Basic Tune-Up to Maintain Your New Computer’s Performance

What are the first things you do when you buy a new PC? Assuming that it has Windows XP (or Windows 7), there are some basic steps that everyone should take in order to maintain the computer speed in the long run. Incorrect setup by your PC reseller or manufacturer can be corrected. You might have read that you should defragment your hard drive often, but that’s not enough. read more

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Windows 7 – Finally a worthy successor of Windows XP? – Part 1

I was eager to try Windows Vista. It was to be the new Windows that Microsoft has spent to much time developing and whom we saw many previews and release candidates. Needless to say that like many people I was quite frustrated in the beginning with UAC (User Account Control) that needlessly pops up everytime you do something that requires administrator priviledges – I turned that off. And that Windows Explorer never saving the view I specified in any folder – all too annoying… Games working SLOWER than Windows XP, huge memory requirements… But it had advantages – it was more stable, system recovery was efficient, Direct X 10 gaming, and with Service Pack 1, was FASTER! It did become my default Windows Installation (on my dual boot) until it crashed…. to never be repaired… and I didn’t want to do a fresh install… I went back to Windows XP with Service Pack 3…

Then came Windows 7 Beta 1. My hopes were up again. read more

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