Microsoft Windows 7 | Working From Home News

Discover your Windows 7 Media Center

After our Ycademy Seminar this week-end, lets have some fun with the red hot Windows 7 Media Center tonight! Of course, if you are running Vista, you will be able to enjoy most of it as well. XP users, we will show you how to get the best out of your machine.

Windows 7 Desktop Gadgets and Media Center

Have fun with Desktop Gadgets and find stuff to add value to your Windows 7 experience.

Windows 7 Media Center and Gadgets

Run your transparent menus on top of your Media Center show running in the background … an amazing experience where black and white play with colors!

Combine Image and Music with your Windows 7 Media Center

Windows 7 Media Center replaces the best digital photo frame any time – astonishing for family and friends.

Media Center combines Music and Image

And there is more … join tonight’s call at YorgoTalk at 9 pm London Time.

Author: Yorgo Nestoridis, Media Marketing & Publishing, Founder of YORGOO Publishing, YORGOO Press and Semiomantics.If you enjoyed reading the above, please consider following future tips and strategies by RSS reader, Email delivery, or Kindle subscription.

This page is wiki editable click here to edit this page.

Read also:

By Yorgo Nestoridis

No Source Editing with Windows Live Mail

There is no email source editing on Windows Live Mail. What a deception for all Windows 7 users!

It seems that Microsoft sacrificed this useful feature to enable photo mailing.

200932011161927181

Workaround to Edit Email Source in Windows 7

Having gone through all options and recommendations of the Microsoft savvy community, from copy paste, mailing with another device and more, I finally have opted to simply use Windows Mail from Vista for sending and receiving mails and to leave Live Mail the default for Photo Mailing.

The advantage of this solution is that you will find all your mail rules and settings automatically again (if you have upgraded from Windows Vista).

Install Windows Mail on Windows 7

There is an easy way. Windows Mail comes bundled with Windows 7 but you cannot run it.

Interestingly all the download sites for the famous Windows Mail zip have taken off the file, while the corresponding posts are still referenced. Maybe Microsoft has a claim for illegal distribution of their software.

1. You can however do the following. Zip up your Windows Mail Folder on Windows Vista.

2. Rename the Windows Mail Folder in Windows 7 to Windows Mail Old.

3. Unzip the zip into Windows 7.

4. Pin the .exe file to the Start Menu and fire up your Windows Mail :-).

The Solution of Last Resort

Search Google for a File called Windows-Mail-Vista.zip. If you are lucky you still find it somewhere …

Windows 7 Trainings by Ycademy

Join the Ycademy Windows 7 Trainings and we will find a solution. Contact Bianca Gubalke at bianca (at) ycademy.com.

Author: Yorgo Nestoridis, Media Marketing & Publishing, Founder of YORGOO Publishing, YORGOO Press and Semiomantics.If you enjoyed reading the above, please consider following future tips and strategies by RSS reader, Email delivery, or Kindle subscription.

Have a look at:

By Yorgo Nestoridis

Windows 7 Minimum Requirement

To install Windows 7, there are minimum requirements your machine should fulfill. Microsoft has released the following:

Windows 7

Windows 7 Minimum Requirements

CPU: 1 GHz+ 32 or 64-Bit processor
RAM: 1 GB for 32-Bit, 2 GB for 64-Bit
GPU: 128 MB DirectX 9, WDDM 1.0 Compatible Video Card
HDD: 15 GB for 32-Bit, 20 GB for 64-Bit

Other:
DVD Drive
DX9 Capable sound card
1024×768 or better capable screen
Keyboard + Mouse
An internet connection for updates and activation.

To test if your computer is Windows 7 ready, you may want to run the Upgrade Advisor we mentioned in an earlier post.

Author: Yorgo Nestoridis, Media Marketing & Publishing, Founder of YORGOO Publishing, YORGOO Press and Semiomantics.If you enjoyed reading the above, please consider following future tips and strategies by RSS reader, Email delivery, or Kindle subscription.

This page is wiki editable click here to edit this page.

Read also:

By Yorgo Nestoridis

Calibrate Colors with Windows 7

If you work with colors or if you are an artist working on digital graphics, you may want to calibrate your Color Display to see exact colors. There are two access points:

1. Calibrate Colors from Control Panel

In your Controll Panel under Display you find the Calibrate color Tab:

Control Panel – Display

Select Calibrate Color and follow through.

2. Run `dccw.exe` from the Start Menu Search Box

Click on the .exe file on top and follow through.

After running the Calibrate Color Tool, run the Clear Type text tool again.

Author: Yorgo Nestoridis, Media Marketing & Publishing, Founder of YORGOO Publishing, YORGOO Press and Semiomantics.If you enjoyed reading the above, please consider following future tips and strategies by RSS reader, Email delivery, or Kindle subscription.

This page is wiki editable click here to edit this page.

Read also:

By Yorgo Nestoridis

Adjust Screen Text with Clear Type

For the best look and display on your LCD Monitor or laptop screen, use the Clear Type Tuner.

1. Run `cttune.exe` from the Start Menu Search Box.

Start Menu Search Box

2. On top you will see cttune.exe

Clear Type Tuner

Click and run.

3. Tick to switch on and continue

Clear Type Text Tuner

4. Select the best display version on each of the 4 steps

Select best display

Done.

Author: Yorgo Nestoridis, Media Marketing & Publishing, Founder of YORGOO Publishing, YORGOO Press and Semiomantics.If you enjoyed reading the above, please consider following future tips and strategies by RSS reader, Email delivery, or Kindle subscription.

This page is wiki editable click here to edit this page.

Read also:

By Yorgo Nestoridis

Windows 7 Live Mail vs. Windows Mail

Windows 7 comes with a new mail client which does not automatically import all your email settings, namely the rules you may have created on your Windows Mail from Win Vista.

If you wish to preserve your Windows Mail as on Vista, just download Windows Mail from Microsoft and install it; your Vista Mail client will automatically be configured and ready to go as it was on Vista including the rules you may have created.

Windows Live Mail vs. Windows Mail

Windows Mail was built on Outlook Express and they both have been replaced by Windows Life Mail. Besides increased security, Windows Live Mail has a bunch of new features:

In addition to setting up multiple email accounts in Windows Live Mail, you can use it as a news client, a blogging tool and an RSS reader. Sending photographs taken from your digital camera is a breeze in this software because of the Photo email feature. Microsoft has also increased the security features in the client by adding an automated junk email filter that scans all incoming messages to protect you from spam and phishing attacks.

Microsoft recommends strongly to abandon the earlier mail clients and to use Windows Live Mail.

In as much as I am concerned, I am running Windows Mail until I find the time to redo my rules on Windows Live Mail. Live Mail synchronizes the mail boxes automatically in the mean time.

Author: Yorgo Nestoridis, Media Marketing & Publishing, Founder of YORGOO Publishing, YORGOO Press and Semiomantics.If you enjoyed reading the above, please consider following future tips and strategies by RSS reader, Email delivery, or Kindle subscription.

This page is wiki editable click here to edit this page.

Read also:

By Yorgo Nestoridis

Upgrade from Windows Vista German version to Windows 7 English?

In order to use the upgrade function from Windows Vista to Windows 7, the Windows 7 version needs to be in the same language as the original Vista install. The display language does not modify this rule.

If you have installed your vista in any other language than English, your Windows 7 Upgrade must be made from a disk with the same install language; if you would load your Windows 7 in English anyway, you need to do a clean install.

Windows Vista in French to Windows 7

Laetitia Paris has tested this and the above rule applies. Using the English Version of Windows 7 Ultimate will have the advantage to be much cheaper than the French version. On Windows 7 Ultimate and Enterprise you can change the Windows Display Language. It runs then like a French Windows version or any of the 36 Language versions available.

Windows 7 Display Language Selector

Author: Yorgo Nestoridis, Media Marketing & Publishing, Founder of YORGOO Publishing, YORGOO Press and Semiomantics.If you enjoyed reading the above, please consider following future tips and strategies by RSS reader, Email delivery, or Kindle subscription.