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Are you still using the Release Candidate of Windows 7, which was publicly released on May 5th last year? Users of Windows 7 RC are probably aware that it will start automatically rebooting every 2 hours starting March 1. Windows 7 RC officially expires on June 1, 2010 however the system will nag users during the 3 months between March 1 and June 1 to upgrade by not only automatically restarting without... 

In the past few days, Windows 7 users became extremely excited about the newly discovered ‘GodMode’. The name suggests something extremely powerful, although it’s basically a folder with shortcuts to the system settings of the operating system. Such a feature exists in Windows Vista as well. Windows 7's so-called GodMode is actually a shortcut to accessing the operating system's... 

Windows 7 was officially released to the general public a few days ago on October 22nd. There’s no doubt that many of us have gotten our hands on a copy, or that many of us have seen many screenshots of this new operating system, but here is an article for those who haven’t.  Read More →

And now… the day we’ve all been waiting for… is finally here! Windows 7 has been released to the general public today! Windows 7 has been in development for 3 years and is largely based on feedback from users on Windows Vista. A public beta was released on January 10, 2009 and a public release candidate was released on May 5, 2009. RCs expire in March-June 2010. Windows 7 includes... 

Do you find it hard getting used to the new large taskbar of Windows 7? Do you dislike the icons with no text? Do you have trouble figuring out which are open windows and which are pinned items? Want the overall looks of Windows Vista’s taskbar back as much as possible without downloading additional software? I personally like the new design but I read that some people have trouble getting used... 

Have you ever found Disk Cleanup to be extraordinarily slow?  Or does Disk Cleanup do nothing at all on Windows Vista?  Well here’s the perfect tip for you: removing your Temp files manually on Windows Vista.  Read More →