It seems like just a short while ago that I was writing about how Windows XP had just 1,000 days of support left but now that number is down to under 800!  Microsoft reminded us of this on the weekend with a blog post encouraging companies to migrate to Windows 7 as soon as possible [...]

Categories: Microsoft

Whether your computer has Hardware Virtualization or not, this is a simple way to run XP mode on Windows 7 without Hardware Virtualization, as it is included in the Microsoft download. There is no additional cost to do this. You can run XP on your Windows 7 operating system with ease. Originally, Microsoft required that [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

The day is finally within sight when Windows XP and the dreaded Internet Explorer 6 will finally be out of support.  This means that there will be no further patches or updates for the operating system at all past April 8th 2014.  On their website Microsoft are keen to point out that “Without Microsoft support, [...]

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Apple introduced their new cloud hosting and synchronization service iCloud two days ago. We have covered Apple’s iCloud service on the date of announcement, but we have looked at the features mostly. To paraphrase what has been written: Apple iCloud will give iTunes users online space to store their purchases in the cloud, to access [...]

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If you were looking for a reason to make the switch to Windows 7, you may have found it in form of Microsoft’s latest Security Intelligence Report. The document, available for public download at Microsoft’s Security Intelligence Report website, covers the state of Windows, application and web security in the year 2010. Security interested users [...]

Categories: Microsoft, Security, Windows

Microsoft came under heavy fire with the launch of Windows 7 for not offering a direct migration path from XP. The older operating system, which is now ten years old, is something Microsoft and many other technology firms are keen to move users away from because of its inherent problems with security. There were perfectly legitimate [...]

Categories: Microsoft, Windows

Most ISPs are in the process of enabling the IPv6 protocol which is then available for usage in addition to the currently used IPv4 protocol. Windows Vista and Windows 7 users do not need to enable or configure their operating system for IPv6 usage as it is enabled by default. The situation is different for [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

Windows 7 and Vista users see a representation of the free and used drive space in Windows Explorer. That’s handy for a number of reasons, for instance before copying or processing large files on the computer system. Windows XP users on the other hand do not have that representation in Windows Explorer. The free software [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Windows XP stays on top of the operating system market share while Windows 7 continues to gain grounds. The latest market share statistics are in and they confirm recent trends. Windows XP is still the top operating system with a market share between 51% (Statcounter) and 57% (Hitslink). That’s a comfortable lead as it is [...]

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