for all u buddies :)
1- uninstall flashplayer completely from control panel "Programs and Features" and make sure it doesn't appear in internet explorer add-ons.(adobe has uninstaller for their flash player , I recommend to use it instead of using control panel , click here to download the flash uninstaller)
2- Restart the laptop
3- Go to Adobe website and install the flash player again
that's it , it work for me and hope in work for all u buddies :)
Friday, January 29, 2010
Why the double click on a drive opens a new window?
Fix:
First Method:
1. Open Start >> Run and type regsvr32 /i shell32.dll
2. press ok
3. You will see a message DllRegisterServer and DllInstall in shell32.dll succeeded
4. that’s it
Second Method:
1. Open Start >> Run and type regedit
2. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/Directory/Shell
3. Double click the default key type none and press ok.
4. now navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/Drive/Shell.
5. Double click the default key type none and press ok.
Third Method:
If you don’t want to play with the registry ,you can run the following command instead at
Run Prompt: ( Open Start >> Run )
“reg add hkcr\drive\shell /ve /d none /f” (without double quotes)
-source:http://www.troublefixers.com/drive-opens-in-new-window-on-double-click-in-windows-xp/
First Method:
1. Open Start >> Run and type regsvr32 /i shell32.dll
2. press ok
3. You will see a message DllRegisterServer and DllInstall in shell32.dll succeeded
4. that’s it
Second Method:
1. Open Start >> Run and type regedit
2. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/Directory/Shell
3. Double click the default key type none and press ok.
4. now navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/Drive/Shell.
5. Double click the default key type none and press ok.
Third Method:
If you don’t want to play with the registry ,you can run the following command instead at
Run Prompt: ( Open Start >> Run )
“reg add hkcr\drive\shell /ve /d none /f” (without double quotes)
-source:http://www.troublefixers.com/drive-opens-in-new-window-on-double-click-in-windows-xp/
Friday, January 22, 2010
How to create a separate system partition for dual booting Windows XP or Windows 2000 with Windows 7
Review the current boot configuration (BCD) before changing the system partition.
Windows Boot Manager
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identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=C:
description Windows Boot Manager
Windows Boot Loader
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identifier {current}
device partition=D:
path \windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows 7
Windows Boot Loader
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identifier {358e1d8e-3bcf-11de-a57b-9ab47e0f3928}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Microsoft Windows Vista
Use Disk Management console (diskmgmt.msc) to create a new primary disk partition from unused disk space for the new system partition.
Mark the new partition as Active.
Use bcdboot.exe to copy the Windows 7 boot files to the new system partition.Execute the following command: Bcdboot D:\Windows /s S:. Bcdboot copies the required boot environment files for Windows 7 to the S: partition, and creates a new BCD store to boot Windows 7 from the D: partition. The new BCD store does not have a boot entry for Windows°XP or Windows°2000 Server after this step.Copy the Windows°XP or Windows°2000 Server legacy boot files to the new system partition.The legacy boot files are: NTDETECT.COM, NTLDR, and BOOT.INI. To copy these hidden files from the root directory of the legacy OS partition to the new system partition, execute the following commands: Reboot to Windows 7 to establish the new system partition.
Update the boot configuration to include Windows°XP or Windows°2000 Server by importing the previous boot configuration data (BCD).
Update the Windows Boot Manager device to the new System partition.
Reboot the system and verify both Windows°XP or Windows°2000 Server and Windows 7 can boot using the new System partition.
-Source: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee829686(WS.10).aspx#BKMK_Step1 |
Note Thursday, January 21, 2010
Windows 8 launch in 2012 !!
An Official Microsoft roadmap shows that Windows 8 is due to launch in 2012.
The roadmap was spotted by the website Microsoft Kitchen at last week's Professional Developers Conference in LA. Although Microsoft said next to nothing about Windows 8 in public, the roadmap was delivered to the company's partners.
The timescale is similar to the gap between Windows Vista (which officially launched in January 2007) and Windows 7 (which shipped in October), although the early success of Windows 7 suggests there's no need for Microsoft to rush out another client OS.
Microsoft has said very little about its plans for Windows 8 to date, although clues have started to emerge about the next-gen operating system. The LinkedIn profile of a Microsoft researcher revealed that the company is working on making the Windows 8 kernel 128-bit compatible, upping the ante from the 32- and 64-bit Windows 7. The researcher's profile said the company was working with processor partners such as Intel, AMD, HP and IBM on the transition.
On a recent visit to London, Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer also reaffirmed the company's commitment to heavyweight client OSes, dismissing rumours that future versions of Windows would become more modular.
That puts clear blue water between Microsoft and Google, which last week unveiled full details of its Chrome OS, a lightweight operating system primarily aimed at the netbook market.
-Source :http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/353491/windows-8-set-for-2012-release
The roadmap was spotted by the website Microsoft Kitchen at last week's Professional Developers Conference in LA. Although Microsoft said next to nothing about Windows 8 in public, the roadmap was delivered to the company's partners.
The timescale is similar to the gap between Windows Vista (which officially launched in January 2007) and Windows 7 (which shipped in October), although the early success of Windows 7 suggests there's no need for Microsoft to rush out another client OS.
Microsoft has said very little about its plans for Windows 8 to date, although clues have started to emerge about the next-gen operating system. The LinkedIn profile of a Microsoft researcher revealed that the company is working on making the Windows 8 kernel 128-bit compatible, upping the ante from the 32- and 64-bit Windows 7. The researcher's profile said the company was working with processor partners such as Intel, AMD, HP and IBM on the transition.
On a recent visit to London, Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer also reaffirmed the company's commitment to heavyweight client OSes, dismissing rumours that future versions of Windows would become more modular.
That puts clear blue water between Microsoft and Google, which last week unveiled full details of its Chrome OS, a lightweight operating system primarily aimed at the netbook market.
-Source :http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/353491/windows-8-set-for-2012-release
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Windows 7 Freeze or stop responding
If your windows 7 freezing or stop responding occasionally , then try this :
1- update all drivers to latest updates
2- run applications using "Run as Administrator"
hopefully these basics steps will solve ur issue folks :)
1- update all drivers to latest updates
2- run applications using "Run as Administrator"
hopefully these basics steps will solve ur issue folks :)
Monday, January 18, 2010
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