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I’m trying to improve the boot time and general performance of a Windows XP machine and figure the massive collection of services that Windows automatically starts have to have an impact. Are … What Windows services can I safely disable?Read more

I’ve posted a question here that I have a 32bits windows 7 on a dual boot machine with ubuntu 10.04 upgraded to 11.04. From the responses I had from the questions, I … What’s the Best Practice reinstalling windows 7 on a dual boot with ubuntu 11.04Read more

Just got myself a new computer and thinking of how set it up. I have win7 HP and will probably install at least some version of Ubuntu on it shortly to have … What’s the best way to share files between linux and windows 7 on a dual/multi boot computer?Read more

I have some SD cards that I use. Is there a limit to how many times I can write over them? If I leave information on a card, is there anything that … What’s the life expectancy of an SD card?Read more

In windows explorer, as soon as you rename a file, the list reorders and your focus stays on the file you edited, which is now in a new place in the list. … When renaming files in windows 7, prevent explorer from instantly resorting the list (and losing your place)Read more

I often lock Windows and turn my screen off when I’m away for 10 – 20 minutes. Sometimes when I turn the screen on again and I enter my password the screen … When unlocking Windows 7 screen goes blackRead more

My disk cleanup seems unable to delete a lot of messages worth of “temporary files” that it sees, even after I went and deleted contents of various temporary folders I found myself. … Where are “temporary files” cleaned by Windows 7 Disk Cleanup?Read more

I just bought a serial for Windows 7 on-line from the Microsoft store (the most painful shopping experience EVER!). I selected that I wanted to download my version of Windows 7 after … Where can I download Windows 7 (legally from Microsoft)?Read more

I obtained a licence key for Windows 8 through DreamSpark. Is there a way to download a Windows 8 ISO image like you could for Windows 7? I am on a non-Windows … Where can I download Windows 8 legally, from Microsoft?Read more

I have upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10 and I miss the Desktop Gadgets from Windows 7. What happened to them and can I bring them back? Solution: Microsoft retired the … Where can I enable the Desktop Gadgets in Window 10?Read more