In the Windows 7 beta, the Windows Experience Index of Primary Hard disk is rated lower than Windows Vista. This is not possible as the Windows Experience Index (WEI) is up to 7.9 in Windows 7 and its 5.9 in Windows Vista. Maybe this is a small bug or something in the beta version and I hope it will...

Every Sunday, I perform a set of jobs on all my computers. They help optimize the system, save hard disk space, increase security and privacy, etc.   Clean: Using CCleaner, I clean the PCs including all the browser caches and various other application caches. (Read my introduction to CCleaner here....

There are a lot of utilities that can be used to clean a computer. These do something more than the usual “Disk Cleanup� ($ cleanmgr), are easy to use with custom features and are faster too. Cleaning up your computer can improve its performance and ensure greater privacy. For a while now, I hav...

Every once in a while, there is some file that you know you’ve saved but yet can’t find it. Windows Search comes handy at such times but is very slow. Windows Desktop Search, a new utility that is now being shipped with the Windows OSs and being given as an update works using indexing. I think i...

Go ahead, try and find Add/Remove Programs in that Control Panel list. It helps if you squint. It's gone! If you've used Vista, you'd be familiar with the fact that Add/Remove Programs is now called......

Microsoft offers a suite of utilities called Sysinternals for free for troubleshooting your PC. The suite is far superior to many of the alternate freewares that are available. Mark Russinovich, now a Fellow in Microsoft, originally developed them along with Bryce Cogswell when they were in the comp...

I have previously written an article about dual-booting operating systems specifically for Windows 7 and Windows Vista (story here). As I have mentioned, you need to install the operating system on different partitions. This is a video which teaches you that: Go ahead and make a Windows 7 Dual boot ...

Windows Vista comes with its own partitioning software that can be used to partition the connected hard drives. It can be accessed by clicking on Control Panel Administrative Tools Computer Management. This opens a new window with the entry Disk Management under the storage entry in the left panel. ...

An unattended XP disk is a customized installation disk that allows you to perform a Windows installation with minimal effort (once the disk is created). All of the effort takes place in creating the unattended disk, but it is well worth it. With an unattended XP disk, you can preselect all of the o...

If you're struggling with decreased performance on a Windows based machine, it's a simple fix to check to make sure your IDE drives aren't operating in a slower, ineffective transfer mode. When fresh from the box—or your workbench— your computer should have had all it's IDE drives set in...