The new Windows 7 lacks a built-in e-mail program.

It's has been less than three weeks since Windows 7, Microsoft much anticipated operating system has hit the market and the reviews are generally good not only from the experts, but from many regulars users.
The advantages of Windows 7 over its much maligned predecessor, Windows Vista, are numerous and include among others, a much secure, faster, reliable, less bloated system.
In order to achieve theose results and either by design or as a consequence, Microsoft has part way with many of the things that people usually associate with a Windows operating system. Among them, the most noticeable thing is the absence of a dedicated preloaded e-mail program in the new Windows 7 operating system.
That alone is quite a change that will have Windows based PCs users, needing to learn to move past the initial sense of lost. And all things considered, the ability for people to use a Microsoft e-mail program is not lost for good, it is just moved from being standard with every new PC built and shipped, to being on demand, in the sense that you can get it, but only if you want it.
Yes, Microsoft is still supporting an e-mail program with Windows 7, only this time users will have to make a separate trip to one of its Web site called download.live.com, to, you guessed it, download it.
On the same Web site, users can download more than just the e-mail program, they can download Windows Messenger for exchanging instant messages, as well as Windows Photo Gallery, Windows Movie Maker and a program called Writer for composing blog posts.
But given the number of free Web based e-mail programs available out there today, to trade off a preloaded e-mail program on a new PC for some speed and less clutter, should not be a bad deal.

For more, see NYTimes.com

Solution for retrieving a particular file among a hundred contained in different folders.

For PC with Windows XP as operating system, there are various ready desktop search add-on products available on the market that can help solve the problem of quickly retrieving a file among hundreds located in many different folders. One of the best known are from Microsoft itself and Google with Windows search available for download at Microsoft.com .
On the other hand, Google product, called Google Desktop Search, is available at desktop.google.com.
For Windows Vista PCs, the desktop search tool comes as a built-in, but you still can use Google application for that. If you are interested in learning how to use Vista desktop search, here is a link to the tutorial section at Microsoft .com.

PC Decrapifier is a software solution for removing trial/craplet programs.

For average computer users, an easy solution for removing trial or craplet programs that come loaded on a new PC or laptop, can be found in a software product called "The PC Decrapifier."
According to the Wall Street Journal, this free software is good at removing those programs on PCs running on Windows XP or Vista.
It can be downloaded free at pcdecrapifier.com where a list of what exactly will be removed, can be found.

Seagate Replica is an easy back up solution.

The so-called no touch disk drives designed to back up your computer's data and files are not new but one new device called Replica from Seagate, promises to do more with absolutely no touching needed.
The Replica is compact and nicely designed and comes in two sizes: a 250-gigabyte model selling for $130 and a 500- gigabyte version going for $2oo, both are compatible with Vista or Windows XP run machines.
Talking about PC with Windows XP operating system, it is noteworthy to mention that for some reason, the Seagate Replica back up device is not compatible with PCs equiped with a FAT32 -formatted C: drive.
Beside that little inconvenience, whichever version of the Replica you end up with, they both work seemingly and don't almost require any intervention ; just connect it to a PC or laptop via a USB cord and click twice to OK the initial installation and to agree to the terms of service. From there, the software loads onto your machine and begins backing up your entire entire hard drive to the Replica unit. If left plugged in, it will continuously back up all the changes made to your hard drive. Another nice thing about the Replica is that it comes with a recovery disc that allow you to boot up a crashed PC or laptop in no time.
The reviews for the Replica are generally good and put it right in the company of other external back up device like the Clickfree HD325 whch sells for $180 for 320GB hard drive.

For more, see pcmag.com

How to migrate from old Windows operating systems to Windows 7.

The long awaited Microsoft new operating system, Windows 7 will be finally released on October 22 and the reviews have been generally good. Now remains the question of how easy will it be for users to make the transition? The answer to that question is two fold : one for the owners of computers with Vista as operating system, and one for the many more owners of computers running with Windows XP, Microsoft previous operating system.
For Vista run PCs, the transition should be an easy one because the new operating system shares most of Vista's underlying components ; Windows 7 should almost installs itself on Vista run PCs, preserving all files, folders, folders, settings and programs.
For Windows XP users, the transition poses more challenges as they have to start from scratch by wiping out everything on their old machine before any installation can take place. The disk wipe out process can be done automatically or manually. But there is a catch: the process will cause the loss of any current file or folder organization and any program. Personal files can be preserved by transferring them to an external hard drive or to another PC via a network or a cable.
Those files would need to be transferred back to the old PC and all other programs and software have to be reinstalled as well.
To help with the transfer of your personal files, Microsoft has set up a site that will automate the process for people who prefer not to do it themselves.
But even before step can be taken, people should be sure that their old machines has enough memory, hard disk space or graphics power to handle Windows 7.

For more, see WSJ.com

Windows 7 to be released sooner on October 22.

Moving ahead of schedule, Microsoft Corp announced last week that its much anticipated new operating system called Windows 7 , will be available in stores on October 22 to replace its often maligned current one, Vista.
Quoting Yahoo tech, by October 22, people will be able to buy new computers with Windows 7 installed, or pick up the software off the shelf to install on their old computer
Also, Microsoft confirmed that it will run a program whereby people who buy PCs with certain versions of Vista before October 22 can get a free upgrade to Windows 7, but it has not yet released details, nor any information on prices.

For more, see PCadvisor.com