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Let's Begin with a few things: WINDOWS XP: This OS may be efficient but is quickly becoming obsolete due to windows 8, but Windows 7 is even MORE efficient and has a LOT more support!, it's faster and more reliable in the long run as long as you keep it current!!, if you own an old PC, and it...

> Task Mgr > Startup (tab) Items show amount of 'stress' they exert @ boot up. Each can be Disabled/Enabled. Most, to all, do not need to be running @ startup. You can select what is or is not from all to none or any amount in between; obviously, there is the most impact from those that...

1) Would Windows 7 64-bit work faster, slower or exactly the same compared to 32-bit version on a computer with AMD Quad-Core A6-3420 64-bit CPU and 4 GB RAM (1333 MHz DDR3). I am mostly interested in its performance as an operating system, like opening My Computer, opening folders, staring...

The vendor has cut down the install time of Windows 8 with the help of some deployment tools. Source: Yahoo! News

Link Removed Storage Spaces promise to take the headache out of managing multiple drives once and for all. I am going crazy over Windows 8 Storage Spaces

Some may know this, already, some may not. This evening I fixed a problem in a computer that was in a different city than I am. The work was being done using Team Viewer. The interesting 'take-away' here is... It is possible to Copy something from my machine, URLs, command lines...

This gives you a (single) Power button on the Taskbar. One icon that when you Rt Clk gives all & or whatever controls you want. You will absolutely love it. Pure, simple, perfect. Link Removed Cheers, Drew

Here's x64 Windows8 that doesn't keep going to Start for things or being concerned about what is @ that screen. Using Desktop toolbar, can drill down to anything, anywhere in the machine AND its menu shows all Desktop icons, even though, they don't, actually, show on the Desktop. Quick...

Microsoft want to enhance multi monitor support and aim to: Taken from the latest 'Building Windows 8' blog, the full article can be found here: Link Removed

First of all I want to say Greets to all in the forum and thank you for being here This is pertaining to the Library shortcuts in the My Computer Left Pane. Just looking for a little utility to manage libraries and be able to manage them more efficiently than Microsoft does. Thank you all...

As a part of the Industry Consortium for Advancement of Security on the Internet (ICASI), Microsoft is pleased to present an initial set of monthly security updates – originally released on May 8 – in the consortium’s newly established Common Vulnerability Reporting Framework...

Windows 8 it turns out can do very clever things when it comes to saving memory: You can read the full blog here: Link Removed

I am not a coder or programmer. I will start by asking the question and then tell you what I want to accomplish. Can a windows command be run from the right mouse click folder context menu? I work with a lot of pictures and create a lot of folders to put the pictures into. Most of the time I...

What is the invisible change? I wish I knew, but I can't see it, and that's part of the reason I'm coming to the forums with this problem in the first place. While I may not be an absolute expert on computers, I do know how to do a bit of my own research. However, faced with a problem that I...

We've talked about the faster boot speed and lower memory usage some already. Something else I noticed is memory usage stays lower over time. In Windows 7 as you opened and closed browsers and other things memory usage kept creeping up even when idle. Windows 8 seems to be keeping it cleared out...

Holy Cow!! Windows 8 is so fast & snappy it's just bizarre!! And resource usage next to nothing.

Hi I really don't get this! If a computer can do anything it should be able to find files. Today I needed to find a file that I did for my niece a year ago. I don't remember what I named it or where I saved it. After trying a few things I decided to narrow it down by just getting a list of...

Hi everyone! Well it's bothered me for a long time that when I want to load a file into some program for an ongoing project I have to navigate through, Desktop\Computer\Drive D:\Parent Folder\job folder\category folder and finely to the file I want, even though I've been using the same folder...

If you're into modifying system files etc. you'll soon get fed up of logging out/in or using Task Manager to stop and re-start Explorer.exe all the time. Even if Explorer has died and you can r-click the desktop this will save you logging out/in or launching Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Delete)...

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