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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Download Windows 8 Consumer Preview Now

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, stop what you are doing, head over to Microsoft website and download your copy of Windows 8 Consumer Preview before Microsoft servers go down.  Yes, as promised, Microsoft has made available for download the Consumer Preview version of Windows 8 and bits are now live on Microsoft servers.

Windows 8 Consumer Preview
The Consumer Preview build string is 8250.0.winmain_win8beta.120217-1520, which indicates that the build was compiled on 17th February. While the download size of x86 version is 2.5 GB, x64 version is 3.3 GB.




Users who have plans to install Windows 8 Consumer Preview build may find following guides useful:
[via intowindows]

Nokia 808 Pureview with 41 MegaPixel Camera, and 5 Other Nokia Phones Unveiled at MWC12

Nokia was able to create some buzz at World Mobile Conference 2012 (Feb 27th to March 1st) with 6 new launches, including 808 Pureview equipped with 41 Megapixel camera – that’s huge; few are already calling it completely meaningless. But sure 808 Pureview is able to capture images with best results, we can tell you this from the sample pictures we have seen so far.
We will cover all phones with brief details, keep reading.

Nokia 808 Pureview

Nokia 808 PureView White back and front thumb Nokia 808 Pureview with 41 MegaPixel Camera, and 5 Other Nokia Phones Unveiled at MWC12
Nokia has jumped straight to a 41 Megapixel camera phone, when competition is wimbling around with under 10 MP camera phones.
Nokia 808 PureView comes with Nokia’s new PureView technology, coupled with highest performance Carl Zeiss optics (that’s what Nokia is saying) to date and Nokia’s brand-new pixel oversampling technology.
Pixel oversampling technology is vital to discuss here as it will allow you to switch between pixels, to make sure that long and close shot offer best results alike. This technology is said to add value in your shots in low light conditions.
Video Recording:
PureView will also allow you to capture 1080p videos at 30fps, with 4X lossless zoom thanks to the big sensor and powerful image processing which handles over 1 billion pixels per second.
At lower resolutions, the capabilities of the zoom increase, with 6X at 720p and up to 12X lossless zoom in nHD (640 x 360) recordings.
The Nokia 808 PureView is the world’s first video recording device to allow recording without distortion at audio levels beyond the capability of human hearing. This allows you to even in the harshest of environment capture stereo CD-like audio quality.
Pureview Lens Specifications:
  • Carl Zeiss Optics
  • Focal length: 8.02mm
  • 35mm equivalent focal length: 26mm, 16:9 | 28mm, 4:3
  • F-number:  f/2.4
  • Focus range:  15cm – Infinity (throughout the zoom range)
  • Construction:
    • 5 elements, 1 group.All lens surfaces are aspherical
    • One high-index, low-dispersion glass mould lens
    • Mechanical shutter with neutral density filter
  • Optical format: 1/1.2”
  • Total number of pixels:  7728 x 5368
  • Pixel Size:  1.4 microns
Inside PureView:
Built on latest Symbian Belle, Nokia 808 Pureview is said to offer improved performance, personalization and entertainment options, with a new browser, the latest Nokia Maps and an improved notifications bar.
Other Specs include:
  • four-inch, ClearBlack AMOLED display underneath Gorilla Glass
  • 1.3GHz processor
  • There’s 16GB of internal user memory, with support for MicroSD cards up to 32GB
  • Weight, including the battery, is 169g.
  • Batter:
    • Talk time: up to 6 h
    • Standby: up to 465 h 
     

Nokia Lumia 610

Nokia Lumia 610 would be a low-end variation of Lumia series, offering teenagers a better solution with-in their budgets.
The secret of the Nokia Lumia 610 is that it uses slightly less processing power and memory than the other Lumias but will still give exactly the kind of Internet experiences teenagers are looking for.
Nokia Lumia 610 will start to ship in the second quarter of 2012.
Specifications:
  • Networks: WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100, GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
  • Speed: HSDPA cat 7: 7.2Mbps,
  • Display: 3.7” WVGA (800×480) TFT capacitive touch LCD display with pinch zoom
  • Memory: 256MB RAM, 8GB storage
  • Camera: 5 megapixels, auto-focus, LED flash.
  • Size/Weight: 119.24mm x 62.18mm x 11.95mm / 131.5g
  • Processor: 800 MHz Single Core/Qualcomm Snapdragon S1
  • Battery: 1300 mAh
  • Talk time: GSM : 10.5 h,
  • Standby time: GSM : 670 h

Nokia Lumia 900

At the high end of the range comes the Nokia Lumia 900 in white, cyan and black, designed for the rest of the world, outside the United States.
Nokia Lumia 900 will start to ship in the second quarter of 2012.
Specifications:
  • Networks: WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100, GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
  • Speed: HSDPA+ Dual Carrier cat 24 (42 Mbps), HSUPA cat 6: 5.8 Mbps
  • Display: 4.3” WVGA (800×480) AMOLED capacitive touch ClearBlack display
  • Memory: 512MB RAM, 16GB storage
  • Camera: 8Mpix auto-focus with f2.2, LED flash
  • Size/Weight: 127.8mm x 68.5mm x 11.5mm / 160g
  • Processor: 1.4 GHz Single Core/Snapdragon APQ8055 + MDM9200
  • Battery: 1830mAh
  • Talk time: up to 7 hours
  • Standby time: up to 300 hours

Nokia Asha 302

asha 302 edit 2 thumb Nokia 808 Pureview with 41 MegaPixel Camera, and 5 Other Nokia Phones Unveiled at MWC12The Nokia Asha 302 is going to be a premium quality QWERTY phone that is perfect for young professionals who need to communicate for business, and love to stay in touch with family and friends.
Metallic touch points and a full QWERTY keypad make text input a pleasure, and fast one-click access to email, chat and social networks means that you never need to be out of touch. 
For the first time on a Nokia Series 40 phone you can use Mail for Exchange to easily manage all your business emails and synchronize all your contacts and calendars – while still staying connected to all your favorite social networks, like Whatsapp and Facebook through Nokia Social which lets you view all your feeds, and post updates, right from your homescreen. 
Key features:
  • Dimensions: 115.2 mm x 58.9 mm x 13.5 mm
  • Weight: 106 g (including battery)
  • Standby time: Up to 29 days (GSM); Up to 34 days (WCDMA)
  • Talk time: Up to 9 hours (GSM); 5.9 hours (WCDMA)
  • Memory: Up to 140 MB internal memory,
    support for up to 32 GB microSD memory card
  • WIFI connectivity where available

Nokia Asha 203

Nokia Asha 203 is a low end variation in Asha’s series, built with a motto of touch, and connect to your world.
Accessing your favorite social network, or sending an SMS, is really fast and easy with an intuitive touch screen for browsing, scrolling and opening apps.
The Asha 203 comes with an Exclusive Games Gift from EA –  with 40 games to download from Nokia Store, including Tetris, Need for Speed, The Run and Bejeweled.
To get the most enjoyment out of a Nokia Asha 203 there’s a media player for stereo radio, video and music, and a loud and clear inbuilt speaker – as well as a 2-megapixel camera.
Key Features:
  • Dimensions: 114.8 mm x 49.8 mm x 13.85 mm
  • Weight: 90 g (Including battery)
  • Standby time: Up to 25 days
  • Talk time: Up to 5 hours
  • Memory: Up to 10MB free user memory
  • Memory card: Support up to 32 GB microSD


Nokia Asha 202 – Dual SIM Phone

The Nokia Asha 202 is an Easy Swap Dual SIM phone, meaning that you can swap SIM cards whenever you need to without powering off – and comes with a dedicated SIM manager so that you can personalize your phone and manage up to five different accounts.
with Nokia Asha 202 there would be one SIM active at one time.
The intuitive touch screen lets you browse, scroll and open apps quickly and easily, and you can stay in touch with family and friends  through email or chat, or by using a preloaded Nokia Social application to allow you fast access to Facebook, Twitter or your favorite social network.
Like Nokia Asha 203, the Nokia Asha 202 also has an Exclusive Games Gift from EA – with 40 games to download from Nokia Store, including Tetris, Need for Speed, The Run and Bejeweled
To get the most out of your phone, the Nokia Asha 202 comes with a media player for stereo radio, video and music, and a 2MP camera.
Key features:
  • Dimensions: 114.8 mm x 49.8 mm x 13.85 mm
  • Weight:  90g (including battery)
  • Memory: Up to 10MB free user memory
  • Memory card: Support up to 32 GB microSD
  • Standby time: Up to 16.5 days
  • Talk time: Up to 5 hours
[via ProPakistani]

How to Boot OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion DMG on VMware Workstation with Windows 7


[Guide] How to Boot OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion DMG on VMware Workstation with Windows 7


This article explains how to create a bootable (Mac) OS X 10.8 mountain Lion image (and ISO) for VMware workstation on Intel based Windows 7 computer. Recently I have mentioned about official 10.8 developer preview download and torrent download of latest OS from Apple. The original DMG file can not be booted on any hackintosh [...]




Verify Your Vote Status via SMS

As announced earlier, eligible voters can now verify the status of their votes in the new computerized voter lists prepared by Election Commission of Pakistan by just sending an SMS via their mobile phones.
Service has been up an running for all operators, throughout the country.
Election Commission said that this SMS verification service, in collaboration with cellular operators, happens to be world’s largest verification service of any kind.
ECP said that 85 million registered voters can check their records through a single SMS.
How to Check your Vote Status?
  • Simply send your CNIC (without dashes) to 8300
  • Example: Send “3740541882200” to 8300
You will soon receive a reply with following information:
  • Your CNIC Number
  • Electoral Area, i.e. District, Tehsil and city/town/village
  • Block Code
  • Serial Number
Note: Reply message is likely to have words in Urdu (unicode). You may not be able to read the text message if your phone doesn’t support unicode.
Election Commission said that it has purposefully not included the voters’ name and home address to avoid any privacy violations.
Charges:
  • SMS sent to 8300 will be charged @ Rs. 2 plus tax
What if you are not registered or registered with incorrect details?
Election Commission of Pakistan has said that that voters, in case of any issue, should immediately contact district election commissioner to get the details corrected. For the purpose, Election Commission is also arranging the establishment of display centers where voters can go an check their details and to get the information corrected.

[via ProPakistani]

Printing enhancements in Windows 8 – new developments for business

Windows 8 print enhancements
Windows 8 print enhancements
Some cool changes are coming to Windows 8 re: printing.
Three interesting points...
  1. IT pros can use Hyper-V and fail over clusters of print servers to remove the need for special drivers. If one of the virtualized print servers fails, another automatically starts. In the event of a hardware failure, the virtual print server restarts on the next Hyper-V server in the cluster.
  2. Print jobs that are sent from client computers running Windows 8 to a printer that is shared on a server running Windows Server 8 go directly to the local branch office printer. Print jobs do not have to first travel over the network to the remote print server.
  3. Administrators no longer need to load different driver packages onto the print server for different client computer architectures. In addition, when the print server is running Windows Server 8, clients running Windows 8 don‘t need to download a driver to use a printer that works with the Windows Server 8 print driver model.
For those who don't know, network printing administration can be a major pain in the ass.
This will definitely help...
[via windows8news]

Google Offers $1 Million in Hacker Bounties for Exploits Against Chrome

It may be hard out there for a pimp, but it just got a little bit more lucrative for a hacker.

Google announced on Monday that it would pay $1 million in cash awards to anyone who can hack its Chrome browser during its Pwnium security challenge next week in Vancouver at the CanSecWest conference.
Google has pledged to pay multiple awards in the amounts of $60,000, $40,000 and $20,000, depending on the severity of the exploits, up to $1 million. Winners will also receive a Chromebook.
“We require each set of exploit bugs to be reliable, fully functional end to end, disjoint, of critical impact, present in the latest versions and genuinely ’0-day,’ i.e. not known to us or previously shared with third parties,” Google wrote on its blog.
The exploits must work against Windows 7 machines running the Chrome browser.
$60,000 – “Full Chrome exploit”: Chrome / Win7 local OS user account persistence using only bugs in Chrome itself.
$40,000 – “Partial Chrome exploit”: Chrome / Win7 local OS user account persistence using at least one bug in Chrome itself, plus other bugs. For example, a WebKit bug combined with a Windows sandbox bug.
$20,000 – “Consolation reward, Flash / Windows / other”: Chrome / Win7 local OS user account persistence that does not use bugs in Chrome. For example, bugs in one or more of Flash, Windows or a driver. These exploits are not specific to Chrome and will be a threat to users of any web browser. Although not specifically Chrome’s issue, we’ve decided to offer consolation prizes because these findings still help us toward our mission of making the entire web safer.
Google’s hack challenge will run alongside the $15,000 Pwn2Own contest that runs each year at CanSecWest, which challenges researchers to exploit vulnerabilities in fully patched browsers and other software.
Last year, Google offered a $20,000 bounty, on top of the base $15,000 Pwn2Own prize, for anyone who successfully downed Chrome, but there were no takers. Chrome is currently the only browser eligible for the Pwn2Own contest that has never been brought down, Ars Technica notes. Contestants have indicated that difficulties bypassing Google’s security sandbox is the reason they’ve avoided the browser and focused on the Internet Explorer and Safari browsers instead.
[via wired.com]

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Free Wikipedia excess on mobile but only for Telenor customers

Warmest news from Telenor cellular service provider disclosed new agreement between Wikipedia to offer free Wikipedia excess to all Telenor subscribers.
This deal covers the geographical location of Asia and Southeastern Europe for all the Telenor customers can browse Wikipedia.com for free. However execution process takes few days ahead but of course remarkable steps to provide free place for information and knowledge. Around 135 million estimated mobile users can access the Wikipedia.com for free.
One step further to break the barriers to get education free, make it cost effective and accessible for everyone.
Wikimedia foundation is wholly focus to get maximum visibility on mobile devices globally, even though Wikipedia is continuously striving hard to spread knowledge free world-wide and collective commitment of Telenor and Wikipedia is admirable.
Further officials of Wikipedia warmly shake hands with Telenor to join us for this cause. Hopefully true vow further leave indelible impression to their mobile customers to offer value additions. It has been seemed Telenor is continuously educating their customers alongside the business. Primarily Telenor focused the ruler areas to educate the population and roll out awareness campaigns already. Students are the seed of any nation; Telenor is motivating students in different universities and bringing healthy competition and awarding prize money for winners.
Initially this partnership will go for three years and millions of mobile users will get benefit to access Wikipedia for free through mobile devices. Also seven other countries signed this agreement with Wikipedia includes:
Thailand, Malaysia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Montenegro, and Serbia
Use Wikipedia for all mobile app for free….

Telenore


[via Reader.pk]

Top 8 Free Apps to Improve Battery Life on Android Phones

Android’s popularity as a preferred mobile OS has been increasing rapidly in the past two years and we have seen many new versions released including the recent Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS). But one of the inherent problems of this OS has been the battery management. Battery life on most of the Android phones haven’t been good and might last for less than a day on most occasions. Battery Life is very important factor when it comes to mobile phones and even on the latest ICS, Google hasn’t provided any information on battery life. Although you can increase the battery life by turning off features like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS etc which are not being used, manually turning it off all the time is not the most feasible solutions.
In such situations, apps might come to help. These apps can automatically turn off unwanted services based on your usage patterns. There are many free apps available in Android market which can increase and improve battery life on your phone. Here is a list of top such apps, if you are using an Android phone, one of them is a must try app.
1. Juice Defender:
This is probably the most popular app to improve the battery life on your Android. JuiceDefender – Battery Saver is a powerful yet easy to use power manager app specifically designed to extend the battery life of your Android device. Packed with smart functions, it automatically and transparently manages the most battery draining components, like 3G/4G connectivity and WiFi. You can also set different profiles based on your usage of the phone. There is also a paid version of this free app which comes with more presets and features.
Juice Defender Juice Defender_1
2. Battery Dr saver:
It is yet another free app which improves the battery life by killing running tasks, adjust screen brightness (volume), turn off Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, auto-sync etc. The app includes Power Management (Battery Management), Battery Notifier, Battery Monitor, Power Control, task killer.
BAttery Dr BAttery Dr_1
3. Easy Battery Saver:
Easy Battery Saver is a powerful yet easy to use power manager app specifically designed to extend battery life and optimize using habit. Easy Battery Saver saves your battery by intelligently dealing with phone’s network connectivity, screen time out and screen brightness.
Easy Battery Saver Easy Battery Saver_1
4. One Touch Battery Saver:
One Touch Battery Saver is an app that saves the battery time of your phone by switching off services not required. When battery runs low, just tap the app to turn on the battery saving mode (default saving mode includes switching off WiFi, Bluetooh, GPS, background light, ringtone, vibration, and synchronization.)
One touch saver One touch saver_!
5. Green Power Free battery saver:
Unlike other battery savers that require regular user manual actions, Green Power is fully automatic: Once configured, it runs and saves your battery by itself. It does the managing by smartly enabling or disabling Wi-Fi, Mobile data & Bluetooth: Turning them off when you don’t need them, but ensure minimum disturbance. They are automatically turned ON when needed by you or by other apps.
Green Power Free Green Power Free_!
6. Battery Booster:
Battery Booster is a powerful battery boosting tool and power management application specially designed for Android devices. Based on system specifications, Battery Booster provides the most accurate information on your battery charge, which includes an auto-updating live chart visually tracking your battery usage, and the real-time battery capacity, temperature, voltage, etc.
BAttery booster BAttery booster_1
7. 2x Battery:
With this app, you can extends the battery life easily, and still keep the background data synchronization. The app saves the power consumption and reduces your data plan expense by periodically toggling Mobile data in standby mode.
2x 2X_1
8. Battery Defender:
Yet another free app with a fast Wi-Fi /GPS /data/Bluetooth switch. It does the battery optimizations automatically on your Android phone.
Battery defender Battery defender_1
So in case you are using an Android phone, you should be definitely trying one of these apps. Please do share your favorite battery saver app for Android.

[via nirmal tv]

 

Sunday, February 26, 2012

10 Favorite Mountain Lion Features - Make Tech Easier



10 Favorite Mountain Lion Features

MountainLion_logoApple recently announced the newest Mac OS that will be hitting a Mac near you by this summer. The new OS is called Mountain Lion, an OS coming after the current OS X Lion model. Mountain Lion is an OS that incorporates a lot that went right with the recent iOS software, including many parts of the iPhone we all use everyday. This, in the end, is a move toward merging your iOS device and Mac, keeping them in sync. Let's take a look at some of the best features Apple released with Mountain Lion.

Your Stuff, Everywhere

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iCloud now comes fully to Mountain Lion. If you aren't familiar with iCloud, it allows all of your documents, photos, iCal, Address Book, etc to be available over the air without having to be saved on a flash or hard drive. The cloud initiative is also found with many music sharing companies that allow songs to be available over the air for download once purchased. To use on your Mac, just sign in with your Apple ID. What ever you do on one device hooked up with iCloud, it will reflect on the other connected devices. It will be something you'll find yourself using a lot with Mountain Lion!

iMessaging on a Mac

MountainLion_iMessage

Facetime become available on the iPhone, before appearing on the iPad, then Mac. Now, iMessage followed suit. First becoming an iOS feature, before appearing on the iPad, and now it replaces iChat with the latest Mountain Lion update. Now known as Messages for Mac, the new messaging hub allows you to chat on the same services available through iChat, however you can also iMessage between Macs and iOS devices. Messages for Mac also has the ability to send photos and files, and if the device you want to conversate with has FaceTime, you can even hold a FaceTime conversation by clicking the special respective button that launches the FaceTime application.

Sharing Sheets

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Throughout Mountain Lion, you will see a special button called Sharing Sheets. This allows you to share photos, documents, and more through Messages, adding a bookmark, reading for later, and more. This is the best way to share everything from links you have found online to photos you have taken on Photobooth, to even photos you have collected in iPhoto. In iPhoto and Photobooth, if you have created a video or taken a photo, you can even share them on Vimeo and Flickr, respectively. Have a PDF document you need to run by the boss? Share it through Mail with Share Sheets. Did we mention there's also Twitter support?

Tweeting on Your Mac

MountainLion_Tweet

With Share Sheets, you have the ability to share photos and links you have found onto Twitter. The tweeting feature and interface looks identical to that found on iOS. You have, what looks like a note card, where you can write your message, have the link or image clipped, and the ability to add your location. With a character counter on the bottom, you never have to worry about staying within the 140 characters. If you receive a mention or DM, you'll know with Twitter integration.

Your Mac, Safer

MountainLion_Safer

OS X Mountain Lion is there to make sure your Mac is safer than ever. This is done with the addition of Gate Keeper. This makes sure that the applications downloaded are of your consent. You have three options for protecting yourself. You can have no setting at all, allowing you to download just about anything anywhere, but you'll at least be protected in some minor way. You can set to only download from Apple accredited developers, simply those who have a Developer ID, or you can only download from the Mac App Store.

Notifications in One Place

MountainLion_NotificationCenter

Just like with iOS, Mountain Lion is bringing your Notification Center. If you aren't familiar with Notification Center, it is the hub for all of the notifications and alerts you get on your iPhone, and now on Mac. Notification Center will show you when you have a new tweet, when you've received a new Message, when you've missed a Facetime "call", and more. To activate, simply slide to the right with three fingers on your trackpad. To clear a notification, click the "X" or click to execute it. Just as is the case with iOS, you also receive discrete notifications without having to activate Notification Center, never having to miss a thing.

Gamer Friendly Mac

MountainLion_GameCenter

Game Center for iOS allowed you to keep of your stats and standings with the games you played alone and with friends. Now, Game Center has come to Mac. You can now check out your standings with the myriad of games available on the Mac App Store. Just sign in with your Apple ID to enjoy the fun. If you are already using Game Center on your iPhone or iOS device, all of your stats and information, including profile information, will match up. Have fun, but not too much fun!

Remember Everything

MountainLion_Reminders

Reminders first appeared on iOS and it's an application I use about everyday to remember tasks I have to get done for the day. Now, Reminders is made available on Mac through Mountain Lion. Now you can remember everything that has to get done, from projects to groceries. Reminders for Mac also uses iCloud to apply additions and changes made on your Mac with the iOS devices connected with the Apple ID. Reminders are categorized, like on iOS, making for easier retrieval.

Your Mac, On TV

MountainLion_Airplay

Want to show of an iMovie creation or footage from your latest vacation? Or maybe you want to show off spreadsheets or a PowerPoint presentation to a class or coworkers. Now, with Airplay Mirroring, you have the ability to play your Mac screen on the big screen, or at least how ever big your TV is. All you need to do is make sure your Apple TV box and Mac are under the same WIFI network, and then you're ready to begin.

Notes for Your Thoughts

MountainLion_notes

Lastly, Mountain Lion finally has a stable, formal notes section. This allows you to add small pointers, instructions, or just reminders for yourself without having to waste a sheet of paper. If needed, Notes now allows you to add photos and attachments to your notes. Once your notes are completed, you can send them, through Share Sheets to Messages or Mail. Have a note you need to remember once you get back to your Mac? Notes allows you to pin them onto your desktop for later review. All of this works with iCloud, meaning the notes made, edited, and deleted on your Mac will reflect on your iOS device, vice versa.

Which one is your favorite Mountain Lion features?

10 Favorite Mountain Lion Features originally published on Make Tech Easier (RSS)
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Using Kirjaudu to Change Windows 7′s Logon Screen

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 04:58 PM PST

kirjaudu-logonThere's a ton of talk out there about changing your logon screen manually, but many people – particularly those who are more tech-illiterate – would like a program that can magically do this with the click of a mouse. If you're one of the latter group of people, someone from Finland appears to have been listening to your grievances. Now, you can use Kirjaudu (which means "logon" in Finnish) and click a large button on the application to change that old, boring logon screen into a beautiful background. There's no crazy installation process, no adware obligations, and no insanely long processes involved in simply making the switch.

The Problem Most People Face When Modifying Windows

The majority of computer users would like to turn their Windows installations into something more personalized, much like how you can do it with certain Linux distributions. Unfortunately, Microsoft doesn't really want people messing around with their graphic interface, and why code it into Windows when there are many third-party applications (some even free for download) that can do these things? We're not exactly sure why Windows doesn't let you do things like changing the Start button or logon screen on your computer.

Third-party applications simply suck, for lack of a better word, since most of them require you to pay and have very limited functionality in their trial versions. Some of them can even end up breaking your computer in ways you never thought possible. The free versions don't quite cut it either, and sometimes you want to do something simple without installing an entire suite for it. The problem isn't easy to address, and the alternative isn't any better: You would have to change your logon screen manually.

So… Kirjuadu Comes to The Rescue

Nobody likes to mess with the Windows registry. It's just one huge hodgepodge of disasters waiting to happen, especially if you have no clue what you're doing. A clever Finnish developer made an application that does it all for you, and you barely have to do any work to make it happen. Kirjuadu is available for download here. Not only is the application malware-free, but it's also open source for those techies that want to make the world a better place. Once you download it, simply open the EXE. You should see a window like this:

kirjuadu-screen

That has to be the most oversimplified interface in the world. Yet, you can't argue with the fact that almost anyone can use it. Once you push the button, it will take you to a browsing window, where you can select the file that you'd like to change your logon screen to.

Once done, you'll see the interface show the picture you selected on the right-hand side. Click "Start" and the application will change the logon screen for you. Restart your computer to see results.

Please note: The developer of this application is not associated in any way to Make Tech Easier, and any bugs should be reported on the developer's project page here.

Let us know what you feel about this program in the comments section!

Using Kirjaudu to Change Windows 7′s Logon Screen originally published on Make Tech Easier (RSS)
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