By any standards, Microsoft’s marketing campaign for Windows 7 is much more modest compared to that of Windows Vista. The difference in financial resources allocated to each platform can be explained by a shift in focus as far as the message accompanying each operating system goes. With Windows Vista, Microsoft attempted to convince the world that the OS delivered the Wow factor, and it spent a reportedly $500 million attempting to do just that, and some might argue, failing to do it in fact. For Windows 7, the Redmond company is driving home the idea of absolute simplicity. The video advertisements offered by Microsoft to Switzerland customers are designed for this specific purpose.

Just watch the videos embedded at the bottom of this article, courtesy of Rob Margel, working in Windows Web Services and Content team in the UK. The message users can see at the end apparently reads “Windows 7 is designed to simplify your everyday tasks, work the way you want, and make new things possible.”

This is exactly why the very concepts and messages behind the Windows 7 video ads are as simple as the idea they need to sell to customers. Whether it be sticking mail into a mail box, taking out the garbage or walking the dog, all simple tasks, can be performed even easier than what users were accustomed to. The s… (read more)

Steps To Remove Spyware

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(Please Bookmark this page and take a printout before performing the steps)(# If you are unable to run the given Spyware removal tools, please Rename the Spyware removal tools file name to iexplorer.exe while saving it and then run it)

1. Restart your computer. As your computer restarts but before Windows launches, tap "F8" key constantly. Use the arrow keys to highlight the "Safe Mode with Networking" option and then press ENTER.

2. Open Internet Explorer >> Click on Tools >> Click on Internet Options >> In the the Internet Options window click on the Connections tab >> Then click on the LAN settings button >> Now you will see Local Area Network (LAN) settings window >> Uncheck the checkbox labeled "Use a proxy server for your LAN" under the Proxy Server section and press OK.

3. Download and Run SmitfraudFix

# Run SmitfraudFix.exe and select the option 2 and follow the on screen instructions. Then select the option 5 and continue. Then Exit.

4. Download and Run Malwarebytes' AntiMalware.