Back in Part I, you should have easily seen that Windows XP Mode in Windows 7 is a useful feature included with Windows 7. It may sound redundant, talking about how useful it is, but it is with this approach that you can easily learn how to make the most use of it. As you go through these benefits it will be easy to see how you could set up your Windows 7 ‘ecosystem’ to your liking. Once you do that, you can save your settings and simply use the operating system (OS) as you intend. It makes it [...] Continue Reading…
April 5, 2010
Windows 7 is now out in the world; released to the masses by Microsoft on 22 October 2009. With the new operating system (OS) from Microsoft comes a touch of an older OS from the same location. Something they call Windows XP Mode is available with the Windows 7 release. If your PC is powerful enough – and the requirements are stiff, though they are not a quantum leap – you can turn your Windows 7 machine into a Windows XP machine. There are other ways to do this with the Windows 7 OS itself, but this Virtual PC [...] Continue Reading…
March 26, 2010
In the first part of this procedure document, you found your Windows 7 DVD, rebooted your PC into the Windows 7 install and chose to “Repair your computer”. You should have already brought up the System Restore wizard and began the process. If you have not made it this far, please go back to Part I and follow each and every step written out for you there. Now, we will continue the process of recovering your lost Administrator password. Again, do not forget that this will only work if you remember a previous Administrator password and use System Restore [...] Continue Reading…
March 9, 2010
This is a particularly interesting method of recovering your Administrator password if you should somehow change it and forget the new one. Since you may be forced to change it regularly by your employer or IT policies – in some cases people do this to keep their system secure at home – it is very possible to remember your old password but forget the new one you were asked to choose. There are many of these methods already floating around the Microsoft and other forums; people do this to help those who need it, so why not pass it [...] Continue Reading…
February 23, 2010
In the previous articles we discovered what upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 would take. It is not a procedure to be taken lightly. In Part I there were tools and an overview of the process which will be used. In Part II, we learned of backing up your Windows XP system for safety, backing up your data and settings to restore to Windows 7 when it is finished installing, and how you should gather your application CDs/DVDs for installing them on the new operating system (OS). In Part III, there was the big process of installing Windows [...] Continue Reading…
February 2, 2010
In Part II, some very important pre-upgrade tasks were presented. Backing up your data and your settings should not be overlooked as that data is probably the most important piece of your entire computer – without it, you would not need much of a computer. Those settings you have under Windows XP, however, may not be as important depending on what you intend to do once you have Windows 7 loaded. Of course, the absolute top of the importance chart is the system backup of Windows XP; you never know for certain how smooth or rough this process will [...] Continue Reading…
January 25, 2010
In Part I, we looked at what aspects of the upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7 would be best looked into when making the switch. It is important to consider all that is written here before the upgrade process is started. There are several safe-guards and good practices which must be maintained to keep you from loosing your valuable data. This set of articles is designed to help you through the upgrade and the associated tasks since Microsoft has not provided a simple ‘pure’ upgrade in this situation – only with Windows Vista is it that simple. At [...] Continue Reading…
January 20, 2010
If you were among the many that refused to move to Windows Vista, you are most likely running Windows XP – a favorite of many. Now that Windows 7 has been released, you might be thinking that you would like to upgrade and take advantage of the new features and faster overall speed. Well, like all operating systems (OS), upgrading to Windows 7 can be complex. Since Microsoft did not find it wise to offer a “Windows XP to Windows 7” upgrade product, there are many factors you must consider when making the switch. Here we will look at [...] Continue Reading…
January 18, 2010
This should be quite easy for anyone to understand, and Microsoft intended it to be that way. Safety and simplicity do not always work well, but BitLocker To Go in Windows 7 manages it rather well.
So, how does it work in Windows 7 now that the USB drive has BitLocker To Go installed? Well, let’s see.
Of course, the first thing you must do is connect the USB drive to your Windows 7 PC.
When you do, you will see a password prompt. An interesting note here is the “Show password [...] Continue Reading…
January 15, 2010
We now know that USB drives are common and we also know that BitLocker To Go helps individuals and companies alike to secure their data on these devices. What we need to know now, though, is how to turn unencrypted data into encrypted data. Thus, the process of running BitLocker To Go is where to go next. So, how does it work, you ask?
Well, here are the steps needed to implement BitLocker To Go on your USB drive. First of all, you need to have a USB drive – external USB HDD, USB key drive – and insert it [...] Continue Reading…
January 11, 2010
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