operating systems

With security support running out on my XP OS I am looking for a substitute. My use of a computer is production! I have found Win 8 would require massive changes in production processes and programs I use. My only reason for wanting to depart from XP is loss of security updates. The BSOD forum...

I have two PCs: (1) An old Compaq tower running a dual-core AMD processor at ~2.2GHz. 1GB RAM (I had to remove a 1GB stick that went bad) Running Windows Vista (2) A Gateway laptop with an Intel i3 at 2.4GHz 4GB RAM Running Windows 7 They both have crappy graphics cards and have a ton of...

M$ has stopped selling retail copies of Windows 7. They know that companies don't want that Windows H8 crap and they want to try to force people hands by ending support for XP. Do they really think companies are going to switch to H8? I'm thinking you start seeing Apple and Android sales going...

In our network we have windows 7 and windows 8 operating systems. Our production softwares are AutoCAD,photoshop,3d max,google sketchup... Issue is systems with windows 8 operating system are getting more issues like "Windows stopped working " with AutoCAD,Internet Explorer usually.. How to...

Since I still do my work in Windows 7, I decided to run Windows 8 in virtual. Advantage is that I can switch seemlessly between the two Windows systems and easily share data. And I went one step further and moved the folder of the virtual system to an external disk (in my case a SSD). That way...

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Very briefly :- I got my new PC up &^ running and installed extra SDD's & HDD's. In the process of setting up the computer I wasn't sure if I wanted to run 64 bit or 32bit Win7. In the event the guy installed win&64 but when I got the computer I fitted another SDD with Win7 32 bit. I booted the...

Consider this my nudge topic, since Linux here has been clumped together in this new section I am amking the best of it by making a controversial subject matter. But the truth is that I do think linux is better then Windows and here is why: 1 It is developed by communities: Microsoft values...

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I have a computer that came with 3gb of DDR2 ram, but I was told that Operating systems don't like uneven ram, but unfortunately I never got to continue the conversation. I will not upgrade ram since its a waste of my money which is going towards a desktop that my older brother has 8gigs that...

I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate. I just made 2 more partitions for linux enterprise, one being swap. Now everytime I boot up it takes me straight to Linux, gives me no option to go to Windows, yet when I look at the partitions through Linux I can see the partition that "should" have my windows on...

I have a dual boot system with 2 installs of win7 one is onthe C: partition the other is L: which is on the same drive as the first, Iwant to uninstall the one designated C: both are active as far as I can tell, can I just go to disk managementand delete it or is there a better way? Will the...

I dont know if this is the right place to put this question. But here is my question. Hi, everyone I just have a question about the toolbar and the metro menu, Is there away to get rid of both and just have a desktop with out the toolbar, I hop you can understand what I'm saying.Why Im doing...

I have dual operating System, although primary being Win7. I had a crashed windows, once,which I recovered with the OEM Dvd, but that was long time ago. The label of having recovered is still showing, and this really irritates, I am looking forward for help in this forum of how to get rid of...

Ok, basically heres where Im at. There are two USB's I have my eye on USB 1 - Read Speed 30MB/s :: Write Speed 10MB/s :: Storage Capasity 16GB USB 2 - Read Speed 3MB/s :: Write Speed 2MB/s :: Storage Capasity 32GB Keep in mind that I will be installing two operating systems on it, Ubuntu...

I have a brand new HP Envy dv6 with windows 8 on it from the factor. I have some software that is only available in Windows 7 with upgrade to windows 8 versions 6 to 12 months off. I figured no big deal, I've done dual boots before. Well it's different now. I made a partition, formatted it...

Since I did not have much to do, I thought it would be fun to explore other operating systems. After all, with the recent developments in Windows, you never know where this will end up. I looked at a variety of Linux distros. They have an adorable price of $0 and are easily installed in VMware...

In a world exploding with tablets and touchscreens, Microsoft's decision to saddle Windows 8 with the finger-friendly Modern interface formerly known as Metro makes a lot of sense--for Microsoft. Source: Yahoo! News