Well, to think that Microsoft had left out all the fun out of the once amusing Windows OS and here I am finding that there does exist a secret easter egg withing Windows 7 and perhaps even Vista!

This hidden egg called the GodMode by the enthusiasts who found it is indeed a great tech user’s delight. To use it, follow the following:

1. Create a folder
2. Rename it as > GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

That’s it. The moment you do this, the folder gives you all the features of the OS in one place. This allows you to take control of your OS even though most of the options that you get to set from the folder are already available from various places within 7 but still having one click access is far better than having to search for them in the various locations/menus etc.

Well, hope you enjoy this (I definitely am enjoying!).

Haven’t you been wondering what you will do with the Windows 7 shipped on your shiny new laptop since you are familiar to be working with XP? What does Windows 7 have to offer that Windows XP or Vista doesn’t have?

Well, Windows 7 has many changes on the surface and many more under the hood is all I can say. You can go to the official site and play some videos available there highlighting all the features available in 7.

In the meantime, I got a great article that gives tips and tricks for use on your Windows 7.

Sample this excerpt from the article regarding some great keyboard tricks:

Keyboard magic

Windows 7 allows you to use the keyboard in some pretty imaginative ways. For instance, to quickly dock the current application to the left or right side of your screen, hold down the Windows key and tap the left or right arrow keys. To quickly maximize the current window, hold down the Windows key and tap the up arrow key. To return the application to its former size, hold down the Windows key and tap the down arrow key. To minimize all open applications except the one in the foreground, hold down the Windows key and tap the Home key. The same key combination returns all applications to the state they were in before you pressed Windows key: Home.

The Windows key in combination with the numbers along the top of your keyboard can be used to activate minimized applications as they are represented in your Windows taskbar. Windows key+1 restores the first application icons on the taskbar. Windows key+2 restores the second application, and so on. For instance, if Internet Explorer is the first icon on your taskbar, pressing Windows key+1 will bring Internet Explorer to the foreground. Press Windows key+1 again, and Explorer is minimized again to the taskbar. If you have multiple instances of Windows Explorer — or another application — minimized to the taskbar, keep pressing the Windows key and the appropriate number to cycle through the instances of the running application.

For more such tips, go to the article right away! If you plan to upgrade to Windows 7 from XP or Vista, make sure to run the Upgrade Advisor on your PC/laptop to ensure that all the available features work on your machine. Best of luck with your adventures in Windows 7! I have got the Windows 7 Enterprise Edition (yay!!!) that I have installed on my PC and I must say that I can’t get enough of it.

Links in this post:

• Tips & Tricks for Windows 7 on Arab News website.
• Windows 7 Video Tour.
• What is Windows 7?
• Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor

Windows 7 RC is now available for download from Microsoft. If you are a technology freak, why not go ahead and download it?

Microsoft is surely getting good reviews for it’s latest Windows Operating System. With many of the nagging ‘features’ amended and new useful ways added to the OS, this is really a welcome refresh to the Windows Desktop Family.

The Release Candidate (RC) will expire on June 1, 2010. Even before it expires, though, it will start restarting every 2 hours starting 1st March 2010.

Keep in mind that there are some limitations to Windows 7. So, even though it is receiving great reviews, you decide whether you want to use 7 or not!

I am already downloading my copy from Microsoft and will install it tomorrow if possible. I just can’t wait to experience 7. With Vista’s stupid features either amended or gone all together in this release, it will be exciting to try the new OS from Billy.

There seems to be a nagging bug in Windows Live Writer (available for free from live.com) and which allows a person to post to his blog right from his computer without the need to open the site to which you are posting.

The bug I discovered is when you try and embed a video using the Embed Video function of Windows Live Writer (v 14.0.8050.1202 en). When you enter the embed code in the text field provided and click on Add Button, you will get an error :

After, I get the error and I accept reporting it to Microsoft (what else can I do, man?), the screen remains open and you can’t do anything except cancel embedding the video in your post.

Well, wonder what Microsoft has got to say about this?

It is being reported that Microsoft maybe building an Internet centric non-Windows Operating System. This operating system will eliminate the dependance on hardware as is the case with the present day operating systems. An incubator project codenamed “Midori” is being headed by Eric Rudder, senior VP for Technical Strategy at Microsoft.

Even though Microsoft announced the retirement of Windows XP, it is still pretty much popular with the users. According to a Forrester survey, Windows XP is still the most widely used operating system with as much as 87.1 % of the companies surveyed using it. XP Hurting Vista Badly:

According to a recent Forrester survey, less than 10 percent of the 2,300 companies surveyed use Vista. Forrester says 87.1 percent of companies surveyed continue to use Windows XP.

As per my analysis of the server logs of my site/blog and the general analysis of the data available on the web, I have found one thing and one thing only. By delaying in bringing Windows Vista to the consumers, Microsoft may have sounded the death knell for it’s latest operating system even before it’s launch. Actually the non-availability of a new version to the best version of Windows to-date, Windows XP, has hurt not only the consumers but Microsoft too. The result is easily visible before you. Windows XP reigns supreme while Vista struggles to make friends with consumers.

Well, I’m sure everyone of you out there has Windows Media Player installed on his PC (ofcourse, it’s bundled along with Windows). What version you have installed on your PC is another issue. I assume before continuing with this article that you already have Windows Media Player version 8 or above installed on your pretty PC and are looking for more.

The future of the PCs is here. A demo of the next version of Windows, codenamed Windows 7, was recently given by Microsoft Corporation. It is the first time that the much speculated Operating System has been shown ever since Bill Gates confirmed that the next version of Windows is codenamed Windows 7!

I certainly hope that the successor to Windows Vista is better and delivered sooner than when Vista was launched (after 6 years in the making).

Here is a common list of FAQs at Microsoft’s knowledge base which highlight some common problems faced (or questions asked) by users who are either installing Vista SP1 or are planning to do so. It identifies them and then gives you a workaround.

If you are looking something more or if you haven’t found what you were looking for in the above article, you can check this FAQ article regarding Vista SP1 at Computer World. It also has a lot of informative news.