Posts Tagged XP

Download Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor and Get Results

It’s time to move on from Windows XP or Vista to Windows 7. Windows 7 RTM   should be released by this October, you can safely move from XP or Vista to recently released Windows 7 RC.
Microsoft recently released Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor beta that helps you check if your system is compatible with Windows 7.
This [...]

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How to Dual Boot Windows 7 with XP or Vista

Download the Windows 7 Beta and burn it to a DVD
Once you have downloaded a copy of Windows 7, you will need to burn it to a DVD in order to do a fresh installation. Burn the ISO to a DVD.
Step 1: Partition you hard drive

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Windows 7 refusal to Autorun for USB Flash Drives

Windows Vista and XP’s Autorun have become a hotbed for virus & malware activity, notably the Conficker worm spreading primarily via USB flash drives. To stop the spreading, Microsoft said it’s making a change to the default way of how Windows 7 handles USB drives. The first release candidate of Windows 7, which will soon [...]

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Windows XP Shutdown Much Faster

Before you jump into editing your registry it is highly advisable to first create backup of your registry.
1.    Open your registry editor. Click Start>Go to RUN and type REGEDIT.
2.    Navigate to the following keys HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop, scroll down

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The Ups and Downs of Windows 7

Windows 7: The Ups
It’s one of the more maligned features of Windows 7: The new Taskbar. There is no longer the uncomfortable mental leap from where you clicked when you wanted to start a program to where you clicked when wanting to access a running instance. With Windows 7, these are one in the same. [...]

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Windows 7 improved due to netbooks

Windows 7 improved due to netbooks

New computers don’t necessarily mean better, faster and stronger anymore. Netbooks mean smaller, cheaper, lighter, and many consumers are quite happy to use XP, the operating system they had gotten used to during Vista’s unusually long development. Microsoft simply did not foresee this new trend occurring when it was working on Vista; the demand for [...]

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Boot Windows XP Faster

Follow the steps below:
1. Open notepad.exe, type “del c:\windows\prefetch\ntosboot-*.*/q” (without the quotes) and save as “ntosboot.bat” in c:\
2. From the Start menu, select “Run” and type “gpedit.msc”.
3. Double click “Windows Settings” under “Computer Configuration” and double click again on “Shutdown” in the right window.

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Windows Vista Gaming Tips

Windows Vista Gaming Tips

Some games require fixes to run in Vista. These games require the latest version of Directx9. Vista does not actually contain a full installation of Directx9, just some elements for compatibility purposes.
To install Directx 9c on Windows Vista:
1.    Download the latest DirectX 9 redistributable file from Microsoft.com.
2.    Unzip the file into a folder on your [...]

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7 Tips to Keep Windows XP Fast and Receptive

No matter how stable, any (Windows) operating system requires proper care, optimization and tuning to keep it fast and responsive

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