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Software Issues

Windows 7 Update: How Is It Doing?

August 10, 2010

“After the rave reviews and positive word of mouth, how is the OS faring?” by Andrea Dunning Windows 7 is Microsoft’s new flagship operating system. Eagerly anticipated, it was released to rave reviews and positive word of mouth. The question now is, nine months in, how is it doing? Is the public still in love? [...]

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How To Safely Recycle Your Computer

June 14, 2010

According to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Americans alone own around 3 billion electronic products, and the quantity of electronic waste that we generate is steadily going up. Video equipment, TVs, computers, monitors, keyboards, cell phones and more are ending up in our landfills. In 2007, the EPA estimated that 40 million computers became [...]

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Windows Tips and Tricks: Shortcuts I Use the Most

April 30, 2010

“Second-nature computing shortcuts for your bag of tricks.” by Jack Dunning Sometimes computer techniques are so commonly used that it’s assumed that everyone knows them—and probably most people do. Yet I occasionally observe people navigating through menus when simple key combinations will do. This week I’ve decided to highlight those key combinations that I use [...]

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A Windows 7 Review

October 26, 2009

Windows Tips and Tricks: A Windows 7 Review “For those evaluating a Win 7 upgrade.” by Jack Dunning It seems like years that we’ve been waiting for Windows 7 to be released—ever since Vista hit the market. Now it’s official. Yesterday, October 22, was the introduction of Windows 7 to the computer market. Now most [...]

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Buy Windows 7 Full Version at the Upgrade Price

October 22, 2009

At Laptops Plus West we will match the big box stores upgrade prices and give you a Full Version when you bundle with Format and reload. Windows 7 Home Premium – $119 (Regular Price – $199) Windows 7 Professional – $199 (Regular Price – $299) Windows 7 Ultimate – $219 (Regular Price – $319) Format [...]

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Which Version of Windows 7, Home or Professional?

October 16, 2009

EdgeWord: Which Version of Windows 7, Home or Professional? “Should you spring for the extra money?” by Jack Dunning One of the problems that I have with Windows Vista and Windows 7 is that the Home Premium version does not support Windows Remote Desktop Host. By that I mean that I can access my other [...]

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Finding Free (Legal) MP3 Downloads

October 16, 2009

Finding Free (Legal) MP3 Downloads “Free downloads are good advertising.” by Dawn Clement Music is an extremely profitable industry. It’s really no wonder that the music industry reacted so strongly to digital music when they realized that people were downloading entire albums for free. What the music industry failed to realize back in the Napster [...]

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Windows 7 Versus Windows XP

October 16, 2009

Windows Tips and Tricks: Windows 7 Versus Windows XP “Is it really time to drop XP?” by Jack Dunning I’ve seen many articles about Win 7 vs. Vista, but what about an article about Win 7 vs. XP? My family (including two seniors) and our family business (a non-profit) have been using XP on our [...]

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