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It is essential for techs and end-users to have access to Windows 7 recovery options if it fails to boot. While most techs will have a full install disk, many users will not. In fact, many users don’t have any recovery disks, as they have purchased a new computer with Windows 7 pre-installed. That is [...]
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Windows 7 has a new networking feature called Homegroups, which allows you to easily setup computers in your network so they can share various types of files back and forth. Doing this type of thing in previous versions was non-trivial. But it can be accomplished with a few clicks of the mouse. Share Documents, pictures, [...]
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Many people prefer to do a clean install of an Operating System. To do this on a new PC, you would have to buy the full version of Windows 7. However, if you already have an upgradable version of Windows on the computer, Windows 7 can be installed using the Custom Install option. This is [...]
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If Windows 7 freezes at “Completing Installation” it probably means there is an issue with a hardware device driver. You might notice the screen flicker as it updates the graphics driver, then the mouse and keyboard might not respond, forcing a hard reboot that will back-out of the installation and undo any changes it made [...]
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Windows 7 is here and millions are rushing to upgrade their PCs either because they have been running Windows XP for the past several years or they have not been happy with Windows Vista. Some simply want to experience the improvements in Windows 7. Whatever your reason for installing Microsoft’s latest Operating System, there are [...]
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On October 22, 2009 Microsoft will be releasing their latest version of the Windows Operating System. Windows 7 promises to be everything Vista was supposed to and is also touted as being extremely optimized and able to run as quickly as Windows XP. Those XP users that opted not to upgrade to Vista will surely [...]
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Windows 7 made its public debut on May 5, 2009 in the form of RC1. Surprisingly, we had no problems getting our hands on both the 32 and 64 bit versions on the very first day. Once downloaded, we burned the ISO files to DVD and began installing RC1 on a Windows Vista machine that [...]
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