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2010-01-15T14:55:00.000-08:00

Now that all the dust has settled from the rollout of Windows 7, what do we really think?
Over all Microsoft has finally put out a pretty decent operating system, without all the bugs. We started to evaluate this product with the first Beta, which we were pleased with, and nothng has happened to change our minds about this offering from Redmond. It has been more than stable and has a lot of features that make this OS an inprovement over XP, so we highly recommend that if you are planning to upgrade, do so to take advantage of this quality product. The only caveat to upgrading is that if you are trying to do so from XP be warned that you must do a clean install rather than an upgrade, as Windows 7 will not allow you to upgrade. To make clear what a clean install is, that you must reformat your disk drive and install it fresh, which is pretty easy to do, just put in the dish and follow the prompts that take you to the screen that allows you to reformat your drive. Remember that you should copy all of your personal files and favorites in Explorer so you don't loose them and have all of your applications ready to reinstall, first. This may seem like too much work but the improvement is worth the effort!

2009-03-11T16:52:00.002-07:00

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2009-03-11T16:52:00.000-07:00

For those new to computing here are two tips to maybe help you understand why system memory may lie or trouble you.

1. 32-bit operating system will only see anywhere from 3Gb to 3.5 of system memory. Alot depends on the memory, and motherboard. My personal computer will only recognize 3.5 Gb but I run 6 Gb in my system. I also run Vista 64-bit OS and then my computer will see all the memory I have. I run 2 versions of Win Vista both the 32-bit and 64-bit on a partitioned drive, it allows me to compare and take advantage of more memory. What I am getting at is don't let a salesman try and sell you 6 or 8 Gb of memory if all your running is Vista 32-bit.

2. We have had some problems with OS freeze or restart (during the nite, strange how this happens) and then have had problems re-booting or recovering from this. So we never let our computer go into sleep mode and this has helped us, and our customers. So to set this setting right click on the desktop and personalize settins, click screen saver and then, power options and on the left change when computer sleeps. Use the dropdown menu from put computer to sleep and change to never. This may help solve some re-boot problems you may have.

3. Watch out for problems with the virus protection you may have like McAfee because it somtimes mistakes some of your system files for a virus. At Business Processes Inc. we have good luck with the free version of avast, but just be careful because without SP1 for Vista the OS is somewhat virus program unfriendly. Here is the like for Avast home edition.
http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

2009-02-06T03:02:00.000-08:00

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