Windows 8

Windows Explorer Ribbon UI

The biggest and probably the riskiest change would be in Windows Explorer. Apparently Microsoft plans to implement the Ribbon UI found in MS Office 2007 and Office 2010 (also in Paint or Wordpad in Window 7) for Windows Explorer.

Windows 8 Windows Explorer



Windows 8 Windows Explorer Ribbon UI (Click to enlarge)


Windows 8 Windows Explorer Ribbon UI Menu


Windows 8 Libraries > Pictures


Windows 8 Libraries > Pictures

Windows 8 System Reset

The Windows 8 System Reset would remove all the installed software and restore default Windows settings.

Windows 8 System Reset


Windows 8 Windows Recovery

Avira AntiVirus

Avira AntiVir Dashboard

Avira AntiVir is a free anti-virus software that resides on your computer. It can be set to automatically scan your computer for viruses at set times and intervals. The free version of the software gives your computer basic protection from viruses, worms, Trojans and malware. A paid Premium version is also available that includes tools to stop adware, phishing and more

Read more: How to Configure Avira Options to Update | eHow.co.uk http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_5480404_configure-avira-options-update.html#ixzz1KxcuTQkb

1. Launching the Dashboard

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     If Avira is already running on your computer, double-click the Avira icon on your status bar on the lower right corner of your screen. If Avira is not running, click "Start", "All Programs", find the appropriate Avira program and click to launch it.

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     On the left side of the Avira screen, locate the "Administration" button and click it one time.

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     You should now see a dropdown menu underneath the Administration button. Your choices are Quarantine and Scheduler. Click one time on Scheduler.

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     You will see five icons in the upper-left corner above the first column. Click one time on the first icon, "Insert a new job".

   Creating a New Job

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     A new box will open asking you to give a name and description to your job. Click in the "Name" box and name your new job "Daily Definition Update". Now click in the "Description" box and enter "Automatic daily definition updates." Click the "Next" button one time.

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     In the next box that appears, click the arrow to the right of the dropdown menu. Click one time on "update job". Click the "Next" button.

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     In the next box that appears, click the arrow to the right of the dropdown box. You will have several selections: immediately, daily, weekly, interval and single.

     Immediately will kick-off a one-time update as soon as you complete the steps to set it up.

     Selecting "Daily" will setup an update to occur once a day. As soon as you select this option, a new box will appear below the dropdown box. You will set the time in this box that you want the updates to occur every day. Note that Avira uses military time, so 5:00 pm would read as 17:00.

     The weekly option will set up an automatic update one time per week on the day and at the time that you choose. As soon as you select this option, two new boxes will appear where you will set the day of the week and the time that you would like the updates to happen.

     The Interval option is best used if you want to update more than one time per day or less than once per week. When you select this option, a new box will appear where you can set the interval between updates however many days, hours and minutes apart you would like. If you would like to update one time per month, set the box to 30 days between updates.

     Single allows you to schedule a one-time update that does not happen immediately. When you select this option, a new box will appear where you can set the day and time you would like the update to happen.

     Click on one the option you choose, set the date and time if required, and then click the "Next" button.

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     The next screen that appears allows you to set how you would like the update to run.

     "Invisible" means that it will happen in the background. No windows will pop up.

     "Minimized" will open a window, but minimize it to an icon on your status bar.

     "Maximized" will open a full window where you can monitor the updates.

     Select one and click the "Finish" button.

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     You are now returned to the Scheduler window. Your job will appear as a line item. Be sure that the "Activated" box to the right of the new job is checked.

     Your update configurations are now set. From the menu, click "File"-->"Exit" to close Avira AntiVir.

Tips & Warnings

• To keep your virus software up-to-date, update your virus definitions at least once every week.

• Although the update process is very short, it can slow your computer down while the update is taking place. Try to schedule your updates when you are normally away from your computer. Avira needs a live Internet connection to update, so do not schedule an update for the middle of the night unless your computer will be left on.

Windows 7 Installation

Windows 7 Installation Guide / Tutorial

The Windows 7 is finally here. It's released for beta testers a few days ago and I am here with a small step by step picture guided tour through the installation process. I downloaded the x86 version of the M3 build ( build No: 6801) from Microsoft Connect site, which is 2.72 GB ISO. The x64 version is around 3.2 GB in size.

The installation process was just like vista setup and to my surprise completed in just around 20 minutes in my low end Virtual hardware. This surely indicates the performance improvements Microsoft has put on this windows vista replacement.

The TestMachine

I decided to install Windows 7 in a VMware workstation first to make sure that the DVD I burned is perfect. VMware is great for taking screen shots and screen captures also.

VMWare Version: VMWare Workstation 6.5
Virtual HArddisk : 9 GB
RAM : 512 MB
Processor : Single Core
Windows Version : Windows 7 Ultimate M3 v6801-0-080913-2030


Preparing the DVD from the ISO image

Since most the people are installing Windows 7 in a real hardware, a DVD should be burned from the downloaded ISO image. You will need a DVD Burner, a DVD burning software and a blank DVD-R or DVD-RW to prepare the installation disk. I used a Sony single layer DVD-R as media and used Nero 8 as the DVD burning software. But for those who don't have Nero installed, CDBurnerXP is a free Alternative.

So using the DVD burning software of your choice burn the Windows 7 ISO image to the DVD. Make sure you choose the a very low burning speed, 4x or 8x, for better results.


Setting up your Computer & BIOS changes ( If required)

Now reboot your computer after popping in the all new Windows 7 DVD you just created in to the DVD Drive. In most cases if you do this you'll automatically boot in to the Windows 7 Installation DVD. But in some cases if the Boot device order is changed in the BIOS it may boot in to your older OS, instead of our DVD. In that case you'll need to change the BIOS settings to gt it done ( More details in a different tutorial).

Booting Up and First Installation Steps


Steps from here are pretty straight forward. Read the descriptions in each pages before clicking the Next button to avoid any disasters. IF there is options to choose in these steps you may find them with each images.

You may choose your Language options by selecting the dropdowns 'Language to install', 'Time and Currency format' and 'Keyboard or input method' here. I decided to leave everything to 'US' but it would be better for selecting the correct settings here for non-english users.

This screen is where the installation wizard begins. The install now options will leads to the advanced install options. For repairing a corrupt installation the 'Repair your computer' button located at the bottom-left can be used. For fresh installs just click the Install now button.

Tick the 'I accept the license terms' checkbox and click 'Next' to proceed.

Which type of installation do you want?

This screen provides two options, Upgrade and Custom (advanced). The upgrade option is for those who wish to upgrade an existing installation of older version of Windows to Windows 7. It is confirmed that Windows Vista can be upgraded to Windows 7 with out any issues, but Windows XP is still a problem.

We will opt for the second option here, the Custom install.

Where do you want to install Windows?

Clicking on the 'Custom' button brings the install location selection screen. In the test machine we have an un-partitioned empty disk. But in the case of a normal installation all your hard drive partitions (e.g. C:\ , D:\ etc.) will be listed here. Choose the drive as you like (a 15 GB size is recommended). Make sure the drive don't have any important data or the Windows 7 installation will wipe-out the contents of that partition. You can backup the data to another partition (e.g. for installing in D:\ drive move important files from there to say E:\ drive or to an external usb drive) for safe keeping.

Partitioning /Creating or Modifying Partitions

Click the Drive options (advanced) for advanced partition management options like 'Delete', 'Format', 'New' and 'Extend'. To create a new partition click the New button. But if you have list of partitions in the previous screen, choose the one where you are planning to install windows 7 and click Format. Then click 'Next' to proceed.


The 'New' option provides a text box to enter the size of the partition you wish to create in MBs. A 15 GB (15*1024 = 15360 MB) is recommended. In this case I opted for the full size of my virtual drive, i.e. 9216 MB. Click the Apply button to continue. You may be greeted with a message To ensure that all Windows features work correctly, windows might create additional partitions for system files. . This is a new feature in Windows 7 to have a small boot partition for system files. Click Okto continue.


So here we are, A new primary partition of 8.8 GB is created along with a System type partition of 200 MB. Select the partition you just created and click Next to continue.


All right, we are all set. The Windows 7 installation begins. time to grab a cup of coffee for and wait for 15 - 30 minutes for the all new OS!

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