WOW DEN

Have you anytime wondered that how Windows acquired to such a beauty?
How was windows back it was aboriginal alien and how it all improved? The Windows 7, Latest masterpiece by Microsoft offers a affluent acquaintance to users with its eye-candy animations and solid programming.

To accept a aiguilles at the change of Windows with time, apprehend more.

Windows 1.0
Windows 1.0 was alien in November 1985. It was a huge advance at that time as it offered a Graphical User Interface (GUI) instead of black command screens acclimated by antecedent operating systems.
Windows 1.0 did not acquiesce overlapping of altered windows as it was a affection acclimated and copyrighted by Mac operating system. So instead of that window 1.0 acclimated tiled arrangement for the adjustment of windows.

Windows 2.0
Windows 2.0 was alien in November 1987. It offered a cogent advance over Windows 1.0. It alien several appearance like overlapping of Windows, new Keyboard shortcuts and bigger GUI. It additionally featured abounding new applications.

After some time windows 2.1 was alien which could multi-task several applications and had bigger anamnesis administration schemes. Visually it was identical to windows 2.0.

 

Windows 3.0 & 3.1
Windows 3.0 and 3.1 brought a advance in claimed computer industry. They were broadly adopted by several pc manufacturers. Apple’s Mac OS about was alone accustomed to be installed on Apple computers.
Windows 3.0 brought abounding new appearance into the windows realm. It accurate bigger multi-tasking and it had admission to added anamnesis modules than any added antecedent versions. As best of the coding was done in accumulation language, This Windows was faster and added reliable.

  

Microsoft Bob

Microsoft bob was a GUI experiment by Microsoft that was innovative but it failed. It presented a cartoon view of an office, where users can access their programs easily. Microsoft Bob is usually mentioned as one of the worst products Microsoft created

Windows 95

Windows 95 was the base of the future Windows versions introduced. Windows 95 was more stable and reliable as compared to previous versions of Windows. It supported 32-bit applications.

Windows 95 became a highly successful and acclaimed OS.

Windows NT versions

First windows NT version was released on July, 1993 and after came a series on NT labeled Windows Versions. NT 3.0, 3.5, 3.51, 4.0 are prominent in those versions. NT stands for “New Technology”, which means NT was a full windows version that was an upgrade from 8/16 bit windows to 32 bit windows.

Windows 98

Microsoft introduced Windows 98 in year 1998. It had several stability and memory fixes over windows 95.

This OS was very widely opted by PC manufacturers in the World.

Windows ME

Shortly after windows 98, Windows Millennium Edition was launched. It didn't performed very well in the market because it had several stability flaws. It is known in technological circles as “Windows Mistake Edition”.

Windows 2000

Windows 2000 was one of the operating system offered by Microsoft which was built on NT platform. This OS was widely installed on many Servers of the World. Overall it was a success.

Windows XP

Windows XP is regarded as the most successful creation by Microsoft Corporation. Windows XP has entirely revamped User Interface with several new features and stability fixes. XP was most stable operating system as it did not crash when one of the applications malfunctioned. Windows XP was widely installed and people upgraded from previous versions of Windows to XP.

Windows Vista

Windows Vista was released worldwide on January 27, 2007. Windows Vista featured advanced GUI and security features. The Animations and Alpha shading effects of Windows Vista came at a shear expense of system resources.

Huge system resources were required to run Vista smoothly. Minimum RAM requirement was 2 GB. These problems hindered wide adoption of Vista by masses. So Vista is not regarded as a successful operating system compared to previous versions of Windows.

Windows 7 Ultimate

Windows 7 was released to worldwide OEM’s on July 22, 2009 and to users on October 21, 2009. Windows 7 promised to offer fast and rich user experience. The system requirements for Windows 7 were reduced and it was made lighter and more agile. It had the largest pre-order in the history, performing many times better than Vista in the first week of sales.

Windows 7 has entirely revamped UI and engine. The Taskbar makeover in the builds is shown below, the last Taskbar is the final version used in Windows 7.

Does your Windows computer take really long to start-up?

Well, you are not alone with this problem but fortunately, with some minor tweaks, you can get your sluggish Windows to start much faster without re-installing Windows or adding any new hardware.

The logic is fairly simple. Your computer loads quite a few software programs and services during start-up (look at all the icons in your Windows System tray). If you can trim this list, your computer’s boot time will decrease.

I have been testing a free utility called Soluto and it helped reduce the start-up time of my Windows computer from 3.15 minutes to around 1.25 minutes. All this with a few easy clicks and without confusing the user with any technical jargon.

 

After you install Soluto, it sorts your start-up programs list into three categories:

• No-brainer – remove these programs from start-up with giving a second thought.
• Potentially removable – another list of start-up programs that may also be removed provided you know what these programs do.
• Required – Certain programs and services are required to run Windows properly and therefore should not be removed.

Depending upon the software app, you may then either choose “Pause” to completely remove that app from the start-up queue or choose “Delay” when you want the app to run automatically but not immediately at start-up. Soluto will launch the “delayed” app once the boot up is over and your system is idle.

You can also hover the mouse over any program name and Soluto will display the number of seconds that the app adds to the start-up time. And don’t bother about making mistakes because Soluto has a useful “Undo all” feature that will restore the start-up list to the original state with a click.

Once you are done classifying your start-up programs list, reboot the computer and you should notice a difference between the start-up time.

Where to download Soluto?

The official site for Soluto is soluto.com but in order to download the program, you should head over to mysoluto.com.

Alternatives to Soluto

If you are tech-savvy, you can also use a utility like Sysinternals Autoruns to manually prevent all the non-essential Windows processes and programs from running at start-up.

Just uncheck all the Autorun entries and Services that you don’t wish to load at startup and reboot your system. You’ll however need a separate program to get the “delay” feature which is so handy in Solute.

Let's kick off this power-user party with keyboard shortcuts-tricks every enthusiast should memorize when mastering a new OS. We're confident the following time-saving keystrokes will save you precious neural processing cycles, and make your mouse jealous with neglect.

Alt + P

In Windows Explorer, this shortcut activates a preview pane of your selected file, be it an image, sound, or video document. This panel is great for previewing images in your photos directory, obviating the need for fancier third-party software.

Windows + Up and Windows + Down

If a window isn't maximized, pressing the Windows + Up arrow key will make it fill your entire screen. Windows + Down arrow will minimize that active window.

Windows + Shift + Up and Windows + Shift + Down

Hitting these three keys will vertically stretch an active window to the maximum desktop height (the width of the window, however, will stay the same). Pressing Windows + Shift+ Down will restore the window to its previous dimensions.

Windows + + and Windows + -

Pressing the Windows button with either the plus or minus key activates the Magnifier, letting you zoom in on the entire desktop or open a rectangular magnifying lens to zoom in on (and out of) parts of your screen. You can also customize the Magnifier to follow your mouse pointer or keyboard cursor.

Windows + Left and Windows + Right

These two shortcuts will make your active window fill up exactly one half of your screen-depending on which arrow key you use. And once a window is fixed to one side of the screen, you can repeat the shortcut with the same arrow key to flip it to the other side.

Windows + Home

This shortcut minimizes every open window on your desktop except the active window. Pressing this shortcut again restores all the minimized windows.

Windows + T

Like Alt + Tab (still our all-time-favorite Windows shortcut), Windows + T cycles through thumbnails of your open programs via the Taskbar's peek menu.

Windows + E

Automatically opens up a new Explorer window to show your Libraries folder.

Windows + P

Manage your multiple-monitor setup more efficiently with this handy shortcut. Windows + P opens a small overlay that lets you configure a second display or projector. You can switch from a single monitor to dual-display in either mirror or extend-desktop mode.

Windows + Shift + Left and Windows + Shift + Right

If you're using two or more displays-and you are, aren't you?-memorize this shortcut to easily move a window from one screen to the other. The window retains its size and relative position on the new screen, which is useful when working with multiple documents.

Windows + [Number]

Programs (and new instances) pinned to your Taskbar can be launched by hitting Windows and the appropriate number key. Windows + 1, for example, launches the first application in the taskbar, while Windows + 4 will launch the fourth.

Windows + Space

This combo performs the same function as moving your mouse to the bottom right of the Taskbar: It makes every active window transparent (save faint outlines) so you can view the desktop underneath.

Microsoft includes a full backup and restores utility with Windows 7. Follow this guide to see how it works.

Backing up your files is one of the most important things you can do to safeguard the data you create and store on your computer. To this end, Microsoft included a full backup and restore utility with Windows 7. Here’s how it works.

Backing Up

First you need to launch Windows' Backup and Restore utility. You will find it in the Control Panel by selecting first System and Security and then Backup and Restore. If you have never used this tool before, you'll see a message under 'Backup' that says 'Windows Backup has not been set up'. Click the link labeled Set up backup to the right of that message.

After the program starts, it will prompt you to choose a location for it to store your backup files in. Windows won't let you choose your main hard drive as a backup drive; so if you haven’t already plugged in your external hard drive, do it now and click Refresh.

After you've chosen the drive that you want to use for your backup, the program will ask you to identify what you want to back up. The default selection is to let Windows choose for you, and create a disk image at the same time. You can be much more selective, however, by clicking the radio button next to Let me choose.

Once you've chosen what you want to back up, and where you want Windows to store it, the program will display a backup summary screen that confirms the options you selected. Before you run your backup, though, you'll probably want to take a look at the default schedule that Windows has set up for you, to confirm that your computer is going to be on at that time of day. If you want to adjust it, click Change schedule and then set it to something more suitable to your schedule.

Finally, click Save settings and run backup. The first backup will be a somewhat lengthy process, but future backups will be quicker, as they will back up only files that have been added or changed since your previous backup.

Restoring From Backup

Restoring files from your backup is fairly simple. First, launch the Backup and Restore utility, (as described above); then decide whether to restore all of your files, or just specific files that may have been deleted or become corrupt.

To restore all of your backed-up data, click Restore my files, followed by Browse for folders. Next, on the left side, look for the folder bearing the name of your backup. Click that folder, and then click Add folder. Once you've added the folder to your restore list, click Next and choose whether you want the files restored to the original location or to a new location. Finally, click Restore to bring back all of your data.

To restore specific files, first click Restore my files, and then click Browse for files. Navigate to your backup folder, and choose the individual files that you want. Again, the program will ask you whether you want to restore the files to their original location or to a new location. Once you decide where you want them, click Restore to recover the data you selected.

Unsure about the name of the file you want? Click Restore my files, and then use the Search button to examine your backup for the keywords that you type into the search field. In the search results, locate the files you need, add them to the restore list, and restore them as described above.

Here are a few video tutorials that explain How to download and install VirtualBox on Mac OS, How to Set Up and Use VirtualBox, How to run Windows XP on Linux Ubuntu with Virtualbox, How to use virtual box, How to Install Ubuntu on virtualbox.

You can download VirtualBox Free Here.

1. How to Download and Install VirtualBox on Mac OS

2. How to Set Up and Use A Virtual Machine for Free – VirtualBox

3. How to run Windows XP on Linux Ubuntu with Virtualbox

4. How to use virtual box

5. How to Install Ubuntu on virtualbox

Here is a tutorial that explains how to Install Windows 8 on VMare. This tutorial explains how can you install Windows 8 on a virtual machine, side-by-side on your main operating system. So, you can have both Windows 7 as well as Windows 8 working together on a PC.

How to Install Windows 8 on VMware:

At this point I believe that you already created a virtual machine for installing Windows 8 in your VMware Workstation 8. Your new virtual machine will appear as a tab with the name you given to it while creating it. Below is a snapshot of my newly created virtual machine for Windows 8 with all details.

• Click on the “power on virtual machine”.

• After your virtual machine is powered on, you need to provide the path of the windows 8 .iso image file to start the booting process.
• Select VM from the menu bar.
• Select removable devices from sub menu.
• Select CD/DVD (IDE) and click on settings.

 

• The virtual machine settings dialog box opens.
• In the hardware tab, select CD/DVD(IDE).
• In the connection Field, select the option “use iso image file”.
• Click browse and navigate to the folder in which window image file(.iso) is located. Select the .iso file and click ok.
• Click ok to close the virtual machine settings dialog box.
• Now Restart the virtual machine.

Sit back and relax. Now you are all set to see the first screen of windows 8.

• After loading of some files, the screen shown above appears. Nothing new here. If you could recollect it is same as that of Windows 7. You will see some other screens similar to that of Windows 7. Just keep clicking next.
• Now there is something new. It is the first new look of windows 8. Enter a name of your choice.

You can choose between windows live Id or local account. With Windows Live id, you can log in to your copy of Windows 8 by using a email id and password. I choose local account.

Fill in all the details.

Sit back and relax. You are ready to see a new world. And here it comes. Awesome isn’t it? Welcome to windows 8.

Once you have completed all the steps, you will have Windows 8 installed on VMware. This will co-exist with your main operating system, that could be Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7.

Install Windows 7 from USB Flash drive / Flash disk /Thumb drive /Pen drive

step 1: Insert your Windows 7 DVD and plug in your USB flash drive.
Download newest version of WinToFlash from this link : http://wintoflash.com/download/en/
then open WinToFlash.exe

step 2: This program will transfer Windows setup from optical to USB drive Recommended to switch on Wizard mode for users have no experience of Windows setup fine tuning
click on green symbol.....

step 3: This program will help you to install Windows from a USB drive
click Next button...

step 4: Specify the location of windows setup files and USB drive...
be careful, don't make any mistake...
in my computer, Windows file path: G:\ and USB drive: H:\
it might be different with yours...
then click Next...

step 5: Select: "I Accepted th terms of the license agreement
and click continue...

step 6: Warning! Formatting will erase ALL DATA on target disk. To format press OK, to quit press Cancel.
click OK....

step 7: please wait while WinToFlash transferring Windows setup to USB drive...

step 8: Click Next....

step 9: done....
click Exit
now you can install Windows 7 on any computer from USB Flash drive...
How? please read step 10....

step 10: Plug in your USB flash drive....
then turn on your computer (laptop)
and press F2 key rapidly during the post to get the BIOS menu...
then change Boot priority order: USB flash drive as first boot option
press F10 key to save the configuration and exit....
your computer will reboot...

step 11: then install Windows 7 as usual :)

on first "restart"
you must go to BIOS again and change boot priority order:

HDD as first boot option
then press F10 key to save the configurations and exit....

and Windows 7 Installation from USB Flash drive finished.....