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Resolves issues in which you cannot change your desktop background in Windows 7. More...

Many of us think that by the time Windows 9 or 10 arrives the desktop would disappear. But according to the following MSDN blog, Microsoft considers desktop important and intends to keep desktop for the foreseeable future: Link Removed But this blog is an year old and within an year we...

This is an article over at Neowin.net and is worth a look... Reference: Windows 8 RTM build 8518 screenshots appear - Neowin

Seems there may still yet be some things going on with the UI prior to RTM. One can only hope. SOURCE: How Microsoft can salvage Windows 8 before it's too late | ZDNet An interesting read on what might be wrong with Windows 8 and might be done to address it. Nice, brief synopsis.

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Users of the music streaming and scrobbling service last.fm should be prepared to change their password in the wake of this announcement, that seemingly, has gone under the radar: "We strongly recommend that you change your password now, while we investigate a security problem. Find out more."...

Describes the changes to the default dynamic port range for TCP/IP in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008. Also describes commands that you can use to modify or show the dynamic port range for TCP/IP ports. More...

Windows 7 Forums and Windows 8 Forums have been upgraded to vBulletin 4.2 Beta. Many changes have been included to user profiles and internally. We are working to notate most of the changes and keep you apprised of the situation. Enjoy, as we continue to provide you with the best possible forum...

Friends, I want to change the selection colour from default blue to my choice. When we select any folder or drive by clicking once it gets selected and the background colour is blue. I want to change that colour. So please help me to guide about how to do it? please reply me as soon as...

I am trying to help my mother to change her screen saver. When she first purchased her laptop which she bought less than a year ago. Now at this present time, the computer will not let her change her background picture. I would really like to help her I am not so sure how though.

How do I get rid of Today(3)________________ Yesterday(15)_________________ I just want see all icons in the folder in alphabetical order. Any help appreciated. Don Cole

As we move closer to the launch of Windows 8 -- and the sea change that the Metro user interface brings to the platform -- there's an ever increasing drumbeat of both skepticism, concern, and apprehension depending on who you talk to. End users are skeptical of Metro because they do not see its...

My computer is running windows 7 ultimate. From the last few days I have noticed that my computer does not save changes before shutdown or restart. Take for example you have placed the recycle bin folder on top-left corner of the desktop which was earlier placed on the bottom-right corner. Then...

Some Interface of software is changed and becomes larger

Over the course of many years, our website started from early beginnings. Once known as Windows Vista Forums (winvistaforums.com), the website spent almost three years counting down to the release of Microsoft Windows Vista. Several years later, that site acquired Windows7Forums.com, and over...

Andy Lees, head of Microsoft’s Windows Phone division for more than three years, has been moved by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer into a new “time-critical” role that somehow combines Windows Phone and Windows 8. Terry Myerson, who led Windows Phone’s engineering efforts, will take over the...

Changed shell file extension to notepad. How do I change it back.

The latest Link Removeddetails some upcoming changes to the customization of the Win 8 Metro Screen. Worth reading. MS is listening to users comments.

Describes the changes on the notification area in Windows 7. More...

We have an undocumented change how our OS does handle how to behave when a query takes too long when used in a GPO WMI-Filter Link Removed