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Movie Maker Video Editing Tutorial

An easy video editing tutorial for beginners. Make your own YouTube Videos with Microsoft Windows Movie Maker 2. Dont Have it? Go to Mircosoft.com/moviemaker and download yours free! Want this comp...  

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The Learned Helplessness of Windows

Sometimes large thoughts pop up from small events. While out for a walk the other day, I saw a neighbor struggling with a half-open garage door, and when I went over to help, she told me the motor had been noisy and finally quit. I could see that the drive arm was connected to the door with a cotter pin, so I said, "If you'll hand me your pliers I can free this up right away."

Windows 7 Breathes Life into Mundane Routine

Deadlines to meet, social commitments to fulfill, responsibilities to dispense, deals worth millions to crack and breakneck competition, how does one do all of this on one day and still not be overwhelmed? It surely must take super powers to accomplish that!In such conditions, how does one give quality time to one’s family? How does one spend time with one’s own self, contemplating upon matters of utmost importance? It is possible only when the person gets to be more efficient when at work.

Apple Hits the Windows Wall

The latest desktop operating system market figures, which show Windows 7 commanding an almost 4 percent market share, must have Apple banging its head in frustration.Talk about galling: Apple has been marketing and designing its pants off for years to pick up 5 percent or so of the market, and it convinced itself and its fans that it had the momentum behind it. The world, it wanted to believe, was finally coming around to the Mac way of thinking.

Windows 7 - The Missing Features

We already did the definitive review of Windows 7, and without a doubt, it is a great OS. But there are a few features that were initially promised that are missing from the final release. We’ve been waiting for this one since the early days of Vista’s development, but it’s still not here. Microsoft’s new WinFS file system was supposed to use a huge database that could recognize data attributes to speed up searching and correlating different kinds of information, rather than relying solely on folder structures as we currently know them.

Libraries Give Vista Apps a Windows 7 Look

Microsoft on Tuesday released the final code for a set of libraries that enables developers to write applications for Windows 7 that will also preserve the Windows 7 look and feel when the application is run on Windows Vista.The Platform Update for Windows Vista is a free download from Windows Update, Windows Server Update Services and the Microsoft Download Center. There is also a similar package for deployment on Windows Server 2008.

Microsoft Ships Fix for Student Installation Woes

Microsoft is shipping a fix for problems experienced by users who had signed up for a low-cost Windows 7 upgrade for college students -- but who instead found themselves with failed installations.The problem stemmed from users who purchased the $30 copies of Windows 7 in hopes of upgrading from 32-bit Windows to 64-bit Windows 7 -- evidently not an upgrade path that Microsoft had anticipated them taking.

Reports Find IT Poised to Adopt Windows 7 Soon

Perhaps the belief on the part of Michael Dell and other PC hardware vendors that there is pent-up demand for new PCs isn't just them trying to sell their wares. Two new analysts' reports seem to back up their statements.According to a worldwide survey by Information Technology Intelligence Corp. (ITIC) and Sunbelt Software of 1,500 IT decision makers released Monday, 49 percent said they will migrate to Windows 7 within a year of Thursday's formal launch.

88% of Corporate PCs Windows 7 Ready: Report

With Windows 7's official launch next Thursday, one thing that hamstrung Windows Vista's corporate acceptance early on will likely not be a problem this time around.It's the classic problem of needing to upgrade hardware and software to support a new or updated version of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows -- but this time, not so much.

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'Family Guy' to Promo Windows 7 -- Serio...

Already tired of all the hype and promotion swirling around Windows 7, with the launch still just a little over a week away? Don't even begin to think that will end on October 22, when Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) finally makes it available for sale to consumers. Besides TV commercials starring four-year-old Kylie, Microsoft has plenty of TV commercials, print and online ads, and other promotions waiting in the wings.

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