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Are you tired of the same old logon screen in Windows 7? If so, give Windows 7 Logon Background Changer a try. It’s a free open source software that let you change the wallpaper of the Windows 7 logon screen (also known as “welcome screen” or “login screen”).
Note that:

It does NOT change any system file, [...]

Students in the UK and US with a valid email address given by the college or university will be able to purchase Windows 7 Home Premium or Windows 7 Professional (upgrade versions) for £30 and $30 respectively. The offer will start on the 1st of October and and on the 3rd of January 2010.
For more [...]

If you are planning on purchasing a new Windows PC or laptop, then consider this offer from Acer. Customers who purchase a qualifying Windows Vista based PC from June 26, 2009 to January 31, 2010 can get an upgrade to Windows [...]

Windows 7 is just around the corner. Here’s what’s Microsoft told the public so far in regards to the upgrade pricing of Windows 7:
Below is a table of the cost of upgrading to Windows 7 from Vista or XP.

Windows 7 Product Edition
Price
Vista price
Savings
Savings (%)

Home Premium (Upgrade)
$119.99
$129.99
($10.00)
8%

Professional (Upgrade)
$199.99
$199.99
-
-

Ultimate (Upgrade)
$219.99
$219.99
-
-

Windows Anytime Upgrade (WAU) makes upgrading the version [...]

Last night Google Blog posted “Introducing the Google Chrome OS” but no release date was confirmed. Sundar Pichai said Chrome OS is going to be released later this year but our expetation is that Google is going to release it little bit after Windows 7 which is in October.
Google is very known for releasing applications [...]

Here are the prices for Windows 7 , what did Microsoft think?  Is Windows 7 really worth that much? We want your opinion

Windows Vista
Initial Pricing
Today’s Pricing
Windows 7
Initial Pricing

Home Premium (Upgrade)
$160
$130
Home Premium (Upgrade)
$120

Business (Upgrade)
$200
$200
Business (Upgrade)
$200

Ultimate (Upgrade)
$260
$220
Ultimate (Upgrade)
$220

Home Premium (Full)
$240
$240
Home Premium (Full)
$200

Business (Full)
$300
$300
Professional (Full)
$300

Ultimate (Full)
$400
$320
Ultimate (Full)
$320

Microsoft sent memo to PC manufacturers in Europe that IE 8 will not be installed with the OS installation. They can chose whether to use Firefox , IE 8, Safari but must be pre-installed on PC’s. Now I don’t know how that will work out for those that just buy Windows 7 Installation disks but [...]

Microsoft released Windows 7 RC (Release Candidate) for you to test and install. TechNet and Microsoft both links have pretty good installation documents.
Welcome to Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) testing. We?re on our way to Windows 7, and the RC is a great opportunity for IT professionals like you to take Windows 7 and begin [...]

Conficker Worm is scheduled to be activated on April 1st (My birthday! No Joke) well as birthday party here is how to remove Conficker Worm with few tips and tricks.
First of all Conficker Worm only impacts Windows Operating System so Mac’s(Macintosh) and Unix/Linux users are safe!
Step 1: Open Internet Explorer Go to Tools>Windows Update make [...]

Yesterday I posted in our Espa?ol site about a rumor that Windows 7 would allow users the ability to uninstall (actually disable) Internet Explorer. The rumor was confirmed today in the Engineering Windows 7 blog, maintained by the project’s engineers.
Additionally to being able to disable IE, and all the options already offered in Vista, the [...]