That's exclusively a marketing issue. Traditionally, the U.S. has always been inexpensive when it comes to technology items, including software....
You need to make a DVD, or USB drive, bootable with the contents of your Windows source files. Copy the content of your Windows DVD onto your...
Right-click on the task bar and click "Start Task Manager ". If that's still too slow, you can plant a shortcut of Task Manager on your desktop...
One thing that still gets me is the difference in price between 7 Pro and 7 Ultimate. $20. Upgrade and full versions. 20 bucks...Who would not get...
Yea, well, no more Outlook Express, or Vista's "Windows Mail ". You are encouraged (by Microsoft, not me lol) to download the "Windows Live"...
Hey Arie, Can you please clarify what you mean by "Branch Cache ", and "Direct Access "? Thanks! :)
In many circumstances, it is not a good idea to install "over" the previous OS. Being that you just got your machine, and the fact that there are...
Steveo65: Registry scanners/cleaners can come in very handy, too!
The mattman! How are you? ;) I just set the max usage for the page file to double of what I had (4GB). I guess it doesn't matter, or does it? I...
TonyT, yup, I was thinking about turning off the paging file, but instead, I reduced it to minimum 512MB, 2,048MB max. I monitored it for a week,...
I now use Windows 7 in the 64-bit version on ALL of my computers. Not only do ALL...I really mean every last app, as well as every driver with the...
Heh, cool how you put it. I figured it would work like that. It's more efficient use of resources for maximum speed/power output. Should I...
You don't want to "upgrade" the Beta, or the RC, to the RTM. You can upgrade Vista to the RTM. Think about it. Can you upgrade from Vista...
Got it done. I now have three internal (I dislike external drives of any kind) drives in my W700. Two are at the left front (my 2 SSD's, and the...
Hey all, I've not yet opened the W700 up to take a looksie just yet, but I will have to, as I just got an Intel 80GB 1.8 SSD in. This is not the...
You have a 30, or, at best, a 40GB hard drive. That's going to be a constant source of frustration, and it is probably quite old. Do you have a...
I agree. Stick with XP, as long as you like. However, eventually, there will be applications that are written for Win 7 that take advantage of the...
I agree with Microsoft when they reduced the number of different versions of the OS to a less confusing 3. However, 7 Pro, and 7 Ultimate $20...
Johanna, hi, and thanks for the advice. :) Yea, on the IBM/Lenovo Thinkpads, it is F1 that will get you into the BIOS. I forgot to mention that....
Hi Arie, Yes! Exactly. I almost never use any of my original DVD's of any software item that I purchased in a store, so as to protect them...
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