Windows 7 on Verge of Being Number One Operating System
What? Hasn’t Windows 7 been number one for a long time? Nope. Windows XP is still the most common operating system (OS) for the moment, but Windows 7 is about to catch up, finally, according to a May survey by NetApplications. Especially since support for XP will officially expire in less than...
Windows 7 Tips & Tricks 2: Minimize and Maximize
Quickly Maximize and Minimize Windows You're typing away on your keyboard and find you need to minimize the window you're working in so you can look at another one. But that means moving your hand off the keyboard, moving it to the mouse, and clicking in that little box at the upper right of the...
Quick, can you reel off the security key to your wireless network? No? Can you even find where you saved it? Probably not. Forget about trying to remember run-of-the-mill passwords. Those wireless network security keys are looooong. There's no way you are going to remember yours. You're lucky if...
The End is Near: Support for Windows XP, Office 2003
Windows XP SP3 (Service Pack 3) and Office 2003 will go out of support on April 8, 2014. That's just under two years away, and it may seem strange that we are warning you so "early." But, according to Microsoft, " if your organization has not started the migration to a modern PC, you are...
Windows XP Turns 10-years-old!
There's a good chance you are still using Windows XP operating system on your personal computer - whether at home or at work. Can you believe the operating system turned 10-years-old last month? It's pretty amazing that, in this age of rapidly evolving technology solutions, a decade-old system is...
Windows 7 Tips and Tricks
Administrators are constantly learning these days. Server virtualization, desktop VDI, Exchange, SharePoint -- it's a never-ending barrage of new material to take in. With so many products, it's easy to fall behind on learning all the features of the "old" Windows 7, so let me bring you up to...