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I just bought a new 1TB hard drive for my laptop and would like to install Windows 8 on it. On the existing 250 MB hard drive, I now have thousands of photos organized by tags in Windows Photo Gallery which came with the Vista operating system. I know I won't lose any photos when I make the...

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I'm sure there is a thread somewhere regarding my issue, but the issue is too general for me to fine-tune my search and find it. So, for that, my apologies. My issue is this: 2 year old build been working just fine. Suddenly now I'm getting many programs "Not Responding", screen goes pale...

Read Paul Thurrott's article today and have to say that it is the best article I have read to date regarding Windows 8. Not a defense or even truly an explanation of the OS but rather a pointed and succinct look at what is happening with respect to the broader technology industry and how and...

Hi I'm still running Windows 8 release 8250 in a dual boot setup with Windows 7. Next month I will install the final version of 8 when it becomes available. What I would like to do is start the install from within Windows 7 so that it replaces it, and leaves my present Windows 8 install...

I nearly dismissed this article as a propaganda piece until I got to the part of why Apple lost their business. I've seen a number of posts where people "in the business" are predicting Windows 8 to not make in roads into the enterprise. With regard to desktops, I somewhat agree with that...

Link Removed due to 404 Error This is (now) looking VERY similar to MS Office Outlook 2013! Cheers, Drew

Helps with knowing what application to use on the PC to do what you did on a MAC. Link Removed

Hi, I have Win7 Home Premium installed on 3 computers at home - purchased a Family Pack to install on 3 pc's. One of my pc's (old P4) is dying and I am replacing it with a new pc and want to disable/uninstall windows from this pc and install it on the new pc. The old pc had XP then I installed...

With Windows XP support slated to end in less than 1,000 days and Windows 8 release rumors swirling, companies are left with several questions. What operating system (OS) should I deploy? Is it worth upgrading now? And perhaps most important, how can I make that upgrade as seamless as possible...

With Windows XP support slated to end in less than 1,000 days and Windows 8 release rumors swirling, companies are left with several questions. What operating system (OS) should I deploy? Is it worth upgrading now? And perhaps most important, how can I make that upgrade as seamless as possible...

St. Petersburg, FL - The federal government says a flying Link Removed due to 404 Error called the Transition is street legal. Watch Video: Link Removed due to 404 Error

Jeremy Quittner - Small businesses have used Microsoft Corp.'s XP as their go-to platform since it was released in 2001, and the software giant's workhorse operating system generally has served them well. There are about 300 million copies of XP in use worldwide, split between businesses and...

Microsoft held its first major unveiling of what's in store with Windows 8 at the D9 conference this week. Windows 8 looks bold. It looks slick. It looks impressively innovative. But, it also looks like it will be a major battle to convince business users to embrace it. Source: Yahoo! News

Google's decision to transition its applications to Web standards offers telling insight into the HTML5 standardization process Google technologies are known for their extended beta test periods -- so much so that when the search giant actually ships a finished product it's front page news. But...

Decisions are easy, jobs are hard Deciding to move to Windows 7 is the easy bit. The crunch comes in planning and executing the migration. Should it be a big bang or incremental? How much new hardware and software is needed? What can go wrong?… More...

Applications usage management vendor Flexera Software is introducing a suite of software applications that it says can simplify the process of migrating businesses to Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system from Windows XP. AdminStudio Suite 10, available Tuesday, automates the transition project...

Hi! I'm Adam Shostack,a program manager working in TWC Security, and I'd like to talk a bit abouttoday's AutoRun update. Normally, I post over on the SDL blog, but oflate I've been doing a lot of work in classifying and quantifying how Windowscomputers get compromised. One thingthat popped...

My main issue with my volume is that the animation doesn't come up anymore on the screen showing the little bar go to the left and right. This isn't a huge issue, but it's something that I believe I lost in the transition from Vista to Windows 7. I do believe I fixed all other issues the came...

Can we talk? Based on the e-mail I get every day, I know a lot of you are still using Windows XP. I can understand why; it's like a comfortable old shoe. Plus, it's bought and paid for. Windows 7 probably seems stiff and scary, and it's not like Microsoft is handing out free upgrades. Link Removed