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Entries Tagged ‘vista’

Generic steps to removing a virus from an infected PC

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
Boot your machine into ‘Safe [...]

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Turn Off/On System Restore in Vista

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 [...]

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Disk Cleanup – Vista

We recently wrote a post about performing a ‘Disk Cleanup’ on XP and we thought it would be a good idea to do one for Vista too! Disk Cleanup is a computer maintenance application included in Microsoft Windows operating systems. It’s designed to free up disk space on your computers hard drive. [...]

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Review – Image Resizer for Windows 7 and Vista

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 very [...]

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Image Resizer for Windows 7 and Vista

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 [...]

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Windows 7 RC – How it’s going

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

Speed
Stable
Compatible

For those [...]

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Cannot Find Windows Home Server

We came across a problem today that we have come across before, but each time forget the solution, so…time to document it!
Scenario – new machine to add to the WHS network. Shoved the connector disc in and follow it through, but after entering the password we get the message “Can’t find the windows home server” [...]

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Windows 7 RC – Brilliant!

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 to [...]

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Print Images Using Vista Tools

You don’t have to have all these snazzy photo programs to print a decent photo on your PC.  Vista have a great tool which is easy to use and comes preinstalled on your machine.  Here’s how to use it…

To Start click on the Vista Start Orb and select Pictures

Click once on the photo you wish [...]

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Windows 7 Beta – Summary

My first impressions then of Windows 7 are very good.  It is much like Vista but it almost seems like a more intelligent operating system, if there can be such a thing.  Things that we have always wondered why we can’t make them more easy have been made easy.
There are a lot of graphic and [...]

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