November 30, 2011
Ditch the shiny and slow. Get old-fashioned but familiar Windows XP games working on your Windows 7 computer. They’re ugly, but they work the way you’re wired. Solitaire, Minesweeper, Hearts and Spider Solitaire remain a favorite of many office workers. As a quick Google search reveals though, many of these people aren’t happy with the Windows Vista/7 versions of Solitaire and other classics.
January 17, 2011
Unfortunately, your Windows installation isn’t going to remain fast, speedy and well-behaved forever. Nothing quite beats a fresh installation, but if you’d rather not go through the process of restoring all your documents, drivers and personal settings then maybe System Speedup Pro from 360Amigo can help. It does what it says right on the tin [...]
October 18, 2010
What is it with Microsoft and “optional” mandatory updates? Windows Desktop Search (though Microsoft have dropped the “desktop” making version 4.0 Windows Search) probably made its way onto your Windows XP PC when you installed Microsoft Office, the MSN Toolbar or similar Microsoft product. The update creates a full-text index of all the files on [...]
October 14, 2010
Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA for short) is a Windows Update component rolled out to XP users long after XP was released. It is intended to validate your Windows licence, allow updates to Microsoft wares and display a number of notifications if your product key isn’t kosher. There’s nothing wrong with still using XP, a number [...]
September 17, 2010
As far as backwards compatibility goes, Windows 7′s own compatibility mode doesn’t work wonders. It plays dress up, with a fake nose and beard, and bridges some of the most common software issues. Generally, that is enough. All but a few troublemakers are whining about an operating system they simply don’t recognize and are otherwise [...]
August 16, 2010
Windows has been constantly improving the access control and parental control functionality. Windows 7 for instance, does a lot of these very well. The problem however is that most of the features are not available in every edition of Windows 7 and even if they are available, they would be buried deep down inside Control [...]
June 19, 2010
Most computers from PC vendors come with certain pre-configured factory settings which are important to the computer’s operation. This is particularly true of laptops, which usually have special function buttons, and touch screen computers, which require special drivers in order to function. Of course, a computer from a factory also has default Windows settings and [...]
June 15, 2010
Windows 7 has been very well reviewed. Most technology websites have been happy with the new release of Window 7, particularly when compared to the disastrous Windows Vista. One of the reasons why Windows 7 has gone over better than Vista is compatibility. Windows 7 is a less drastic departure from Vista than Vista was from XP, [...]
May 6, 2010
No one likes a slow computer; that’s why we offer so many guides to speeding it up here. Angelina showed you 8 programs that can make your computer run faster and Karl taught you about getting your startup programs under control with Autoruns. Autoruns is a particularly effective tool if you’re looking to increase your [...]
April 23, 2010
I have recently covered how to create your own Windows domain and how to push out group policy to your domain computers. Today we will visit how to remote install Windows software on your domain computers using group policy. In the past I have had to install applications directly on each user’s computer. This was time [...]
