Windows

Windows XP Service Pack 3 Is Here: Are You Ready?

Apr 16th, 2008 | By Shamim | Category: Microsoft, Reviews, Windows

Windows XP has been around for the last 6 years. In this long time it has not seen many significant changes. XP Service packs 1 and 2 provided a few additional features and benefits and made lives of users and administrators much easier. With the advent of Service Pack 3, Windows XP will be able [...]



Windows Vista Slideshow Coming To Mobile Devices

Jan 2nd, 2008 | By Shamim | Category: Applications, Microsoft, Mobile, Windows

Windows Slideshow is a new feature in Windows Vista that enables a small screen on a device to display important messages. These messages include new email, upcoming appointments, alarms, contact details, weather info and others. Slideshow also allows some customizations. For more info on Vista Slideshow go here. Now Microsoft is trying to port Slideshow [...]



Is Vista That Bad?

Nov 19th, 2007 | By Shamim | Category: Reviews, Windows

Slashdot ran an interesting article today morning how a whopping 90% of IT pros do not like Vista. These stats are based off of a survey conducted by King Research and their numbers are simply jaw-dropping. According to the study forty four percent of companies surveyed are considering switching to non-Windows operating systems, and nine [...]



Poweroff Vista from Start Menu

Nov 15th, 2007 | By Shamim | Category: How To's, Video, Windows

Windows Vista has introduced several new and innovative features. But it has also changed the familiar look and feel of certain desktop components. For example have you tried to shut down a Vista PC? In the classic Start Menu of Windows XP there were 2 dedicated buttons - Log Off & Shutdown. Then if you [...]