Iolo reported that Windows 7 starts up 42 percent slower than Vista -- 1 minute, 34 seconds vs. 1 minute, 6 seconds -- on a brand-new machine when the time tests are run to the point where the machine ...

I did something really stupid that resulted in me not being able to access my harddrive. I have a fully encrypted system drive using Truecrypt. I wade a registry change that should not have affected ...

The uncertain economy would seem to be a less-than-ideal environment for launching a new version of Windows. But Microsoft enterprise partners who've been rolling out the OS internally say the ...

Once your computer has booted up to the Personalization Screen (Windows 8 and Windows 10) or “Set Up Windows” screen (Windows Vista), you can create a user account and login to the desktop. Windows ...

A few months back I explained how Windows 7 users can use built-in tools to create a system-repair disc–an important step to take given that few PCs these days come with one. A reader who uses Vista ...

Mozilla recently confirmed that Firefox support on Windows 7 will soon come to an end. The open-source browser was the last "mainstream" option compatible with the ...

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp will sell the standard home-user version of its new Windows 7 operating system for 8 percent less than the comparable version of its Vista system, as the global ...

While Backup and Restore (Windows 7) creates viable and fantastically compatible hard drive images, various flaws and limitations with the Windows Rescue/Recovery disks render it basically unusable ...

Microsoft has made enhancements to its upcoming Windows 7 operating system that will speed up applications on machines with Intel’s multicore chips, resulting in better overall system performance and ...

I have the sound in the volume manger turned all the way up, as well as in the realtek audio manger, and the sound output is not loud enough. Logitech speakers are at half volume, and turning them up ...

Tiny Windows: Although Windows 7 has been "obsolete" for years, it remains a viable platform for extreme tech experiments. A long-time Windows tester recently reduced the OS to an astonishingly small ...