Cleaning utilities for Vista
Here’s a quick way to eliminate files from your C: drive and make more space on your drive.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2350359,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03129TX1K0000625
Google Update No Longer Runs in Background
Good news for users of Google Chrome, Picasa, and other Google desktop apps on Windows systems.
Windows XP or Vista?
Vista has been out for about 2 years now, and to be honest – i am still running XP on my everyday pc’s. I have Vista on 1 machine and i use it for surfing the internet mostly. I had many roadblocks with Vista, especially when it came to particular drivers for hardware. Games was another issue – unless you’re buying a new game, older ones had many compatibility issues. Its security features didn’t bother me much for I endorse a well secured OS. But unless you are able to play with your settings, it will always ask you to allow it to run any software. I think Vista was best for home use and not the business environment. Upgrading to Vista from XP and then having to deal with all existing software programs compabilitity issues, might of made many leaders in the office world refrain from making that change. An example is users that have Novell on their network would not be able to work with Vista.
Microsoft did improve the look and the speed with Vista. It also boasts some new technologies like SideShow and SyncCenter. The interface is different – start menu has been redone and the control panel has different looking icons and added functions. Startup and shutdown is much faster in Vista than Xp and Vista works well waking up while in sleep mode when installed on laptops.
Conclusion, in my opinion is stick with Xp and wait for Windows 7 to be released later this year. For first time users of Windows, then starting with Vista would be fine – as long as the software you plan to install is current versions.
Upgrading to Windows 7 rc
Here’s a good article on how to upgrade to Windows 7 beta using dual boot or fresh install.
http://lifehacker.com/5240931/lifehackers-guide-to-upgrading-to-windows-7-rc
