Wouldn’t it be cool to have a slideshow of your favorite pictures as your Windows background?  Well thanks to the new Aero themes in Windows 7 you don’t have to wait any more – it’s a reality!  You can create your own slideshow using pictures of your choice and have Windows 7 rotate through them as you go about your daily work.  Here’s a tip, though, if you are using a high resolution monitor (as most of us are nowadays) be sure to use pictures that haven’t been shrunk down or resized – I found I got the best visual quality when I used pictures straight from my digital camera that hadn’t been resized at all.

Stay tuned for more Windows 7 in 77 seconds tips as we countdown to the launch of Windows 7 on October 22nd!

Windows 7 in 77 Seconds – Desktop Slideshow

Tags: aero, desktop, how-to, Windows 7

Windows 7 hits the shelves on October 22nd and Microsoft has been busy creating a number of promotions to help celebrate its launch.  In fact, I even managed to score some loot in the #WinWin7 contests taking place over on Twitter (follow @MSWindows for more info).

It’s all this buzz about Windows 7 that got me thinking – what could I do that would be a cool twist on the whole “7” thing and then it hit me – short, 77 second training videos for Windows 7!  There are so many cool little features that are hiding in Windows 7 that short little videos are all it takes to get users going “Oooh, Ahhh” and wanting to try it for themselves.

So tonight, live on this very blog (well, not technically live) I present the first in a series of Windows 7 in 77 Seconds training videos – Window Resizing.

Windows 7 in 77 Seconds – Window Resizing

Tags: aero, desktop, how-to, Windows 7