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Ubuntu Light as dual boot in Dell Laptop
Watch the demo of Dell 14R running Ubuntu Light (to boot and surf faster) and Windows 7. Technorati Tags: Ubuntu Lite, Dell, Windows 7
GRUB error: invalid signature
I have a dual boot system with Ubuntu 9.10 and Windows 7. Everything was working fine until last week. I tried to boot into Windows and I got Invalid Signature error when I selected Windows in the GRUB menu. Ubuntu … Continue reading
Most Windows 7 PCs max out memory
Most Windows 7 PCs max out their memory, resulting in performance bottlenecks, a researcher said. On average, 86% of Windows 7 machines in the XPnet pool are regularly consuming 90%-95% of their available RAM, resulting in slow-downs as the systems … Continue reading
Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses
Sophos reports that Windows 7 is vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses, despite Microsoft’s claim about Windows 7 being more secure. With User Account Control (UAC) turned on, it blocked only one out of the 10 proving that UAC … Continue reading
Microsoft Linux
Ex-Microsoftie says that Windows 7 is doomed and Linux, free software, will ultimately dominate. Read the story here.
Windows 7 Launch Parties Fizzle
PC World reports The Windows 7 launch party concept was a complete and utter failure. The YouTube video Microsoft created to market the launch party concept certainly got attention, but for all the wrong reasons. It was almost universally mocked … Continue reading
In a loop with Windows 7
ComputerWorld reports Some users trying to upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7 have seen their PCs crippled by an endless series of reboots, according to reports on Microsoft’s support forum. A Microsoft engineer writing on the same forum said … Continue reading
Crappy Windows 7 ad
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Virtualbox 3.0 released
Sun has released Virtualbox 3.0 yesterday. Virtualbox 3.0 brings one of the fixes I have been waiting for. It fixed the USB webcam problem. I haven’t tried it to see if it’s working. I would give that a try tonight. … Continue reading
Why hiding the file extension in Windows is a bad idea
Read the article here. Technorati Tags: Windows 7, ComputerWorld, Windows Explorer