After the successful release of windows 7, Microsoft has some how regain its reputation and now they are working on a new operating system which will even revolution the way we use computers. Microsoft is working on a new operating system named as windows 8 and has release some of its GUI features. Microsoft says that the main difference between windows 8 and its previous versions is that it supports touch screen devices as well. Because the future is all about touch devices and even computers are going to be touch.

Now Transform Windows 7 Into Windows 8

Omnimo is a windows 8 transform pack for windows 7 which will totally transform your windows 7 GUI into Windows 8 GUI with touch slabs. Don’t worry if you have not yet buy a touch device you can operate it with mouse and keyboard as well. What Microsoft has done is totally remove the icons and place new big and informative tiles which will really revolution the way we use windows before. Windows 8 will start in less than 10 seconds and after boot you will see tiles instead of desktop so that you can quickly start you tasks without even further wasting your time.

How to Install the windows 8 theme:

1. First you need to download Rainmeter and install it in order to install the theme.

2. Then download Omnimo theme and double click the file SETUP.rmskin to install it via Rainmeter.

Now Transform Windows 7 Into Windows 8

Today Microsoft has released Windows 8 pre-beta version for developers but of course you can also download and install it absolutely free on your very own PC to test and taste the latest operating system from Microsoft. You may have already downloaded and install windows 8 themes or Windows 8 transformation pack like Omnimo but this is real windows 8 with full features and GUI designs. Microsoft is giving away an ISO image so you need to burn it using DVD burner via DVD image burner software.

Download Free Windows 8 Developers Preview

You can also install Windows 8 pre-beta version via virtual machine rather than installing it on a new partition of your hard drive. You need to download and install virtual machine software like Virtual-box. After that create a new virtual machine and name it some like Windows 8. Now click on Motherboard tab under System and check Enable IO APIC. After that click the Processor tab under System and check Enable PAE/NX. Move on to Acceleration tab under System and check Enable VT-x/AMD-V and Enable Nested Paging. Last but not least click Video tab under Display and check Enable 2D acceleration. Simply mount the downloaded ISO image file and you are ready to go.

Note: The .iso file that contains the developer tools requires a large capacity DVD called a DVD-9, as well as a DVD burner that can handle dual-layer (DL) DVDs. Most modern burners should be able to handle this format but if you have older DVD burner than you should only download and install Windows Developer Preview English, 32-bit (x86) which is 2.8Gb in size.

Download: Windows Developer Preview with developer tools English, 64-bit (x64) (4.8 GB in Size)

Download: Windows Developer Preview English, 64-bit (x64) (3.6Gb in Size)

Download: Windows Developer Preview English, 32-bit (x86) (2.8 GB in Size)
Download Free Windows 8 Developers Preview

There is windows 8 boom every where and world is crazy about windows 8 GUI, windows 8 features, windows 8 design, windows 8 boot screens etc. But today i am going to share with you the hottest and most demanding Windows 8 Metro Style wallpapers pack which has 65 very high resolution, available in 10 colorful with 6 different versions.

Windows 8 Metro Style Wallpapers Pack

If you are a windows 8 fan than Windows 8 Metro Style Wallpapers Pack is must for you. These wallpapers will definitely change your mood and bring life to your computer monitor. The size of the Windows 8 Metro Style Wallpapers Pack is about 35 MB and in zip format.
Download: Windows 8 Metro Style Wallpapers Pack
Windows 8 Metro Style Wallpapers Pack

I have seen many new laptops and newer desktop machines with relatively lower Windows Experience Index score. The average Windows Experience Index score for normal computer is something like 3.0 to 4.0(out of 7.9) which i think is very low. Computer systems grow over the years and now we have some of the fastest machine’s available in the market and in our homes. One cannot understand why Windows is still showing low Windows Experience Index score for newer systems. Most of the time its your system Desktop Performance for Windows Aero which let your Score down. So you have two choices to increase your windows 7 Windows Experience Index Score. One is that you upgrade your computer with proper things and other is via Windows Trick.

Make Windows 7 Windows Experience Index Score to 7.9

When building a new computer many people try to install the latest and heaviest processor in order to make there system fast. But its not only processor that make your computer perform fast. You also have to match the Motherboard and Ram bus speed with your Processor in order to perform your processor at its full potential. Another thing which most people forgot is buying Graphics card for there system. Its very essential if you want your computer to perform at its full speed that you install latest graphics card.

How to Change Windows 7 Windows Experience Index Score:

1. Open MY Computer from your Desktop or from Start Menu and locate the following directory. C:/Windows/Performance/WinSAT/DataStore

2. You should see many files including “Formal.Assessment (Initial).WinSAT“. Just open this file via Notepad and find the term  <SystemScore>.

3. You should see some numeric value after the tag. Change this numeric value to something you like(7.2 etc) and save the file.

4. Now close the directory and return to your Windows Desktop.

5. Press Windows Key + Pause/Break key in order to see the result.

Make Windows 7 Windows Experience Index Score to 7.9

Ever wanted to change the default windows logo in windows 7 system properties with your own custom one or with Apple’s logo. Its human nature that with time he tends to get bore with old things and same is happen with Windows users. Every day you see same windows interface with same folder icons, Windows themes, Wallpapers and default windows icons. But not many people think like that. They produce small utilizes for us so that we can customize the windows with time to time. This will surely produce interest in windows and hence you can enjoy our work.

Change Windows 7 System Properties Logo

When you press windows logo + pause/break button, you will see Windows system properties box with all the information and default orb style logo. The way we are going to change the default orb style logo with our custom one is by using a small utility named as Windows 7 System Properties Logo Changer. This is a free utility and it changes the windows 7 properties logo with the help of some registry tweak. This software is fully test and used by us so don’t worry if you have any concerns.

How to Change Windows 7 System Properties Logo:

1. All you have to do is to download Windows 7 System Properties Logo Changer from the link given at the end of this post.

2. The file is in Zip format so you need Winzip in order to extract it.

3. After unzipping Right click on the Execute-able file and select “Run as Administrator” from the menu.

4. Now create your own logo or choose from a pre-build logos and click Apply button.

5. After that click the Check button or press windows logo + pause/break button to see the effect.

6. Don’t worry if you dont like the new logo you can always go back to the original log by pressing the Restore button.

Download: Windows 7 System Properties Logo Changer

Change Windows 7 System Properties Logo

Windows Xp is no doubt one of the top sell windows from Microsoft and the best part i like about Windows XP is its lightness and uses less resources. But with passage of time one can bore with Windows XP default theme and visual style. So either you should buy a new version of windows or transform you Windows XP into Windows 7 by installing a free Windows 7 Transformation Pack. Windows 7 Transformation Pack is just stunning and it will totally change the GUI of your old and boring Windows XP.

Download Windows 7 Transformation Pack for Windows XP

Windows 7 Transformation Pack will change the visual style of windows xp, replace some DLL system files, change default windows cursor, change sound schemes, add more fonts, make your task bar transparent, change all icons and last but not least change the boot and login screens as well. Windows 7 Transformation Pack will change the way you Windows Xp before and best part i that it uses less resources of windows Xp but with a new look and feel of Windows 7.
Download: Windows 7 Transformation Pack for Free
Download Windows 7 Transformation Pack for Windows XP

When you first install windows on your computer you notice that windows boot and shutdown in less than 10 seconds. But after some time and after installing different software’s and antiviruses it began to slow down and some time it takes more than a minute to boot or shut down. What happens that when you install software’s they make changes into your windows registry like load software’s at boot time etc. Same is the case with windows shutdown, Windows always wait for running programs to kill themselves for specific time. This approach can take your computer shutdown time to go over one minute which is of course very annoying. But today i am going to tell you a very unique computer tips and tricks and with the help of some registry commands you can force windows to shutdown in less than 10 seconds.

Force Windows to Shutdown in Less than 10 Seconds

How to make Windows Shutdown Faster:

1. First click on windows Start button and than type RegEdit in Run command box.

2. Now find this registry key. HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/Desktop

3. When you find the key, simply Right click on right side of the Editor and select New String Value.

4. Rename the new key value to HungAppTimeOut and hit enter.

5. Double click on newly created key entry and enter 1000 which is equal to 10 seconds.

6. Close the Registry Editor and reboot your system to check the new faster shutdown.

Force Windows to Shutdown in Less than 10 Seconds

Windows 7 Boot Updater is open source program which easily change the animation and text of windows 7 boot screen with the help of registry files and also it is available for free to download. You can choose from variety of boot screens and can change background color, Text font, Text color and of course size as well.
1. Download file given at the end of this post and unzip the file.

2. Now right click on Windows7BootUpdater.exe and click “Run as Administrator“.

3. Click on Animation menu and change it from Default to Animation. A windows dialog box will appear. Simply browse for Animated boot screen file and click OK. If you don’t have any boot screen file you can download windows 7 boot screen files from here.

4. You can also change the background color, Text size, Text positioning so that you can fully customize the boot screen.

5. If you are happy with your setting simply click on Apply button and restart your Computer to see the effect.

Download: Windows7BootUpdater

So let’s get started:
1. Press Windows+R button and type Regedit in the field and hit enter from your keyboard.
2. This will open Registry Editor, Simply browse to key mention below manually.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionAuthenticationLogonUIBackground

3. Now left click on Background folder and then right click on right side of the registry pane and select NewDWORD key.
4. Rename the DWORD file to OEMBackground.
5. Double click on newly created file and set its value to 1.
6. Now open My computer and browse to this directory:

C:WindowsSystem32oobeinfobackgrounds

7. Paste your custom image in this folder and rename it to  backgroundDefault

8. Now just logoff your pc and enjoy the new custom logon screen.