As a Windows XP user, you might have problems with the current Internet Explorer 8 installation due to repeated crashes or other reasons. In this situation, the removal or the uninstalling of Internet Explorer 8 is an alternative for trying a different web browser or to restore the previous version of Internet Explorer. There are two methods to uninstall the Internet Explorer browser: manual and automatic.
Browsing the Internet, you can find many tips and tricks, as well as specialized software for tweaking your Windows Vista operating system in order to obtain a better overall performance of the computer behavior. As compared with manual tweaking, the software which automates the system optimization process will perform the tweaking related tasks faster and safer. To enjoy the results of the most efficient Windows Vista tweaking process, a must have is Ultimate Windows Tweaker, an application of only 380 KB (does not require installation) which is capable of making over 130 essential tweaks, enough to put your operating system on steroids.
For many of you that may still use Windows XP operating system and do not have the possibility to install Windows 7, there are available a few methods and free tools to change the appearance of your Windows XP with a minimum effort. By performing an Internet search, you will find many Windows 7 customization packs designed to work with Windows XP and Vista. They have appeared before the official launch of Windows 7 Beta. On the other hand, if you do not want to use customization or transformation packs for Windows XP, there are also published methods which allow the manual modification of the default XP interface. (Related Article: Dual Boot Windows 7 And XP Easily: Windows 7 Installation Directly From XP Without A LiveDVD)
Even there are enough free or paid backup solutions for any Windows powered computer, XXClone is a free application that besides making copies of the current data stored on hard drives, provides you the alternative to create a clone of the operating system, with all existing settings, files, installed applications and drivers. The cloning process is automatically and can be performed on another hard drive internal or external (USB drive) which will be also bootable, as the primary drive (the one containing the Windows operating system). In this way, you will be able to perform an advanced backup of the current system with the same custom preferences, ready to run when the computer fails. (Related Article: Free Download Windows 7 Build 7048: Internet Explorer 8 Is Removable)
Though Windows XP was first released quite a while ago, on 25 October 2001, it is still the most widely used operating system in the world. According to marketshare.hitslink.com, at the end of November 2008, Windows XP was the most widely used operating system in the world with a 66.31% market share.
So I guess many of you are still using it and some of you might find the following advice useful at some point, though I sincerely hope you don’t get to find yourselves in the position to need it.
For various reasons your Windows XP might crash, that’s something we all know. Repairing the Windows XP (Home or Professional) system is much easier if we are still able to use the Safe Mode. But what about when even launching your Win XP system in Safe Mode is not possible? (related article: Dual Boot Windows 7 And XP Easily: Windows 7 Installation Directly From XP Without A LiveDVD)
The default configuration of Mozilla Firefox is not optimal. If you want to gain the maximum level of the browser performance (depending on your current Internet connection speed) certain tweaks can be performed manually or automatically, with the help of third party software or Firefox add-ons. One of the most popular tweaking tool is FireTune, a standalone software application compatible with Windows operating system. Firetune performs automatic tweaks corresponding to various computer configurations and network settings. (related article: 2.5 Millions Downloads for FireTune: It Makes Mozilla Firefox To Run With The Speed of Light)
If you already installed Windows 7 Beta, Microsoft Virtual PC will help you to run two or more operating systems in the same time and switch between them with a single mouse click. This article will show how to install Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1 on Windows 7 and describes the necessary steps to create a new virtual machine. First, you will need to download Microsoft Virtual PC SP1 installer from the official website (Microsoft Download Center) and double click its corresponding icon:
You can run Linux and Windows applications in the same time on Windows 7 by using Slax or any Linux distribution in a virtual machine. Slax is a lightweight (highly compressed through 7-zip compression ), portable and fast Linux distribution with a modular structure: beside the wide range of pre-installed software, the user is able to add the desired application through a module that does not need to be installed or configured. Practically a custom Slax distribution is easy to build in order to have personalized applications for Internet browsing, CD and DVD ripping, multimedia playback, office related tasks management and more (related article: Dual Boot Windows 7 And XP Easily: Windows 7 Installation Directly From XP Without A LiveDVD).
After a successful installation of the new Windows 7 Beta version on your computer, if you are on a Local Area Network, the system will try to automatically detect the network settings and setup a working Internet connection. If the automatic detection of the network is finalized with errors or you cannot access a certain web page from the browser, the Windows Network Diagnostics tool will try to find it.
In a simple manner, (in less than 30 minutes), Windows 7 can be installed directly from your current desktop alongside an existing Windows XP operating system (but on a different partition) without burning a DVD. Even more, all applications that are currently installed on the Windows XP will work on Windows 7 without the need to reinstall them (you will just have to create shortcuts to the executable file). At the boot phase, you will be able to select the desired operating system: Windows 7 or Windows XP.
There are quite many ways to shut down a Windows based system. Clicking the “Start” button, followed by clicking the “Turn Off Computer” button, then the “Turn Off” button is probably the most popular. But there are other ways, less known to the average Windows user. Such as pressing the Windows key (the one on the left, between the left Ctrl and Alt keys) and then pressing twice the “U” key. As far as I know, this won’t work on Windows Vista, but it should work on Windows XP or sooner.
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