Windows 8 Beta December 5th, 2011 Word has that the beta version will be available around February or March of 2012. This opens the door for a Release Candidate (RC) in June and a possible Gold or RTM build by late Summer, with public availability by October of 2012.
September 29th, Revised Oct. 10th and Dec. 2nd (Screen Shots now available) How to restore Windows 7 after installing the Windows 8 Developer Preview. This recovery procedure is only valid if you “Upgraded” from Windows 7 to Windows 8, it has not been verified to work if you performed a “Custom/Clean” install of Windows 8.
You have two choices: 1) Text only version (available Oct. 1st), use thislink to print a hard copy of the instructions. (Oct. 10th - Basic screen shots of Preview Build installation now available). 2) Text with supporting screenshots link (Added Dec. 2nd), provides the additional visual aid needed to make the recovery process as easy as possible. Updated Dec. 2nd - Please note that my Hosting Site is having problems with their software tools. I Will be moving to Web Expressions 4 as time permits
Windows XP New - August 24th, 2011 Windows XP - 10th Anniversary After 10 Years Windows XP still has nearly 50% of the market share with Windows 7 the current leader by a fraction of a percent and Vista in the rear.
The irony is that Windows 7 may never enjoy a long life and only briefly hold 50% or more of the market as Microsoft already is touting Windows 8. For more on Windows 8 see “Building Windows 8”
If history is any lesson Windows 8 may be a dud if you follow the every other version rule. Windows 98 was a success, Windows ME was a dud, Windows XP is a success, Windows Vista was a dud and Windows 7 could be a long lived success if Windows 8 is a dud.
I suspect that if Windows XP was not pulled from the market it would still hold the market share even though there is a lot to like about Windows 7.
So for all you loyal XP users, I salute you on your 10th birthday and may there be many more.
New - May 18th, 2011 How to move Windows XP to a new and larger hard drive - Using Acronis True Image The third and final article in a series of articles on how to replace your existing hard drive with a new and or larger drive.
May 2nd, 2011 How to move Windows XP to a new and larger hard drive - Using Ghost 15 The second in a series of articles on how to replace your existing hard drive with a new and or larger drive.
April 5th, 2011 How to move Windows XP to a new and larger hard drive -Using EASEUS Todo Backup Windows XP has no integrated image backup software therefore a free third party utility will be used to create an image backup of the Windows partition and restore that backup to your new and larger hard drive. March 12th, 2011 Windows XP - Save your investment The true cost of upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 may be more than meets the eye.
December 7th, 2010 Windows XP - The Rise and Fall of IE6 The problem is that IE9 does not support Windows XP which still has about a 60% market share. In the long term XP users may find that Firefox or Chrome is more attractive than sticking with IE6 or IE8.
October 22nd, 2010 Windows XP - All Good Things After October 22, 2010, you'll no longer be able to buy new PCs with Windows XP installed.
New - July 6th Windows Installer Cleanup Utility Discontinued
Windows 7 for XP users How to find your way around Navigating your way around can be a problem for someone who has used Windows XP all these years, but once you know where to find things it’s not all that bad.
July 21st, 2011 How to recover delete files using the Restore Previous Versions feature in Windows 7 You accidently or intentionally deleted a file and then emptied the Recycle Bin or you may have edited a Word, Excel or Power Point document. The next day or later in the week wish you hadn’t and frantically check the Recycle Bin and search your folders only to realize its no longer there.
Windows 7 includes a rarely documented feature that just may stop you from screaming, pulling your hair out and save your day by recovering that all important file.
May 5th, 2011 Windows 7 - How to reset Backup and Restore’s Action Center.
After a backup fails the Action Center display needs to be reset to clear the error message and the failed backup folders and files deleted from the destination drive in order to perform a successful backup with the correct backup status results
April 30th, 2011 Windows 7 – Where in the world is the retail version of Service Pack 1 More than 2 months have gone by since the Service Pack 1 (SP1) upgrade was released. However try to find a retail version of Windows 7 with SP1 already incorporated, you can’t.
March 6th, 2011 Windows 7 - Service Pack 1 System Repair Disc After upgrading to Windows 7 Service Pack 1, now would be a good time to create a new and updated system repair disc.
Steps to take before installing Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Major revisions and a correction: 5 New steps added on - Feb. 24th, 2011
July 18th, 2011 US Budget, Republicans, Democrats and the Tea party - They still don’t get it ----->
June 8th, 2011 The budget deficit - It’s the Workforce stupid While the Democrats and the Republicans argue over and over again about what to cut from the budget, they can’t see or are unwilling to tackle the real problem. Read the full article ----->
May 17th 2011 - A bright idea gone dim Revised June 8th. Congress passed a law that requires discontinuing the sale of 100 watt incandescent light bulbs at the end of 2011. This will force consumers to purchase 100W CFL bulbs (with toxic mercury), the more efficient incandescent bulbs or very costly LED lamps. Read the full article ----->
New - July 5th, 2011 How to Dual Boot Windows 7 32-Bit with Windows 7 64-Bit - Part 1 Dual Booting Windows 7 using a single new hard drive - Although it does not matter which version (32-Bit or 64-Bit) of Windows you install first, for this article the 32-Bit version will be installed first, followed by the 64-Bit version. You could of course install two 32Bit versions or two 64Bit versions, however a 32Bit / 64Bit dual boot environment gives you the best of both worlds.
New - July 5th, 2011 How to Dual Boot Windows 7 32-Bit with Windows 7 64-Bit - Part 2 Installing the second bootable version of Windows on your disk drive: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit.
June 9th, 2010
Windows 7 - How to repair Windows 7 after removing XP from a Dual Boot computer These instructions will show you how repair and change a Dual Boot computer back to a Single Boot system. During the boot process you see the following error message: “DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT DISK AND PRESS ENTER”.
May 7th, 2010 How to remove Windows XP from a Windows 7 Dual Boot computer Windows XP is the original operating system installed on your computer’s hard drive. You then installed Windows 7 on the same drive and created “Dual-Boot” system. Windows XP is no longer needed and you want to know how to uninstall it.
I strongly suggest you continue to use your current browser and not get carried away with installing a very early release of IE10 unless you are willing to accept the fact that anything from minor to major problems could make your computer less or totally non functional. Leave the testing to those who have a second computer that is not critical or used for there everyday computing needs.