How to Create a Windows 7 Live CD the Easy Way

Before we get into creating a Live CD, lets understand what exactly it is and how it can save you a lot of trouble in case of a computer crash or malware infection on your PC. A Live CD is basically a bootable storage device that contains an operating system (OS). What is different about a live CD is the fact that the working of the OS does not depend on the hard drive. Why do you need a Live CD? If your Windows operating system crashes ...

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Windows 7 With Service Pack 1 Direct Download Links

Download Windows 7 Integrated SP1 ISO Images Windows 7 Home Premium x86 SP1 ISO X17-24208.iso (bootable) Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 ISO X17-24209.iso (bootable) Windows 7 Professional x86 SP1 ISO X17-24280.iso (bootable) Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1 ISO X17-24281.iso (bootable) Windows 7 Ultimate x86 SP1 ISO X17-24394.iso (bootable) Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 ISO X17-24395.iso (bootable) After you have downloaded the ISO, you ...

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Fix Folders Become Shortcuts Caused by Virus

ALL My Files & Folders Became Shortcuts? Just all of a sudden all the files & folders turned into shortcuts showing 1KB or 2 in size when you connected your USB flash drive, memory card or hard drive to your PC? It should be a couple of GB as you saved so many documents, photos, movies etc to the disk drive. How could this happen? Where are those files? Are they hidden or deleted? How to recover the lost files and folders? It could happen ...

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Android secret codes / android tricks

Android is becoming a very popular these days and all big companies have launched android phones.Android is giving a strong competition to Iphones, symbian phones(like nokia).Though people have a lot of expectations from lumina series by nokia,but i don’t think it will be able to compete with android phones! So here are some tricks and codes which can be useful if you have an android phone! Cell Battery, WiFi Usage etc Info *#*#4636#*#* Restore ...

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Hide desktop icons to improve Windows startup performance

Long, long time ago in a bedroom not so far away I was booting up my laptop. As my laptop was loading Windows, I couldn't help but notice the desktop icons took a good amount of time to appear. Then a thought hit me: What if I hide the desktop icons -- would that make my boot time faster? After all, with the excellent search box embedded in the Windows 7 Start Menu that will be no more soon, I rarely even used my desktop icons anyway; ...

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How to add a (simple) start menu to Windows 8 without third-party programs

A major change in Windows 8 is the lack of a Start Menu -- you know the cornerstone of Windows since... forever. Because of this new change, many programs have cropped up to fill the void, allowing you to add a start menu to Windows 8. What if you don't want to use third-party programs? Can you still have a start menu in Windows 8? Oh why yes you can good sir (or madam). Simple Start Menu Before you get sweaty palms of excitement, take ...

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Computer crashes have you down? Test your RAM for problems with Memtest86+.

MemTest86+ is a diagnostic program used to detect hardware problems with RAM (memory) modules. Since it can be run from a bootable CD, it is faster, safer, and more accurate at detecting memory problems than similar tools which would be run from within Windows. To use MemTest86+, you first create a bootable CD/DVD with the program on it. You then boot your computer from this CD/DVD and MemTest86+ will start testing your RAM automatically. ...

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