Complete Windows 7/7.1 Information - David Woodsmall

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COMPUTER SECURITY TUTORIAL - START HERE IF YOU ARE A NOVICECOMPLETE COMPUTER SECURITY INFORMATION

NOTE - NEW COMPUTERS WITH WINDOWS7 ON THEM ARE SELLING OUT FAST. NOTE - Support for Windows 7 ends in the near future. END mainstream support END of Extended support Windows 7 Service Pack 1 January 13, 2015 January 14, 2020 Windows 8 Windows 8.1 January 9, 2018 January 10, 2023. Annoyances Org WINDOWS TIPS - Really complete Check the Windows 7 upgrade requirements before attempting to upgrade.

ARTICLES - Windows 7

WINDOWS 7 UPDATE PROBLEM - May now be fixed? Windows 7 update is stuck on start up saying 'Applying update' Every Reboot, system does "Applying update operation # of ### (\Registry\...)" for 40 minutes Windows 7 - Wikipedia Windows 7 - PC World Windows 7 Tarnished by Notebook Battery Issues Windows 7's 64-Bit Troubles - 9/10/2009 When following up on the x64 bit problem discussion threads, I am finding the problems seem to be caused by the USER. Windows 7 annoyances - Quick cures for the worst Podcast: Windows 7 in the security spotlight white paper introduces the key areas in which Windows 7 differs from Vista Windows 7: The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown Does Anybody Want Windows 7? Most IT Pros Say "No" Windows 7 Forecast to Squash Vista Quickly Microsoft to Offer Family Discount on Windows 7? Windows 7 Deals Rile Vista Users Windows 7 Ultimate Edition: Not So Ultimate Windows 7 to Feature XP Mode for Older Applications Survey Says Most Companies Won't Deploy Windows 7 Microsoft will release Windows 7 on October 22 (2009)

APPS - MUST HAVE APPs for WINDOWS 7 - MY opinions

CCleaner - fixes Registry and removes Junk Files

CCleaner - cleans Registry, junk files and other functions - FREE

Everything

MaximumPC considers Everything to be the best search application for Windows 8 "most comprehensive" and "crazy-fast". Available from from www.voidtools.com GREP / EGREP / IGREP for Windows - Cygwin The Windows 8 built-in SEARCH ONLY searches your LIBRARIES folder and everything below it. If your desired file is in some other location, the built-in search function fill NOT find it (but Everything will).

FONT SIZE - Change it

Windows 7: Increase Screen Font Size [How To] - Windows 7 ... Generic problem for all Printers Need to enlarge printer font How to Change Font Size & Icon Size in Windows 7 Explore the features: "Accessibility" in Windows 7 How to Increase/Decrease the Font Size in Windows 7 Print/font size too tiny to read.....what key did I bump ... How Do You Enlarge Web Site Fonts for Printing? ~ Chris Pirillo Fonts - Change - Windows 7 Forums

Howto

IE - How to remove from Windows 7 Window expands to full screen - how to turn off? - Microsoft Both Windows 7 and Windows 8 (it's really the Aero Snap / Mouse feature).

Migrating to Windows7 from XP

Windows 7 Basic Migration from Windows XP - FREE TOOLS

INSTALLING .NET 1.1 ON WINDOWS 7

How-to install .NET Framework 1.1 on Windows 7 CAUTION - THIS PREVENTS USING MORE RECENT .NET FRAMEWORKS YOU DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK - I am running Printmaster 18.1 this way

JAVA CONSOLE

The latest version is 8.101, released on 7/22/2016. You can not get Java Console from Mozilla, instead go to: http://www.java.com.

NETWORK TIPS

Simple change in settings pumps up Win7 networks

Products

Automating Anything (on Windows), Anywhere

REQUIREMENTS (system) for Upgrading to Windows 7

If you want to run Windows 7 on your PC, here's what it takes - Here's what hardware is required for running Windows 7 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor. 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit) 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit) DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver.

RESTORE POINT - Creating

How to Create a Windows 7 RESTORE POINT

SECURITY ISSUES

COMPLETE COMPUTER SECURITY INFORMATION

Microsoft advisory for Windows 7 - Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote SMB DoS Exploit released

SERVICES - What can be Safely Turned Off in Windows 7?

Microsoft: Lots to turn off in Windows 7 Windows 7 - Services - Start or Disable Which of the services in the list provided can be turned off Windows Services ~ Includes explanations of each service & advice on which services you can safely disable Windows 7 Services Configuration: Turn Off / Disable Unnecessary... Disable unwanted services and speed up Windows 7 What Can You Turn Off in Windows 7? - AppScout Using System Configuration (Windows 7)