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Windows 8 Gets Windows 7 Mode

Renée James, Intel’s software chief, mentioned at Intel’s Investor Meeting 2011 at company headquarters in Santa Clara that Windows 8 traditional would ship with a Windows 7 mode. Traditional in…

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Run Older Programs With Windows Program Compatibility Wizard

This issue doesn’t seem to be as prominent among users with Windows 7 as it was when Windows Vista was first released. When Windows Vista was released, it was built…

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Reasons Not To Upgrade An Old Computer To Windows 7

Some of my testing for Windows 7 is being done on an old Dell Latitude D400, a four-year-old laptop with 1GB of RAM, a 1.8GHz single core Pentium M, and a 12″ display with a resolution of 1024×768. Vista was a slug on this computer, but I’ve found Windows 7 to be pleasantly usable. That being said, if you brought the same computer to me and asked me if you should upgrade it to Windows 7, my answer would probably be no.

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How To Install Windows XP Mode In Windows 7

Windows XP Mode allows Windows 7 users to run Windows XP compatible applications in Windows 7. The main different between the Windows XP Mode and other software virtualization applications like…

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