What’s the difference between a Windows 7 upgrade and an Anytime Upgrade?
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Tip of the Week: Add The Run Box to Win 7
Hard to believe the run box isnt included by default with Windows7 – here is how bring it back. Thanks, Dakeyras.
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How to Follow PC Pitstop on Twitter
Follow PC Pitstop’s official Twitter feed, packed with original articles, exclusive research, discussion questions, and re-tweets from our followers and friends.
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No More Restore Points For Windows7
Restore Point? What restore point?
Hope you weren’t needing to use system restore with your latest and greatest Windows Installation. It seems the Windows7 has a pretty big glitch. Something is removing all of the restore points on Shut Down.
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Ask The Pros April 2010
By Steve Hogan
What could be simpler than a double click? Take a look inside for the answer. The whole concept may boggle your mind.
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Survey: Tell Us What You Think of PC Matic
Tell us what you think of PC Matic for your chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.
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WINDOWS 7 TWEAK GUIDE
After some pretty exhaustive research I was surprised at the lack of real tweaks and suggestions for Windows 7, so here’s your chance. Put your proven and personal tweaks in the comments section and I will add them to the article as a part of our Windows 7 Tweak Guide. Keep in mind that there are many suggestions on the WWW that are completely bogus.
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ASK THE PROS 2009 Drivers and More Drivers
Every week ASK THE PROS receives questions about drivers. They are not always the same but between looking for specific drivers and wanting to know how to find drivers, the questions mount up. A few weeks back I referenced our Drivers 101 offering. It comes with every DriverAlert subscription. It’s an excellent guide but there’s something missing. How do I save the drivers that are installed on my PC now?
That’s the question to start this month’s ASK THE PROS.
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Windows 7 Beta Updates Available
Starting Monday Feb. 24th 2009, updates are available for those lucky souls using Windows 7 Beta. The updates can be found by going to Start/All Programs/Windows Updates, as they are not being announced or installed via Automatic Updates. It must be done manually.
Reports that the updates don’t change anything and are only a “pseudo-refresh†seemed somewhat inaccurate. â€Starting February 24, we will be releasing up to 5 test updates to PCs running the Windows 7 Beta (Build 7000) via Windows Update. These updates allow us to test and verify our ability to deliver and manage the updating of Windows 7. We typically verify servicing scenarios during a betaâ€, said Brandon LeBlanc. Instead of the “up to 5†announced updates, I was presented with 35 suggested updates which downloaded and installed in approximately 25 minutes.
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Vista Speech Recognition
Is it a tool or a toy? It’s certainly possible to open some programs and “Drill Sargent” a Word Document into existence but is it cost effective. Does it accomplish the task easily and professionally? Start listening…. Open Word…..OpenWord…..Open Word Document…..Open….Word….Close it….Open Word….Select Word….. Select Document… Numbers…. Numbers….. Number Grid….
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TweakVista
Yes, we know Vista has problems but lets get this lazy hog up and running like the wind. Whaaat, don’t think that’s possible? Well, think again. I’m listing what I do for my Vista Installations. Some of these suggestions will change the security and functionality of Vista, so if your main interest is security, you may want to skip a suggestion. Before attempting any of these changes be sure to log in as “Administratorâ€.
To confirm the safety of these suggestions, I performed all these changes on my Gateway laptop with a brand new “from the factory installâ€. If you want this latest operating system to work like you know it should, then lets get started. I think
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13 Ways To Extend your Laptop Battery Life
Everyone knows it’s a problem. A zillion articles and lists on how to extend laptop battery life dot the Internet. The problem is that most are just vague lists … I’m going to tell you what I found that works and how to set it up. These tips are not for using the laptop around the house. This is for when you must get the absolute most from your current battery charge. How much will it get you? How about a whopping 58% more use time?
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Trashed From The Factory Straight To Your Doorstep
Recently my focus has been on how the computer manufacturers are clogging our machines with boatware and craplets. My most recent look at this problem was disheartening to say the least. Instead of continuing to whine, I decided to see what I could do about the problem.
I started with a Sony VAIO VGN-NR185 laptop. The same one used in the �From Bloat To Craplet� article. This first laptop uses an Intel Core2 Duo 1.6 GHz processor and 1024 MB of memory. I’ve always liked the VAIO from Sony but the recent problem with craplets and Sony’s position on DRM has led me to safer alternatives. I wanted to see how much time it took to clear this machine of the headaches installed by Sony.
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Remove Gator/Claria Products
Gator claims that it’s easy to remove their applications:
“All GAIN supported applications are easily removable via the application’s uninstaller and or the Windows Add/Remove Programs Control Panel. A few minutes after all GAIN applications have been uninstalled, the GAIN software is designed to self uninstall.” –Gator support response
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