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www.mintywhite.com is giving away 3 licences of Start Menu Pro 7.

Entry to the competition is now open.

To enter, simply register and head over to this thread and post a reply showing;

A)  A screenshot of your Windows Desktop,

B)  A description of your customisations.

That’s it!!

You will then be entered into a public vote held here on Windows Guides.

Deadline for the screenshots is 11:59PM (UTC) Sunday 4th April 2010.

The public vote will close 11:59PM (UTC) Sunday 11th April 2010.

The winner will be announced here shortly afterwards.

Windows Live Wave 4 is hitting the streets soon and it looks to be a significant improvement over the
previous version.

The new(ish) “ribbon interface” makes life much easier, heightens productivity and gives the UI a general, cleaner and logical feel while not being too intrusive or overbearing (OneNote is a culprit of this).  And the Windows Phone 7 Series look and feel popping up in some places is also a refreshing change too.

This is just going to be a quick overview of the new Beta as I’m sure many things will change between now and the final release.  When the suite has been a little more finalized I’m sure we’ll go into more detail of the applications then.

Installation

Lets start the screenshots with the installation.  The installation wizard is much cleaner and nicer looking that it’s predecessor.

We have a couple of new additions to the installation in Wave 4.  Notably; Companion and Bing Bar.  We’ll talk more about those later . Read the rest of this entry »

Time to send some photos of the kids to the grandparents ?
In desperate need of creating Greetings or Congratulations Cards ?
Do you love Scrapbooking ?
…Or just updating the family album ?

Collage maker, let you do exactly that, the easy way !

Windows Guides’ Rating	Compatible with
3++ out of 5

PROGRAM: Collage Maker PROS: Easy to use. All Functions are available on the Right-Click Menu which really let you focus on your creative skills. CONS: No Undo Function (Ctrl+Z) and no support for multiple pages in the document. VERDICT: A Great program for those who like to create collages, both for printing and processing. Create your collages in a few clicks. PRICE: From $34.95 VERSION REVIEWED: 3.6 Download Link for Demo version in the Article

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Earlier this week we posted a review for the Security Program Predator (Read here). Richard Goutorbe, the developer of Predator was so pleased with the review, that he has gladly offered 10 licenses of the Professional Edition to be distributed amongst our Faithful Readers.

So here is your chance to win a copy of Predator Pro.

Competition is now Closed

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The Persian translation of Windows 7 – The Pocket Guide is now available. Thank you to Armin who translated the whole book by himself!

Download Windows 7 – The Pocket Guide (Persian) Download Windows 7 – The Pocket Guide (English) (Free Newsletter sign up required.) Direct Link for newsletter subscribers (Instructions for subscribers)

It’s in all the movies and TV-series where a Government Employee log on a Secure Computer. He or She insert or remove a KeyCard to log on and off. Without the KeyCard the computer is rendered useless. If you like the idea, well …

Predator, let you do exactly that !

Windows Guides’ Rating	Compatible with
4 out of 5

PROGRAM: PREDATORPROS: PREDATOR locks your PC when you are away, even if your Windows session is still opened. It is very easy to use and the security seems to be very good. CONS: Dark interface, makes it hard to read. Tho several users can have their own key it cannot be used to Log In to different User Accounts, which would have been a great asset. VERDICT: If you are looking for a simple way to protect your Computer while you step away from it. This what you need. PRICE: Freeware and Paid Version ($29) VERSION REVIEWED: 2.1.0.468 Download Link in the Article

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