If you download a lot of video files then you will probably encounter MKV files at sometime. MKV stands for Matroska Video and has been increasing in popularity in recent times. The MKV container format is seen as being a pioneering development of open source in multimedia. Many encoders are beginning to shift to MKV files due to the ongoing development of the MKV format. It is able to support high quality video and audio at low file sizes which saves a considerable amount of money, in terms of bandwidth, for companies all over the world.
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How to Play MKV Files in Windows 7
November 22nd, 2009Check Windows 7 Startup Programs
November 21st, 2009Here is another great little utility program which allows you to check all the different Windows 7 startup programs. What this means is that you can get a list of all the different processes and programs which are loaded upon Windows 7 Startup. This can be a very useful utility which can help you to identify unneeded programs that are loaded with Windows 7. You will have to remove those Windows 7 startup programs yourself though. You could also uninstall any programs that you do not use anymore but which are still loaded upon startup. You could also identify which program causes an error upon loading by identifying all of your Windows 7 startup programs. There are many uses for this application and I have only pointed out a couple of possible scenarios where this program may be used.
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Split Large Files, Videos, Mp3 Files and More in Windows 7
November 16th, 2009At some point or the other, you have probably felt the need to split your large files into smaller ones. You might have wanted to do this for emailing these files or storing them onto your “limited” USB drive.
Now, GSplit has come to the scene and is definitely effectively competing with other similar tools out there. Now, you can split your mp3 files, video files, documents and other formats into smaller files. One of the best things about GSplit is that you can split extremely large files (above 4gb) from any format into small pieces based on a number of attributes like filename, number of lines, or the occurrence of another pattern.
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Windows 7 Review: My thoughts after using for 7 months
October 20th, 2009
Things haven’t been going too well in Microsoft’s OS department. The software giant has in recent years faced steep competition from Apple. And although Cupertino has failed to make a serious dent in Microsoft’s market dominance, they have been more then able to tarnish the crown of Redmond.
With the release of Windows 7 later this week, Microsoft hopes to dispel some of the doubts that have been placed on its OS. So how does it stack up? Is Windows 7 a memory hog like Vista, and more importantly can systems older then three years run the 7th installment of Windows?
DESIGN:
Windows 7 has seen one of Microsoft’s more radical changes to the UI of its operating system. While it’s still easy to tell that this is 100% Windows, things have changed since Windows 3.0 and Microsoft has taken note of that. One of the best examples of this is the redesign of the start menu as well as task bar. In older versions of Windows (even Vista), grouping programs were a lot more complicated. For instance more then 5 windows had to be opened before similar windows were grouped. That has changed in 7. Not only does the taskbar group programs, but programs, documents, videos, music, pictures etc. can be pinned to the taskbar (kind of like the same way on the Mac OS). If you rather the past, this can always be reverted to the regular taskbar setup.
» Read more: Windows 7 Review: My thoughts after using for 7 months
Microsoft to Release Windows 7 before the end of January 2010
April 3rd, 2009
Microsoft has announced that Windows 7 will be released no later than January 2010, although it is expected that it may be out well before that. The eagerly awaited OS is awaited by many after a very successful beta launch conducted in January of this year. ITPro were the ones who confirmed this news from Microsoft. According to the article at ITPro, Laurence Painell, Windows OEM and WGA marketing manager stated the following to ITPro:
“We made a promise that we would release Windows 7 no later than three years after Vista. This gives us until January 2010 and we are confident it will be released by then, if not earlier.”
Windows 7 Release Candidate version is rumored to be out by next month which would mean that we would be getting closer to the final Windows 7 release and if that is the case than Windows 7 should be out before the end of the year.
Google+Download Windows 7 Drivers
February 26th, 2009Windows 7 Beta has been downloaded by thousands of enthusiastic users since its launch and has received great reviews from users from around the world. Windows 7 adds many new features and fixes over the current Windows Vista. One thing which many people will have trouble with, is finding Windows 7 compatible drivers for their devices. Although not many people know that Windows 7 structure is very similar to that of Windows Vista so in essence, drivers for most devices for Windows Vista should work in Windows 7.
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Google+Download Windows 7 Codecs
February 26th, 2009Windows 7 has seen an improvement in the media side as it adds support for H.264, Xvid, and DivX. This support was added by Microsoft so that most of the media files downloaded from the internet could be easily played using Windows Media Player without the user having the need to install additional codecs or another media player. Although this addition seems to cover support for the most downloaded media from internet, there are still many more formats which are not natively supported by Windows 7. » Read more: Download Windows 7 Codecs
Google+Transform Windows XP into Windows 7 using Seven Remix XP
February 18th, 2009It has been more then a month since Windows 7 beta was relased to the public and unfortunately you cannot download the beta legally anymore. If you missed the chance to download windows 7 but still want to experience it than transforming your Windows XP into Windows 7 will give you a good visual feel to it. Seven Remix XP is a free software which enables you to transform Windows XP to Windows 7. The GUI for Windows XP will be improved and will be given a feel just like that of Windows 7. The program will replace your system files and graphic resources files for icons, etc so use the program with caution. » Read more: Transform Windows XP into Windows 7 using Seven Remix XP
Google+Tweak Windows 7 with Ultimate Windows Tweaker
February 18th, 2009Windows 7 is in the making of being a big hit when it is released and even though many people liked the Windows 7 beta, some like to personalize the UI and many other smaller things to their liking. This is where Ultimate Windows Tweaker can help you. With Ultimate Windows Tweaker, you can tweak Windows 7 settings for the user interface, start menu, network tweaks, internet explorer tweaks, windows explorer and many more. There are hundreds of things that you can change with this handy tool and tweak windows 7 to your liking. » Read more: Tweak Windows 7 with Ultimate Windows Tweaker
Google+Download Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1
January 24th, 2009
One of the things lacking in Windows 7 is a buggy Internet Explorer 8. Windows 7 contains Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 which has seemed very buggy to anyone who has used it for a lengthy period of time. I myself have used it and I can tell you that surfing the web is not fun with it. Not to worry though, Microsoft just recently announced the release of Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1 which should improve upon the stability and reliability of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2. » Read more: Download Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1
