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The beta version of the new Windows operating system (7) has been released onto various torrent sites, with thousands of downloads being recorded. The full version of Win7 is due to be released sometime in 2009, but could be as late as 2010.

Here are some images of the new operating system Win7;

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Microsoft has just released a beta version of answers, a website setup to provide insight into various problems associated with the Windows Vista operating system.  You will be able to search for any answer you need in three ways on the website;

• Search for one using the search bar at the top of the page
• Ask the community – Use the expertise of other Microsoft users to try get a result
• Browse through specific categories to find an answer to any problem

Check it out for yourself and give us back some insight into it by leaving a comment.

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Yesterday I wrote about removing the games menu from your start menu, well today I thought I will talk about how to remove the music link from your start menu.

There are the same two methods you can do to remove the music link from your start menu, through your start menu and through a registry hack.

Through Your Start Menu

• Right click your start menu and click properties
• Click customize on the start menu area
• Scroll down to music
• Click don’t display this item
• Click apply and OK
• Done

Through a Registry Hack

Note: Remember to backup your registry before doing any edits

• Go to this location
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
• Create a new DWORD called NoStartMenuMyMusic
• Set the value to 1
• Done
• Note: you can set the value back to 0 and the music will come back

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Do you want to remove the games link from your start menu (windows vista), maybe your kids or employees are wasting too much time. You can easily remove the games link from the start menu which will take away the quick access to play time.

Here are two options to remove games, the second involves editing your registry.

Through Your Start Menu

• Right click on your start menu
• Click properties
• Open the start menu tab
• Open customize
• Scroll down to games
• Select don’t display this item
• Select ok and apply
• Done

Through Your Registry

Note: Remember to backup your registry before doing any edits

• Go to this location
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
• Create a new DWORD called NoStartMenuMyGames
• Set the value to 1
• Done
• Note: you can set the value back to 0 and the games will come back

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It has been reported on quite a few blogs today that the beta version of Windows 7 will be released as early as next January.

One of Microsofts exec’s hinted that all attendants at the January 2009 MSDN event will be given a dvd with a copy of the beta version of Win7 (although many beta versions seem to be already be circulating) .

The full version of Windows 7 should be released somewhere in late 09 or early 2010, we will keep you posted on new developments about the operating system.

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Most likely you will have the Google toolbar or something similar installed (yahoo, msn toolbar), so you may have no use for the search bar installed in your IE7.

If you want to disable the IE7 search bar then you need to perform a basic registry edit so make sure you backup your registry first. Here is how you disable the IE7 search bar;

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\InternetExplorer\Infodelivery\Restrictions

• Note: You may have to create the new keys InternetExplorer\Infodelivery\Restrictions
• Create a new DWORD in Restrictions
• Call it NoSearchBox
• Set the value to 1
• Done
• Set the value to 0 if you want to activate the search bar again

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