Windows 7 News



Tip: We have so many tutorials and themes on our site, that we recommend to use our search form to quickly find whatever you are looking for!

  Posted: Dec 02 - by oliversk

Unigine Corp has released a DirectX 11 benchmark called “Heaven”. This benchmark makes use of the Unigine engine.
Previous benchmarks from Unigine Corp “Sanctuary” and “Tropics” are pretty popular amongst overclockers.

DirectX 11 Benchmark

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  Posted: Nov 30 - by oliversk

Originally, Microsoft intended to promote Windows 7 with some family guy commercials, but after thoughtful consideration they decided that it would not fit. Nonetheless, they released some family guy video clips on their official YouTube channel.

windows 7 family guy commercials

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  Posted: Nov 28 - by oliversk

Are you on facebook? If so, you definitely want to check out this awesome facebook client called “Fishbowl”.
Fishbowl is basically a tool that allows you to access facebook on your desktop. The clue? It has an incredible GUI that is so much better than just facebook.com.

Fishbowl Facebook Client
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  Posted: Nov 27 - by oliversk

Windows 7 SD Cards and ADMA

If you are using a SD card reader and Windows 7, you might damage your SD cards. Microsoft released a hotfix that you should download if you are using SD cards regularly.

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  Posted: Nov 26 - by oliversk

take a screenshot of your desktop Happy Thanksgiving everyone! You can download our Thanksgiving Theme here

To celebrate the day, we are doing a little Thanksgiving contest. 3 participants can win a copy of HandyBackup simply by posting a screenshot of your desktop.

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  Posted: Nov 18 - by oliversk

We are constantly on the lookout for hot deals. The last time we let you know of a great halloween special (TF2 for about $2).
Now it’s Assassin’s Creed for $5! Make sure to grab it before the offer expires.

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  Posted: Nov 16 - by oliversk

If you haven’t noticed it yet, we are updating this site every day. New themes are added every week, new posts every day.
We have plenty of good tutorials on our site that will help you to get started with Windows 7.
For example: How to install 3rd-party Windows 7 Themes
We’ve added a feedburner subscription form (on the right!) that will allow you to subscribe to new posts via mail.
We have also finnally found a sponsor for this site that will hopefully allow us to get rid of the annoying surveys.

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  Posted: Nov 15 - by oliversk

Windows 7 security flaw A security researcher of Insecure.org found an exploit in Windows 7 that can be abused to crash systems on a LAN (Local Area Network). The security flaw has been found in the SMB protocol that is responsible for shared access to printers, files, etc. He suggest to turn off file/printer sharing and close all SMB ports.

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