I am Microsoftie 4 ever (18+ years) working in Windows Services and Content team in the UK, my blog is mainly focused on the Windows family of products and trying to provide help pointers and resources for customers on our products.
We hadn’t seen any updates to the bing dynamic theme since November but it appears it is going again with 2 new pictures just released
Beach in the Dominican Republic
Bear Hat Mountain in Glacier National Park
Download bing dynamic rss themepack
Rob
“Green landscapes, gorgeous seaside cliffs, and mysterious rock formations—it must be Ireland. Download images of the Emerald Isle, as well as Celtic sounds, in this free Windows 7 theme. “
Download the Ireland Windows 7 theme featuring wonderful pictures from the emerald isle.
Hope you also like the sounds with this themepack
Updated 04/03/2011- if you want to learn more about the sounds that accompany this theme then read Jennifers blog post on the official Windows team blog
Uilleann pipes, fiddles, whistles, and more – in a new Celtic sound scheme
My sister is a diabetic and when I heard about this free Windows 7 Phone app from a UK Softie (Jag Dua) it really grabbed my attention.
“Sugarwatch provides an easy t use intuitive way to record your blood glucose readings, insulin doses and activities. It provides warning indicators that show when you go beyond your ideal glucose range. Sugarwatch provides graphs that show you glucose trends over multiple days to help you identify changes you can make to your regime along with graphs that show averages and glucose mapped against activities. All the graphs you need to help you self manage your condition”
Jag is very keen to continue development for further releases. Future possibilities include: the app’s integration with Microsoft HealthVault; a companion website that will enable richer statistics; and a built-in service to email information straight to your GP.
The fact that Jag plans to continue its development gives Sugarwatch an advantage over similar apps that are already available but unsupported. Plus of course Sugarwatch is completely free, unlike much of the competition.
The app is out now, so head over to the Marketplace on your phone and search for SugarWatch to give it a try. And when you do, make sure you contact Jag with your feedback! He’s keen to develop the app further and would welcome your ideas.
Following on from a comment on my recent blog post about the Ireland theme pack I wanted to share with you the details of each picture
Of course if you are in the US you can get all this info by using the Bing Visual Search for official Windows 7 themes
I just found out from my Japanese colleague Yuki about this new Cherry Blossom theme available in Japan
“Like as if you enjoying seeing cherry blossom in cherry blossom luxury pamper your mood. Windows 7 theme is available for download free.” Translation from Microsoft Translator
on the page click the button to download the Cherry Blossom theme from Japan
“Spread your wings and fly! Download images from Rio, an animated movie from the creators of Ice Age that follows the adventures of a pet Macaw, in this free Windows 7 theme. “
Download Rio movie Windows 7 theme
Then check out this new KB article (KB2512239)
Netflix in Windows 7 Media Center may encounter an error when it initiating video playback after you install Internet Explorer 9 RC
“After you install Windows Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate (RC) on a computer that is running Windows 7, the Netflix application in Windows Media Center may encounter an error when it initiates video playback”
There is the usual Microsoft Fix it as well (50624)
thanks to DanMa for the tip
If you have purchased Windows 7 N or Windows 7 KN you won’t have Windows Media Player. So if you want to install it and its related technologies then check out this feature pack download.
Media Feature Pack for Windows 7 N with Service Pack 1 and Windows 7 KN with Service Pack 1 (KB968211)
This feature pack can be applied to computers running either the original release of Windows 7 N and Windows 7 KN, or it can be applied to computers running Windows 7 N Service Pack 1 or Windows 7 KN Service Pack 1.
“After installing Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1), you might receive the following error message on a blue screen: "Error C000009A applying update operation {###} of {###} (\Registry...)" To resolve this issue, restore your computer to a point in time before you installed Windows 7 SP1, uninstall any unused language packs, and then reinstall SP1. To restore your computer to a previous point in time, you'll need to use the System Recovery Options menu.”
“After installing Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1), you might receive the following error message on a blue screen:
"Error C000009A applying update operation {###} of {###} (\Registry...)"
To resolve this issue, restore your computer to a point in time before you installed Windows 7 SP1, uninstall any unused language packs, and then reinstall SP1. To restore your computer to a previous point in time, you'll need to use the System Recovery Options menu.”
Read more about error C000009A and how to resolve the error
rob
If you get this error you can try to fix this with 2 different options
Method 1: Restore your computer to an earlier point in time by using System Restore
or
Method 2: Delete the poqexec entry from the SetupExecute value (advanced users only)
Read more about how to do both of these at the official support KB article (975484)
“Your computer may freeze or restart to a black screen that has a "0xc0000034" error message after you install Windows 7 Service Pack 1 or a Windows Vista service pack”