TweakNow 2009 for Windows 7

October 31, 2009

For those of you that like to tweak your system by making your own registry hacks – this isn’t the program for you.  You can skip this post, and focus on restoring your system because you used the wrong hexadecimal value.
For the rest of us –  TweakNow 2009 is a tool to keep your system [...]

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7.5 reasons to upgrade to Windows 7

October 22, 2009

Yay!!! It’s finally October 22 (albeit a bit late in the day….)
Windows 7 was officially released today, but you don’t care because you’ve been running it for a few months now.
You are part of the few, the proud, the beta testers!
But – in case you weren’t, or you need to justify to your friends why [...]

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What flavor of Windows 7 is right for you?

October 22, 2009

It looks like there are quite a few choices out there for you to spend your upgrade dollars.
So – what are they?
Engadget has a nice breakdown of them, but we’ve added the windows7help.org commentary to the selections:
Windows 7 Starter
Quick and dirty version of Windows 7 – but only suited for netbooks.  There are many releases [...]

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Internet troubleshooting guide

October 20, 2009
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The other night, I was all set to do some serious blogging.  I had a few posts rattling around in my head, and I had to get them out.
I had my coffee, I had my trail mix (with smarties!), and I had the inviting glow of my laptops screen.  Fired up Outlook to check my [...]

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7 quick and easy tweaks to speed up Windows 7

October 16, 2009

Ok – you’ve got your fresh install of Windows 7 on your system.  You’ve been running it for a week or two, but now you think it’s not as fast as it was when you first installed it.  You, my friend, are suffering from “Tweakitis” – but it’s ok, it’s generally not fatal.
Here are a [...]

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XP to Windows 7 is like getting a new computer

October 15, 2009

Ok, there’s only a few weeks left until you can get your hands on a legitimate upgrade copy of Windows 7.  October 22 is fast approaching, so now is a great time to figure out when you can upgrade your tired, slow XP to the new, super fast, amazingly impressive Windows 7 – ok, maybe [...]

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