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Category Archives: Vista

Preparing For Windows 7 Installation

Introduction In less than a month Windows 7 will be released by Microsoft. I thought I would spend a little of time discussing how to get ready for the upgrade and what to look for in trying to make the Upgrade as easy as possible. Over the years I have done hundreds of upgrades both professionally and ...

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Why I Run a Mixed Environment

Everyone who knows me realizes I am a big fan of Windows 7. Currently I have the Operating System running on two of our computers at home including my main machine. We still have 3 machines running XP pro in our house as well. I also run 2 virtual pcs which have Ubuntu Linux running ...

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Windows Vista SP2

Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista is now available on the Microsoft Web Site. It was released yesterday during the day.

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Windows Vista SP2 Release

Microsoft is set to release Windows Vista SP2 in the next few weeks. It was originally supposed to come out before the end of the month but this now being pushed back. New features included all the current security fixes, enhanced blue tooth, changes to uac and a new wireless manager.

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Security Suggestions

I thought I would do a special blog on talking quickly about some ways to secure your personal computer.  This Blog is directed at Windows 2000/Windows XP or Windows Vista users. I am going to focus on some free security tools and a low cost option to secure your pcs at home. This will focus ...

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Computer Problems at Home Update

My computer situation at home is getting better these days. I have bought a refurbished E-Machine AMD machine. This is a new one for me because I always purchase Intel chip set based processors. Well this machine is fast and flies. I have managed to get most of my core software installed.  I need to solve ...

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Vista Experiment 2 Over

After a year of running Vista on my Sony Dual core laptop, I am about to reinstall it and put Microsoft Windows XP back on the laptop.  I have had more issues with crashes and software not doing what I wanted so I am removing Vista. What most people forget is Windows XP Pro ...

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Vista Issues

As many of you know I decided to back out Windows Vista on my home desktop. As a result, I have not be en posting much this week since I have not had much spare time. The good news is my home pc is running great. I ran into more vista issues this week. I have ...

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Vista Experiment On My Desktop

Well I have decided that the Vista Experiment on my desktop is over. I will be backing up all my files this weekend, reinstalling my operating system and reverting back to XP. One thing doing this will allow is me to clean up my system. I really prefer the speed of XP plus it seems ...

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Vista Service Pack Upgrade – My Desktop

Since my laptop has been running great, I decided to upgrade my desktop to Vista Service Pack 1. After an hour of working the software told me I could not upgrade and backed itself out.  This is better then leaving my system hung but still...... I have a Intel Network card and the service pack has ...

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