1. Click on Start –> Right Click on My Computer –> Properties

2. In the left hand pane you can find Remote Settings, Just Click on that.

3. Select Allow connections from computer running any version of Remote Desktop (Even though it is less secure it is recommended to select this option as it allows the users from previous windows operating systems.. to access remote connections to the computer)

5. Click on Apply to activate the settings.

To open the Local Group Policy Editor from the command line

Click Start, Run ( Windows Key + R ) type gpedit.msc in the command box, and then press ENTER.

To open the Local Group Policy Editor as an MMC snap-in

1. Open MMC. (Click Start, click in the Start Search box, type mmc, and then press ENTER., Press YES if prompted by UMC)

2. On the File menu, click Add/Remove Snap-in.

3. In the Add or Remove Snap-ins dialog box, click Group Policy Object Editor, and then click Add.4. In the Select Group Policy Object dialog box, click Browse.

5. Click This computer to edit the Local Group Policy object, or click Users to edit Administrator, Non-Administrator, or per-user Local Group Policy objects.

6. Click Finish.

Screen Shot Of Local Computer Policy

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Hurry up the offer began on June 26, 2009 and will continue while supplies last, or until July 11, 2009, whichever comes first.

The long awaited RC1 of Windows 7, also known as build 7100, is now available to download for the general public directly from Microsoft.

For those that didn’t want to try the beta, the new RC is certainly worth a try! Here are 5 reasons why Windows 7 is the next best thing from Microsoft.

Browse on!

Windows 7 addresses Vista’s problem of resource hungriness. The boot time is fast, and so is the time taken to come out of the hibernation mode.

Reviewer Benny Har-Even in IT PRO found that “Windows 7 brings a more responsive and sprightly feel.”

Reviewer Adrian Kingsley-Hughes writes in ZDNet, “Windows 7 works on netbooks, but if you push the system the same way as you push a desktop system then you might need to add more RAM. On top of that, remember that Windows 7 takes some 7.5GB of disk space, so you need to factor this in. My advice would be not to bother upgrading an existing netbook unless you really feel you want a particular Windows 7 feature. Wait for Windows 7 netbooks to arrive on the scene as some of these will hopefully come with 2GB of RAM fitted.”

Boots Super Fast

For those who use a number of applications and files at the same time, there’s a new facility that helps to reduce desktop clutter. You can now drag them and stack them in groups on the taskbar.

And what’s more, if you hover the mouse over, say, the Windows Explorer stack, each window in it will appear horizontally as thumbnails, and you can click on the one you need to start using it.

Right clicking on a stack gives a ‘jump menu’ that lets you see your most recent files. You can also ‘pin’ files that you use regularly on to a stack, so that they are always there on top of a stack.

Also, if you have a number of windows open and you want to focus on one and avoid the clutter around it, just take the mouse to that window’s titlebar and shake it. Everything else disappears. Shake the same way again, and all others reappear.

Saucy new desktop features

For those who use a number of applications and files at the same time, there’s a new facility that helps to reduce desktop clutter. You can now drag them and stack them in groups on the taskbar.

And what’s more, if you hover the mouse over, say, the Windows Explorer stack, each window in it will appear horizontally as thumbnails, and you can click on the one you need to start using it.

Right clicking on a stack gives a ‘jump menu’ that lets you see your most recent files. You can also ‘pin’ files that you use regularly on to a stack, so that they are always there on top of a stack.

Also, if you have a number of windows open and you want to focus on one and avoid the clutter around it, just take the mouse to that window’s titlebar and shake it. Everything else disappears. Shake the same way again, and all others reappear.

Makes comparing documents silky smooth

In XP, if you want to compare, say, a set of figures in one document with those in another, you have to go alternately into the two documents.

In Windows 7, you can just drag one document or window to one side of your screen and it will snap to that side filling half the screen, and then you can drag the other document to the other side, and it will fill up the other side. Easy to compare, or copy from one to the other.

The Windows XP Mode

It allows you to run a XP application on Windows 7. But Preston Gralla of ComputerWorld who tested the feature says home users are not likely to have a great experience with it.

“Sharing files between the two environments (XP and 7) will be a challenge… (and) it’s not designed for games,” he says. However, he finds it a great tool for businesses that have already sunk money into XP applications. Microsoft says small businesses using, say, Tally accounting solutions on XP will be able to continue using those on Windows 7.

Especially in businesses there are a lot of applications which (probably) won’t run perfectly on Windows 7. Windows 7 has a solution for the incompatible applications. It’s called : Windows XP Mode (XPM).

XPM is nothing more then a virtual-pc based virtual environment with Windows XP with SP3 installed. Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate users can download it for free from the Microsoft Website.

You can compare XPM with Virtual PC, but with the difference that you don’t have to run the virtual environment they way you’ve (probably) tested Windows 7. A application which you install inside the XPM environment is simply published to your Windows 7 host as well. That way it’s possible to run XP based applications from your Windows 7 installation!

Paul Thurrott has published cool pictures about the XPM setup on his SuperSite for Windows! Click here to visit the gallery. Rafael has also a nice post about XPM.

Too bad it’s not available for the consumer versions of Windows 7 right now, but Windows 7 is not released yet..so maybe this will change!

There was tool i found over the Internet by which we can change the wallpaper of our desktop automatically. The name of the utility is Core download free wallpaper changer. After you install this utility it will go & sit in the system taskbar. you can upload the images which we like and set the time to change the wallpaper, thats it ..

Now you enjoy the best wallpapers in your desktop. For more details log on to the CoreDownload Official Website.

According to Dell’s Darrel Ward, director of product management for the corporation’s business client product group, the cost of the new operating system will exceed Vista (and in turn, XP):

“If there’s one thing that may influence adoption, make things slower or cause customers to pause, it’s that generally the ASPs (average selling price) of the operating systems are higher than they were for Vista and XP,” he said, referring to the various upcoming versions of 7.

The source of this issue, it appears, is licensing, perhaps specifically a decrease in growth in its revenues:

“In tough economic times,” says Ward, “I think it’s naive to believe that you can increase your prices on average and then still see a stronger swell than if you held prices flat or even lowered them. I can tell you that the licensing tiers at retail are more expensive than they were for Vista.”

To give you a more specific idea of what to expect, he states Windows 7 Professional should be more expensive than Windows Vista Business was.

Network World’s Mitchell Ashley has a big problem with this, saying Microsoft would be making a grave mistake to make the entry point for 7 even higher than the standard $200-300. Here are his reasons:

1) Vista upgraders and purchasers would like the product they already paid for

2) This won’t help seduce XP users

3) Not going to help the battle against Linux. (i.e. Free OS or $400 OS? Suddenly Linux is a serious consideration for some.)

4) Remember the bad economy?

5) Why should we pay (reward) Microsoft to fix your own problems. (i.e. Decreased license revenues? Not our issue.)

So, will Windows 7’s high pricing hold you off from upgrading?

Assuming you’ve already downloaded a fresh copy of Windows 7, you’ll need to burn it to a DVD in order to do a fresh installation. To handle this task, grab a copy of the most popular CD and DVD burning tool ImgBurn, burn the ISO to a DVD, and move right along to step 1.

Step 1: Partition Your Hard Drive: Before you go installing Windows 7, the first thing you need to do is create a new partition on your hard drive to hold the new installation of Windows. Partitioning your hard drive will vary depending on whether you’re running XP or Vista-namely because Vista has a partition tool baked in, XP does not.

Partition Your Hard Drive in XP:

To partition your hard drive in Windows XP, you’ll need to download some sort of third-party partitioning software. There are a lot of options available, but I prefer to stick with the previously mentioned GParted live CD, a free, open source boot CD that can handle all kinds of partitioning duties.

To use it, just download the GParted Live CD, burn it to a CD, then reboot your computer (booting from the disc). You’ll boot right into the partitioning tool. HowtoForge’s previous guide to modifying partitions with GParted is a great place to start, but it’s a fairly basic procedure:

1. Resize your current OS drive to free up enough space for a Windows 7 partition (the minimum system requirements ask for 16GB).
2. Create a new partition from the newly freed space.
3. Apply your changes.

Partition Your Hard Drive in Vista:

Microsoft included a disk partitioning tool in Vista if you know where to look. So go to Control Panel -> System and Maintainence (skip this one if you’re in Classic view) -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management. Once you launch the Computer Management tool, click on Disk Management under the Storage heading in the sidebar. It’s partitioning time.

In a nutshell, you’ll need to shrink your current OS partition to free up at least 16GB of disk space (per the Windows 7 minimum system requirements), then create a “New Simple Volume” from the free space Now that you’ve done all the heavy lifting, it’s time for the easy part.

Installing Windows 7 on your new partition.

So insert your Windows 7 disc and reboot your computer (you’ll need to have enabled booting from your DVD drive in your system BIOS, but most PCs will have this enabled by default).

Once the DVD boots up it’s a simple matter of following along with the fairly simple installation wizard. When you’re choosing installation type, be sure to select Custom (advanced) and choose the partition you set up above. (Be careful here. Choosing the wrong partition could mean wiping your other Windows installation altogether, so make sure you pick the new partition you just created.)

After you select the partition, go grab yourself a drink and let the installer do its work. Windows will run through some installation bits, restart a few times in the process. Eventually you’ll be prompted to set up your account, enter your license key, and set up Windows. Keep your eyes open for fun new Windows 7 features, like your new homegroup (and the accompanying password). When it’s finished, you’re up and rolling with your new Windows 7 installation.

Congratulations! You should now have a new entry for Windows 7 on your boot screen when you first start up your computer. You’ve now got all the tools necessary to dual-boot Windows 7 and XP or Vista-or even to triple-boot Windows 7, Vista, and XP.

This isn’t the only way to set up a multi-boot system by any means, but it’s how I pulled it off. If you’ve got a method of your own that you prefer, let’s hear it in the comments

“It’s been rumored all week,” said Michael Cherry, an analyst with Directions on Microsoft. “I think it just makes sense. They’ve gotten the performance of Windows 7 on netbooks pretty good, and it was only going to cause confusion for people if they’d kept the [three-application] limit.”

In an entry to a company blog, Microsoft spokesman Brandon LeBlanc announced the change. “Based on the feedback we’ve received from partners and customers asking us to enable a richer small notebook PC experience with Windows 7 Starter … we are going to enable Windows 7 Starter customers the ability to run as many applications simultaneously as they would like, instead of being constricted to the 3-application limit that the previous Starter editions,” LeBlanc said.

Earlier editions of Windows XP Starter and Windows Vista Starter, both of which were sold only in a small number of markets outside the U.S., came with the three-app restriction.

Microsoft was roundly criticized by bloggers last month after the Wall Street Journal ran a story about the artificial limitations it was planning for Windows 7 Starter. One Computerworld blogger called it the “worst marketing moves for an upcoming operating system I can ever recall, while another officially dubbed Starter “crippleware.”

Unlike Windows XP’s and Vista’s entry-level edition, Windows 7 Starter will be available to computer makers worldwide, including those selling within the U.S.

But even as Microsoft dropped the application limitation from Windows 7 Starter, it confirmed that the version would lack a host of features that higher-priced editions will include. For one, Starter does not offer the Vista-esque “Aero” graphical user interface; instead, it will use what Microsoft called a “Windows Basic” theme that resembles XP.

Also missing from Starter, said LeBlanc, is DVD playback; multi-monitor support; personalization tools that let users change the desktop wallpaper, colors and sound themes; the Windows Media Center software for watching recorded TV or other content; and domain support.

The low-end edition also lacks Windows XP Mode, the virtualized environment for running older applications. XP Mode will be offered only to customers running Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise, the three top-priced editions.

Cherry saw the change as more evidence that Microsoft was trying to avoid the mistakes it made with Windows Vista. “They’re really doing everything they can to remove any barrier to the OS,” said Cherry. “And by removing these barriers, they really are working to make as smooth a transition as possible into Windows 7.”

Report from the usually-reliable Web site TechARP.com say Microsoft has set other restrictions on Windows 7 Starter that apply only to computer makers. Earlier in the week, TechARP.com said Microsoft will allow OEMs to install Starter only on PCs with screens no larger than 10.2 inches that run a low-powered single-core processor.

That move, another analyst said today, was prompted by Microsoft desire to limit damage to its revenue stream by forcing the low-priced Starter edition into a narrowly-defined category so that more powerful machines with larger screens would be required to run more-expensive editions.

Today’s change to Windows 7 Starter reinforces Microsoft’s position as the maker of the default netbook operating system, said Cherry. “They didn’t want to get into a situation where they gave Linux an opportunity to get back into consideration,” he said.

Microsoft has not set a ship date for Windows 7, but has said it’s on track to have the new OS on store shelves in time for the 2009 holiday sales season.