Tag: 64 bit
How to Troubleshoot JAVA Installations on Windows 7 (Quick Tip)
Many desktop and web applications are built on top of the JAVA Virtual Machine which is a platform for writing special programs that are cross platform aware. Meaning, a program written using the JAVA Virtual Machine can run on Windows, Mac OS X or Linux without alteration. Unlike certain applications, where you have to get [...]
How to Upgrade to Office 2010
Today we are going to take a look at upgrading to Microsoft Office 2010. Upgrading to new versions of Microsoft Office is a fairly mundane task, but there are some things you should know before installing the new version. If you are running versions of Office as far back as 2000, you should be able [...]
How to Upgrade iTunes in Windows
iTunes is the popular music management tool developed by Apple for listening, managing audio files and other types of media such as Apps, Videos, TV Shows, Movies in addition to syncing with the ubiquitous iPod and iOS devices such as the iPhone and iPad. In this article, I am going to show you how to [...]
How to Recover Documents, Music and Email After Upgrading with the Windows.old folder
It’s been over a year since the release of Windows 7 and the market has spoken, Windows 7 is a hit! The migration is still in progress though, considering that Windows XP usage dropped below 60% for the first time there is still a considerable amount of users out there running the 9 year old [...]
Windows 7 Year in Review – A Look Back after 240 Million Licenses Sold
It seems like just yesterday Windows 7 was released to manufacturing. Time flies indeed! I remember my first experience with Windows 7 which was the developer preview build 6801 released at the Microsoft Public Developer Conference in October 2008. Of course, it was still early in the development phase and you didn’t see a lot [...]
How To Fix the Can’t Unpack Windows 7 Student Upgrade Error
Yesterday we showed you how to turn the files you downloaded from Windows 7 Student discount upgrade bootable on a flash drive or DVD to help users get past several upgrade errors but there are still issues plaguing many students.
The biggest issue is affecting users who want to upgrade form a 32-bit version of Windows Vista to a 64-bit version of Windows 7. In many cases these users can’t even unpack the setup files to make a bootable disc.
