How to Install Windows XP in less than 15 minutes

 

Today’s trick will be very helpful for those people who often install Windows XP operating system. Normally Windows XP operating system installation takes around 40-60 minutes to complete, but through this trick you can save 15-20 minutes.
1. Boot through Windows XP CD.
2. After all the files are completely loaded, you will get the option to select the partition. Select partition “C”.
3. Now Format the partition, whether it is normal or quick with NTFS or FAT
4. Once the formatting is completed, All the setup files required for installation are copied. Restart your system by pressing Enter. Now, here begins the Simple trick to save 10-15 minutes.
5. After rebooting, you get a screen where it takes 40 minutes to complete or finish the OS installation.
6. Now, Press SHIFT + F10 Key -> This will open command prompt.
7. Enter “Taskmgr” at the command prompt window. This will open Task Manager.
8. Click the Process Tab, here we find a process called Setup.exe -> Right Click on Setup.exe -> Set Priority -> Select High or Above Normal. Initially it will be Normal.
Thats it, no more work to do. Relax your self and see how fast the installation process completes.
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BitLocker Drive Encryption – Protect Your Drive

 

BitLocker Drive Encryption protects the information stored on your computer from hackers or thieves who might obtain access to your machine. It is a full disk encryption feature included with Microsoft’s Windows Vista and Windows 7 Ultimate designed to protect data by providing encryption for entire volumes. By encrypting the entire Windows system volume, data is better protected. Ideally a v1.2 Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip is the preferred method of encryption key storage. BitLocker Drive Encryption is tightly integrated into Windows Vista and Windows 7 and provides a seamless, secure, and manageable data protection solution for you.

4 Implications of Not Updating to Windows 8

News of Windows 8 being available for release in the near future is probably causing some amount of concern with many computer users, especially those who are not very literate. There are still many Windows users who are using Windows XP. Windows 8 is predicted to be released sometime next year. There will be those who want to download it immediately and those who will do their best to avoid it. So the question has to be asked, what will happen if you don’t download it and upgrade your operating system?

• Initially, Not Much. Just as there are people who are still using Windows XP, those people who did not upgrade to Vista or Windows 7, there will be little that happens if you don’t upgrade immediately to Windows 8. That does not mean there will be subtle differences and problems that start to appear.
• Applications. Just as important as the operating system of your computer, software applications provide a great amount of importance to everything you do. A newer operating system means all the applications for that operating system will also update soon after the OS release. The newer application software will include greater features than the previous ones. A perfect example is of a chat program that now includes video chat functions. Those updates normally come about as a result of the ability to provide those services. That ability comes from the operating system. If you can’t update your application because your older system does not allow it, you cannot communicate and share information with others who have. This is where the slow important changes of an operating system start to be present. Slowly, application by application, feature by feature, we fall behind everyone else.
• Support. The companies that produce applications, the people who specialise in providing information on applications and operating systems gradually focus on newer products. This means when we meet problems with our older software, it becomes harder to find the solutions. This does not mean that information is not out there, it means the total amount of information is always increasing, and therefore, the older information on outdated products loses relative importance. It becomes harder to find, and it becomes less relevant to the whole market. This means we find ourselves in a situation where we can get less and less support.
• Dysfunctional. Ultimately, we will fall far enough behind where anything we want to do does not work. This is only a matter of time. Generally speaking, the better the improvements in the operating system, the faster and more radically they will be adopted by manufacturers, developers and other consumers. This will probably be the case with the Windows 8 download.

Microsoft has not brought about any changes with its Windows operating system, since it was launched as Windows 95, with the scale of change that is a part of the Windows 8 improvements and update. Simply put, it will be a necessity to change and update with it, as soon as possible for just about every normal user.

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The Most Important Advantages of Virtualization Over Dual-boots

Have you heard about Virtualization and dual boot concepts? Some people confuse about what exactly is a dual boot? To be clear Booting is the process which loads operating system into the main memory (i.e. RAM). And Dual-boot or Multi-booting is installing multiple operating systems on a computer, and choosing which one to boot when starting the computer. If you have ever seen a screen like below while starting a computer, it means that the computer has multiple OS installed on it and it is asking the user to select one of the operating system to boot. But you have to know about the future technology of Virtualization and dual boot concepts.
 














What are Virtualization and dual boot concepts ?

Virtualization is the creation of a virtual operating system, a server, a storage device (hard disk) or network resources. A software commonly called Virtual Machine can be used to create such virtualization. We shall discus more about virtualization and dual boot in the article below.

Virtual Machine vs Dual-boots.

We often get into situation when we have to use multiple operating systems. For example if you are a computer student who like to use windows & you get a project work or assignment to do on Unix/Linux or just you are tired of using windows and want to enter into the open source world. Most of the people use dual boots probably as they don’t know about Virtualization. Instead of using dual boots you can install OS like Linux in Windows using Virtual Machine.

Installing an operating system on a virtual machine inside of other operating system has a lot advantages over a dual-boot:

1. You can switch between your host OS(your main OS) and the guest OS without rebooting the computer.
2. You don’t need different hard disk or partitions for different operating system.
3. The size of the installation doesn’t have to be predetermined. It can be a dynamically re-sized virtual hard drive.
4. Uninstalling the guest OS becomes so easy and a matter of few seconds.
5. You can save the Virtual Machine state and if your guest OS gets corrupted, you can get back to that state without re-installing the OS.
6. You can even share files between Guest OS and Host OS using a shared folder.

    7. The virtual machine will set up its own video configuration, so you don’t have to worry about installing proprietary graphics drivers to get a reasonable screen resolution.
    8. You can install suspicious software in Virtual Machine and check it’s behavior and then install it in your main OS.

Virtualization also has some disadvantages or limitations:

1. Virtual Machine runs little slowly than your host OS. This is because host OS has direct access to the physical hardware.
2. In order to get any kind of good performance, you need at least 1 GB of RAM.
3. If you are a gamer, virtualization may be disappointing for you.
4. Every time you want to use Guest OS, you have to wait for two boot times (the time it takes to boot Host OS, and then the time it takes to boot Guest OS within Host OS).

I think by now you got some idea on Virtualization and dual boot concepts. And it is clearly seen that advantages of virtualization overrides it’s disadvantages. So I would recommend virtualization instead of dual boots unless the multiple operating systems you are going to use are equally important for you. If you are going to use an OS once in a while, it makes lot of sense to use that OS as a guest OS inside your main(host) OS. If you want a free Linux Ubuntu CD To Your Home, we can send you one. Just leave your address. Please let me know if you any queries on this above article on Virtualization and dual boot............

Download Microsoft Windows 8

t is always fun to have the latest OS in PC. The joy of showing off new windows 8 in your computer to your friends when they are still using Windows 7, is tremendous. The developer preview version of the Windows 8 is now available for download. You can install Windows 8 on x86-based 32-bit or a 64-bit computer. Windows 8 activation is not required, but it’s not the finalized version of the Windows 8 OS, so expect bugs. Download Microsoft Windows 8 for free.

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Download Windows 8 Beta
This page will take you to the Windows Developer Preview downloads which is pre-beta version of Windows 8 for developers. Windows 8 downloads include prerelease software that may change without notice. Microsoft says that Windows 8 beta developer build is provided as is, and you bear the risk of using it. It may not be stable, operate correctly or work the way the final version of the software will. It should not be used in a production environment. The features and functionality in the prerelease software may not appear in the final version.
To learn more about new features of Windows 8 for developers, consumers and businesses download these guides.
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