Vista/7 Tips

I guess many of you are Windows Live Messenger users. And if you own Windows Live ID more than one, you might have came cross the problem how to login two or more IDs at the same time. Still trapped by the trouble? Here is a registry hack that will help you out.

We know in Windows 7, we still have Notification Area Icons, as known as tray icons, too. Since nowadays a great many of applications offer tray icons, and even after we uninstall them, these icons will still stay there as a piece of history.

This week, Microsoft made the XP Mode RC available to Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate users. Most Virtual Machine emulating software has not offered support for Aero previously, including Microsoft's own Virtual PC 2007.

I don't know if anyone of you have came across the situation that you just cann't  choose a Windows 7 version to install. But if you have, and you want to have another version such as Windows 7 Premium or Windows 7 Professional installed, here is a tip to make the selection screen come out again.

No matter what you think of Bing as a search engine, you have to admit that the daily homepage photos are pretty cool. They range from amazing nature photos to holiday sensitive events. Those images now have a new use, being wallpapers for your Windows 7 PC. One of Windows 7's lesser know features is the ability to download new wallpapers via a RSS feed.

I still remember when i was running Windows 7 Beta, someone's wondering if he could upgrade to RC from Beta directly. Although the upgrade path was not available according to Microsoft, there is a workround to make it.

We know, with WIndows 7 RTM, even if we don't activate it, we still can use it for 30 days for trail. But actually we can extend the tail time limit to as long as 360 days. That's to say, you can use Windows 7 RTM FREE for nearly one year and the key point is, it NOT illegal, totally not.

We know in Windows 7, there is a cool "Pin" feature that you can keep any shortcuts stick to the new taskbar, but except Recycle Bin. Yet we can make it after a workround. Below i will list three ways to pin Recycle Bin to the so-called superbar in Windows 7.

Dual-booting Windows is a handy way to test betas and service packs before committing to a new OS. But once you’ve made your decision to stick with the new OS or give it the boot, you’ll likely want to get rid of those extra partitions and revert to a single O-S.

It's been very busy in the world of Windows Server. With the launch of Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate, Tech Ed and the announcement of several new Hyper-V R2 capabilities such as 64 logical processor support and processor compatibility, it's been pretty non-stop. In fact, it's been so busy, that we haven't even had a chance to introduce one more really cool new feature in Windows Server 2008 R2, but first, some background.