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Find Windows XP Driver after Downgrading from Vista to XP

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Many new notebooks now are bundled with vista pre-installed. if we want to downgrade from Vista to XP, you just simply need the XP installation disc and the drivers. The problem is, the drivers are not always free-available for every notebook series even from the company official website. However, there’s still probable to find the drivers in their each manufacturer’s site (note: if you can surely identify each unknown device), they could be the FingerPrinter Reader, Mass Storage Controller, Modem, Audio, LAN, Wireless, etc.
I have two suggestion to help you fixing it. First one, you have to discover each devices, then find the drivers, download them, and check if the driver is correct or not. Sounds complicated!. The second way is easier, you just need a software which will scan your computer system for obsolete or missing drivers. [Read more →]

Install Multiple Internet Explorer Versions-Including IE8 Final

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Internet Explorer might be the one you probably won’t use, but now it comes with the latest version-the IE8, with a great promises as a much and much better search engine. Just give him another chance. For remembering, since some Windows’ functions depend on it, keeping the Internet Explorer in a good condition could be really important. As IE is a part of Windows, once it got problems then it could affect your OS works.
But don’t worry, there is now the latest IE8 to make your Windows works well. Before that, you have to install every single internet explorer versions after your current version to your computer, and it’s so simple. [Read more →]

How to Make Your Windows PC Running a Free-Open Source OS

When you feel bored with your standard OS (operating system) on your PC, maybe you should try to change it now. Remember, this does not replace or modify your current OS. Let me show you an easy way to make your Windows PC running a Free-Open Source OS which is “easy to use”, as you’ll find many functional similarities to Windows OS, and of course in free.

Follow these steps:
1. Download a free Virtual PC 2007 from the Microsoft website and then install it.
2. Start the Virtual PC. The Hard Disk Wizard will automatically make a virtual drive for you.
3. As your primary tryout, I suggest you a Linux version called “Damn Small Linux“. This version is easy to use, simple and beginner-friendly. [Read more →]

How To Give Mac Mini an Additional Monitor

Before the Mac Mini will soon be presented with an additional monitor, here are the steps you have to do. Anyway, you can add not only one but even two or three additional monitors to you Mac Mini.
Follow these steps: [Read more →]

How to Insert Equations in Microsoft Office Word 2003 and 2007

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Do you have any problem with Microsoft Word, or do you forget to insert Equations when you are writing. 

Here a little tips how to appear it :

Microsoft Office Word 2003

  1. Click insert at the toolbar, click “Object”
  2. Click “Create New” tab, select Microsoft Equation 3.0
  3. ok, lets using the equation toolbar. [Read more →]

W-USB and Bluetooth Versus UltrawideBand

The UltrawideBand (UWB) has died. This technology was conceived as a kind of competitor against WiFi and Bluetooth, capable of transferring data at higher speeds but at shorter distances. 

Ultrawideband technology have allowed more bandwidth to the WiFi and Bluetooth, capable of streaming, for example, video in 1080p from a Blu-ray player to a high definition display, or connect to the Internet from a issuer, to connect an external display with a separate computer without the need to be connected by a cable or use a USB hub to connect multiple devices to a computer that is in another place not far from the base. [Read more →]