Archive for November, 2009

How do I make my computer automatically start Windows 7?

Saturday, November 21st, 2009


Now that I’ve installed Windows 7 on my C drive, Windows Vista is left on my D drive, and everytime I boot up it asks me to choose between which OS system to launch. How can I set it to default launch Windows 7?

If I upgrade to Windows 7 with Windows 7 upgrade, will all the settings on my computer be the same?

Saturday, November 21st, 2009


I already have my computers set up a certain way and don’t want anything to change – as far as the display goes. All my shortcut icons are set up and arranged in a very efficient way for myself so I don’t have to search for certain files/folders. Will upgrading to Windows 7 screw this up?

The H Week

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

In the past week, The H posted the latest Linux news in the Kernel Log, took a detailed look at Fedora 12, and reported on Google’s ChromeOS, Android 2.0, Metasploit 3.3, Camino 2 and Firefox 3.6 Beta 3

Security vulnerabilities in add-ons imperil Firefox users

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

Security experts have found security problems in several popular Firefox extensions. They warn that using add-ons can impact the security of the entire system

Kernel Log: Coming in 2.6.32 (Part 3) – Storage

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

The kernel development team have enhanced various aspects of Btrfs, one effect of which is to significantly improve the experimental file system’s write performance. A number of changes to the block layer promise better data throughput and reactivity. There are also several new drivers for storage hardware

I am using windows 7 ultimate. I cant hear any login or shutting down sounds. How can i enable them?

Saturday, November 21st, 2009


I am using windows 7 ultimate. When i login or shut down I cant hear any music. I have a acer laptop. There is no problem with the sound card. I can play songs in windows media player and it works just fine. Its only the login and shutdown sounds. Please help on how i can enable them.

What is the true difference between Windows 7 x86 and Windows 7 x64?

Saturday, November 21st, 2009


What is the true difference between Windows 7 x86 and Windows 7 x64? Yes I know that x64 is 64 bit, but what benifits do I gain running 64 bit over 32 bit and what is the REAL difference?

Can a computer running windows 7 connect to a windows xp home edition machine?

Friday, November 20th, 2009


I just upgraded my desktop to Windows 7 Pro, it will find everything on my wireless network except my laptop running XP home. I have ran through the network setup on both machines & restarted each. I only see how to setup a homegroup which requires W7 on each.

How can I properly install a custom made Windows 7 theme?

Friday, November 20th, 2009


I just installed Windows 7 onto my laptop and so I went off in search of some good themes for me to use.

I have found a couple but they aren’t installing to the effect that screen shots promised they would.

Is there a proper way to install a 3rd party (custom) theme for Windows 7? Or are the screenshots with the cool looking windows and menus just hocus pocus to get the download numbers up?

I have window vista ultimate 64 bit, and I am upgrading to windows 7.How do I dual boot windows 7?

Friday, November 20th, 2009


I have windows vista ultimate 64 bit, I am planning to upgrade to windows 7 ultimate. How do I install the upgrade, and is it possible for me to dual boot windows 7 so I could use mac OS? How would I do this? Thank You