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Microsoft patching “Google hack” flaw in IE tomorrow

by Ken January 20, 2010 » Add the first comment.

Microsoft has issued an Advanced Notification for the out-of-band security bulletin it is releasing tomorrow for Internet Explorer at approximately 10 am PST. The patch will fix vulnerabilities in IE6, IE7, and IE8 on supported editions of Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 [...] Read more »

How to use Windows 7 Media Center without a TV tuner

by Ken October 27, 2009 » Add the first comment.

Lots of attention has been put recently on the addition of Netflix within Windows 7 Media Center.  Personally I never really paid too much attention before to Media Center because my computer doesn’t have a tuner card. It turns out that you can still access a lot of content from major tv stations with the [...] Read more »

The easy way to install Windows 7 from a USB drive

by Ken October 26, 2009 » Add the first comment.
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How to make your usb drive bootable and install Windows 7 with the Microsoft Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool. Installing Windows 7 from a dvd is a simple task if your computer is equipped with a dvd drive to boot and install from. The problem comes up for example if your dvd drive is not [...] Read more »

Windows 7 personalized themes.

by Ken October 22, 2009 » Add the first comment.

Now that Windows 7 is out for the masses, most likely you want to show the beautiful eye candy that it brings to your desktop. The base installation brings lots of choices to pick from, like different colors for the bars, wallpapers, etc. But in case those are not enough, Microsoft created a site dedicated [...] Read more »