Windows 7 Articles
Windows 7 Version Comparison – Home, Professional, Ultimate
We lay out the differences side by side
Easily Add Programs to Windows 7 Startup Folders
Load up programs you use most
How to Use XP Mode in Windows 7
So you can run older applications
Troubleshoot AppCrash iexplore.exe in Windows 7
A serious pain in the neck with no official fix
The Windows 7 AppCrash iexplore.exe error is a serious pain in the neck. It is an error message that randomly occurs at different times that forces you to restart Windows […]
IE Print Preview Blank or Not Printing in Windows 7 and Vista
A few possible fixes for this problem
I recently ran across a client that was not able to print properly from Internet Explorer 7 or 8 on a Windows 7 machine. When trying to print from IE, […]
Windows 7/8/10 File Search Indexing Options
Much better and more configurable than Vista or XP
The built-in search feature in Windows 7/8/10 is significantly better than the horrible search options in Windows Vista and XP. Instead of installing a third-party program to search for files […]
How to Check if Windows 7 is Genuine?
Make sure you're not using pirated software
So you have a computer with Windows 7 installed, but you’re not sure if you are running a genuine version of the OS? You may have this issue if you […]
Fix “Windows Media Player cannot play this DVD…analog copy protection” in Windows
And the reason why you're seeing this message
If you have a Windows 7 computer and you try to play a DVD, you might get the following error message: Windows Media Player cannot play this DVD because it […]
Windows 7/8/10 – How to Delete Files Protected by TrustedInstaller
It's quite a few steps but it works
Did you know that a lot of files in Windows are not owned by you, even if you are the Administrator? They are instead owned by an entity called the […]
Fix “Windows is unable to install to the selected location” in Windows 7 or Vista
An interesting problem with a few solutions
So while playing around with Windows 7 and installing it on various computers, I ran across an interesting error message that you might also see: Windows is unable to install […]
Windows Features On or Off Dialog is Empty in Windows 7 or Vista
It's not nice when the box is blank
If you’ve recently upgraded to Windows 7 or did a clean install of Windows 7, the first thing you’ll want to do is run Windows Update to download the latest […]
How to Enable System Restore in Windows 7
A way to undo system changes without affecting personal files
Before you install more programs and drivers on your newly installed Windows 7 PC, make sure you have System Protection enabled. System protection is a feature that regularly creates and […]
How to Uninstall Windows 7
From a PC that already had XP or Vista
With the release of Windows 7, there will be those people who still will want to revert back to Vista or XP for some reason or another. If you want […]