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Quick and Dirty Trick: Bypass Windows Vistas and Windows 7’s Reduced Functionality Mode and Get Your Data


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So you use Windows 7 or Vista and you have encountered the now famous "Reduced Functionality Mode." You can either throw up your arms and cry or bypass it ...

Today belongs to Windows 7 (or so Microsoft wants you to think)


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Happy Windows 7 launch day! Vista be dammed the next generation Microsoft OS is upon us and the internet is all atwitter! I think the biggest celebration of Windows 7 ...

Need Help: How to Move an iTunes Library from Mac to PC?


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Ok, I'm stuck! I'm trying to move my iTunes library from a Mac to a Windows Vista PC. I edited the XML file and broke the iTunes library - I don't get ...

It’s On! Win an HP dv15!


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The HP "Freshmen 15" contest is now going in full effect! The contest is now through the 18th of October (Expiring at 11:59 Eastern 10/18). Here are the rules: ...

Windows XP Gets to Live Another Day


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Is it a sign that Vista doesn't cut it or that Windows XP is such a adaptable OS but Microsoft has decided, again, not to stop distributing Windows XP. Microsoft instructed ...

Forget Time Machine and Mozy! Jungle Disk is my backup of Choice


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Hi, I'm Dan and I wear a double layered tin foil hat. I run whole disk encryption and only trust local backups on a secure ethernet lines. I check ...

UNEASYGiveaways are BACK (and better then ever!): Win an HP Laptop FULLY LOADED


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The UNEASYgiveaways are back and there is nothing like something free! But, the opportunity to have FIFTEEN chances to win something is better. The giveaway? The hottest laptops ...

Microsoft Responds To Apple’s Mac vs PC Ads… Prove They Are Out of Touch


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Ok, if this ad (which is to counter Apple's Mac vs. PC campaign) was designed to show the loyal flock that Windows Vista is better then the Mac - Microsoft ...

Find of The Day: Obama Adds 11MB to the Size of Everybody’s Windows Vista Install


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I was skeptical when I read the headline, but this has to be the craziest Microsoft update yet. Microsoft has issued a 56MB update for all Windows Vista users ...

Windows XP Gets To Live Another Day (Or Three to Be Exact)


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Dell has given Windows XP pre-installations another three days to be free. In a sign that proves just how much the general public dislikes Windows Vista, Dell has announced that they ...

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