Internet Explorer 9 Is Out

It can be downloaded from http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/internet-explorer/products/ie/home. It is not available for Windows XP. First impression: it is faster and improved.

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Service Pack 1 for Windows 7

Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 (and Windows Server 2008 R2) is now available. The update can be downloaded from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=c3202ce6-4056-4059-8a1b-3a9b77cdfdda&displaylang=en. It can be also downloaded via Windows Update.

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How to set environment variables in Windows 7 for Java

Environmental variables are used by the operating system to save settings (default values, locations of resources) to be used by Windows or by processes launched by users.There are two types of environmental variables: user variables that are specific to a particular Windows user account; system variables are always visible, regardless of the used user account.

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How to install IIS on Windows 7 and Vista

This solution describes installation of IIS 7 (Internet Information Services) on Windows 7 Ultimate, Vista using the Windows Features Wizard. An alternative to this solution is to use Microsoft Web Platform Installer (Web PI). It is available at http://www.microsoft.com/web/downloads/platform.aspx.  The Microsoft Web Platform Installer 2.0 (Web PI) is a free tool that makes it simple […]

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Google Chrome OS

Google has officially announced on 7th July 2009,  that the next Chrome project will be an Operating System. As Google has stated this project will be “a natural extension of Google Chrome — the Google Chrome Operating System”.Google has also specified that

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How to determine the IIS version

This solution is for Windows 2K, Windows XP and Windows 2003 Server. IIS is the web server developed by Microsoft for all their OS platforms, both desktop and server. In order to determine the IIS (Internet Information Services) you must open the MMC (Microsoft Management Console) for IIS. This can be done:

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Activate Windows Security dialog box

This solution is for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 operating systems. In certain situations (through installation or modifying settings) Windows Security dialog box is not displayed when pressing the key combination CTRL + ALT + DEL. Only the Windows Task Manager dialog box shows up.

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