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.
Start System Configuration
“System Configuration is an advanced tool that can help identify problems that could prevent Windows from starting correctly. For more information, see Using System Configuration”
1. Open Control Panel and select System and Security
2. Choose Administrative Tools
3. Choose System Configuration by double clicking
4. and the System Configuration should be launched
For more information on how to use the System Configurator, see Using System Configuration
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“Notifications in Internet Explorer 9 allow for more fluid and faster browsing. Instead of dialog boxes popping up unexpectedly and getting in your way, all notification messages are consolidated in the Notification Bar, located at the bottom of the browser frame. Notifications won't interrupt your browsing by forcing you to act on them before you can continue. You can ignore them if you choose and act on them whenever you like. What's more, you'll find that the messages, error notifications, and warnings you see in the Notification Bar are more informative, easier to understand, and most importantly easier to act on.”
Read our IE9 notification bar FAQ – it covers the most asked questions about this feature such as
Read our IE9 notification bar FAQ
“Automatically diagnose and repair problems when the visual Aero Glass effects, themes, and transparencies are not working or are disabled in Windows Vista on your computer”
With this Microsoft Fixit
it fixes...
Read more about Windows Aero Glass
Using the is Microsoft Fixit: Your CD or DVD drive can't read or write media
“Automatically diagnose and repair problems with your CD or DVD drive when trying to read or burn media”
It fixes problems such as
“A class specific or device specific driver is missing or corrupt A CD or DVD drive cannot be found or is not connected The CD or DVD drive is experiencing a problem that prevents it from working properly The CD or DVD drive is not accessible via an assigned drive letter”
Read other troubleshooting problems for CD and DVD drives
Why doesn't my CD or DVD drive work?
Troubleshoot problems with DVDs and movies in Windows Media Center
Burning a CD (Video tutorial)
Open the Windows Media Player DVD troubleshooter
The Paramount Pictures Movies dynamic theme has had its first update to include 4 images from the Transformers 3 themepack
Download the Transformers 3 theme for Windows 7
Download Paramount Pictures Movies dynamic theme
One quick note when you download this theme you will see a message like
make sure you select the Download Attachments option.
Also please be aware some images displayed in this theme may be from movies that are not classified as suitable for young children (rated PG-13 or above).
This weeks images in the bing dynamic Windows 7 theme feature Los Cabos stone arch in Mexico and a close up of a Zinnia flower
Los Cabos Stone arch at the southernmost tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula
Zinnia flower
Get new pictures on your desktop everyday with the Bing dynamic theme for Windows 7
“Keep your files in sync between your computers, whether Mac or PC.”
Download Windows Live Mesh for Mac (plus info and instructions)
“Windows Live Mesh for Mac brings Live Mesh and the previous version of Windows Live Sync together into one product. With Windows Live Mesh for Mac, you can keep the folders you choose in sync across your computers (Mac and PC) so the files you need are always right there with you”
Learn more about Windows Live Essentials and Windows Live Mesh
Automatically detect and fix common maintenance problems such as broken desktop shortcuts, unused icons, disk volume errors, and incorrect system time display..
with this Microsoft Fixit that fixed issue such as…
Automatically detect system settings that can affect power usage, such as timeout and sleep settings, display settings, and screensavers, and restore them to their default settings with the following Microsoft Fixit
http://support.microsoft.com/mats/windows_battery_power_settings/en-us
Read more about extending your laptop battery life
This weeks images in the bing dynamic Windows 7 theme feature penguins in Antarctica and deepwater mushroom soft coral.
Young emperor penguin (Aptenoytes forsteri) chick and adult, Snow Hill Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica
Deepwater mushroom soft coral (Anthomastus ritteri) off the coast of California, in the Pacific Ocean