Microsoft Security Essentials – Free Antivirus/Spyware for windows

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to Windows Reference RSS feed Thanks for visiting!
Did you know Microsoft gives you free Antivirus/Malware software for personal use? Yes, Microsoft Security Essentials is free Antivirus/Spyware software available for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.Micosoft Security Essentials ifor Windows 7 and Vista are available in [...]

EasyVMX to create Virtual Machines for VMWare Player

Just when I ran into a problem with my VMWare Server, I found this cool new online tool, easyVMX to create VMWare Virtual Machines which can be run using vmplayer.

RDC 7 – Remote Desktop Client 7 for Windows 7,2008, XP & Vista

With the release of Windows 7, Microsoft has also released the Remote Desktop Connection client 7.0 as the default RDP client. Microsoft has also released this client for Windows Vista and Windows XP. With RDC Client 7.0 lots of the features are geared towards Windows 2008 and Windows 7 environments and less for Windows Vista [...]

Control 8dot3 naming in Windows 2008 and Windows 7

In Windows server 2008/2003, Windows 7, Windows Vista and XP, by default NTFS filesystem maintains file names in old 8dot3 format for every file in long filename format to allow legacy applications to be able to access to these files. If you do not use any legacy applications or using a Fileserver which is extensively [...]

SuperFetch in Windows 7, Vista & Server 2008 to improve performance

SuperFetch is a new feature in Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 to improve performance of your system. Windows SuperFetch enables programs and files to load quickly. When you’re not actively using your computer, background tasks—including automatic backup programs and antivirus scans—run when they will least disturb you to save system memory space.