Your PC with Windows 7 is not running as it should? Or are you experiencing slow downs or other errors regularly? Then it may be time to run a System Diagnostics report in Windows 7 to find out why. Windows 7 comes with several internal tools that can be used to diagnose the computer system. [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Windows 7 32-bit vs 64-bit
Computer users who want to buy Microsoft’s latest operating system Windows 7 have two choices to make. First they need to decide on the edition of the operating system. At least three different editions are available for retail users, they are: Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate. Windows 7 Home [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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System Monitor II Gadget, Display Handy System Information On The Desktop
What’s the current cpu load of your PC? How much RAM is used, how much is still free? What about hard drive space? All of these questions and more are answered by System Monitor II, a gadget for Windows Vista and Windows 7 that displays system information on the computer desktop. The gadget displays several [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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How To Enable Quick Launch In Windows 7
The Quick Launch feature has been disabled by default in Windows 7 by Microsoft. Some users like Quick Launch as a way to quickly start programs from the Windows taskbar. The reasoning behind disabling Quick Start is likely the new Windows 7 taskbar which can be used to pin programs to the taskbar so that [...]
- Author: Mike Halsey MVP
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gHacks Editor on National US Radio Tonight
For those in the US (or insomniacs in Europe) gHacks editor Mike Halsey will be the guest on the Computer America radio show tonight for a whole two hours. The show has been running for 19 years and is the #1 daily tech podcast according to the New York Times. The show will be broadcast [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Vista To Windows 7 Upgrade Downgrades IE9 To IE8
Windows Vista users who have been testing the beta of Microsoft’s latest web browser Internet Explorer 9 may be in for a surprise if they upgrade their Vista installation to Windows 7. What happens is that these users will notice that Internet Explorer 9 is no longer installed on their computer system. Instead, Internet Explorer [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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How To Add Program Links To Windows Explorer Favorites
Several elements in the Windows operating system have been restricted by Microsoft. It is for instance not possible to pin folders to the Windows 7 taskbar, or to add programs to the Favorites group in Windows Explorer. There are however workarounds available that allow a user to do just that. This leaves the question unanswered [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Windows 7, Server 2008 R2 SP1 Release Candidates Officially Available
Microsoft is now offering official downloads for the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 release candidates, after both release candidates leaked to the Internet earlier on this week. The release candidates are provided for It professionals, tech enthusiasts and developers who need to test the “service pack in their organization or [...]
- Author: Mike Halsey MVP
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Troubleshooting Windows 7 Competition – Winners!
Well the results are in for our competition to win copies of the new Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out by Mike Halsey, an editor here at your favourite tech website. The quality of the entries has been very high and a good few really made us chuckle :) Each winner will receive a copy of [...]