operating systems

I have dual booted on 2 different Hd's before on win XP and Win Vista... in the cold Boot start up it would ask which Os I wanted to Boot.. This worked fine for a month then Vista would just Boot without the system asking which Drive OS I wanted to boot.. Ok I am trying to do this again...

Working on school project all night when windows update pops up. I postpone for four hours. Four hours later I postpone again for four hours. Go to sleep for six hours. Start working on project without ever turning off computer. Work for 3 hours. Windows update shuts down computer without...

Windows ended its Mainstream Support for Microsoft's black sheep of operating systems, Windows Vista, which began its Extended Support phase. This means that while Vista users will receive security updates, they're going to have to pay for patches for the next five years. More...

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No Beta OS should ever be installed, except as, follows: 1. On a spare machine 2. Virtually 3. As a dual-boot. 4. Run from a USB stick Never as an Upgrade or replacement to an existing, current, non-beta OS. Never on a production machine. Nor, BTW, can one move from 1 Beta of an OS to the...

Link Removed due to 404 Error By Paul Thurrott As with previous Windows versions, it’s possible with Windows 8 to configure your PC with two or more operating systems, choosing between them via a boot menu of some kind. And this configuration, typically called a dual-boot or multi-boot...

This is a great time to upgrade your Windows 7 Home Premium install to Pro at a fantastic price! Newegg has it (and will sell out fast) of this great deal. And Free Shipping! Pro offers more than Home Premium, including XP Mode (download from MS required). No formatting or reinstall required...

You know, a lot has been said & written regarding Windows 8 boot time being fast & faster than Windows 7. I can offer a fairly reasonable A-B comparison. I am running x64 7 & 8, duel-boot, on the same box. @ this point their content, things installed & running, about the same. But, the boot...

The Desktop in Windows 8 is little more than an afterthought, by design. I've got the evidence that shows why Microsoft hopes to kill it off as soon as it can. Link Removed

Let's say W7 & W8. Let's say there's a Sys drive & a Data drive & maybe others, too. When > Computer in the W7, see all the drives. AND... when in W8 > Computer AND still see & can access ALL the same drives... nice bonus to dual-boot, can get @ & use everything you already have from BOTH...

This is a strange issue that is occurring with my IPL (Initial Program Load) procedure. And, I do mean on 'THE INITIAL ATTEMPT'. It occurs on either of the dual-boot choices I make. The scenario is as follows: Hit Start button and watch as the process goes through the initial phases of the...

Hello everyone, This is my first post here, and I'm hoping that I can find the answers I need with what I'm sure is a vastly knowledgeable and extremely cool crowd. So, here's what I'm trying to achieve. I have a Getac B300 laptop running W7Pro on a single partition. Through a rather bizarre...

An old hard drive I have has about 3 OS on it. Win 7, Xp, and maybe win 7 again The hard drive is half full so I know the information is there. Anyway How can I 1) View OS choice at boot menu 2) Get information off this hard drive that cna be accessed by going through the other OS 3) The...

Even before CES opens its doors on Tuesday, the show is already evidencing novel uses of new operating systems, such as Tobii's Gaze "look and tap" UI for Windows 8, plus Lenovo's K91SmartTV, the first HDTV to run Android 4.0 ("Ice Cream Sandwich"). Source: Yahoo! News

Hi Guys. I haven't had a Windows XP question in a lot of years. My friend Paul asked my to come over and upgrade his Dell computer to 2 Gigs of ram. I did that and it booted and worked fine, but I noticed that only half of his hard drive was available. I said where is the rest of your hard...

hi, i'm new to the forum so please forgive me if this cover else where. basically i installed windows 7 to my pc and for a while i was running twin OS's. XP and Win7 on separate hard drives. this caused no issues but i have since removed XP but i don't know how to remove the boot selector...

December 2011 cumulative time zone update for Windows operating systems More...

Describes a hotfix that updates the daylight saving time for the (UTC) Casablanca time zone for Windows Operating Systems Link Removed

I have been kicking the idea of upgrading to Win7, but can't get a handle as to what I need to buy. I miss the old days. One box for all your needs. Now I don't know if I need OEM, retail, upgrade, family pack :confused:. A little background. I have three systems A,B, and C. I want to put...

This might interest you : http://news.softpedia.com/news/Don-...Build-8102-M3-After-March-8-2012-224506.shtml In my case, I have covered all that I find that could be of interest in Windows 8. It is so similar to Windows 7, that this field is limited. With the news in the linked article, I...