On March 1st, Microsoft released a product guide all about the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. While the guide is meant primarily for businesses, it details many of the new features that are found in the operating system. The 15-page document touches on some of the key features that are being...
# windows8 Many people trying out the Windows 8 Developer Preview are noting that they cannot open some of the Metro style full-screen immersive apps when clicking on that app's tile in the start screen. This comes from having a screen resolution set below the minimum 1024x768 for Windows 8...
I recently installed some windows updates on my laptop and restarted the computer accordingly. However when I come back on it came to its normal start up screen and then froze there, I let it sit for about an hour and then restarted it again. This time it said there was a problem and need to go...
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When Microsoft corporate vice president Steven Sinofsky appeared at the D9 conference to unveil the Windows 8 Start screen earlier this month, I was transfixed. But the live blog from the event was lacking, and now that D9 has finally released the...
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Learn more about the Windows 8 UI, what Windows Phone “Mango” brings, and the bad, good, and good about Mac OS X, Skype, and Office 365, respectively. ...
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Last week, Microsoft unleashed a three-prong attack in which it revealed a major overhaul of the Windows UI, coming in next year's Windows 8 release. This includes a live appearance by Windows Head Honcho Steven Sinofsky at an industry conference, a professional made video...
Microsoft has previewed Windows 8, described as “a reimagining” of the platform that’s now designed to scale from small screens to large, with or without touch and/or a keyboard. In a new video demo, which you can see after the cut, Microsoft shows its new Windows 8 Start screen, heavily...
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Customizing the Windows boot screen is something not easily done. The fact that the images involved are hardcoded into system files is enough to put off all but the most seasoned of tweakers. Windows 7 Boot Updater puts you in control.
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Screenshots of Microsoft's next operating system are starting to leak, but most of them haven't shown very much -- they've mostly been new start screens or set-up screens with a slightly different font.
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Relatively simple ways to remove Windows 7's floating-color-balls start-screen animation, and supply your own background images for the operating system's log-on screen and desktop.
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Hi. Recently i tried triple booting my copmuter and failed, so I tryed fixing my computer using a windows vista repair disk. it worked, but whenever i resume windows from hibernation, I get the windows vista loading bar. My startup screen is the same old windows 7 one and i already tried using a...
I just built my first computer. Specs are in my profile. I can get into BIOS and the motherboard's onboard OS. BIOS recognizes both my HDDs, both my optical drives, all of my RAM (3x2GB), my CPU, etc. I have the most current version of the BIOS.
I can not install Windows 7. I have tried 3...
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I'm a newbie here.
When I turn the computer on and Windows 7 starts (64) after the screen with the Windows logo there is a blue screen with a pattern and a white bird (kind of like a dove.) then it asks for a password.
Is there any way I can change that screen to another picture of color...