Windows 7

So what is all the hoopla with Windows 7? Microsoft sure spent a lot of money on advertising the new OS Version stating how much better it was going to be. Obivously we are all curious as to how it’s going to perform. So my fiance & I purchased a brand new Gateway notebook last night from Best Buy. It was small cute and all, though we were very unsatisfied with the Operating System. I was excited to try out this New Windows 7, hoping for miracles I guess. After only playing around with it for oh, 10 mins if that even, we were both disappointed. First of all on the Notebooks, which are low in price, we paid $356 with tax from Best Buy, I guess you get what you paid for. Of course we went for the least expensive not knowing that a Notebook is mostly only for surfing the internet & not a whole lot more. The Notebooks are installed with only Windows 7 Starter Edition, which is a joke. Basically just your standard OS so the computer isnt just a DOS prompt. You can not even customize your desktop. Really, do we all want to be starring at the Windows symbol all day long? Not me I dont know about you. Also there’s the funny thing about only running 3 apps at once. We actually didnt have a problem with running more than 3. Though I have seen a lot of blogs that state you can only run 3 on Windows 7 Starter. So maybe they fixed or changed that. Not sure, all I know is we decided to return the Notebook they very next day. Very unsatisfied with an OS that will not allow us to do anything other than surf the web for the most part. If we would of paid for the upgrade edition, than we should of just paid the extra money and had a laptop that would do the functions needed for the modern day customer.  www.thebootcd.com

Clear Internet Browsers Cache/ Clear Cookies

Helpful steps on how to clear the cache of your internet programs to allow your browser to function more efficiently. When your internet cache fills up, performance can slow down and your hard drive may run out of space. It’s recommended to clean your browsers cache at least once a month for optimized performance of web browsing. How does your internet cache fill up so quickly? Well every time you surf the internet & go to your favorite websites, they cache or “store” your settings. So basically when you revisit that page, the entire html does not have to completely reload every time. Sometimes a good thing, sometimes bad. If you surf as many internet sites as I do, that’s a lot of stored data taking up space on your harddrive! Just follow these simple steps in clearing it out:
Firefox
In Firefox for PCs:
1. Log out of your Google Calendar account and close all other open browser windows.
2. Click the “Tools” menu at the top of your browser and select “Clear Private Data…”
3. Select the “Cookies” and “Cache” checkboxes.
4. Click “Clear Private Data Now.”
In Firefox for Macs:
5. Log out of your Google Calendar account and close all other open browser windows.
6. Click the “Firefox” menu at the top of your browser and select “Preferences…”
7. Select the “Privacy” tab.
8. Click “Clear Now…” at the bottom of the dialogue box.
9. Check the boxes next to “Cache” and “Cookies” in the new dialogue box.
10.Click “Clear Private Data Now.”
Internet Explorer
In Internet Explorer 6.x:
1. Log out of your Google Calendar account. Close all other open browser windows.
2. Click the “Tools” menu at the top of your browser, and select “Internet Options.”
3. Click the “General” tab at the top of the dialogue box.
4. Click “Delete Files” under “Temporary Internet files.”
5. Select “Delete all offline content” by checking the box.
6. Click “OK.”
In Internet Explorer 7:
7. Log out of your Google Calendar account and close all other open browser windows.
8. Click “Tools” > “Internet Options.”
9. Select the “General” tab.
10.Click “Delete” under “Browsing History.”
11.Under “Temporary Internet Files,” click “Delete Files.”
12.Click “Delete Cookies.”
13.Click “OK.”

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Fix Vista Error – File:\Boot\BCD status 0xc000000f

This Vista error can be cause by either files that have been removed by running a registry cleaner or optimizer tool. In this case you will need to repair the Vista BCD. Follow these directions to get your Vista computer back up & running:

1) Boot your computer and press F11

2) Then select “advanced” hit the alt + D key at the same time this will give you a command prompt.

3) Type the following two commands at the prompt pressing enter after each one
bootrec.exe /fixboot
bootrec.exe /fixmbr

4) Reboot to take effect

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