- Fixing Your Computer Absolute Beginner's Guide: Troubleshooting Device Problems
- Aug 23, 2013
- Paul McFedries covers some of the built-in Windows tools that can help you troubleshoot problematic hardware.
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- Switching to Windows 8: A Quick Guide for Current Windows Users
- Oct 15, 2012
- Michael Miller shows you what’s new in Windows 8, and helps you learn how to do all your old tasks the new Windows 8 way.
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- Catching Up with PC Backup in 2012
- Sep 12, 2012
- What's the best backup regimen for your systems, now that online backup is dirt cheap, and disk drives even cheaper? Quick answer: Multiple backups.
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- Your Data Everywhere, Part 2: Exposing LightSwitch Data as OData Services to Other Clients
- Jul 10, 2012
- Continuing his three-part series on LightSwitch support for Open Data Protocol (OData) in Visual Studio's 2012, Alessandro Del Sole, author of Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch Unleashed, demonstrates the power you gain by being able to expose data sources to OData services in a wide array of clients.
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- Your Data Everywhere, Part 1: OData Support in Visual Studio LightSwitch
- Jun 28, 2012
- In part 1 of a three-article series, Alessandro Del Sole, author of Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch Unleashed, describes a useful addition to LightSwitch: support for Open Data Protocol (OData) data sources. Learn how to work with OData services from your LightSwitch apps.
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- Remote Control Software Solves "Friends and Family" Support Issues
- Jan 10, 2012
- In this lively autobiographical article, Ed Tittel describes his long-distance quest to help his father diagnose and fix computer issues.
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- Search Everything Runs Rings Around Windows Search
- Nov 10, 2011
- Ed Tittel explains that, as good as Windows Search may be, the freeware search engine from Voidtools known as Search Everything beats the pants off built-in Windows Search, both in terms of speed and the performance hit on your system.
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- Dealing with Fallout from Windows Update
- Sep 19, 2011
- Ed Tittel explains how to handle the occasional wobbles that sometimes follow in the wake of Windows Update.
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- Importing and Exporting Windows Network Settings
- Jun 14, 2010
- Need to back up or distribute your network settings? Eric Geier shows how to work with your wireless profiles, TCP/IP configuration, and 802.1X authentication settings.
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- Migrating from XP to Windows 7
- Jan 7, 2010
- Elna Tymes and Charles Prael provide instructions doing a software upgrade from Windows 7 from Windows XP without performing a clean installation of Windows 7.
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- Ten Ways Windows 7 Is Better than Windows XP
- Dec 16, 2009
- Windows expert Mark Edward Soper gives you ten important reasons to make the move from Windows XP to Windows 7.
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- Ten Ways Windows 7 Is Better than Vista
- Nov 24, 2009
- Mark Edward Soper gives you 10 important reasons to make the move from Windows Vista to Windows 7.
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- Networking Windows 7 and Windows XP PCs
- Oct 12, 2009
- Mark Edward Soper shows how to add your shiny new Windows 7 computer to your existing Windows XP network.
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- Keeping Files Synchronized with Windows Live Sync
- Aug 4, 2009
- Discover Microsoft’s free service that keeps your files in sync. Eric Geier steps you through setting up the service and the sync software.
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- A Brief History of Microsoft Windows
- Aug 3, 2009
- Michael Miller is your tour guide for 25 years of Windows: from Windows 1.0 to Windows 7.
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- Media Improvements in Windows 7
- Aug 3, 2009
- This chapter reveals the improvements in Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center that enhance your audio and video experience in Windows 7.
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- Foreseeing the Annoyances of Windows 7
- Jul 31, 2009
- Eric Geier discusses possible Windows 7 interface and feature changes that you might find irksome.
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- How to Use Windows 7's New Library Feature
- Jul 28, 2009
- Eric Geier shows you how to work with and manage Libraries in Windows 7 to make it easier to search, view, and your access documents.
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- Getting to Know the New Windows 7 Taskbar
- Jul 27, 2009
- Michael Miller walks you through all the new Windows 7 Taskbar features and shows you why it will make you more productive.
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- Seven Reasons to Upgrade to Windows 7
- Jul 24, 2009
- Michael Miller gives you seven good reasons why you should upgrade to Windows 7, no matter which version of Windows you're currently running.
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