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At our last meeting, we discussed the possibility of adding a reward system to both Windows7Forums.com and Windows8Forums.com. In the past, this system has been known as the Experience Points system. Because the points system uses up a large amount of resources, and may not always reflect...

A large real-time service (KGW) with several user windows (one graphical under Java) is not compatible with session 0 screen output being removed (Session 0 Isolation) in Win7 (and Vista). Under XP the first user to logon would be assigned to session 0, and would inherit KGW’s status windows...

Tankster is social game built using the Link Removed. Tankster uses HTML5 and comes complete with reusable server side code and documentation. It also supports a variety of social interactions including messaging, wall posts, and comments; additionally, player achievements and game stats are...

Susan shares her insights on how to do quick and dirty UX testing to help your application be more successful. Susan (who works with great people on the UX team, including Corrina Black, Tsitsi Gora, and Arturo Toledo) has a lot of experience working on usability and spends a lot of time working...

BOSTON (Reuters) – A computer security researcher has found a flaw in Microsoft Corp's widely used Internet Explorer browser that he said could let hackers steal credentials to access FaceBook, Twitter and other websites. He calls the technique "cookiejacking." "Any website. Any cookie...

Human Tetris anyone? Eastpak, the backpack company, has built a Facebook campaign around the concept -- with a violent twist. Eastpak isn't the first to envision Human Tetris. But the company's vision is unusual in that it involves people flinging themselves off a building and onto concrete...

Hi, I have a camera triggered with a remote that us connected to my PC via USB (I'm making a photobooth type thing). The photos import into a folder and are auto imported into lightroom and display a full screen preview. I have a custom screen savor set to appear after a few minutes of...

The video below is A concept shown by Craig Mundie, Microsoft’s chief research and strategy officer. It shows a new “bubble” interface that Microsoft has been working on that is interesting From DailyTech.com Bubbles are auto-generated in various categories (personal, entertainment, gaming...

Link Removed - Invalid URL Sega has announced that it’s testing consoles called “Toylets” in urinals around Tokyo. The novel hardware asks the user to strategically vary the strength and location of his urine stream to play a series of games. For now, Sega has installed Toylets in...

On a very special This week on Channel 9, Brian, Clint, and DAn countdown the top 10 most impactful or game-shifting Microsoft developer announcements/technology of 2010. Our Top 10 Stories (select top 10 * from TWC9 where year = 2010) [watch] #9 - .NET Micro Framework and devices like...

Thomas Lewis from MIX Online (visitmix.com) introduces Okapi, a simple Javascript framework for building digital, generative art which allows you to take advantage of concepts such as “bounce effects”, “continuous draw”, sprite management, symbols, instances, and auto-updated visual properties...

Hello all. As part of our usual cycle of monthly updates, todayMicrosoft is releasing three security bulletins, addressing 11 vulnerabilities.One of the bulletins has a Critical severity rating, while the other two arerated Important. Recapping the trio: Link Removed due to 404 Error This...

A couple months short of my first anniversary here at Windows 7 Forums and without a doubt, it has been an incredibly rewarding experience. I have had the opportunity to learn so much and I hope, to have helped a few members as well as visitors along the way. I know to some, I'm still relatively...

Am I alone in hating the way Windows 7 handles windows focus? I guess in a way it's good that a dialogue doesn't pop up in the middle of typing or clicking, resulting in an unintended answer to the dialogue, but too often I find myself missing new windows. Say for example a website has a...

I've been using Windows 7 build 7100 happily for the past 6 months. But recently it develops a weird problem: The application window (like IE, firefox, outlook, explorer) flash quickly. I can see "Not responding" displayed in the title in between the each flash. I have Quad proc + 6GB memory...

On another forum someone posted a method for disabling the UAC warning during instillation of the software or after running it for the 1st time. But I'm confused on the whole UAC thing. Someone please help me understand better With UAC on I will get a warning the 1st time I go into a program...