Looking back on the move from Windows XP to Windows Vista, you may remember a number of changes to the graphical user interface (GUI) between the two. Microsoft, of course, attempted to improve the interface to make it easier for people to use Windows; why wouldn’t they? In that change, they made some pretty sweeping [...]
Leave a Comment April 27, 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 [...]
Leave a Comment January 20, 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 [...]
Leave a Comment January 15, 2010
With the new Windows 7 operating system (OS) we get our hands on the new Internet Explorer 8 (IE8). It is likely, though, that you already have this browser version on your Windows Vista or even Windows XP PC as it is a free download – and a recommended one to boot – from Microsoft. [...]
Leave a Comment December 13, 2009
As long as Microsoft has sold us Windows, there have been compatibility issues. In the versions before XP, it was less of a bother as there were ways to easily work around most problems. With XP, though, it seemed that Microsoft upped their efforts to only let Windows certified or approved software and hardware be [...]
Leave a Comment December 9, 2009
A good idea from Windows Vista has been brought into Windows 7 by Microsoft and made better – and actually useful as well. It is (and was) designed to encrypt your hard drive to protect it from thieves, should they get their hands on your precious machine – an important feature for a notebook PC. [...]
Leave a Comment December 7, 2009
Now that Windows 7 has been released, several of you are probably already taking advantage of the neat new features – Aero Peek, Jump Lists, new Taskbar, XP Mode, or whichever tickles your fancy and makes your work easier. Again, we turn to a feature which has not captured the press as much as the [...]
Leave a Comment December 2, 2009
Windows 7 release has been quite a success for Microsoft. Recent statistic also shows that Windows 7 is getting relatively strong early adoption even more than the Vista and there’s no sign of slowing down. In fact, Windows 7 OS already accounted for more than 2 percent even before the launch. That’s already more than [...]
Leave a Comment November 17, 2009
With previous versions of the Microsoft Windows operating systems (OS), there were always several – possibly hundreds – of tweaks which made the OS perform better and easier to use for the end-user. If you are an administrator, you probably already know plenty of these and use them regularly with Windows XP and/or Windows Vista. [...]
Leave a Comment November 14, 2009
We all have an opinion about Windows Vista – even Mactards have something to say about Vista as they keep saying it over and over on TV and radio – and the most common view is not exactly positive. People purchased PCs and notebooks, and then asked to have Windows XP loaded instead of Vista; [...]
Leave a Comment November 10, 2009
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