Tools that matter in windows 7

These 9 Tools must be learned in order to make your working with window 7 easier
We can confidently say that Windows 7 is a step ahead, a step toward the future, and what IT professionals really need to know about Windows 7 (that you might not already know) are these nine things:

1. Using the Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
2. Using the Problem Steps Recorder
3. How BranchCache works
4. How DirectAccess works
5. What the options are for PowerShell 2.0
6. How PowerShell scripts can be used to replace other scripts
7. How Windows Remote Management (WinRM) works with PowerShell
8. How remote administration tools are changing
9. What the options are for virtual hard disks

How to check whether your PC is infected with virus?

In order to determine whether your system is infected with any kind of virus or not...follow these steps

Step 1- go to start-run-command
( type only the letters & dots in Bold)

Step 2- type cd.. (notice the two dots) and press enter
Step 3- type cd.. (again) and press enter

Step 4- type (cd windows) and press enter

Step 5- type (cd system32) and press enter

Step 6- type (setup) and enter

If you get that message,

then you have to switch to the control panel to install components and systems composition

Then that means your pc is clean.

The idea here is to see whether the (setup)file which is located within (system32)is shut down or open. When your PC is infected the setup file will be shut down, and open when your PC is not infected, as most viruses will shut down all system.exe extensions.

Most Usefull Official Google Blogs

Here is the list for most useful official Google blogs in English with their descriptions:

The Official Google Blog – Insights from Googlers into our products, technology and the Google culture.

AdWords Agency Blog – The latest from Adwords from you and your client.

AdWords Retail Tips – Adwords tips for the retailers

AdSense Blog – A look inside Google AdSense. With newbie, optimization, AdSense features, and more.

Adwords API Blog – The official source of information about the AdWords API from Google.

Adwords Blog – Google’s official blog for news, information, and tips on AdWords.

AJAX Search API Blog – At this Blog Google gives info about how to use the AJAX Search API.

Google Affiliate Network Blog – News, views and product information for Google affiliate network advertisers and publishers.

Analytics Blog – Here you can get the latest news, tips, and resources from the Google Analytics team.

Android Blog – Blog for developers working with Android, An Open Handset Alliance Project.

Base Blog – Get news, tips, and resources straight from the Google Base team.

Blogger Blog – The Official buzz from blogger.

Checkout Blog – The official Checkout Blog with news for sellers using Google Checkout.

Code Featured Projects – Blog about featured projects on Google Code.

Code Updates Blog – Read all about the latest Google Code updates at the Code Blog.

CPG Blog – News and notes from Google’s Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG).

Custom Search Blog – The latest news, updates and tips from the Custom Search Engine team.

Data APIs – Official Google Data APIs blog.

Desktop APIs – Your official source on the Google Desktop APIs.

Docs Blog – News and notes from the Google Docs team at the official Docs Blog.

Enterprise Blog – A blog about enterprise information, search, and the users that live there.

Feedburner Blog – The Official Feedburner blog of burning questions.

Finance Blog – News and views from the Google Finance team.

Gadgets API Blog – Intended for people who use the Google Gadgets API to write gadgets.

Gears API Blog – Keep up to date on Google Gear’s progress with Gears API Blog.

Gmail Blog – News, tips and tricks from Google’s Gmail team and friends.

Grants Blog – We started this Blog as a place to read about the latest Google Grants news and information

Let’s Take it Offline – The latest news form Google’s TV, Print and Audio Ads team

Lat Long Blog – News and notes by the Google Earth and Maps team.

Mac Blog – Macs inside Google. The official Google Mac Blog.

Maps API Blog – Official Google Maps API blog.

Mashup Editor Blog – The official source of information about the Google Mashup Editor.

Mobile Blog – News and views from the Google Mobile team.

News Blog – The official blog from the team at Google News.

Notebook Blog – At the Notebook Blogs you can read news and tips from the Notebook team.

Open Source Blog – Open source at Google with news about Google’s open source projects and programs.

OpenSocial API Blog – OpenSocial provides a set of APIs for social applications across multiple websites.

Orkut Blog – Your official guide to staying beautiful on Orkut.

Orkut Developer Blog – Learn about APIs, changes and events related to the Orkut developer platform.

Google Online Security Blog – The latest news and insights from Google on security and safety on the internet.

Picasa Blog – News, tips and tricks from the Picasa team at Google.

Public Policy Blog – Google’s view on government, policy and politics.

Reader Blog – News, tips and tricks from the Google Reader Team.

Research Blog – Google research blog where Googlers write about their public research.

Security Blog – The latest news and insights from Google on security and safety on the Internet.

SketchUp API Blog – All about the ins and outs of the SketchUp API.

SketchUp Blog – News and notes from the SketchUp folks.

Students Blog – Google news and updates especially for students

Talk About Blog – A blog about voice, IM and open communications with Google Talk.

Testing Blog – If it ain’t broke, you’re not trying hard enough.

Google Traditional Media Ads Blog – News form Google’s TV, Print and Audio Ads team.


Video Blog – Celebrating creative works from the many contributors to the Google Upload Program

Webmaster Central Blog – Official news on crawling and indexing sites for the Google index.

Web Toolkit Blog – About the open source Java software development framework for AJAX applications.

Website Optimizer Blog – The most up-to-date product news, industry insights, and testing strategies.

YouTube API Blog – For developers using the YouTube API.
YouTube Blog – Official YouTube blog for latest features and happenings.

15 Free Must Install Programs for your new PC

1. Firefox / Chrome (Web Browser)
2. AVG Anti-Virus (Anti-virus Software)
3. Auslogics Disk Defrag (Disk Defragmener)
4. Advanced SystemCare Free (System Maintenance)
5. Security 360 (Spyware Removal)
6. IZArc (Universal Archiver / Extractor)
7. Google Picasa Software (Photo Management)
8. doPDF (PDF Printer)
9. Memento (Post-It Notes)
10. xVideoServiceThief (YouTube Video Downloader)
11. Mozy (Backup)
12. Digsby (Multi-protocol Instant Messenger)
13. VLC Media Player (Video Player)
14. Foobar2000 (Music Player)
15. ImgBurn (CD / DVD Image Burner)

Taskbar keyboard tricks in win 7

Opening up another copy of an application that is already open with the new taskbar can be tricky. Normally when you click on a taskbar item it just switches to the open windows. The trick to opening a new copy of the application that is already open is to hold down Shift while you click on the icon.

To launch an application as Administrator hold down CTRL and Shift when you click on the icon.

Another useful keyboard trick will help you launch taskbar items without clicking. Instead of clicking on the first taskbar item just hold down the Windows key press number 1. For the second taskbar icon, Windows key + 2 and so on.

To switch through open taskbar items and view the thumbnails use the Windows key + T

Is it possible to use Xp mode in Windows 7?

Sometimes all of the compatibility settings in Windows 7 are not enough to make legacy applications run. XP Mode is a free download component for Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise customers that allows you to run legacy apps inside a Windows XP virtual machine running in the background. The end user does not have load and work inside the virtual machines as required in the past. With XP mode they start the application from a shortcut in the Start Menu. It appears like any other window on your desktop and taskbar. The only way you can tell it is running in the XP Virtual Machine in the background is by the XP visual style that surrounds the window.

The only hardware requirement for using XP mode is a computer with a processor that supports hardware-assisted virtualization such as AMD-V, Intel-VT or VIA VT. Microsoft has a helpful tool that will detect if your hardware is compatible called the HAV Detection Tool. On some computers the feature may be turned off in the BIOS, click here for instructions on how to turn it on.

Getting XP mode up and running requires four main steps:

1. Download and install the XP Mode Components.
2. Download and install Windows Virtual PC.
3. Setup the XP Virtual Machine.
4. Configure your apps in the XP Virtual Machine.

First, visit the XP Mode Web page, select the edition and language of Windows 7 you have and click the Windows XP Mode button to download that component. After the 470 MB XP Mode component is downloaded, install.

Then, return to the XP Mode Web page and click the Windows Virtual PC button and download & install that component. After installing the Virtual PC component you will need to reboot.

After the reboot, click on the Start Menu and navigate through All Programs, Windows Virtual PC and select Windows XP Mode to begin configuring XP Mode.

Click I accept the license terms and click Next.

Next, you will need to specify the password for the local account XPMuser that runs in the XP virtual machine. Type in a password in both boxes and click Next.


XP Mode runs a fully functional Windows XP virtual machine in the background so it must be patched every month as new security updates are released to keep applications running in the VM protected. The best way to accomplish this is by turning on Automatic Updates. Check Help protect my computer by turning on Automatic Updates now and click Next.

Click Start Setup on the following screen.

Setup will now run and configure the Windows XP virtual machine. This will take a few minutes.

When setup is completed the Windows XP virtual machine will be displayed.

At this point install any applications in the XP Virtual Machine like you normally install applications. For a test I installed Office 95.

After setup was completed you should see the programs icons in the Windows 7 Start Menu under All Programs, Windows Virtual PC and finally Windows XP Mode applications.

Just click on one of the shortcuts and the application will load in just like a locally installed app.

If you ever want to service or install more application in the XP Virtual Machine just click on the Start Menu and navigate through All Programs, Windows Virtual PC and select Windows XP Mode. That will start the XP virtual machine in desktop mode.

Techincal Preview of Ms office 2010 is under progress

At the Worldwide Partner Conference 2009, Microsoft announced that Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Microsoft Visio 2010 and Microsoft Project 2010 have reached the technical preview engineering milestone. Starting today, tens of thousands of people will be invited to test Office and Visio as part of the Technical Preview program.

“Office 2010 is the premier productivity solution across PCs, mobile phones* and browsers,” said Chris Capossela, senior vice president of the Microsoft Business Division at Microsoft. “From broadcast and video editing in PowerPoint, new data visualization capabilities in Excel, and co-authoring in Word, we are delivering technology to help people work smarter and faster from virtually any location using any device.”

Microsoft also announced that it is streamlining the number of Office editions from eight to five and enhancing each edition with additional applications and features. The company also announced that Office Web applications will be available in three ways: through Windows Live, where more than 400 million consumers will have access to Office Web applications at no cost; on-premises for all Office volume licensing customers including more than 90 million Office annuity customers; and via Microsoft Online Services, where customers will be able to purchase a subscription as part of a hosted offering.

Window 7 tweaks now on Stores

Written by bestselling author and the creator of Tweaks.com Steve Sinchak, this unique guide provides you with the ultimate collection of hidden gems that will enable you to get the most out of Windows 7. Packed with more than 350 pages of insider tips, the book delves beneath the surface to reveal little-known ways to tweak, modify, and customize Windows 7 so you can get every ounce of performance from your operating system.

Regardless of your experience with tweaking your system, you'll find fascinating and fun tips and tricks for getting under the hood of Windows 7 that will allow you to optimize its appearance, speed, usability, and security.

How to install Win 7 through Usb-Part 2

2. Turn the USB Key into a Bootable Device

Insert the Windows 7 install DVD into your drive, and view the files that it contains. Copy all of the files here to a folder on your Desktop. We put the disc contents in a folder named “Windows 7”

Go back to your command prompt, running it as an Administrator. Using the “CD” command, find your way to the folder where you extracted the ISO files. Your command line path should look something like “C:\Users\USERNAMEHERE\Desktop\Windows 7\”.

Type the following commands:

CD Boot (This gets you into the “boot” directory)

Bootsect.exe /nt60 L: (where ‘L’ is the drive letter assigned to your USB key from the previous step)
Bootsect infuses boot manager compatible code into your USB key to make it a bootable device.

IMPORTANT: If you’re currently running 32-bit Windows Vista or 7, Bootsect will only work if you use the files from the 32-bit Windows 7 install disc. The Bootsect executable from the 64-bit version will not run in 32-bit Vista.
3. Load the USB Key Up with the Install Files

Copy all of the extracted ISO files into the USB drive. You don’t need to do this from the command prompt. Just drag and drop the files from the “Windows 7” folder into the drive using Windows Explorer.

Your USB key is now all ready to go! Plug it into your target system and make sure you enter the BIOS (typically with F2 or F12) to temporarily change the boot order to allow booting from the USB key before your primary hard drive or optical drive. On the next restart, your system should automatically begin speedily loading setup files off of the USB key and entering Windows 7 installation.

How to install Win 7 through Usb -Part 1

If you want to install Windows 7 on a netbook or other computer without an optical drive? Fortunately, you’re not out of luck, because Windows 7 (and Vista, for that matter) can be installed from a USB storage key. Not only does installing from a USB key remove the need for a DVD drive, the install time is also greatly reduced – we shaved off minutes from the total install time. Our step-by-step guide will have you rocking the new version of Windows in no time!

Time = 1 hour

What you need:

* 4GB USB key
* WinRAR
* Windows 7
Note: This guide will only work within Windows Vista or 7.
1. Format Your USB Key

Plug in your USB key and back up any existing data stored on it. You’ll need to format the key before you can make it a bootable device.



Open up a Command Prompt as an Administrator. You can do this by finding the cmd.exe in yoru Windows/System32 folder, right-clicking the executable, and selecting “Run as Administrator”. Alternatively, type CMD in the Start Menu search field and activate the Command Prompt using Ctrl + Shift + Enter.

You should be under c:\Windows\system32 (assuming your Windows partition is the C drive). Type “diskpart” in the command line to enter the Disk Partition command line tool, which lets you format and create partitions on active disks.

Type “list disk” to reveal a list of all your active disks, each of which is associated with a number. Make a note of which one is your USB key, based on the capacity. In our screenshot below, our USB drive is Disk 6 (8GB).

Next, type the following commands, one at a time:

Select Disk # (Where # is the number of your USB disk. We typed “Select Disk 6”)

Clean (removes any existing partitions from the USB disk, including any hidden sectors)

Create Partition Primary (Creates a new primary partition with default parameters)

Select Partition 1 (Focus on the newly created partition)

Active (Sets the in-focus partition to active, informing the disk firmware that this is a valid system partition)

Format FS=NTFS (Formats the partition with the NTFS file system. This may take several minutes to complete, depending on the size of your USB key.)

Assign (Gives the USB drive a Windows volume and next available drive letter, which you should write down. In our case, drive “L” was assigned.)

Exit (Quits the DiskPart tool)

Apple Planning Product Launch Soon

Today Financial Times reported that Apple is possibly going to launch a product for a stage has been rented at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) in San Francisco for several days. A major announcement is expected to take place on Jan 26 and both Apple as well as YBCA declined to comment. Lately, we heard several speculations regarding Apple Tablet's arrival in 2010.

Apple does have a good reputation for passively creating pre-launch hype. Honestly, Apple isn't involved in it but close watchers are. The much rumored Apple Tablet is heavily anticipated at the January 26, 2010 launch for which Apple has booked YBCA stage. Apple never confirmed whether a large touchscreen display bearing Mac Tablet exists but rumors continued to rife on the web.

In September, same YBCA stage was the place on which Steve Jobs, CEO Apple made public appearance after his medical leave. Also, the iPhone and iPod Touch lineup has been refreshed recently along with the MacBook Pro and iMacs. So, this announcement is likely to be something major.

Though lot of people know that Apple has scrapped products just before announcements, one must understand that Apple won't do that now. Recently, Apple acquired the 'Tablet Mac' trademark from Axiotron and most likely was to avoid any confusions with official Apple products. We'll have to wait and see what Apple has hidden in its coat for the next announcement.

Acer Brew Phones Arriving in 2010

While we knew about Acers optimistic Android and Windows Mobile plans but little was known about its intentions to introduce handsets based on the Brew platform.

Well, DigiTimes has reported that Acer is indeed planning to enter the feature phone market and is considering in-house development of handsets based on Qualcomm's Brew platform. This might be in response to HTC's Touch. B which will be he first ever feature phone from HTC which is known only to make smartphones.

In other news, Acer has also added 30 members to its Android R&D team, for strengthening its design capability. Foxconn, the same company that makes the iPhone for Apple, will make most of Acer's new phones. Acer's Windows Mobile based low-end phones, however, will be made by Inventec. As reported earlier, the company is planning to introduce between 8 and 10 Android and Windows Mobile powered devices in 2010.

Scientists improve memory of electronic chips by stacking cel

An elegant method for significantly improving the memory capacity of electronic chips has been developed by scientists at Arizona State University.

Lead author Michael Kozicki, an ASU electrical engineering professor and director of the Center for Applied Nanoionics, and his colleagues have shown that they can build stackable memory based on "ionic memory technology," which could make them ideal candidates for storage cells in high-density memory.

Best of all, the new method uses well-known electronics materials.

"This opens the door to inexpensive, high-density data storage by 'stacking' memory layers on top one another inside a single chip," Kozicki said.

"This could lead to hard drive data storage capacity on a chip, which enables portable systems that are smaller, more rugged and able to go longer between battery charges.

"This is a significant improvement on the technology we developed two years ago where we made a new type of memory that could replace Flash, using materials common to the semiconductor industry (copper-doped silicon dioxide). What we have done now is add some critical functionality to the memory cell merely by involving another common material - silicon," Kozicki added.

Kozicki, worked with Sarath C. Puthen Thermadam, an ASU electrical engineering graduate student, outlined the new memory device in a technical presentation he made in November at the 2009 International Electron Devices and Materials Symposia in Taiwan

Turtles can change color like chameleons to deceive predators

In a new research, scientists have determined that turtles are similar to chameleons, in the sense that their skin and shells often match the color of their habitat's substrate, which may help them deceive predators and prey alike.




According to a report in Natural History Magazine, for the research, John W. Rowe, of Alma College in Michigan, and three colleagues collected gravid female midland painted turtles and red-eared sliders from the wild, brought them to the lab, and injected them with oxytocin, a hormone that induces egg laying.

They assigned the hatchlings to two control groups, which they kept for 160 days on either a white or a black substrate, and to two "reversal" groups, which they kept for 80 days on white or black and then switched to a substrate of the opposite color for another 80 days.

The researchers periodically used a spectrometer to measure the color intensity of spots on each turtle's carapace and head.

By day 80, all the turtles had lightened or darkened, approaching the color of the substrates they were living on.

By day 160, the controls were staying the course, but both reversal groups had switched and were now well on their way to the color intensity of their new substrate, confirming that turtles can completely reverse melanization.

That puts freshwater turtles in the same league as chameleons and squid-even if their melanization process is, true to form, much slower

Opera 10.5 Pre-Alpha Arrives

Opera has released new Opera 10.50 pre-alpha version of its web browser. Codenamed Evenes, the Opera 10.5 web browser's pre-alpha version carries all new Presto 2.5 rendering engine and other enhancements. So far, Opera hasn't clarified the date of 10.5 version browser release. Download the Opera 10.50 pre-alpha for Windows or Mac from here.

Last month, Opera has released Opera 10.20 with widgets support. After that, Opera has now pushed 10.5 pre-alpha version with platform integration like it resembles like Mac UI when used on Mac OS X. The Opera 10.5 pre-alpha for Mac has been designed using the Cocoa framework which allows using more native widgets, Growl support, and introduce a unified Toolbar.

Windows 7 and Vista users will get to experience the glass effect with Aero Glass and will also support Aero Peek and jump lists. Also, the new Opera 10.5 features new Presto 2.5 rendering engine that brings several new features and faster JavaScript rendering speeds. The search and address bars now index search and also allow deleting certain queries.

Now, in 10.5 browser, users can have an entire browser in Private mode or selected tabs in Private mode for browsing. Widget implementation will arrive soon. Overall, the browser interface has also been tweaked. Beware, as this is a pre-alpha version and might disrupt stability of your system.

Firefox 'Fennec' Launch Imminent

We have been hearing about the mobile version of Firefox, the Fennec for quite a while now. While Beta versions of the browser, (For Windows Mobile and older N800 Series Internet tablets) have been around for quite some time now, it is only now that a version of the product for the Maemo5 based N900 would be made available to users out in the open.

So, what we now learn is that the Fennec will be launched before the end of the year for the Nokia N900 Internet Tablet. Fennec has been under development for over an year and half and will try to wean you away from the quite capable N900 Browser. It boasts of an intelligent syncing feature that will allow users to see the same content you see on the web version of Firefox on your mobile. Say you re-reading some page on your PC and for some reason, you would want to switch to your mobile. If the Syncing is on, when you initiate the browsing session the mobile will start from the same page that you were on your PC. Then, there are add-ons (first time on mobile phones?) and the awesome bar as well which makes an appearance.
N900 users might want to brace themselves and wait for this one to arrive VERY soon

Google Nexus revealed

Finally we have what most of us wanted to hear! The detailed spec sheet of the "GooglePhone" aka the Nexus One has finally been leaked. This comes just days after the images of the phone with the iPhone and the HTC Hero started doing rounds of the Internet.
So, does the spec sheet throw some surprises? Well, not really. In fact, some users might turn out to be disappointed because the Nexus One will definitely not turn heads - not just by its specs alone. In fact, had it been not for the GooglePhone label, you might just have passed it of as a high end, quality phone from er.. HTC. Having said that, what needs to be noted here is that the specs is quite contemporary and amongst the best out there. The reason for the aforementioned disappointment would be because this might not be "enough" owing to the fact that this is the mighty GooglePhone! "It had to be out of this world" - is the general perception whenever people expect something from Google!
Anyway, lets see what the specs of the phone look like:

• 3.7 inch WVGA AMOLED touchscreen display
• Android 2.1
• HSDPA 7.2Mbps, HSUPA 2Mbps
• Qualcomm Snapdragon (QSD 8250) processor at 1GHz
• 4 illuminated softkeys (Back, Menu, Home, Search)
• Tri-color charging and notification LED
• Haptic feedback
• Accelerometer
• Light sensor
• Proximity sensor
• A-GPS
• Digital compass
• Wi-Fi
• 3.5mm headset jack
• Active noise cancellation
• 5MP camera with autofocus, LED flash, geotagging and 2x digital zoom
• Stereo Bluetooth 2.1 (A2DP, EDR)
• 512MB Flash memory
• 512MB RAM
• 4GB MicroSD card included (supports cards up to 32GB)
• MicroUSB
• Weight: 130 grams (1400 mAh battery included)

The Nexus One might go on sale by January 5 next year in U.S. We hear the initial give outs will be by invitation only. Now that Google will have its own device pitted against the likes of the HTC Hero and the Motorola Droid, it would be interesting to see how the battle amongst the Androids shapes up.

Staff Crunch by 2020

A study said if India and its technology industry focused on transforming its business environment, innovativeness and talent development, the revenues would be as high as $375 billion by 2020.

But the report also has its share of potential risks and warnings:

*India's share in services exports can decline from 51 percent to 40 percent

*The industry could face an employee shortage of up to 3.5 million

*Infrastructure is still ill-equipped to handle an industry five times the current size

*Policies not in tune with the industry's potentials of growth

*Competitive threat is expected from at least 25-30 countries