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There are at least ten specific things every user should do to a newly installed Windows 8 operating system. Source: Yahoo! News

Hello Everyone .... The problem is Windows 7 takes time(more) to get into login screen from Win7 boot animation. Note - This only works for HDD ( Hard Drive ). For SSD just arrangement(quick defragmentation) is more than enough. This problem is shown by many notebooks with great hardwares...

Use this if you have no available partition, drive or extra computer. How to use a VHD to dual-boot Windows 8 on a Windows 7 PC | ZDNet Cheers, Drew

By year’s end, Windows 8 is going to be on every new PC around. You won’t have to use it though. Here are five ways to skip getting trapped on the Windows 8 Metro. Source: Yahoo! News

Hi I finally got my Microsoft Games working in Windows 8. I can play FreeCell again!!! Here's how to do it. First copy the Microsoft Games folder in it's entirety from your Widows 7 install, Program Files folder to the Program Files folder on your Windows 8 drive. Next copy the...

Hello everybody, New member on the forum and in a quest for a fix! I have a Toshiba Satellite L655-S5166 laptop with WIN7 Home Premium 64 in for repair, with the following spec's... Intel® Core™ i5-2410M Processor 2.3 GHz, 3MB Cache Mobile Intel® HM65 Express Chipset Mobile Intel® HD...

If you evaluate your organization's need for certain Windows 7 services, you may find that a number of them can be safely disabled. More...

(Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET) Shutting off Windows used to be a simple matter of clicking the Start button and choosing the "Shut down" option. But the Windows 8 beta has no Start button. So how do you shut it down? Microsoft has concocted a series of manuevers and keyboard...

Read here how you use a USB flash drive or a SD card in Windows 7 for Windows ReadyBoost. More...

HiLink RemovedThis was posted by Mikkel Holst in his post about have problems fixing his computer. This solved his problem but it's the most comprehensive set of instructions I've see for creating a bootable Windows 7 usb recovery stick. Link Removed This is going on my list of useful links...

Read here how to use Internet Explorer 9 faster through keyboard shortcuts (shortcuts) navigate and call Web page functionality. Link Removed

Hi I know that fragmentation makes a lot of difference. I've had times when the difference between having fragmented files vs un-fragmented files would determine whether some processes would complete or not when generating 3D video. If the files were fragmented it would just hang up after a...

Describes the steps that you should follow before you install Windows 7 Service Pack 1. More...

If you're thinking about taking the new Windows 8 Developers Preview for a test drive, you may consider watching this video. Dual booting Windows 7 with the Windows 8 Developers Preview is pretty straight forward and not unlike we've all done dual boot scenarios in the past. Some folks have...

My Grandfathers External Hard Drive broke and he want's to erase the data how can he do it, would it be possible if he could put it in Microwave for a few seconds

Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Gov Maharaj and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. If you have a problem you want to send us, you can use the Problem Step Recorder in Windows 7 (Link Removed for details on how) and send us the zip file...

In this edition of the Windows Desktop Report, Greg Shultz shows you how to use System Image Recovery to revive an unbootable Windows system. More...

Hello people! GeekTech here, and i want to show you how to change your windows 7 theme, to windows Xp!, watch this video : Things you need to add the theme: http://download948.mediafire.com/zpa8ch7v7reg/arhq03thy304901/Windows+XP+theme+for+win+7r.zip

Bill Detwiler shows you how Windows 7 Problem Steps Recorder can show you exactly what was happening when a computer problem occurred. Link Removed

Microsoft might have shown us its new operating system, but it leaves a lot of questions unanswered. Link Removed