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Windows 7 Password Reset & Recovery – Free Option

December 10, 2010 By Dave Lawlor 38 Comments

If you have been using a computer for any amount of time you have no doubt forgotten a Windows 7 password or two and have had to have it reset or recovered from you administrator at the office. With the increase of security on home computers Windows 7 now by default requires you to have [...]

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Enable Windows DHCP & Configure Static TCP / IP

March 12, 2010 By Dave Lawlor 8 Comments

If your reading this then chances are 100% your computer is hooked up to the Internet and more then likely has an IP address assigned to it. There are two ways that a TCP/IP address is assigned to a computer either Dynamically or manually with a Static method. These are outlined below: Tags: wireless network, [...]

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Installing Google Pack on Windows 7 Beta

January 14, 2009 By Dave Lawlor 1 Comment

The Google Pack contains all sorts of useful tools for the denizens of the net including the following: Tags: Windows 7

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Windows 7 System Requirements

January 11, 2009 By Dave Lawlor 14 Comments

It looks like one of the biggest gripes that people had against Vista was the fact it was very resource intensive. I am a firm believer that this was a misconception on the part of many based on the way that Vista handled memory differently then XP did. As unfair as it may be though [...]

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Install Windows 7 Beta

January 10, 2009 By Dave Lawlor 3 Comments

For those of you looking past Vista already you will have taken one step closer this week to realizing that dream with the release of the Windows 7 Beta to the public. Though it doesn’t look all that different from Vista there is quite a bit of improvement and some new features that should hopefully [...]

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