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Taimur is a student of Software Engineering at Bahria University. In his free time he loves to watch Formula One & Tennis. He is also Microsoft | Student Partner for Bahria University and is leading INETA usergroup BIMCS.NET.

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Windows 7 Calculator for Windows Vista

By Taimur Asad | November 15th, 2008 | 430 views

Among lots of other stuff, one of the main focus of Microsoft with Windows 7 has been to give a facelift to the native Windows applications like Paint, Calculator and WordPad which haven’t been updated since Windows 3.x days.

OS X Leopard Aurora DreamScene for Windows Vista

By Taimur Asad | November 15th, 2008 | 284 views

I was searching for DreamScenes over at DeviantART Gallery and found this Aurora wallpaper from OS X Leopard converted into a pretty neat DreamScene for Windows Vista.

Upload to Facebook & Youtube using Windows Live Photo Gallery

By Taimur Asad | November 15th, 2008 | 458 views

Microsoft’s open source platform - Codeplex has released two very useful plugins (LiveUpload to Facebook & Live

Windows 7 M3 - Screenshots (P1: Installation)

By Taimur Asad | November 2nd, 2008 | 834 views

As promised, we will be bringing out a series of screenshot galleries covering almost all the aspects new to Windows 7 M3 Build 6.1 6801. In the first part of this series we have covered the installation portion of Windows 7 which looks and works almost the same way as it did in Windows Vista.

Meet Windows 7 – The Windows 7 Preview Video

By Taimur Asad | October 28th, 2008 | 916 views

Windows 7 Preview video has been released as part of Microsoft Partner Program in which Mike Nash – Corporate Vice President Product Management, Windows talks about what to expect from Windows 7 and why should we be really excited about it?

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 CTP Released

By Taimur Asad | October 28th, 2008 | 1,159 views

Microsoft today at the Professional Developers Conference have released a CTP (Community Technology Preview) version of their next generation development tools and platform for Windows Vista, 2007 Microsoft Office System and the web.

Web Sandbox from Live Labs

By Taimur Asad | October 26th, 2008 | 536 views

The genius guys over at Microsoft Live Labs have released a solution for web developers to secure their web application content from hackers through isolation.

Windows Server 2008 VHD Images for Hyper-V

By Taimur Asad | October 25th, 2008 | 294 views

Microsoft has released Windows Server 2008 evaluation VHD (Virtual Hard Drive) images for Hyper-V which as of now is available for download from Microsoft Download Center. VHD format is the common virtualization file format used by virtualization software’s from Microsoft like Virtual PC, Virtual Server 2005 and Hyper-V

Expression Blend 2 Service Pack 1 released

By Taimur Asad | October 14th, 2008 | 180 views

After the announcement of Silverlight 2 release, Microsoft has now announced the release of Expression Blend 2 Service Pack 1 – a tool for harnessing the power of XAML, .NET framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 and Silverlight 2 to deliver compelling user experiences for connected desktops and the web.

Microsoft releases Silverlight 2

By Taimur Asad | October 14th, 2008 | 306 views

Microsoft today has released final bits of Silverlight 2 - one of the industry’s most comprehensive and powerful solutions for the creation and delivery of rich applications and media experiences through a Web browser.

How often does Live Search changes its background?

By Taimur Asad | October 11th, 2008 | 1,197 views

Back in July 2008, Microsoft added background images to Live Search homepage. While it didn’t added much to the overall function of the search engine itself, what it added was a nice touch to the homepage which differentiated it with other competing search engines like Google and Yahoo.

Free Video Training Samples for Expression Studio 2

By Taimur Asad | October 9th, 2008 | 311 views

Microsoft in partnership with Total Training – the leading online and DVD-based training content provider for software programs have released a complete set of getting started training videos to guide the starters through the learning of the entire Expression Suite.

Official HP Photo Print Gadget for Windows Vista

By Taimur Asad | October 3rd, 2008 | 1,372 views

Do you have a HP Printer in your home or work environment? The smart guys over at HP has released a photo printing gadget to make it easier for you to take print outs on the fly.

Announcing the release of Expression Media 2 SP1

By Taimur Asad | October 1st, 2008 | 899 views

After the release of Expression Blend SP1 RC Preview last week, the Expression team today has released Service Pack 1 for Expression Media 2. Currently the update is only available through Windows Update.

How to find out when did you last installed Windows

By Taimur Asad | September 30th, 2008 | 3,313 views

Windows has a built-in DOS-based utility called systeminfo.exe that shows complete information of the system including the exact date and time when was Windows installed.

Drive Icon Pack for Drive Icon Changer

By Taimur Asad | September 29th, 2008 | 2,267 views

Last week I received many emails from our readers requesting for the icons I used in the screenshot here with Drive Icon Changer. I got tired of emailing every individual one by one and decided to bundle them all in a pack to share it with all of you here :)

Silverlight 2 Release Candidate 0 is now available

By Taimur Asad | September 27th, 2008 | 1,277 views

Microsoft has today released Silverlight 2 RC0 to developers for testing purposes and to help them prepare their existing Silverlight 2 Beta 2 applications for the final bits which is expected to roll out at the end of this year.

Is it game over for Microsoft in mobile?

By Taimur Asad | September 25th, 2008 | 2,311 views

The era of PCs which we have so used to grown up on is vanishing fast. Mobile phones today have become more personal devices than they ever have been in the past. Its amazing to see how in the last few years mobile phones evolved with great strides.

Color Picker Sidebar Gadget from Microsoft Live Labs

By Taimur Asad | September 24th, 2008 | 689 views

Jeff Weir of Microsoft Live Labs has released a Sidebar Gadget for Windows Vista that enables users to pick color codes from different range of color palettes.

How to Change your Drive Icon in Vista

By Taimur Asad | September 22nd, 2008 | 5,116 views

Drive Icon Changer helps you customize your hard drive icon shown in My Computer and Windows Explorer to an icon of your personal choice. Like Turn Off LCD, I developed this little tool in C# using Visual Studio 2008 to change drive icons on the fly. It just takes a couple of clicks to customize the icon to your personal choice.

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