All Posts Tagged With: "windows7"

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Windows 7 Extends Run As Options

Windows Vista users had the option to run an application as the system administrator instead of the currently logged in user. There was however no option in the context menu to run the application as a different user. The current build of Windows 7 has this feature which should come in handy for several users [...]

 11Nov2008 | Martin | 3 comments | Continued
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Windows 7 Introduces New Font Management

The options to install, uninstall and manage fonts has not been changed in a Windows operating system since Windows 95. At least not in a remarkable way. The only solution so far was to rely on third party applications that would offer font previews and a comfortable solution to install and uninstall them. The fonts [...]

 31Oct2008 | Martin | 2 comments | Continued
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Windows 7 Multi-Touch Video

Multi-touch was another known feature of Windows 7 which was already demoed in May of this year. The PDC 08 did not fail to provide additional information to the multi-touch capabilities of Windows 7. New Hardware and APIs ensure that all applications that run on Windows 7 can provide multi-touch features to the user. Basis [...]

 29Oct2008 | Martin | 4 comments | Continued
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Windows 7 Sensors Explained

Windows 7 Sensors was one of the first new functions that was spotted in one of the early builds of Windows 7 although it was not clear what the feature was all about. Some light was shed on Windows 7 Sensors at the PDC 08 conference in Los Angeles. Now what exactly are the sensors [...]

 29Oct2008 | Martin | 0 comments | Continued
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Windows 7: Find and Organize Part 1 - The User Experience

Windows 7: Find and Organize Part 1 - The User Experience was one of the first Windows 7 videos of the PDC 08 conference that have been uploaded to Channel 9. The video shows David Washington and Paul Gusmorino demonstrate the changes and enhancements in Windows 7 in regard to finding and organizing files. They [...]

 29Oct2008 | Martin | 3 comments | Continued
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Windows 7 Desktop Windows Manager Cuts Memory Usage By 50%

Long Zheng posted an interesting screenshot taken from the presentation by Anantha Kancherla which was about
Writing Your Application to Shine on Modern Graphics Hardware. It contained a sheet that mentioned that Windows 7 will cut memory usage in the graphics system of the Windows 7 Desktop Windows Manager by 50%. The same chart mentioned that [...]

 29Oct2008 | Martin | 4 comments | Continued