Top 10 Reasons to move from Windows XP to Windows 7

1. Get quicker access to all of your stuff - use Pin and Jump Lists to keep the programs and files you use the most right at your fingertips.


2. Manage open windows easier— resize and arrange windows simply by dragging their borders to the edge of your screen.

3. Quickly find what you’re looking for – use Windows Search to find a specific file, program, or e-mail in a few seconds.

4. Share files and printers among multiple PCs—from one Windows 7-based PC to another, you can share files, music, photos, and even printers across your home network.


5. Stay entertained effortlessly – with Windows Media Center o you get one place to enjoy your photos and music, watch and record live TV, and watch free Internet TV.

6. Easily create and share movies—create great looking movies and slideshows and share them on YouTube in minutes.


7. Connect to networks easily—view and connect to any available wireless networkin as few as three clicks.


8. Do more and wait less—improvements that can accelerate sleep and resumeand make your PC more responsive help you get more done.


9. Don’t leave programs behind—run many Windows XP productivity programs in Windows XP Mode.


10. Offers your PC better protection—help keep your PC your information and your family save.

New Google Music Service Launch Imminent

Google will soon launch a music service, we’ve heard from multiple sources, and the company has spent the last several weeks securing content for the launch of the service from the major music labels. One source has referred to the new service as Google Audio.

We’re still gathering details, but our understanding is the service will be very different to the Google China music download service that they launched in 2008. That service, which is only available in China, allows users to search for music and download it for free.

This new service will be available for at least U.S. users, our sources confirm, although it isn’t clear if it’s a download or streaming service, or both. Google already has a decent (if little used) music search engine that can be accessed by simply typing “music:)” before a query (example). But songs are not available for streaming or download from those searches.

We’ll update as we get more details. 

Beta Testing for Google Voice. So call me!

t may be even cooler than I currently think it is if the Google Engineering Team continues as they have been been. You may not be familiar with Google Voice and/or the virtually endless array of other apps all with the Google name and specific purpose of being the Best of Class for whatever reason it was created.

Google Voice is a strange animal. Here’s just some of the things this software easily accompl;ishes:

One number rings many phones or vice-versa. For instance, you could register your Home Phone, your Mobile Phone, your Fax Line, and whatever else to all be rung at once whenever anyone calls the Google Number you would be given at beginning of the setup for Google Voice. As you would imagine, all phones do indeed ring at once. So if you are awaiting a rather important phone call, taping TIVO or just being lazy, you still have multiple possibilities waging for you.

All this technogoly is tightly interwoven, though discreet in some cases. Google Voice is meshed with a web interface which also communicates with your iGoogle, GMail, Google Talk, even so far as translating voice messages to sons and vice versa… you can even tie this into your Web Cam.

Caller ID, smart blocking and screening, reverse lookups -all of this is free. Amazing. Well, if you have any doubts or questions about this one stop shopware, just call me with the link provided.

Google Wave going Beta on Sept-30, first 100,000 user requests will get chance to have a try

Google Wave, which was announced by the Google in I/O 2009 few months back, will be going beta tomorrow i.e 30th September.

Already 6000 developers are testing and developing apps on Google Wave using Google Wave sandbox. Google Wave Sandbox Ids where distributed at launch of Google Wave to few requested developers.

If you where not the lucky one, this time you might get a chance to have a hand on Google Wave. Google will grant access to first 100,000 user request received, this time it would be developers as well as normal users. They can test beta version of Google Wave.

According to a letter from Google, which i found on internet, Google is now more focusing on the stability and speed of Google Wave and not on new features. Though lots of developers from the open source community is contributing in developing apps for wave.

I am very much sure Company’s like Colayer who are working on virtual contextualized products will be exited from this news and waiting for healthy competition.

Colayer is a Pune – Swiz based company who is using wave like concept for a decade now and about to release their new product soon, Read more about Colayer product here.

Waiting for tomorrow, Techgearz will update you on all the happenings with Google Wave

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Outlook has GOT to get better!

It seems that in the last month we have been experiencing a plethora of issues mainly through Outlook 2003 standalone or tied to Exchange Server. Now why these issues have become so present are caused by multiple factors. Clients not accustomed to archiving overload their .pst file. Clients maintain multiple services (Exchange internal/external, POP3, Gmail through IMAP pushed to PDAs, etc.) When trying to hone down the load on an Exchange Server, the first issue that becomes apparent is the imposed 2GB limit for .pst files within Outlook 2003. This can sometimes be managed by changing the original .pst to Unicode which is native for Outlook 2007 and either expanding or eliminating quotas on Exchange. All that being small potatoes to the overall performance of Exchange/Outlook, it is a constant that requires too much administrative overhead and is not cost effective. Convincing clients that their best line of attack to eradicate the persistent anomalies in 03 software is to upgrade to 07/08 is a chore. Where do we go from here? Suggestions and comments are requisite from you, the readers, to help both Admins and Clients understand the path to harmonious email…

Deploying Windows 7 - Part 1: Windows AIK 2.0 Enhancements

Deploying Windows 7 - Part 1: Windows AIK 2.0 Enhancements

Mitch Tulloch is a writer, trainer and consultant specializing in Windows server operating systems, IIS administration, network troubleshooting, and security. He is the author of 15 books including the Microsoft Encyclopedia of Networking (Microsoft Press), the Microsoft Encyclopedia of Security (Microsoft Press), Windows Server Hacks (O'Reilly), Windows Server 2003 in a Nutshell (O'Reilly), Windows 2000 Administration in a Nutshell (O'Reilly), and IIS 6 Administration (Osborne/McGraw-Hill). Mitch is based in Winnipeg, Canada, and you can find more information about his books at his website www.mtit.com

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Deploying Windows 7 - Part 2: Using DISM

Deploying Windows 7 - Part 2: Using DISM

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Deploying Windows 7 - Part 3: Understanding MAP 4.0

Deploying Windows 7 - Part 3: Understanding MAP 4.0

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Deploying Windows 7 - Part 4: Using MAP 4.0

Deploying Windows 7 - Part 4: Using MAP 4.0

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Deploying Windows 7 - Part 5: MDT 2010 Enhancements

Deploying Windows 7 - Part 5: MDT 2010 Enhancements

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Deploying Windows 7 - Part 6: Lite Touch using MDT 2010

Deploying Windows 7 - Part 6: Lite Touch using MDT 2010

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This article is based on a prerelease version of MDT 2010 and will be updated later if necessary to reflect any changes made in RTM.

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Deploying Windows 7 - Part 7: Automated LTI Deployment

Deploying Windows 7 - Part 7: Automated LTI Deployment

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Deploying Windows 7 - Part 8: Understanding LTI Configuration Files

Deploying Windows 7 - Part 8: Understanding LTI Configuration Files

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Deploying Windows 7 - Part 9: Deploying 32-bit vs. 64-bit Windows

Deploying Windows 7 - Part 9: Deploying 32-bit vs. 64-bit Windows

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Deploying Windows 7 - Part 10: Capturing and Deploying an Image of a Reference Computer

Deploying Windows 7 - Part 10: Capturing and Deploying an Image of a Reference Computer

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