Computer games are designed for certain hardware configurations and software settings. However, the users may not have a machine as stipulated by the game manufacturers. A game that requires larger system resources will get to slow down and lag under such conditions. A Windows computer has a lot of internal services that use the existing system resources, and therefore, we need to tune its features for an optimal gaming environment. In this post, we will show you how you can improve the gaming speed and performance in Windows with the selection of proper hardware and software settings.

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Windows Live Essentials 2011 is a collection of freeware programs from Microsoft. The WLE 2011 package includes Windows Live Writer 2011, Windows Messenger 2011, Windows Mail, Windows photo gallery, Windows Movie Maker 2011 and a few other useful applications. Currently there is no option to download these applications separately. Microsoft provides an online web  installer for Windows Live Essentials 2011 at the official web page that you need to connect the internet and download the full setup. If you have more than one PC or laptop it’s better to download the standalone Windows Live Essentials 2011 installer to save bandwidth and time.

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Microsoft recently released Internet Explorer 9 beta, the upcoming version of the most popular web browser in the world. We are totally impressed with the features of Internet Explorer 9. It’s lightweight, fast and easy to use. The efficiency of the IE 9 can be improved by using a set of keyboard shortcuts. The keyboard shortcuts in Internet Explorer 9 and Internet Explorer 8 are almost the same. Here we have compiled a list of most commonly used shortcuts that will work with Internet Explorer 9.

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There are a couple of  free applications that can be used to take screenshots on Windows mobile smartphones. However, most of them are not suited for latest touch screen mobile devices from HTC, Samsung and other manufactures. Windows mobile 6.5 compatible Whip2Snap is a useful program that does this job easily on high end devices.  It works well with HTC HD2, HTC HD, Samsung Omnia and other accelerometer enabled Windows handsets.
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Panda security launched the final versions of Panda Security 2011, Panda Global Protection 2011, Panda Antivirus 2011 and Panda Internet security for netbook. The top end product Panda Global Protection comes with  additional PC optimization, backup and encryption tools, along with Antivirus, Firewall, Anti-Spam modules that are also available in  other versions. Panda is one of the pioneers of cloud   based antivirus systems.  All Panda 2011 products are equipped community based malware detection powered by cloud computing. Panda 2011 software is up-to 50 % faster than Panda 2010 security products. There is a netbook version of Panda internet security- for which the minimum system requirement is Windows XP with  300MHZ processor and 128MB RAM.
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Microsoft periodically releases security fixes and enhancements for its Windows operating systems Windows Vista and Windows 7 – through Windows update service. The service packs include all these updates plus a few general improvements and additions based on customer feedback. Microsoft recently released the developer download of Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Both beta versions are now available for direct download at Microsoft Technet website.  Developers can test this release, make their applications compatible with the update and send feedbacks based on their evaluation. The final version  of Windows 7 SP1 will be available for the public by the end of  June 2011.

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