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Recently one of my friends bought a PC with the below said configuration:

• Intel Core2Duo 2.2GHz
• Intel Classic Motherboard
• 2 GB RAM
• 500 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive

When we tried installing Windows XP Professional it was showing BSOD as soon as it loads the setup files and we were not able to install Windows XP neither on SATA HDD nor on IDE. Then tried installing Windows 2003 Server, all things were going well until the screen says installing Device Drivers and got struck and prompted unable to read Windows 2003 installation CD. Tried the same with other copy of Windows 2003 Server installation Disk but resulted with the same above mentioned error.

Later found to be a guess that Windows XP below SP2 or Windows 2003 Server below R2 will not be able to install on the above said now PC configuration because we tried installing the same using Windows XP Professional SP2 and Windows 2003 server R2 and it gone smooth and both installed successfully.

What we came to conclusion is that with the above described problem is without the updated version of Windows with latest Service Packs you can’t able to load Windows on latest PC configurations.

I hope this information will help if you are facing the similar issue.

Lets explore new Windows 7 Aero Shake feature using which you can quickly minimize all open Window except the one you’re shaking.

To minimize all Windows except the one you are shaking follow the steps:

Click and hold on the Window Title Bar and shake the Window, that’s it you will see all the opened Windows will get minimized.

To restore back all of those windows you can again click and hold on the Windows title bar and shake the Window.

Windows 7 Aero Shake feature can save your time if you want to focus on a single window without minimizing all your other open windows one by one.

HTC Corporation is introducing the New HTC Touch2™ Windows® phones and will be available to customers on October 6. With Windows Mobile 6.5® and built-in services like Microsoft My Phone and Windows Marketplace for Mobile, HTC Touch2 brings a touch phone experience which allows you to do all the things you want to on your phone.

Everything is at your fingertip with HTC Touch2 Smartphone which comprises range of enhancements like TouchFLO, easy user interface, one touch access to your popular applications which includes Google Maps for Mobile, YouTube and many more.

Apart from messaging, browsing and productivity means delivered by Windows Mobile 6.5 you can also synchronize your emails with Microsoft Exchange and also check and manage multiple email accounts.

Through re-designed IE Mobile, the HTC Touch2 Smartphone displays and can be viewed exactly as desktop style Web pages. In addition, you can find what you are looking for with pan and zoom option. The new re-designed Internet Explorer Mobile also supports Adobe Flash, enabling Flash video content, like YouTube, to be viewed easily.   

Downloading new application available at Windows Marketplace for mobile onto the HTC Touch2 is made easy.  Above all with Microsoft’s new My Phone service you can automatically back up and synch photos, music, contacts and text messages for free from the Touch2 to the web.

Download and learn Windows 7 shortcut keys, tips and tricks and increase your productivity. Each pdf document covers seven Windows 7 shortcut keys, tips and tricks and are listed here:

Tips and tricks in Windows7_Tips_1stEd.pdf include:

1. Shuffling Through Program Windows
2. Managing Your Windows.
3. Project Your Display With Ease
4. Multi-Monitor Window Management
5. Aero Peek Your Desktop
6. Live Clutter-Free
7. Help the Help Desk Help You

Tips and tricks in Windows7_Tips_2ndEd.pdf include:

1. Put a “Pin Up” of the Folders You Use Most
2. Double-Up Your Windows
3. Clear, Crisp Display—It’s In Your Control
4. Order and Reason for Your Taskbar
5. Taskbar Traversing
6. BitLocker To Go Protection
7. Your Own Personal Help Desk: Windows Troubleshooting Platform

Tips and tricks in Windows7-Tips-3rdEd.pdf include:

1. Change the Scenery
2. Crunch The Numbers
3. Smart Printing
4. Shake It Up.
5. Clean your Desktop! And Order It Too
6. Right-Click Mania
7. Unveil Your Hidden Drives

Tips and tricks in Windows7_Tips_Tricks_4thEdit.pdf include:

1. Help the Help Desk Help You
2. Sticky Notes Avoid Sticky Situations
3. Adaptive Display Brightness
4. Notify Me, My Way.
5. Authority over the Power Switch
6. .ISO Files (Burning iso image files into CD / DVD)
7. Locale Specific

For those who love to use keyboard instead of clicking mouse, this post will be very useful which will teach you how to use Windows shortcut commands or shortcut key combination. Listed below shortcut commands are very frequently used and works for all Windows Operating system including Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.

Windows Shortcut Command List:

Windows Key + D – “Show Desktop”, this command minimizes all the opened windows and shows Windows Desktop
Windows Key + M – Minimizes all the Opened Windows
Windows Key + E – To open “My Computer” (Also known as Windows Explorer)
Windows Key + F – “Search File and Folders”, this opens “Search Files and Folders” Window
Windows Key + R – “Run”, opens Run dialog box
Windows Key + U + U – To shut down your computer (Works on Windows XP)
Windows Key + U + R – To restart your computer (Works on Windows XP)
Windows Key + L – To “Lock Computer”
Alt + F4 – To close the current active Window
Alt + Tab – Switch over between opened Windows

Windows Key: A Button which is present in between Ctrl and Alt on the Left down corner of the Keyboard is called as Windows Key.