Excellent move, many people don’t want or know how to upgrade their browser, they are concerned that doing so will break things, etc., so doing it this way will benefit users worldwide.

I personally don’t use IE and suggest to all my clients, friends and family to switch to Firefox or Chrome, but changing habits can be difficult for some.

On the other hand, it is unfortunate that corporate users will not see the change right away. Administrators have a difficult job dealing with other things, so upgrading the browser might not be a priority, especially not knowing what things will break in the process.

But fixing a problem creates solutions and those solutions will create new problems, is all part of life!!

Full article on geek.com

It turns out that you can still access a lot of content from major tv stations with the help of plugins that you can add to Windows Media Center. This feature will open the possibilities of watching media on your computer or streaming it to your tv via Xbox 360, HP MediaSmart TV, or any other DLNA-compliant device like the PS3 but this one needs to be tested.

So check the many plugins to choose from that can integrate with Media Center what they offer in terms of channels and integration with your devices.

• Hulu Desktop
• Boxee
• Playon
• SecondRunTv
• TunerFree MCE
• PlayIt
• Netflix

Read more: Msdn

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 working, or your drive is a cd drive which won’t read a dvd, or you own a Netbook which doesn’t have a drive for space reasons.

A simple search online yields many results that cover ways for you to go through the process but they take way to long, or are complicated for someone that is not technically inclined, and include Installing Windows 7 with some Linux help or this one that guides you to get a third party program to partition and make the usb stick bootable plus using the command prompt to install Windows 7.

The following method is by far the easiest and requires:

• Having an image of Windows 7 because you purchased it from Microsoft’s Online Store
• If you bought a disk at a retail store but still need a usb version  for your Netbook you can “extract” the image with a program called Imgburn
• A usb stick, usb drive, usb pen, usb flash drive, different names for the same thing.
• And the most important piece is the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool  from Microsoft

The steps to run the setup of Windows 7 on a bootable usb drive

First you need to download and install the tool from Microsoft following these steps:

Installation of the program

Step 1

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Using the program

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Last but not least

Make sure that you go into your computer bios and set it to boot from USB

Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate

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 to creating your custom themes, or download pre-made ones with some sponsor partners like Ferrari, Coca-Cola and others, plus gadgets to go into your sidebar.

Microsoft Windows 7 personalization gallery

Via – Lifehacker