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CSS has a solution for running IE7 and IE8 on XP as well as running IE6 on Windows 7 all using Microsoft App-V Technology and NOT Med-V. However this solution is not supported by Microsoft and only is supported by CSS
You can contact them at 877-715-5448
http://www.css-security.com/contactus.html
Demo could be found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3m_kGbh56c
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHQ1VLBmk1g
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If you’re running XP and skipped the Vista update and need a good way to transfer files and settings, today we take a look at using Windows Easy Transfer and an external USB drive to easily complete the task. Tutorial here
Download Windows Easy Transfer to a external USB drive.
Install on your Winxp machine
Run WET to save the data to the external usb drive.
Run the Win 7 install disk, delete and create a new partition in advanced drive options
Install drivers, updates, additional applications(try Ninite)
create user name that is same as Winxp machine
WET comes with Win 7 , Run WET and import the data from the external usb drive.
Win 7 has no outlook express, movie maker, messenger, Winmail
Live Essentials is where to find these.
This should work for Vista as well.
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Have you ever wanted to create an automatic logon for your Windows PC but couldn’t find the option to do so? Or, on the disruptive side, have you ever found yourself without administrative access? We have… far too many times, and have decided to produce an article that offers up a slew of different ways to take care of both tasks.
Introduction; Enabling a Windows Vista / 7 Automatic Logon
While both Windows Vista and 7 have obvious advantages over Windows XP, especially with regards to their ease-of-use, there are occasions that can arise where you may have to smack your head and wonder what went through Microsoft’s collective minds during development. In an article I wrote earlier this year entitled, “10 Things Linux Does Better than Windows”, I summed up most of my personal gripes against the OS.
Of all the items mentioned there, the one that has personally affected me in the worst way ever since Vista’s launch is the process of automatically logging into a user at boot. During the XP days, I never encountered problems with having this work, thanks in part to the useful TweakUI utility, but with both Vista and 7, the process can at times be a bit more complicated.
It’s not so much the fact that it’s harder to create an auto-logon for either Vista or 7, but the chance of experiencing a brutal side-effect seems to be far greater. Over the past couple of years, I’ve been bit by random issues related to auto-logons more than once, and on more than one PC. This includes an incident that occurred just this past weekend. Do I have bad luck? I’m not sure, but one thing I do know is that I’m not alone. If you search Google for anything related to the Administrator account or auto-logons, there will be no shortage of content.
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Whether you’ve just bought a new PC, upgraded to Windows 7, or reinstalled your OS, a just-installed system is a great opportunity to make some helpful changes and fixes. Here are the things we recommend anyone tackle on a minty fresh Windows.
We’ve previously rounded up the bulk of our Windows 7 advice, from first installation to fine detail tweaking, in our complete guide to Windows 7, as well as packaged our favorite little utilities and customization apps in a list of 10 booster apps. This guide, in contrast, doesn’t include many downloads, and focuses on what one can do to fix up their system from the get-go, no separate app required.
10. Change Up Your Theme
Unlike its predecessors, Windows 7 offers a lot of non-hacker-ish ways in which you can change the entire look of your desktop, not just the wallpaper. We took an early tour of Windows 7’s many free and legit themes, and noted that Microsoft checks in occasionally to provide more themes at its site. If you’d like to keep your wallpaper fresh, but don’t want to hunt down the widescreen-friendly pics yourself, set up
9. Take Advantage of the Better Printer Setups
When Vista came out, it broke a lot of printer compatibility. Now that most manufacturers have had time to update drivers (and users had time to replace old printers), we can get the most from Windows 7’s better printing tools. You can, for example, make your computer change its default printer based on network connections, which can be a real boon to laptop warriors. You can also keep your XP systems connected on your network happily, as Windows 7 and XP can share printers, as explained by the How-To Geek’s own site. (Original post: XP/7 sharing)
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Windows XP user profile
This article is for non-techies, and for user’s still using Windows XP who just want to copy their existing Windows XP settings to a new computer which is also running XP, or for users who want to replace their existing desktop profile with a new profile.
(Yes, this article is actually several years late as it’s for Windows XP only, but here it is anyway as a bit of a historical archive before Windows XP disappears into desktop operating system oblivion.)
For info regarding Migrating from Winxp to Win 7 read here
These are the steps I use to copy over existing Windows XP user’s desktop profile settings from their old Windows XP computers to a new (or second) Windows XP computer; or to recreate a user’s profile on an existing Windows XP computer if the existing profile is currupt and needs to be replaced. These steps should not be used if copying from Windows XP to Windows 7. I’ll probably add more info about this later, but not five years from now =)
1) Reboot the computer then login as the local Administrator or as another user who has Administrative privileges.
Use step 2 below if you are replacing an existing corrupt user profile:
2) Cut and paste the user’s old user profile( C:\Documents and Settings\)
to a tempsave folder (a folder you will ‘NOT’ delete by accident).
3) Have the user login now creating a new user folder.
4) Reboot the computer again, and login as the local Administrator or Administrator equivalent account again.
5) Copy these folders from the old user profile folder on the old hard drive, or from the tempsave folder you created in step 2 above:
C:\Documents and Settings\\Desktop
C:\Documents and Settings\\Favorites
C:\Documents and Settings\\My Documents
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Here are some tweaks and general help guides that may be of some use.
How to modify UAC
Start › user accounts › change user account control settings › adjust slider
How to disable Page File (Warning: Do Not Do this unless you have A LOT of memory)
Start › system › Advanced system settings › Performance › Settings › Advance › Virtual memory › Change › No paging file › Set › OK
How to disable Hibernation
Start › cmd › type: powercfg -h off › Enter
How to disable System Restore
Start › System › System protection › Configure
How to turn off Search Indexing
a) Start › services › windows search › disable
b) Start › computer › right click c drive › properties › untick: Allow files on this drive to have contents indexed in addition to file properties
c) Start › Indexing options › modify › show all locations › double click users in summary of selected locations › uncheck users directory › double click start menu in the summary of selected locations › uncheck start menu directory › ok
How to turn off Remote Differential Compression
Start › Control panel › programs › turn windows features on or off › uncheck Remote Differential Compression › ok
This makes file transfers (copy, move) faster by turnig off “Remote Differential Compression” (RDC). Copying a 1.91 GB folder from the main HDD to a folder on an external USB drive resulting in …
With RDC turned on: 3:23 – three minutes and 23 seconds (with a stopwatch).
With RDC turned off: 2:25 – two minutes and 25 seconds.
How to turn off unneeded Windows features
Start › programs & features › turn Windows features on or off › uncheck
How to remove the recycle bin
Right click desktop › Personalize › change desktop icons › untick recycle bin
How to disable defragmentation & Superfetch
Start › Computer Management or Services › Disk Defragmentation › disable / Superfetch › disable
How to change title text of Internet Explorer
Start › regedit › HKEY_CURRENT_USER › Software › Microsoft › Internet Explorer › Main
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It’s really easy to hack the login password of Windows XP. This trick can be useful if you forgot what your login password is and want to change it so you can login again. I actually had this experience when I was trying to use my laptop which was deserted for almost a year. Forgot password = Can’t login. But there’s always a solution.
How To Hack
1. Restart your computer and keep pressing F8.
2. From the menu, select boot in safe mode with command prompt.
3. once you’re at the command prompt, type “net users” (without quotes)
4. You will see a list of usernames. Pick the username that you are using and type
“net users username *” (without quotes, replace username with a real username from that username list)
5. You will be asked to enter a new password and a second reconfirmation.
6. Press enter and you will be told that your username password has been changed successfully.
Easy, wasn’t it?
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Put an End to Common EXE Errors
It is often said that everything comes at a price, and it is also true in the case of computers. With all the ease and speed they have to offer, one particular aspect that always distresses computer users are various errors and performance issues cropping up from time to time. While you can’t get rid of them permanently, you can definitely do something to help prevent them from occurring so often.
Contrary to what most people would have you believe, it is fairly easy to deal with common EXE errors like the ccapp.exe, sprtcmd.exe, and iexplorer.exe errors, entirely on your own. We provide certain easy-to-follow steps below:
Such a mammoth index is, of course, hard to maintain and over time, the registry develops some inconsistencies that result in poor system performance. But it need not be that way. It is good to invest in a good registry optimizer that will repair and improve all broken indexes, helping in improving the performance of your computer. This will also help in resolving various PC errors including, EXE, DLL and runtime errors.
It is therefore important that you select a good scanner tool to identify and remove all rootkits found on your computer. This is all very easy to do, and requires nothing more than a few mouse clicks.
To stay away from such problems, invest in a trusted anti-spyware program that will easily search for and destroy all the spyware found on your system.
It is very easy to take care of common EXE errors in Windows computers, as the steps mentioned above must have shown. You don’t need to be a computer expert to follow these steps, and with a little time and patience your computer can be free of EXE errors.