Posts Tagged ‘windows xp’
Apr 30th, 2009 by
Satbir Singh with
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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 [...]
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Apr 29th, 2009 by
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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 [...]
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Apr 25th, 2009 by
Satbir Singh with
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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 have [...]
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Mar 13th, 2009 by
Satbir Singh with
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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 [...]
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Jan 30th, 2009 by
Satbir Singh with
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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 [...]
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Sep 15th, 2008 by
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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 [...]
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Jul 20th, 2008 by
Nain with
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Working on a Windows XP workstation is a nice experience but some features of Windows make this experience annoying. Today I will tell you those top annoyances that every XP user faces but mearly makes an effort to remove them.
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Jul 15th, 2008 by
Satbir Singh with
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This is the second post of our series of 15 posts (one post everyday) about Tips and Tricks to make your Windows experience more satisfactory and comfortable. You can subscribe to our RSS Feed or daily e-mail updates for latest content. Keep checking back this space to know about useful Windows Tips and Tricks.
Here’s the [...]
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Jul 12th, 2008 by
Satbir Singh with
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Virtual Desktops is one of the feature that lets you run multiple applications simultaneously without any clutter on your Taskbar. With it, you can keep different applications running in different virtual desktops, though everything will run on same machine. Here is a nice utility for Windows XP, that lets you create virtual desktops with some [...]
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Jun 25th, 2008 by
Amit Bhardwaj with
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Many people feared that technical support for xp will be over after 30th june of this year, as microsoft has announced this date as the “end of sales” date for windows xp. But now microsoft has officially announced that it will continue to provide technical support for xp till April 2014 including security and other [...]
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