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Have you ever accidentally hit “Reply All” when you just meant to “Reply?” Or did you email someone you knew was on vacation? What about sending a message with an attachment that was well beyond the size limit of the recipient's mailbox? If you’re like a lot of busy email users, you’ve probably…

Did you enjoy the Washington D.C. theme from Paul Thorrott that we shared with you earlier? If so, then you’ll be happy to hear that Paul released four more theme packs like that D.C. one for all us Windows 7 users  to enjoy. Three of the themes focuses on other photogenic locales:  Paris,…

At the Tablet PC meetup at CES’s CntrStg, a Microsoft representative was demonstrating a Windows 7 touchscreen computer and its capabilities. After going through the usual – Aero Peek, shake to minimize, the new taskbar, and more – she showed us some really cool apps. Built by the Microsoft…

Do you have a Windows 7 PC but no TV tuner? You may be surprised to learn that you don’t need one in order to watch streaming video and even popular TV programming on your Media Center PC or extender thanks to the numerous Media Center plugins currently available. In this post, we’ll look at the…

Now that you’re running Windows 7 (you are, aren’t you?), you may have started customizing your desktop in order to make it your own. Maybe you’ve organized your icons and applied your favorite photo as wallpaper, but did you know that there’s a lot more you can do? In Windows 7, the new…

If you’ve been thinking about running, there are some things that you need to consider. Most importantly, can your machine run Windows 7? Although Windows 7’s system requirements aren’t quite as heavy-duty as Vista’s were, if you’re thinking of putting it on an older machine, you should probably…

If you downloaded the ISO file of Windows 7 but then discovered you didn’t have a blank DVD to burn it to, you’ll be happy to know that there are other ways available. Specifically, you can use a USB stick to install the OS – a handy trick, especially for installing Windows 7 on a netbook, which…

Check out the Windows area on 9 for more great Windows 7 content, all rolled up into a nice experience!Last month at the CEDIA EXPO trade show in Atlanta, Microsoft made a major announcement regarding CableCARDs: the company announced that consumers would now be able to install digital…

Gadget blogger Kevin C. Tofel at jkontherun has just installed the beta of Windows 7 on his MSI Wind netbook. The results of his experiment? The clean install took 30 minutes, boot time is 55.6 seconds including BIOS and MSI Wind splash screen, resume from sleep is 3.6 seconds, and the full…

In addition to the handful of themes built in to Window 7, there are others which can be downloaded from the Windows 7 web site, and those created by independent third-party designers. But did you know that there are even more themes hidden within the OS itself? According to WinVistaClub,…