Install Dreamscene In Windows 7

These are the few steps to use Dreamscene in Windows 7 as in Windows Vista.

Download the file from here

Install it,as in the picture.


Then right click a movie file and select "set as desktop background".

Enjoy

Use Windows 7 Themes on Windows Vista and Windows XP

Microsoft released theme pack for Windows 7 that contains many wallpapers and shell file.The wallpaper will change accordingly to the time that set by the user.

If you want to use this wallpaper in your Windows Vista or Windows XP system,you can do it.

First download and install 7-zip from here

Use 7-zip to extract the file,like this...

Then you can see a folder that contain pictures and theme file,you can use the pictures as your wallpaper.

If you like the wallpaper slide show function in Windows 7,you can try the alternative program such as John's Background Switcher or Wally

John's Background Switcher screen shots:


Review of John's Background Switcher click here

Wally screen shots:

Review of Wally click here

To download more themes from Microsoft click here

Original Story click here

Remove Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) from Windows 7

These are the steps to remove Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) from Windows 7.

Start>Control Panel>Uninstall A Program>Turn Windows features on or off>untick Internet Explorer 8>OK

Windows will reboot one time,after you configure things,Windows will reboot again.

Windows Vista Special Offer free Windows 7

When you buying Windows Vista,you will get a free copy of equivalent version of Windows 7 from 22th October 2009.



FULL VERSION
Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1 full version(free Windows 7 Home Premium full version):$239.95
Windows Vista Business with SP1 full version(free Windows 7 Business full version):$299.95
Windows Vista Ultimate with SP1 full version(free Windows 7 Ultimate full version):$319.95



UPGRADE VERSION
Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1 upgrade version(free Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade version):$129.95
Windows Vista Business with SP1 upgrade version(free Windows 7 Business upgrade version):$199.95
Windows Vista Ultimate with SP1 upgrade version(free Windows 7 Ultimate upgrade version):$219.95

Information form Microsoft.

Princing for Windows 7

These are the pricing for Windows 7.

Full-Version:
Windows 7 Home Premium-$199.99
Windows 7 Professional-$299.99
Windows 7 Ultimate-$319.99

Upgrade Version(from Windows XP or Windows Vista):
Windows 7 Home Premium-$119.99
Windows 7 Professional-$199.99
Windows 7 Ultimate-$219.99

But if you pre-order Windows 7 upgrade versions,you will get this special price:
Windows 7 Home Premium-$49.99 (58% off)
Windows 7 Professional-$99.99 (50% off)

Information from Microsoft.

How To Change Logon Screen In Windows 7

These are the steps to change the logon screen in Windows 7.

Download this registration entries from here.

Extract it.You will see an registration entries inside the folder then merge it.

Check your screen resolution by right click on the desktop and click screen resolution.

Remember your screen resolution because you need to create a picture that its pixel same as your screen resolution.These are the resolution that supported by Windows.

background768×1280.jpg
background960×1280.jpg
background900×1440.jpg
background1024×768.jpg
background1024×1280.jpg
background1280×768.jpg
background1280×960.jpg
background1280×1024.jpg
background1360×768.jpg
background1440×900.jpg
background1600×1200.jpg
background1920×1200.jpg





You can use paint to resize the resolution of the picture that you wanted it to replace the logon background.Please note that the picture must below than 256kb.

You can also use photoshop to adjust the picture screen resolution.

If the picture is more than 256kb,you can adjust the quality of the picture by reduce its size less than 256kb when you "save as" the picture.The features is not available in paint.

Open windows explorer>organize>folder and search option>view tab>untick(hide extensions for known file types)

Rename the picture that you have edited to "backgroundDefault.jpg"

Go to Computer>C:>Windows>System32>oobe>info>backgrounds

Create yourself the "info" and "backgrounds" folder if you dun have one.

If prompted by User Account Control,click yes to approve.

Paste the picture that you have edited inside the folder.(below 256kb)

Close all the windows then you are done.

Press Alt+Ctrl+Delete or log off to see the result.

These are the example(mine is 1360 x 760):

BEFORE

AFTER

*If your screen resolution is not supported by Windows,for example:

Your screen resolution is 2560×1600,you can resize the picture to 1920×1200 can name it "background1920×1200.jpg",then name the original picture "backgroundDefault.jpg".(both picture must less than 256kb)

The "backgroundDefault.jpg" will be streched to fit and used by windows if windows cannot find the correct screen resolution.

Paste both picture into the backgrounds folder that you have created(means that that folder now got 2 picture inside).

Enjoy.
Credit by sevenforums and withinwindows.

Install guest addition in Virtualbox

Guest addition improve the function and increase the function in between Virtualbox and guest OS.It is recommended to install guest addition on every guest OS.
These are the steps to install guest addition:

click devices and click install guest addition

open computer in the guest OS you will see a guest addition installer.Right click it and click open.

Enjoy.
Steps to install Virtualbox in Windows click here.
Steps to install Windows 7 in Virtualbox click here.

Steps to Install Windows 7 in Virtualbox

Information of virtualbox software click here.Information of Windows 7 click here.Information of steps to install virtualbox in windows click here.To download Windows 7 RC click here.

Virtualbox is the best alternative to try out the new Microsoft Windows 7 in the safe way.
These are the steps to install Windows 7 in virtualbox.(Windows 7 as guest)

Open up virtualbox that you have installed

click next

configure your OS name and OS type

configure the amount of RAM needed by the guest operating system(Windows 7 required minimum of 1G of RAM,but 512MB still can run).Windows 7 required minimum of 16GB hard disk to run.

click next


choose the hard disk storage type(choose dynamically expending storage)


click finish


a virtual machine is created in virtualbox.Now click on setting on the virtualbox user interface a windows like this will pop up.This window shows the information of your virtual machine.Tick "enable 3D acceleration",Then click OK.


Start the virtual machine and click next.


browse the Windows 7 ISO file the you have downloaded or loaded by DVD.Click next.

click next.

Windows 7 will start to install on your virtual machine.Please choose "custom" when install Windows 7.After finished install Windows 7...

type your name...


product key...get it from here if you dun have one

click use recommended settings


set the date and time


configure your network setting

You are required to activate your Windows 7 within 30 days ater you have installed it.Windows 7 RC will expire on June 1 2012 and start from March 1 2010,Windows 7 will shut down every 2 hours.To download Windows Live Essentials click here.

How To Burn An ISO File To A DVD

Recently public can download Windows 7 Beta from Microsft website by free.After download the huge 2.44GB file,what to do if your PC does not have an ISO burner software?Try Active ISO Burner>>http://www.download.com/Active-ISO-Burner/3000-2646_4-10602452.html?tag=mncol

Active ISO Burner will allow you to burn an ISO image file to CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD+R DL(Dual Layer), DVD-RW and DVD+RW (including double layer, DL). Active@ ISO Burner software accepts command line parameters to automate ISO images burning process.(information from download.com)

Get Aero Shake Function in Windows Vista and Windows XP

Aero Shake is a new features that included in the new Microsoft Windows 7 operating system.With this features,user just "shake" a windows,the windows at the back will automatically minimized,"shake" it again the windows minimized will be restored.

Windows Vista and Windows XP user can try Aero Shake with this freeware from http://aero-shake.en.softonic.com/download

Aero Snap Function in Windows Vista and Windows XP

Aero Snap is a new function that introduced in the new Microsoft Windows 7. This function is very usefull for those user who always working with 2 windows.With just drag and drop the windows,user will get a result like this>>
Now with an alternative freeware,Windows XP and Windows Vista user also can try Aero Snap in their own PC.Just download the software from http://aerosnap.de/eng/download.htm and install it.

Make Windows Vista Looks Like Windows 7

Windows 7 is the next generation operating system by Microsoft.Windows 7 is now at beta stage and will be released at about year 2009-2010.
Now user can try the feeling using 'Windows 7' by changing the theme of Windows Vista.These are the steps.
Because Windows Vista doesn't allow user to use third-party theme,so user need to patch system files in order to use the third-party theme.User need to patch 3 system files to use third-party theme in Windows Vista.The files are:

• shsvcs.dll
• themeui.dll
• uxtheme.dll

These are the website to download these system files:

For Windows Vista(32bit):http://www.withinwindows.com/uxthemes/Windows%20Vista/SP0/6.0.6000.16386_XX.rar

For Windows Vista(64bit):http://www.withinwindows.com/uxthemes/Windows%20Vista/SP0/6.0.6000.16386_XX_AMD64.rar

For Windows Vista(32bit) Service Pack 1:http://www.withinwindows.com/uxthemes/Windows%20Vista/SP1/6.0.6001.18000_XX.rar

For Windows Vista(64bit) Service Pack 1:http://www.withinwindows.com/uxthemes/Windows%20Vista/SP1/6.0.6001.18000_AMD64_XX.rar

After download the RAR file,extract it using WinRAR(download here) or 7-Zip(download here),you will get the three .dll file.
Highlight that 3 .dll file can right click "Take Ownership" it.

Rename that three .dll file so that user can easily copy the file.Example simply add a "backup" at last of each file name.Such as "shsvcs_backup.dll"

After that go to Windows Explorer type in "%windir%\System32".

Copy and paste that three 'Take Ownership-ed" .dll file in that folder.

Restart yout system.Now your system is ready to use third-party theme.

Download the third-party Windows 7 theme from:
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?cod0z1zykoj
or
http://www.megashare.com/523729

Extract the zipped folder.Copy the folder(containing a .theme file and a folder containing .msstyles file) to "%windir%\Resources\Themes\" folder.

Now user can go to Personalize(right click on the desktop),click on "theme" will find a new theme from the drop-down list.Apply it.

All information above are reference from askvg.com