Windows 7 DirectX 11 Resources
Microsoft has made available for download new resources associated with the underlining graphics technology in its Windows operating system, including the latest version of the operating system. Windows 7 brought to the table DirectX 11, a technology which was also backported to Windows Vista SP2 via the Platform Update for Windows Vista. No less than three downloads were made available at the end of the past week by the Redmond company: the DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer, the DirectX End-User Runtimes (February 2010), and DirectX Software Development Kit. All three DirectX resources have been updated for the first time in 2010. “The Microsoft DirectX End-User Runtime provides updates to 9.0c and previous versions of DirectX — the core Windows technology that drives high-speed multimedia and games on the PC,” Microsoft stated. DirectX End-User Runtimes (February 2010)...
Windows 7 DirectX 11 Resources
Microsoft has made available for download new resources associated with the underlining graphics technology in its Windows operating system, including the latest version of the operating system. Windows 7 brought to the table DirectX 11, a technology which was also backported to Windows Vista SP2 via...
Windows 7’s IE8 and Media Player Configuration
Some customers that will attempt to view media files using default Windows 7 components such as Internet Explorer 8 and Windows media Player, will find, that in certain scenarios they will be unable to do so. Microsoft explained that the improper configuration of IE8 and Windows Media Player could prevent...
More than one EULA in your copy of Windows
Want to know what your Windows EULA looks like? Windows XP’s EULA is stored in a file located here: C:\Windows\System32\eula.txt XP also has a help file associated with the EULA. The help file is located at: C:\Windows\Help\license.chm In Vista and Windows 7, one version of the EULA is stored in...
15 Free Microsoft Downloads
Microsoft offers a plethora of software that users can download and install without paying a single cent to the company. However, the software giant hasn’t centralized all its free offerings into a single location, a move which would streamline access to the resources it is delivering. That’s...
More than one EULA in your copy of Windows
Want to know what your Windows EULA looks like? Windows XP’s EULA is stored in a file located here: C:\Windows\System32\eula.txt XP also has a help file associated with the EULA. The help file is located at: C:\Windows\Help\license.chm In Vista and Windows 7, one version of the EULA is stored in...
15 Free Microsoft Downloads
Microsoft offers a plethora of software that users can download and install without paying a single cent to the company. However, the software giant hasn’t centralized all its free offerings into a single location, a move which would streamline access to the resources it is delivering. That’s why...
Windows XP Clone Built on Ubuntu 9.10
It might look and feel like Windows XP, it might sport a similar graphical user interface and even be able to run XP software, but fact is that an operating system developed by Rain Forest Wind Guangdong Computer Technology Co., Ltd. is anything else but Windows Vista’s predecessor. Ylmf OS is designed...
Fix Ubuntu Bootloader
Have you installed Windows and Ubuntu in dual boot? If yes, you might have installed Windows First and the Ubuntu, which is a good way of doing it. In case you have already Installed Windows on your computer, then you have another good options to install Ubuntu inside windows without formatting hard...
How to make sure you will always have a responsive Mac
Whether you are talking about your car, phone, dog, your favorite football player or even about trying to make the best out of your work day, speed is one of the things – if not the most important – that always come up. The same theory applies to your Mac and the way you want it to respond...
Finding an App’s Original Icon Set in Mac OS X
Say you’re doing a project for school, a presentation, or you simply need to get a hold of an application’s original (512 x 512) icon. Searching Google Images may do the trick, but you’ll often find yourself with pictures that are too small, blurry, modified or just not the one you’re...
Firefox for Maemo Goes Final
Mobile phone users that own a Maemo-based handset from Nokia have now yet another reason to rejoice, as the final version of Firefox for their handsets has just emerged on the web. Following a long line of beta and release candidate flavors, now Firefox for Maemo 1.0 is here for them, providing an experience...
Firefox 4.0 Major GUI Redesign Cooking for Windows 7
Mid-2009 brought with it the first indications that Mozilla was planning a major overhaul of the graphical user interface for the next major iteration of Firefox, namely version 4.0, not 3.6 which is considered only a minor upgrade to v3.5, and not v3.7. It now appears that the efforts done for the Firefox...
Firefox for Maemo Goes Final
Mobile phone users that own a Maemo-based handset from Nokia have now yet another reason to rejoice, as the final version of Firefox for their handsets has just emerged on the web. Following a long line of beta and release candidate flavors, now Firefox for Maemo 1.0 is here for them, providing an experience...
Windows 7 DirectX 11 Hardware Acceleration
The race between Mozilla and Microsoft is on yet again to establish positions such as innovation leader and follower, when it comes down to Firefox and Internet Explorer. And it will most probably fall on the two company’s next generation browser releases to help label the two software makers as either...
Windows 7 RTM Drivers from Microsoft Hardware
Microsoft’s “Better Together” slogan apparently applies not only to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 but also to the latest iteration of the Windows client and the Redmond company’s peripherals. The vast majority of products offered by Microsoft Hardware features the Windows 7 Compatible...
Six tips for greening your PC
When you consider that computers now consume about 10 percent of the electricity generated in North America and that a great many PCs still end up in landfills, leaching deadly chemicals, it makes sense to adopt more eco-friendly computing options. John Hiddema, technical consultant for Nerds on Site,...
Windows 7 DirectX 11 Resources
Microsoft has made available for download new resources associated with the underlining graphics technology in its Windows operating system, including the latest version of the operating system. Windows 7 brought to the table DirectX 11, a technology which was also backported to Windows Vista SP2 via...
Windows 7’s IE8 and Media Player Configuration
Some customers that will attempt to view media files using default Windows 7 components such as Internet Explorer 8 and Windows media Player, will find, that in certain scenarios they will be unable to do so. Microsoft explained that the improper configuration of IE8 and Windows Media Player could prevent...
Office 2010 RC Is Here
Microsoft is extremely close to wrapping up the successor of Office 2007. The Redmond company has confirmed officially that the next iteration of its productivity suite has reached the final stage before being released to manufacturing. In this regard, Office 2010 graduated from Beta to Release Candidate,...
Download Office 2010 RTM Escrow
Microsoft is gearing up to wrap up the final development milestone of Office 2010. The next iteration of the Office System is currently in RTM Escrow stage according to Russian website Wzor. According to information leaked in the wild, the development process of Office 2010 has reached the last stage...
More than one EULA in your copy of Windows
Want to know what your Windows EULA looks like? Windows XP’s EULA is stored in a file located here: C:\Windows\System32\eula.txt XP also has a help file associated with the EULA. The help file is located at: C:\Windows\Help\license.chm In Vista and Windows 7, one version of the EULA is stored in...
Top 10 – January 2010 Popular Tips
1. Download Free Vista, XP and Windows 7 from Microsoft 2. Repair the MBR to restore Windows 7 to your Multiboot Options 3. MEGA TIPS – Last year popular tips 2009 4. Windows 7 RTM GodMode 5. Windows 7 SP1 Is Cooking 6. Windows 7 RTM Windows Biometric Framework Fix 7. VoIP Apps Can Hang on Windows...
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