Instead of using a simple Boot.ini file as in Windows XP, Vista has a special Boot Configuration Data (BCD) database to hold all the relevant bootup parameters, and to allow compatibility with new bootup methods. However this change also ma kes boot (...)

Windows Media Center (codenamed "Freestyle" during development) is an application with a 10-foot user interface design to serve as a home-entertainment hub for the living-room TV. It is included in Windows XP Media Center Edition, premium editions o (...)

Microsoft Security Essentials is a new, free consumer anti-malware solution for your computer. It helps protect against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. It's available as a no-cost download for Windows XP SP2 and higher, Windows Vista (...)

Microsoft is keeping a tight lid on any information about "Windows 8." But back in June, leaked slides on the Web indicate that, with its next client OS, Microsoft will push for near-instant start-up times, integrated facial recognition technologies, (...)

The first step in optimizing your PC is to find out precisely what hardware components you have, and what their various capabilities are. This is known as your System Specifications, and to find out the specific details of your hardware you require (...)

Do you want to submit the RSS feed of your website to tons of RSS directories? Do you need greater exposure and visibility for your content but don't know where to go? Stop wandering. In this guide you will find the best and reliable blog directories (...)

We all know that Windows 8 will come with lots of new features and enhancements and one of them is the built-in integration of Windows Live ID. You can check this new feature in the recently released Windows 8 Developer Preview build as well. Actual (...)

Microsoft detailed a number of changes in its Windows 8 setup experience on Monday. Microsoft’s planning of Windows 8 involved looking closely at the setup experience on its next-generation operating system. “We wanted to hear from customers who cho (...)

Designing Start search for dexterity. Designing for efficiency and dexterity is a core goal of the Start search feature team. As such, using the keyboard to launch apps, settings, and files from search is a very important part of the Start search ex (...)

The settings search experience brings together all settings and Control Panel items across the system in one view. Settings search results are matched not only to the name of the Control Panel applet or task, but also to the various keywords that may (...)