Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

Update: Before you try all of this, you may want to try using WinToFlash, a utility designed to create a bootable Windows flash drive for Windows XP/Vista/7/Server. If this works for you, you can skip ...

Running Windows completely off of a USB flash drive is quite handy if you want to try a newer or older version of Windows without affecting your current system. The USB drive can also serve as a ...

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I have a Macbook Air 2.1 running OSX 10.6.8. As I'm handing this off to my son, I'd like to give him the option of going windows 7. I've been working on this problem for a couple of weeks now, and I'm ...

More new Windows 8 features have been leaked. Speedier boot-up times and cloud-syncing capability will be built into Windows 8, which you'll be able to carry around with you on a memory stick. Richard ...

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