With our recently finished poll (Windows 7 – Love or Hate) we wanted to get our readers views on the Windows 7. As you can see from the pie chart above (click to enlarge), 60% of our voters love windows 7, 8% hate it and 32% are yet to be swayed in either direction. Here [...]
Ever been infected with a virus but not known what to do? Well have no fear…PCToolbox is here…with a tutorial to help you remove the virus! Firstly download the free version of Malwarebytes Now you need to turn off System Restore. Use the following tutorials to aid you: For Windows 7 For Vista For XP [...]
On the odd but very rare occasion you may have to turn off System Restore. System Restore is a component on Microsoft Windows operating systems which allows for the rolling back of system files, registry keys, installed programs, etc., to a previous state in the event of malfunctioning or failure. This tutorial will show you [...]
Our most recent poll was ‘Will you upgrade to Windows 7 straight away?’ 50% of voters said yes they would compared to the 29% saying no and the 21% saying maybe. To those who said no or maybe we want to urge you to upgrade to Windows 7. Here at PCToolbox and Brandstar we’re huge [...]
Last week we wrote a tutorial for the new Image Resizer for Windows 7 and Vista…and now it’s time to review it! The software has been developed by CodePlex and is free to download! As a whole we’re very impressed with the program and think it’s got a lot of potential. The software itself is [...]
Just over 1 1/2 years ago we wrote a post titled ‘Quick Tip – Resize Multiple Images Quickly‘. One of the programs we mentioned in the blog only worked for machines running XP. However, a company called CodePlex have adapted the software so it can be used for Windows 7 and Vista machines! Here is [...]
People are forever asking us ‘What’s new about Windows 7 Professional?’ Here’s a few of our favourite Windows 7 Professional features! Windows XP Mode Run many older Windows XP productivity applications in Windows XP Mode Domain Join and Group Policy Easily and more securely add windows 7-based PC’s to a domain network. With Group Policy [...]
Windows 7 Professional is easier to use, more reliable, more secure and faster than Windows XP. Windows XP is nearly a decade old, with limited support for new hardware and software. On the other hand, Windows 7 Professional has been specifically designed to meet the growing demands of modern technology users with more sophisticated networking, [...]
So our first post on Windows 7 RC was relativly short, this one comes after a bit of use and testing and we stand by the previous title “Windows 7 RC is BRILLIANT” we are very impressed. If you don’t want to read on then you can take these three things away from our findings [...]
We have been testing the Beta version of Windows 7 since that was released and downloaded the RC as soon as we could get our hands on it. In short we still think it is brilliant and are really looking forward to the final release. Without writing pages and pages on this the best way [...]
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