How To Install OS X Lion On Your PC With UniBeast All-In-One Bootable USB Drive

How To Install OS X Lion On Your PC With UniBeast All-In-One Bootable USB Drive


If you’ve ever attempted to install OS X Lion onto your PC (a process known as hackintosh), you will be aware that although the result is pretty good, the effort required to get you there is quite high in what is a rather tedious process.

Firstly, you will need a copy of OS X Lion (downloadable from the Mac App Store or attainable via the official Lion USB flash drive), and a separate 8GB (or more) flash drive.

Additionally, you will need UniBeast, which can be downloaded from here.

Step 1: Firstly, you’ll need to create a bootable USB drive using UniBeast. Open/Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility and highlight your USB drive on your Mac.

Step 2: Next, click the Partition tab, then Current and opt for 1 Partition. Then, click Options and select Master Boot Record.

Step 3: Change Name to ‘USB’ (can use any name, but we’ll use USB for the benefit of this tut), and select Mac OS Extended (Journaled) as your format. Once you’re done, select Applyfollowed by Partition.

NOTE: If you’re using the Install Mac OS X Lion Application, be sure to check that it’s been placed in the /Applications folder. If you’re instead using the OS X Lion USB Thumb Drive, plug it in.

Step 4: Download and run UniBeast. Continue through the first few steps.

Step 5: At Destination Select, click USB and then Continue.

Step 6: Select the package name of the method you’ll be using to install as depicted below. Laptop users will need to select the Laptop Support in addition. Once that’s done, hit Continue.

Step 7: Enter password and click Install. Depending on the speed of your system and the flash drive, it could take up to 15 minutes.

Step 8: Boot from your freshly prepared USB flash drive and install.

If you get stuck at any point along the way, head over to tonymac86′s forums and sign up there, where you’ll find a bunch of like-minded techies on hand to help you through your trialsand tribulations!

Windows 8, the latest operating system released by Microsoft. See how Windows 8 looks like.

Eight years have passed since Microsoft came up with a new vision in terms of operating system. Distributions followed radically changed from what was used to receive the user before. Windows Vista and Windows 7 were the versions that announced a new era in the development of the Windows operating system. Now, after eight years of changes, Microsoft is back to basics with the launch of Windows 8.

Microsoft announced on September 14 the launch of Windows 8, designed to run on both PCs and touch screen devices and which is based on Metro concept, a concept used by Microsoft in Windows Phone 7.



Perhaps, beyond the concept design and brand new, Windows 8 has as strength points adaptability at devices with touch screen, tablets, and the speed with which it opens and closes: it needs only 8 seconds to start .

Also, Start menu, as we knew it in Windows 7 disappears and the desktop user can bring that information wants to have on hand. Being adapted for device's touch screen, Windows 8 has a virtual keyboard, directly on the screen, making the touch screen technology user experience much easier.

Other notable and wonderful things at Windows 8 is the speed with which it opens and closes, probably because the new concept of running applications, completely new version of Internet Explorer 10 store applications and integrated antivirus.

Threat to Windows. Operating systems which can run in the cloud

Google said it is launching an operating system that all your data will be loaded into a personal account online. Apple came up with a similar system, iCloud.



The idea to put your data in the cloud is not new. Instead of physical hard disk, there will be a virtual cloud that will store your photos, favorite music, files and personal documents. That will happen with the launch of laptops that will work with Chrome OS operating system.



Steve Jobs presented ICloud, which will provide, for the beginning, a space of 5GB (about 400 pictures, books and documents and about 700 songs).



In fall, those who want a bigger cloud, to put more data online, can buy more space from Apple. Such data storage services already have Microsoft and HP.



Even if Chrome OS operating system that only works via the Internet has just been announced, there was already a pretty big competition, there are some programs more than five years.



Here are the most common: CloudMe, EyeOS, Glide and JoliOS.



All of this, at least with one year before Windows 8.

Windows Mango Phone

 Fujitsu will be Launch the World First Mango Phone on September

September is seems there will be the first appearance of mango phone. Technology companies from Japan, Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications, will become the first company to introduce mobile mango to the public.
They say that the phone is named Fujitsu IS12T will be accompanied by Phone Windows 7.5 operating system Mango. Said the existence of this operating system, this phone can do various tasks or multi-tasking very well.
Inside there are also many interesting applications, including browser IE9, Twitter launcher, text voice guided GPS and some other additional applications.
Windows Mobile Phone 7.5 Mango has a 13.2 mega pixel camera, enough to produce good pictures. On the machine, the phone uses MSM8655 Snapdragon processor 1GHz, up to 32 GB of internal memory allow you to store lots of photos. And the last is a 3.7 inch 480×800 LCD screen.
There are three colors, namely green, pink, and black. There is no certainty about the price of this phone, but certainly this phone when it will be circulated in Japan.

GALLERY

Windows XP has 1000 days until the end of extended support

Microsoft announced that the support for Windows XP, the most popular operating system it will eventually terminate in 1000 days.



Windows XP is a 10 years old operating system, still the most used os in May 2011 with 37.92% usage share but is declining from month to month, followed in second place of Windows 7 and probably soon by Windows 8.

Millions of users worldwide it will still use Windows XP, only that of 8 April 2014, they will not get media updates and improve services offered online by Microsoft. The Microsoft company officials say the best alternative for XP is Windows 7, the newest Microsoft operating system.

Windows 8 will have lower system requirements than Windows 7

The news that Windows 8 will not need any hardware upgrade and it will have the same or lower system requirements as Windows 7 does comes as a relief for users of Microsoft operating systems.



This might be because Microsoft could try to create an operating system suitable for both tablets and for PCs. The result would be lower hardware requirements, knowing that a tablet has weaker hardware features than a computer.



Windows 8 is the codename for the next version of Microsoft Windows operating system.



According to officials, Windows 8 will be at the same level or even below, so users that are satisfied with how their PC's are running Windows 7, will certainly be satisfied and how to run future OS of the giant from Redmond on the same configuration.

Remember that the minimum system requirements for Windows 7:

- 1 GHz processor

- 1 GB RAM (for versions of OS 32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit version)

- 16 GB free space on HDD / SSD (32 bit) or 20 GB (64 bit)

- Video card with DirectX 9 and WDDM drivers or newer.



Microsoft is expected to reveal more information about Windows 8 at BUILD event, intended for developers, which will take place in September 2011.



Windows 8 will not replace Windows 7 but will be marketed in parallel. The launch of the OS will be in the summer of 2012. The RTM (Release to Manufacturer) version could be launched even in April 2012.

Top 10+ Free Games for Windows Mobile

When we think of Windows Mobile Game or check the online reviews of the Best Pocket PC Games we usually come across the same old stuff. Thats why I m now posting a list of windows mobile games. Hope you like it!

Solterra -First up is an amazing 3D space shooter. This game is designed to run on Windows Mobile PDAs with an Intel 2700g graphics accelerator, so it's pretty much just for Dell Axim X50v/X51v users.

NetHack -While we're on nostalgic games, let's not forget NetHack. This role-playing game has been ported to almost as many systems as Doom. It runs on DOS, Linux, Mac, and Windows systems. And of course, Windows Mobile. In fact, the game has been ported to run on everything from Windows CE 2.11 for handheld or Palm-Sized PCs to Windows Mobile 5.0.

Death Drive– Who doesn’t love a little vehicular combat? Death Drive brings Carmageddon like combat to your Windows Mobile powered device.

Kevtris – What is mobile gaming without at least one version of Tetris?

Pocket Heroes – Pocket Heroes is a Heroes of Might and Magic game clone for Pocket PC. It may be a bit simple for some, but still a lot of fun.

Realms– A space based shooting game that might remind you a bit of the old Asteroids arcade game, but only in concept. Multiple ships to choose from and numerous levels to explore.

Egoman -is a re-imagining of Pac-man as a first-person shooter. The graphics are pretty decent, and the motion seems to zip along smoothly on a reasonably fast PDA. It's takes a little too long for our tastes to turn around, meaning that you'll probably never see Blink, Pinky, Inky and Clyde as they come to steal your soul, or whatever it is that they do.

Project GD - is a top-down shooter that puts Space Invaders to shame. The only problem is that the game ends pretty abruptly.

DopeWars -There's nothing that can quite describe the feeling of playing DopeWars while waiting for jury duty. The beauty of mobile gaming is that nobody can tell what you're playing unless they're super nosy and go out of their way to look over your shoulder. The graphics aren't particularly impressive, but you get two types of Tetris, Snake, Cannons, a Jawbreak clone, an Arkanoid clone, and two types of Mahjong.

PDAmill -Peter Balogh, the developer of these games now works for PDAmill, makers of several new Gameboxes with better graphics and more distraction power.

Xonix -is another classic game that's been ported to Windows Mobile. You control a spider that has to scramble across a board while avoiding monsters. The goal is to cut the board into sections without letting monsters touch the spider or its web.

In comment section Tell us which windows mobile game you like most! :D

Windows Virtual PC BIOS utility

As you know, the most thrilling feature in Windows 7 is its Windows Virtual PC, letting you run Windows XP operating system on your computer under a virtual environment, just in case you own a lot of old software you can not get rid of. This virtual machine acts like a real physical PC, so you are supposed to get all the nice utilities, applications and options a real computer has got, including its BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) utility.

First of all let me tell you that Windows Virtual PC is equipped with AMIBIOS. In order to gain access to the BIOS utility configuration screen in the Windows Virtual PC in Windows 7, all you have to do is to turn off the integration features, temporarily. Here is the brief step-by-step procedure:

* Start the virtual machine where you want to gain access to the BIOS utility from.
* On the window, in the menu bar, click Tool.
* Now, click Disable Integration Features.
* In the menu bar, click Action.
* Now, Select Restart to reboot your virtual machine.
* During the bootup, the virtual machine, acting like a real computer, will perform a power-on self-test, a diagnostic check to see if everything is allright.
* During such a check, press Del key in order to access BIOS Setup Utility.

Direct links to download Windows 7 (64-bit)

Such links are part of the software distribution (ESD) and point to three files hosted on servers with the following domain: msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net and owned by Digital River which is the official Microsoft Marketplace e-commerce store. As you may guess, the above-mentioned links have not been unveiled by Microsoft for obvious reasons, but there is the news. Somebody has leaked them in the Internet. So, let’s find out together the direct, official links to download Windows 7 (64-bit version).

Like I said before, if you want to download Windows 7 you have to keep in mind that you won’t get a single ISO file, What you will get instead is a software distribution (ESD) containing three files.

1. Win7-P-Retail-en-us-x64.exe
2. setup1.box
3. setup2.box

After you have downloaded these files, put them to a single location such a folder. After that click the .EXE file to unpack the whole package to the folder containing these files.

Download free new windows 7 themes

As you all know, it’s a big day for Microsoft. As a matter of fact, today, 22nd of October 2009 the Richmond company will launch its brand new operating system, Windows 7! For those of you guys who wish to give some spice and originality to their Windows 7 desktop, Microsoft has released new, incredible, free official themes ready to be downloaded!

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Microsoft has recently released 14 new themes for Windows 7. They are all branded from famous companies such as Coca Cola, Pepsi, Ferrari, Bing, etc. There are also 20 international themes featuring countries from all over the world. Each international theme contains the most beautiful scenarios from a specific country.

If you want to download these incredible, free Windows 7 themes, click here. To install them once you have finish downloading, just double-click the file and you are done!

Transparent Context Menus in Windows XP, Vista and windows 7

"TCM (TransConMenu)" is a very small and portable utility created by the same person "Solo-Dev" @ DA which makes Window menus and context menus (menu which is shown when you right-click on something) transparent.

It works in Windows XP, Vista and 7.

You can also adjust the transparency level by clicking on its system tray icon. Simply drag the slider and click on Apply button.

You can download it using following link:

Download Link

Kantaris - Free Media Player For Windows 7

While surfing the web I came across a new media player called Kantaris. A very attractive looking player that is based on code from Videolan client (VLC) and Bass audio library. Kantaris has a graphical user interface similar to that of Windows Media Player. Below are some quick features about this player :

• Open source and freely available
• No need to download and install any codecs, this player can play almost all multimedia formats
• It can also play the RAR file without even extracting it
• Plays DVD’s and all audio files

Have a look

Download Instructions : Click here to download Kantaris from the official website.

Note : Please note that this software requires Dot Net, if you do not have you can download it from here

Microsoft is offering discount on windows 7 for students

Microsoft announced to offer cheap windows7 for the college students .it is a great apportunity for the students who want to take the advantage of windows 7.

Microsoft said in a post on twitter that U.S. college students will get the windows 7 software for $30. The discounted price are offered ,but students will hav to wait till October to buy this software .students who want to deal need verification of their college email-address. The prices can vary in other countries.

In the U.S., students will be able to preorder their copy of Windows 7 later 17^th september09.while in other countries students may have to wait to buy the software till 22^nd October.

In most countries, the offer will end on January 3, though it may run longer in some places, like Australia, where it can be available last week of March.

For more details: source

Windows 7 Like Taskbar In Windows XP and Vista

Windows 7 has a more functional taskbar than that present in Windows Vista and XP, and if you have not yet tried out the Windows 7 RC you might not have see it action, but if you are on Windows XP or Vista user you can try out SBar which is a windows taskbar replacement program that get you the Windows 7 taskbar features in Windows XP and Vista.

Here’s what SBar taskbar offers :

• Grouping taskbar buttons, the way Windows 7 does it.
• Thumbnail previews for all opened windows. (in XP static – live in Vista)
• Jump lists with pin support
• Aditional tasks in jump lists
• Pin support to taskbar

Download SBar

Microsoft Launches - Windows Mobile 6.5 Theme Creator

Windows Mobile 6.5 was announced yesterday with some new features, interface and lots of improvements. Now that the UI has changed, the themes have also for Windows Mobile has also changed. Microsoft has developed a online service where you can create themes for Windows Mobile 6.5. This site is build on Silverlight, so you will need to have it installed on your machine. You can create your custom theme with your own background and colors with this tool.

Currently the application supports three phones, Verizon HTC Imagio, AT&T HTC Pure and Sprint Samsung Intrepid. You can chose your own custom background once you have selected the color combination.

Once you have finished the changes, you can either download it to computer or send the download links as SMS.

Currently the custom theme creator only works with Windows Mobile 6.5 with touch screens.

Windows Mobile 6.5 Theme Creator

Instantly Link Windows Live ID with Windows 7 User Account

Microsoft Windows 7 lets you add Online ID providers like Windows Live ID and associate with Windows 7 user. Here is Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant 6.5 installs the Windows Live ID online provider for Windows 7. This provider enables linking a Windows Live ID to a Windows 7 user account.

Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant is official tool installs the Windows Live ID online provider for Windows 7 and helps you to enable Windows 7 applications to deliver great features like sharing documents, pictures, music, and video.

Through the online provider, the Sign-in Assistant helps a Windows 7 application running on one computer identify and communicate with other computers that are associated with the same Windows Live ID.

Just by linking your Windows Live ID to the user account on each Windows 7 computer you own, you enable those computers to identify each other and work together more easily than has been possible in the past.




Download Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant 6.5.

How to make Aero theme faster in Windows 7

One of the most thrilling features in Windows 7 is the new Aero theme promising you to delight your eyes and make your life easier thanks to its innovative and eye-candy features. The downside of this story is that the Aero theme requires powerful video cards your computer may not be equipped with. If you feel that your video card is having problems in running Windows 7, learn how to make Aero theme faster thanks to this little trick.

1. Right-click any blank space in your desktop and from the menu select Personalize.
2. At the end of the window, click Window Color.
3. Now, uncheck the Enable transparency checkbox.
4. Click Save changes.
5. Now, simple close the Personalization window.
6. Right-click Computer and select Properties.
7. On the left pane, click Advanced system settings.
8. Click the Visual Effect tab, uncheck the Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing checkbox.
9. Click OK.

Related link:
Download 20+ Best Windows 7 Themes

How to speed up Windows 7 startup (boot)

If you run a lot of applications and you think that your Windows 7 is too slow for your tastes, here is another way to speed up Windows 7 boot by enabling the Boot-Only fetching feature.

1. Click Start.
2. Go to the Search programs and files textbox, type regedit.
3. Click Regedit.exe
4. If the UAC window appears, click Yes.
5. In the registry, locate this subkey: HLKM\ SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\ Control\SessionManager\MemoryManagement\ PrefetchParameters.
6. In the right pane, double-click EnablePrefetcher.
7. Change the value to 2 and click OK.
8. In the right pane, double-click EnableSuperfetch,.
9. Change the value to 2 and click OK.
10. Exit the registry and restart your computer for the changes to take effect.
11. Next time you turn on your computer, the prefetcher will reserve more resources to the booting process instead of booting and application launching.

How to Access Additional Hidden Regional Themes in Windows 7

Windows 7 comes with lots of new themes which can be accessed using Desktop Personalization window. You'll see "Architecture, Characters, Landscapes, Nature and Scenes" themes along with an extra regional theme. This regional theme depends upon your region which you selected while installing Windows 7.

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20+ Best Windows 7 Themes [ Download Themes]

As you can see in above screenshot, an extra regional theme for "United States" is available in Desktop Personalization window.

Similarly, there are a few other themes available for different regions like Australia, Canada, United Kingdom and South Africa.

Windows 7 automatically installs this extra regional theme according to the region selected by the user and hides other regional themes from the user.

Why does Windows 7 hide these extra regional themes from user? No idea. But don't worry, today we are going to share a small trick to access all these hidden regional themes in Windows 7.

METHOD A:

Windows 7 puts all these regional themes in "MCT" folder which is stored under "%windir%\Globalization" folder.

1. First open My Computer and copy-paste following text in addressbar:

%windir%\Globalization\MCT

Press Enter and it'll directly go to "MCT" folder which is actually a hidden folder.

NOTE: Here %windir% represents "Windows" directory present in system drive where Windows 7 is installed, most probably C: drive.

Alternatively, you can go to "Windows\Globalization" folder and then type MCT in addressbar and press Enter. It'll open the folder.

2. You'll see following 5 folders in MCT folder:

MCT-AU
MCT-CA
MCT-GB
MCT-US
MCT-ZA

3. Open each folder one by one and you'll see a "Theme" folder present in all these 5 folders. Under this "Theme" folder, you'll see a .theme file. You just need to double-click on this .theme file and Windows will automatically apply it and will also store it in "Personalization" window.

You can also copy all these .theme files to "%windir%\Resources\Themes" folder (here %windir% represents "Windows" directory present in system drive where Windows 7 is installed, most probably C: drive.) and Windows will add them to Personalization window.

To copy all these five .theme files in a single step, type *.theme in Explorer search box while you are in "%windir%\Globalization\MCT" folder. Windows will list all five .theme files. Now you can copy and paste them in "%windir%\Resources\Themes" folder.

That's it. Now you can access all these additional regional themes from Personalization window:

METHOD B:

You can also use a simple registry script to add all these regional themes automatically in Personalization window. Simply download following ZIP file, extract it and run "Add Additional Regional Themes in Windows 7.REG" file. It'll ask for confirmation, accept it:

Download Registry Script

Once you run the file, it'll add the additional regional themes in Personalization window:

PS: An uninstallation script is also included in the ZIP file in case you want to remove additional regional themes later.

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Ever since the birth of OS X, the operating system minimized each window to its own special place on the Dock, meaning every time you minimized something, your dock got a little more cluttered. That's no longer the case in Snow Leopard.

All-things-Apple blog TUAW noticed a new checkbox in the Dock preferences that allows you to minimize windows into the application icon rather than to the special section of the Dock. Apart from keeping your Dock a little cleaner, that also means your icons won't shrink smaller and smaller the more apps you minimize.

The trade-off is that you can no longer easily see just how many windows you've minimized, but accessing the minimized windows is easy enough. You can either fire up Exposé, in which minimized icons will show up as smaller windows, or you can click and hold on any icon in the Dock to bring up an application-specific Exposé, again displaying minimized windows a little bit smaller.

It's not a huge change, but if you'd prefer to keep your Dock a little more streamlined, open up Dock preferences (right-click your Dock's divider and select Dock Preferences and tick the checkbox Minimize windows into application icon.

Snow Leopard tip: Minimize to icon