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I took me three days to find the answer to this problem so I hope that it helps someone else. If you previously used Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview and attempted to install Microsoft Office 2010 beta, you may have been facing an unhelpful warning, after installing the Technical Preview. The warning states:

Setup is unable [...]

As you may have recalled I bought my wife a new Toshiba laptop for her birthday. [Here is the unit I bought] The laptop originally came with Windows 7 Home Premium which I wanted to upgrade to Ultimate. So this evening I pulled out the Ultimate disk and used the built in Windows Anytime Upgrade [...]

Over at Lavasoft they have posted a new warning about a Trojan that is infecting systems. The Trojan is sneaky like most Trojans are. After infecting your system the Trojan replaces the user’s background screen with the below warning:

Clicking the ‘Update Now’ button takes the user to a purchase page which the bad guys try [...]

Whether you have just bought yourself a new computer system, or have completed a clean install of a new operating system, there is an online application that can make installing free software easy. Called Ninite you just select the software you want and it will be installed for you. On their site the people at [...]

Microsoft is trying to get Windows 7 out to as many users as possible. For Netbook users without a DVD drive, their Microsoft Store has a download and burn solution to a USB drive. The user only needs to change the BIOS to boot from the USB drive in order to install the new operating [...]

I started Friday evening installing Windows 7 RTM which I received free from Microsoft as a beta tester. I was actually pleasantly surprised that the download process was fairly quick for the size it was, over 5GB, which contained both 32 bit and 64 bit versions. After receiving a key I installed the 64 bit [...]

I just read an article over at PCMag in which the writer states that upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 is going to be a bumpy ride. In the article it states that users of Windows XP will need to do a clean install if they wish to upgrade to Windows 7. OMG ! [...]

As I mentioned last week, Microsoft has made available to TechNet and MSDN members the final release of their Service Pack #2 for Windows Vista. Last Sunday afternoon I installed SP2 on my primary laptop which runs the Home Premium version of Vista and came preinstalled on the computer with SP1, 32 bit.
I made a [...]

Over at Tech Republic they have an interesting article about some of the installation problems some users are facing. It seems that some people are having issues when Internet Explorer 8 does not complete its installation process. IE8 will open but when you try to access a web page the browser locks up and the [...]

Though Microsoft has not mentioned a word about pricing, already we are facing some minor confusion concerning the upgrade process. First of all we need to clarify the difference between an ‘upgrade’ and a ‘full version’ of Window, An ‘upgrade’ is performed to leave your current settings intact. A ‘full version’ means you need to [...]

My new Toshiba laptop arrived yesterday afternoon and since than I have been loading up my stuff as I had previously described. If you didn’t read my previous article, this is the unit I purchased here. Here are a few things I did learn in the past 24 hours that I had stated in my [...]

I was surprised when I received an email asking the question about whether to do an upgrade or clean install of Vista over XP. The answer is simple. The next time you get the oil changed in your car tell the mechanic to only drain out 3 quarts and leave 2 dirty quarts in the [...]

Before I start this article, let me just say this. I am somewhat unsure of the total accuracy of what some are saying on the Internet, about users rights to either Upgrade or Downgrade their copy of Windows Vista.  I believe the reason for some of the confusion is because we users would be dealing [...]

Over at Scot’s Newsletter forum this morning there was a posting from hkspike in which it was stated:
2 hours ago I clicked OK for my main PC to restart after it claimed to have applied some Vista patch or other. Currently it is sitting at Stage 3 of 3. 0% complete with its little [...]