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 have just released 2 new Windows 7 themes by photographer Tracy Hymas featuring the ghost town Bodie in California and one of Dark Skies…
Ghost Town theme
“Weathered, abandoned buildings lean in the relentless western sun: It's the famed ghost town of Bodie, California, as captured in rich sepia tones by photographer Tracy Hymas in this free Windows 7 theme.”
Download Ghost Town theme for Windows 7
Dark Skies theme
“Twisting tree limbs are silhouetted against billowing clouds, fences stretch to dark horizons, and flocks of birds burst forth across the sky, seeming to portend doom. Also, there are cows. It's a gothic world of mystery and foreboding in this free theme for Windows 7, featuring photos by Tracy Hymas.”
Download Dark Skies theme for Windows 7
“One way to avoid deceptive websites is to know the address of the website you're intending to visit. With domain highlighting, Internet Explorer 9 lets you see the true web address at a glance by highlighting the domain name in the Address bar, making it easier for you to identify the sites you visit. This helps alert you to deceptive websites that try to trick you with misleading addresses and can help reduce the chances of compromising your personal information.”
Domain highlighting in Internet Explorer 9
Learn more about Internet Explorer 9 and download it from here
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Masquerade theme for Windows 7
“Bring a note of joy, mystery, and aristocratic decadence to your desktop with this free theme for Windows 7. Evoking Mardi Gras and the great Carnivals in Rio de Janeiro and Venice, the masks in this theme are elaborately festooned with feathers, bells, and glitter. “
Download Masquerade theme for Windows 7
The Windows 7 Future Proof Tour is on the road. We're showcasing Windows 7 along with other Microsoft technologies to students at some of the biggest and best universities across England. We'll be touring 27 campuses between February and May this year, demonstrating how Windows features can help students take their first steps into the difficult jobs market. Through interactive feature demos and bite-size industry expert seminars, we're aiming to reach over 90,000 students.
Two tours will run in parallel across the length of the country.
One tour will be based in student unions . The second will be in a fully branded outdoor structure at key campus locations. Each tour will be on campus for 5 days, Monday to Friday with both locations hosting a fully trained W7 Tour Team ready to assist students as they demo features.
Windows has partnered with Toshiba and each tour features 25 new Toshiba Z830 Ultrabooks™ demo stations.
Check out our uni tour dates
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I spotted this great video on the Microsoft Accessibility blog, which seems to have had a new lease of life recently.
“Learn about the Top 7 accessibility tips in products like Windows 7, Office 2010 and Internet Explorer.”
Learn more about accessibility in Windows
Way back in 2009 I blogged about IE8 by CEOP for safer browsing and last week as part of Safer Internet Day 2012 we announced that we’re partnered with CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre) again this year to launch customised IE8 and IE9 browsers for CEOP.
The new Internet Explorer 9 includes a dedicated Thinkuknow & Bing homepage, specific CEOP bookmarks and CEOP + CEOP partner visual search. And if you are running it on Windows 7 there are features such as the option to install Jump Lists and Jump Lists available in IE gallery.
Download Chickens Can't Fly theme for Windows 7
“See what chickens are capable of! Redecorate your desktop with this free Windows 7 theme, featuring wacky images—full of deadly obstacles and delicious corn—from the Xbox LIVE game.”
Download Chickens Can't Fly theme for Windows 7 for free
Get more free themes and desktop backgrounds at the Windows Personalisation Gallery
With this Microsoft Fixit (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260897/en-us)
“The Temporary Internet Files (or cache) folder is used by Windows Internet Explorer and by MSN Explorer to store webpage content on the computer hard disk for quick viewing. This cache lets Internet Explorer or MSN Explorer download only the content that has changed since you last viewed a webpage, instead of downloading all the content every time that the page is displayed. “
Read more including how to do this manually at the KB article (KB260897)
How to Delete the Contents of the Temporary Internet Files Folder
Get more help for Internet Explorer
For answers to some common questions about using Windows Media Player, see the following topics.
Play an audio or video file: frequently asked questions
Includes answers to questions about playing digital media files, audio and video playback problems, full-screen playback, and more.
Burn a CD or DVD in Windows Media Player: frequently asked questions
Includes answers to questions about creating your own audio CDs, data CDs, and data DVDs.
Codecs: frequently asked questions
Includes answers to questions about finding and downloading the codecs you need to play DVDs and files in a variety of formats.
Windows Media Player Library: frequently asked questions
Includes answers to questions about organizing the audio, video, and picture files in your Player Library.
Media information in Windows Media Player: frequently asked questions
Includes answers to questions about adding or editing the album information and album art of files in your Player Library.
Windows Media Player DRM: frequently asked questions
Includes answers to questions about protected files (such as those sold by online music stores), media usage rights, and digital rights management (DRM).
Windows Media Player playlist: frequently asked questions
Includes answers to questions about creating and using playlists.
Windows Media Player sync: frequently asked questions
Includes answers to questions about syncing digital media files to portable devices and removing devices from your Player Library.