Run Web Searches from the Start Menu

Now, you can also start Web searches from the Start menu. The Start Menu became a lot more handy with the launch of Windows Vista. You can search your PC and run applications with just a few keystrokes. But you can do even more in Microsoft Windows 7. You can run Internet searches from the Start menu after fine tuning the Group Policy Editor.

Follow these steps to make it happen:

1. To run the Group Policy Editor, type gpedit.msc in the Start Menu search box and press Enter.
2. Navigate to User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Start Menu and Taskbar.
3. Now double-click 'Add Search Internet link to Start Menu' and then choose 'Enabled' from the screen that appears.
4. Now click 'OK' and exit the Group Policy Editor.
In order to start the search, just type a search term in the Start Menu Search box and the search box will provide you a Search the Internet link. Now, you need to click it to run the search in your default browser using your default search engine.

Microsoft Windows 7 Search uses the index whenever you use the search box on the Start menu – in the Search Home folder, in libraries, and in locations that are part of a homegroup.

Microsoft Windows 7 Search seems so very handy. It requires Group Policy Editor to enable the Web searches from Start menu and it will not work in the Windows 7 Home or Basic editions.

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Microsoft Windows Users and iYogi Predict a Surge in Tech Support for Windows 7 Upgrades

Survey Shows That Nearly Half of Consumers Think Upgrading to a New Operating System Will Require Technical Assistance

iYogi, the on-demand tech services company with a unique global delivery model, announced today the results of a consumer poll regarding support concerns and predictions for the upcoming launch of the new Microsoft Windows 7operating system. Based on responses from more than 1,000 Windows XP and Windows Vista users, 52 percent think that moving to a new operating system and moving their data is a hassle, suggesting some real frustrations on the near horizon. Nearly half (47 percent) think upgrading to Microsoft Windows 7 may require a call to technical support- potentially causing a huge backlog of support needs, as up to 40 million copies of Windows 7 are expected to be sold in 2009, according to IDC.

"We predict that more than 40 percent of XP users will generate support calls and inquiries globally this year and even more in 2010 as mass adoption kicks in and people face the prospect of dealing with an entirely new interface," said Vishal Dhar, President Marketing & Co-founder of iYogi. "We estimate twice as many support calls for current Windows XP users than Windows Vista users, since Microsoft Windows XP users will require a 'clean' install including migrating applications, settings and drivers--a potentially arduous, time-intensive task."

Additional survey findings reveal:

58 percent of users think they will or may upgrade to Windows 7, an encouraging number considering some of the backlash surrounding Vista.

Only 39 percent of users are aware that Windows 7 is launching soon, suggesting an increased flurry of help questions in the coming months as more people become aware of the upgrade options

iYogi has more has more than 90,000 annual subscribers and provides thousands of single incident sessions every day on a 24/7 basis. Its Global Delivery Platform delivers on the highest customer satisfaction benchmarks in the industry and gets smarter with every customer interaction, building a powerful knowledge base that provides unique customer insights on predictive needs to tech support.

ABOUT IYOGI
iYogi is a global on-demand services company that provides personalized computer support for consumers and small businesses in United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. iYogi's unique model, including proprietary technology iMantra and highly qualified technicians, is designed to eliminate computer-related stress and keep millions of digitally dependent consumers and small businesses always protected and productive. Only iYogi -- with its proven global expertise delivery model, intelligent customer insight systems, easy-to-use self-help tools and automated PC optimization and computer support services - offers users a simple yet comprehensive path to digital serenity. iYogi has perfected the remote technical support model to overcome the current limitations of in-store, on-site, or call center services to become the fastest growing provider of support in the industry. Major resellers and technology companies are increasingly turning to iYogi to improve customer satisfaction, reduce return rates, and deliver a compelling new-value added offering to customers.

For more information on iYogi and a detailed list of technologies supported, visit: http://www.iyogi.net.au

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Windows 7 vs. Windows XP

Many PC manufacturers, including netbook makers, are alms a free upgrades and advancement agenda for Microsoft's Windows 7 and it's time we activate out how Windows 7 will accomplish on one of the a lot of accepted netbooks currently on the market! Using the absolution candidate, we installed Windows 7 on the Dell netbook and ran all the benchmarks we run in our abounding reviews in adjustment to get a abounding consequence on how Windows 7 endless up against Microsoft Windows XP on a netbook. Many in the association active netbooks are absolutely acquisitive Windows 7 holds its own on a netbook because, let's face it, 2002's Windows XP on any 2009 arrangement just seems backwards.

Armed with a 4 GB accelerated USB flash drive and step-by-step instructions by Kurt Shintaku, we were calmly able to install Windows 7 on the netbook. We aboriginal austere the Windows 7 RC angel to a DVD, but you could calmly arise the ISO to a basic drive instead. Following the affiliated instructions, we created a bootable Windows 7 accession flash drive with no issues.

Now, aback the flash drive is detected as a disposable harder deejay to the computer, we had to adapt the BIOS settings in adjustment to accomplish the flash drive the primary harder disk. Already we did this, the Windows 7 installer booted appropriate up and we were able to activate our Windows 7 accession just as any other. There is a slight trick, though, as already the installer copies the antecedent set of files to the harder deejay and reboots, you accept to access the BIOS afresh and set the centralized harder drive aback to the primary so it is the one that boots. Besides that, installing Windows 7 was a breeze.

Windows 7 had drivers installed for all of our accouterments appropriate out of the box except the ACPI disciplinarian which allows the dejected action hot keys to all plan correctly. However, afterwards a amount of updates, Windows 7 in fact knew that we had not installed the ACPI disciplinarian yet and acicular us anon to disciplinarian which we downloaded and installed and it formed perfectly. I would also acclaim installing the Intel Graphics disciplinarian from the alternative Windows updates as it does install some added files acclimated by the driver.

Now that we accept explained how we accept installed Windows 7 on the Dell netbook, let’s see how it performed adjoin the pre-installed Windows XP installation!

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