Last week was an exciting week for Windows and blogging.  Senior Vice Presidents Steven Sinofsky and Jon DeVaan launched a brand new blog called Engineering Windows 7 (or E7 for short). In case you don't know who these guys are, Jon DeVaan manages the engineering team responsible for creating the central (or "core") components and architecture of Windows and Steven Sinofsky manages the group responsible for the user experiences in both Windows and Windows Live. The Engineering Windows 7 blog is designed to create an open discussion about how we're making the next version of Windows - currently codenamed Windows 7 - and to create a background of understanding for the engineering decisions made in order to ship Windows 7.

Engineering the next version of the most used operating system to-date is a very complex software project. Why? Because Windows has a very large user base and that user base is very diverse.  Planning the next version of Windows (and ultimately developing it) is a huge under-taking as it requires Microsoft to learn and understand the needs for all types of customers that use Windows today. On the Engineering Windows 7 Blog, you can

...

Do you know what Rafbsvnx Toolbar is?

DESCRIPTION

The influx of malicious toolbars has been quiet lately but the Rafbsvn Toolbar is now making its rounds on the internet attempting to spread rogue anti-spyware programs onto computer users. Rafbsvnx Toolbar may be installed onto your system without you knowing about it through a Trojan or Video ActiveX Object Error.

In non-techie terms: Once Rafbsvnx Toolbar is present on your system it will advertise or popup adverts to get you to purchase useless rogue programs such as AntiSpyCheck (Anti Spy Check). It is then up to you to avoid the advert or popup. The Rafbsvnx Toolbar may look like any normal toolbar present on Internet Explorer. This is a common trick used by the creators of malicious toolbars like Rafbsvnx Toolbar.

If you are lucky enough to catch Rafbsvnx Toolbar present on your computer then you must take action to remove it at once.

Rafbsvnx Toolbar may resemble this image:

Rafbsvnx Toolbar Automatic Removal Instructions

This automatic removal method is for non-techie computer users. If you’re too lazy to learn about spyware removal or how to access sensitive files

…

To install the packages required to run and monitor a Samba server on your Ubuntu system, start the Synaptic Package Manager from the System -> Administration menu, and click Search to display the search dialog. Make sure that Names and Descriptions are the selected items to look in, enter samba as the string to search for, and click Search. After the search completes, scroll down until you see the samba-common and samba-server packages, right-click each of these packages and select Mark for Installation from the pop-up menu. You may also want to select the samba-doc and samba-doc-pdf packages, which respectively provide HTML and PDF versions of all of the official Samba project documentation, plus an online copy of a book entitled.

Depending on what software you have previously installed on your Ubuntu system and what you select in Synaptic, a dialog may display that lists other packages that must also be installed, and ask for confirmation. When you see this dialog, click Mark to accept these related (and required) packages. Next, click Apply in the Synaptic toolbar to install the Samba server and friends on your system. Once the installation completes, you’re ready to share data with any system...

Here is something that is sure to get the attention of people who want unique PCs that also have a touch of eco-friendliness tagged alongside them. PC manufacturer Dell has reportedly unveiled the Eco-Friendly Mini Desktop PC Studio Hybrid which has a bamboo-clad concept as well.

Dell is release Eco-Friendly Mini Desktop Pc ‘Studio Hybrid. Designed with a bamboo-clad concept, the Studio Hybrid comes in six different colors. Measuring 72×211×197mm at 1.8kg, the Studio Hybrid is powered by Intel Pentium Dual Core T2390 processor, Windows Vista Home Basic/Premium, up to 4GB of RAM and 320GB HDD. It also supports WiFi, five USB ports and HDMI/DVI ports.

Source

With these specs on hand, any person looking for a great PC to invest in that is likewise different from the traditional ones in the market would be happy to get one of these. A good addition to the home-based people who love to do most of their computer work at home, all you have to do is choose the color and do some computing.

Not a bad deal for people looking for a new PC and

...

You’ve probably all seen or even made Photosynths of computer desks, living rooms and scenic locales all around the world, but what about virtual worlds? Photosynth might have been made for the “real world” but it works just as well for virtual worlds like those in games. Granted, regenerating a virtual environment of a virtual environment might be defeating the purpose but the result can be still pretty interesting.

For proof, take a look at this wicked synth of the Halo 3 multiplayer map “Zanzibar” made by AlexOpposite.

Inspired by the above, I decided to take my own stab at making a synth of a virtual world. My weapon of choice was the classic Team Fortress 2 map “2fort”. To get the clean screenshots, I used a few console commands from this machinima tutorial.

Whilst mine has a slightly higher “synthy score” of 100%, the result isn’t as impressive as the Halo one but still looks pretty extraordinary. What I found is that Photosynth was sometimes confused by some extreme angles you can achieve in video games you might not otherwise. Game screenshots

...

Just enter through safe mode with command prompt by pressing F8 key and then type

net user username new password.
now press enter

your password will be changed to whatever you have written in space of new password.
for eg your username is anu then type and u want to give password ram

net user anu ram and press enter
now ur password will be changed to ram.