Tag: Operating System
Windows 8 For ARM Devices Won’t Be Sold Separately
Yesterday the Building Windows 8 blog posted a lengthy update about Windows On ARM (WOA), the version of the operating system for ARM-chip based devices. Microsoft is working with major ARM chip makers like Nvidia and Texas Instruments to design PCs for WOA, but I suspect that the majority of the devices consumers see will [...]
OS X Lion Coming Wednesday at 8:30 am?
Will OS X Lion drop this week on Wednesday? One report says it will show up in the Mac App Store at 8:30 am Eastern Wednesday morning. Based on the stability of the latest Lion gold master, it looks to be ready for the average user with some exceptions. UPDATE: Apple just announced in their [...]
How To Load BIOS and Change Boot Configuration
When you start your computer it does a lot of things before you start seeing Windows 7, or whatever your primary operating system is. The first program it starts is the BIOS (Basic Input/Output System), it is located inside your computers system unit on coin shaped chip attached to the motherboard. It is responsible for [...]
9 Tips for Troubleshooting Internet Explorer 9 (How To)
If you have recently upgraded to or want to upgrade to Microsoft’s latest web browser, Windows Internet Explorer 9 and you are experiencing some technical difficulties with it, here are some tips to resolve some of the common problems you might experience. 1. Internet Explorer 9 Refuses to Install. The first thing is to make [...]
BlueStacks Aims to Bring Android Titles to Windows Machines
Can’t decide if you want to get a Windows tablet or even a Tablet PC versus one of those sleek new Android tablets that are on or about to hit the market? Well, with BlueStacks, hopefully, you can get a power-performing Windows tablet–with all the bells and whistles for your productivity needs–while still being able [...]
Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Now Ready for Download: What You Need to Know
The first major maintenance update for Windows 7, Service Pack 1 is now ready for download. Microsoft released the first beta back in June 2010 followed by a Release Candidate in late October 2010 and the final RTM availability (February 16th 2011 MSDN/TechNet subscribers) and public Availability (February 22nd 2011). Unlike previous Service Packs, Windows 7 [...]
How to install Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
Installing a Service Pack is nothing new, but there are some pre-requisites users should take into account to ensure a smooth installation. I installed Service Pack 1 release for Windows 7 a couple of days ago and I decided it would be a good opportunity to chronicle my experience. Microsoft released the first beta back [...]
How to Backup to an External Hard Drive
In a previous Notebooks.com article we looked at using System Imaging as handy way to backup our entire computer. The benefits being, you are able to keep a safe replica of your system in a working state. System Images though can be quite large, using a lot of hard disk space that might not be [...]
How to use Windows ReadyBoost To Speed Up Your Computer
When Windows Vista reached the beta 2 stage of development, one of the touted features of the new operating system was a feature called ReadyBoost. The purpose of this new feature was to give PC’s a performance boost that actually needed it to efficiently run the new operating system by supplementing RAM using affordable Flash [...]
Quick Look: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Release Candidate
Back in early July, Microsoft released the first beta for it’s first major maintenance update for Windows 7 called Service Pack 1. To be honest, major is kind of a loaded word since there is not much to see on the client side of things. What you should expect is a collection of all updates that [...]
