With the Windows 7 DVD in your optical drive, reboot and "press any key" to boot from the disc when prompted. The installation wizard that will greet you is pretty straightforward. Despite that, there ...

Although you may not be jumping for joy at this fact, I’ll wager you’re at least a little curious. Could the new OS make your computing life any better? Is the new interface a boon, or more of a ...

This article was excerpted from Microsoft Windows 7 In Depth with permission of Que Publishing, copyright 2010, all rights reserved. It covers a new installation of ...

I am in charge of upgrading a small computer lab from Windows XP to Windows 7 and I'm having a hell of a time with it. One quirk of these computers is that they don't have a DVD drive, so I've made an ...

Anudeep Gunda wants to install Windows 7 on his Windows 10 PC with a dual boot. It’s relatively easy to install Windows 7 on a Windows 10 PC, so that you can boot from either operating system. But it ...

One of the most frustrating things to ever occur in computing is booting up a device and receiving an error that prevents it from starting. Microsoft’s Windows has ...

Monitor Windows 7 boot logs with the help of msconfig Your email has been sent Step 1 Fire up msconfig Step 2 Enable boot log Step 3 View the logfile Step 4 Save the file What to do? If you just want ...

It may be that some system files needed to boot the computer have been deleted or damaged or that the boot sector of the disc is damaged. To find out if this is the case, start the computer with a ...

Windows 8 has gotten lots of buzz, and plenty of criticism, for its attempt to shake up your PC’s operating system. With so many big changes, you may want to keep your old Windows 7 OS on your machine ...

You can have your new Microsoft operating system and keep your old one, too—here's how. I've been testing PC and mobile software for more than 20 years ...