Posts Tagged ‘windows xp’

Windows XP Available for Netbooks Till October 2010

Windows XP Available for Netbooks Till October 2010

Though Windows 7 will have a starter edition, that is targeted towards netbooks as it’ll be a reduced version of Windows 7 with lesser functionality and a limit of running 3 programs at the maximum. this 3 program limit made Linux guys happy as users would certainly not like netbooks that can only run 3 [...]

Windows 7 ‘s XP Mode Requires Decent Hardware

Windows 7 ‘s XP Mode Requires Decent Hardware

Last week, Microsoft shared a word about Windows XP Mode in its upcoming Windows 7. Today According to a report from CNet, to use Windows XP Mode in Windows 7, you need to have a decent hardware with at least 2 GB of RAM and a processor that supports chip-level virtualization. At present chip-level virtualization [...]

Windows 7 to have Windows XP Mode

Windows 7 to have Windows XP Mode

It looks like Microsoft is working on every possible improvement it can make to its upcoming Windows 7 operating system to make it a huge success. Do you remember those Vista annoyances when programs compatible with Windows XP refused to run on Windows Vista even ater changing compatibility settings. But in Windows 7, you won’t [...]

Shuffle Taskbar Items in Windows XP & Vista

Shuffle Taskbar Items in Windows XP & Vista

If you have been using Windows 7 Beta lately, then one of the features you might miss in Windows XP or Vista is the option to shuffle taskbar items with drag and drop a taskbar icon to new position. To achieve similar functionality in Windows XP or Vista, you’ll need a tiny utility known as [...]

Extended FAT (exFAT) File System in Windows

Extended FAT (exFAT) File System in Windows

What might have missed the eyes of most Windows enthusiasts is that Windows Vista SP1 includes a new file system named Extended File Allocation Table(exFAT). As its name says it all, it is enhanced version of FAT32 File system. exFAT removes the 4 GB file size limitation of FAT32 and can support portable devices with [...]

Save Windows Updates for later use

Save Windows Updates for later use

Keeping your Windows system up to date with latest security patches and updates makes it less prone to threats. Though users with fast Internet access can easily update their windows system online but what if you don’t have Internet access or on a slow connection, windows update would take ages to complete. Also, in case [...]

How to Create a Windows XP with SP3 installation disc??

How to Create a Windows XP with SP3 installation disc??

Do you know that whenever we reinstall Windows XP on our system, all updates and patches you applied to your system before through Windows Update have to be reinstalled. Why not create a Windows XP installation disc that contains all the hotfixes and patches you installed on your system?? Here is what you need to [...]

XP Service Pack 3 released by Microsoft

XP Service Pack 3 released by Microsoft

After a week’s delay of scheduled release of Service pack 3 for Windows XP due to some bug detected at last moment, Microsoft has finally released SP3 for normal users via Windows Update.