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Road From XP to Windows 7 May be Bumpy
I’m going to be joining the exodus from my much-beloved Windows XP to Windows 7 as soon as I get access to my pre-ordered key. However I’m anticipating a pretty rough road ahead. This is not only due...
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As Seen on “Three Rivers”, the Multi-Touch Screen
So I finally was able to check out CBS’ “Three Rivers” last night, mostly to see how Pittsburgh was portrayed on the small screen. And to see if my beloved Oram’s donuts showed up in the hospital...
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Windows 7 Installation Woes Day 1: This is Going to Take A While…
My initial joy at the beginning of “Windows 7 Day” died at about 12:05 AM this morning, the victim of not even being able to get the thing to install. I began by doing the first moderately thorough...
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Burn an Disk Image for Your Digital River Windows 7 Download
Lots of folks were burned when trying to install Windows 7 64-bit while running XP 32-bit, myself included. The download works fine, but when the .exe file tries to run and unpack itself, it halts at...
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Windows 7 Installation Day 2: Not So Bad After All
On a prior post I noted that my downloaded Windows 7 Home Premium was basically worthless on its own and needed to be unpacked to an .iso to really be useful. I decided last night (during a typical...
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Windows 7 Average User Impressions – Pretty Durn Good
I’ve been running Windows 7 for a few weeks and am feeling pretty comfortable with it now. Overall I’m pleased with it, though it does take a little getting used to having come from XP and not Vista....
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Trojan.Swizzor: NFected by NVidia’s 197.75 update??
Personal story here… A couple nights ago I tried to watch a movie on my Windows 7 PC, which for some reason wasn’t liking it. At one point it spit up a window that said that it could be a driver...
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Try Windows 8 Before Taking the Plunge
As Windows 8 gets closer and closer to in-our-hands reality, there’s a lot of buzz about how great or how horrible the new features are, especially the interface. Windows 8 “Metro” interface will...
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Windows 8 is a Very Mixed Bag
I live in Pittsburgh where, thanks to Sandy, it’s been raining for the past week. That put a serious damper on Halloween last night. However my kids still got a decent haul. Of course one of the best...
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Windows Blue may save Windows 8′s legacy
image source: ieverythingtech.com Microsoft has a real hit-and-miss history with operating systems. Windows 95 and 98 were hits, while Windows ME and Vista were both flops. Recently it’s been pretty...
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4 for ’14: Tech Resolutions for the New Year
You make New Year’s Resolutions to improve your life, right? This year resolve to improve your digital life as well! 1. Clean your PC: And I don’t mean defragging or emptying the recycle bin. I mean...
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Turn Box into your free 50Gb Windows Backup drive
use Box not only as cloud storage but as your cloud backup for windows Lots of people, myself included, took advantage of Box.com’s 50Gb online storage offer by signing up a new iOS account through the...
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“You’ll pry XP from my cold, dead hands!”; Why users aren’t switching from...
Ask not for whom the bell tolls… image: stealth.com Microsoft will be ending its support for Microsoft XP on April 8, 2014. That’s about 13 years since it was released. Three different versions of...
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