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" Wow. Don't have a Tekzilla into windows seven away maple top tips for backing pieces Will Smith should you go 32 bit or 64 bit -- cases the answer would be. Windows seven performance tack using the thumb drive it -- you know hopeful Mike is gonna show you how and that's top five reasons to not. Upgrade to windows seven from our beloved Roger Chang. So it drops and cabbage -- good doctor is this guy does it keep them away from the keyboard victory people because Tekzilla starts now."

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" I actually in his last decade we should talk about tech -- we have the answer we'll track if someone who although all the dirty girls -- pre pre. Windows seven. Actually. I've I've loved it operating system launched. I was so -- this this is the first of me. This is -- you won't hear during the course of course you today. I it was I think Windows Vista I did graduated launch it was okay preinstall machines it wasn't until service pack two that it got good. And with this evidence kick in excess of seven different direction."

" Absolutely go with -- of course with any new operating system comes with a host of questions asked some fairly new for most windows users like. Should I go 6430. Met with some big question exists in which or. Kind of familiar which version should I buy well how do we get it is cheaply as possible -- that the big question hit. Arsons were all living in a post Vista world should I bother upgrading -- well. Welcome our best to answer all these questions in the show along with lots of tips and tricks to help you get the best windows seven experience possible. Before we talk about which version of windows seven that I've already -- cheapest I gotta ask you Patrick will you be upgrading."

" Yes actually got -- you've got copied from Microsoft and I'll be buying -- 64 bit copy for. My -- system at home at 32 bit version for my dad. Look cool that book although -- make you brought in the free version on my netbook and what runs out next year just to see if the prices drop. To see that they can magically disappeared him yet we'll have also got another company divides my. On my my quirky duo system is now becoming the home theater PC and its need some love -- it's over an XP."

" So my tip of helping -- going to send me USB thumb drive we'll actually be helpful for you for your notebook later it will. -- tells -- you -- in the -- that so why should -- without professional or ultimate."

" Well basically the home versions pretty amazing right they're premium recovers the windows seven home. Premium secret ingredient. So if you don't -- 120 bucks professional is 200 bucks an alternate. Is 220 bucks I should -- those -- the upgrade price the full retail version of windows seven ultimate of the heart the brace yourself. 320. Dollars full retail festivals and at 200 dollars -- home runs and it is somewhat more conservative 200 dollars plus pounds it is a lot of bones and the truth is home premium includes most of what most of us will need windows media center of the nice it does have an interface between scales nicely Brussels. Kind of processors it's got home group which in the networking set pretty much everything I need. I really wish you had bit locker which is when this happens encryption tool for your hard drive that you need to pony up for the 220 dollar ultimate edition that. The professional version does not have bit -- and it offers the XP -- of compatibility goes software along with backup and restore to a network but I think for most people. Home premium will be more than enough."

" Yes and that's probably island going this while McCain PC ads on XP is life at the Vista upgrade."

" Yeah I'm ready for change I PC I've busy running Vista home bit we don't talk a lot it's it's. It's titled rolling out this so we drink really session until we can skeleton reconciliation -- that's the the second major Vista slight issue by the way probably lose count your -- We should talk about actually getting the best deal -- it it's really all about buying the OEM versions kind of went to buy an upgraded version of word OEM versions."

" Yeah OEM versions are for system builders and are for pre installation on new personal computer for recently -- means two things from us Tekzilla viewers. OEM versions don't come with tech support that's -- problem and more often than not. The retail outlet you front will probably make you buy a piece of hardware along with VoS on. Mother board and mouse USB cable some kind of hardware. Not always but sometimes the ultimate for a 180 dollars professional -- 140 dollars and home premium 400 bones and these are all -- installs the you have to wonder around like you who tunes but it. Hundred bucks a little bit of hardware could be worth it a -- that's -- you can always use -- Texas aren't any way I'm."

" You're probably your own -- at this point. So hey look we're gonna talk about what he's about thirteen to sixty. Four bit version later on the show in which case he's -- about the ones serious performance hacking -- for windows seven."

" Well while we may because she ever windows seven there's always a dark cloud with every silver lining in here with -- is the income parable Roger Chang. The -- close to the top what are the top five reasons why its image and not upgrade to windows that."

" number one would have to be pricing there's three prices this month for home premium professional ultimate. None of murky even if you just do an upgrade to look in this spend the standard books. And if you don't for our ultimate it's 200 dollars to twenty for an upgrade 300 if you do and a full retail. Now college students are all lucky you can get the professional premium upgrade for thirty bucks if you qualify you to do the let's let's see if you qualify. And you know you might be able listening got a collection."

" I still think he's still going you know nobody's gonna you can buy your -- and a -- Night. Curses they have ways of knowing -- anyway Steve Ballmer come to my house and she began burning just knowing he probably would."

" Speaking of shaking down drivers these are things they shouldn't be shook down before windows seven -- I actually had to go out on the web to find windows seven drivers for my TV tuner card for -- Lo and behold there are none whatsoever in fact they're drivers they do offer -- for a similar but not the same product effective for the fall one TV tuner that he can offers. I'm so I literally had to surf through five different forms over the course of an hour and a half two hours to find out that night. I can use the Vista drivers but I basically have the force would just look."

" At the Vista drivers folder in order to get install software out there that can manage your drivers and which ones creating think you can do it on one taken some of having to hunt package actress."

" The ones I've tried for Vista were very itself right I can't imagine the went through windows seven have been any better. One egregious thing is the fact that I have a Microsoft web -- No drivers stall when you installed. Windows sent from Microsoft slipped notice you have to go back to Microsoft's site and download the drivers all over yet because you know it's such a typical -- battery needs to thirty. They install it to do."

" Important this is typical -- a piece of hardware. I can understand -- attractiveness -- difficult -- It's are talking."

" So Opera Software is one of the things that Microsoft likes top touting as being backward compatible with successive versions of windows. Lo and behold I tried TrueCrypt and it will not encrypt the entire drive what happens -- it is hurting our."

" Well. If it's their encrypted and you have to look I've encrypted I -- and encrypt -- first. Because windows seven actually keeps a lot of the boot files in a separate partition it's a little different -- TrueCrypt itself could not. Could the entire drive I could still do container active folders like you do directories. But if you wanna do the whole drive you have to do have the Linux workarounds and this is only one softer product that. Is compatible they're probably several if not hundreds of others. Better floating out there most of them tend to be system tools. And that's kind of obvious because Anderson is it is it different beast. Especially if you're moving from XP but be aware that an -- if anyone has any kind of third party -- that they bought -- line. That you know that -- has wondered -- writers supporting it. Developer's party and check to see you vehicle windows seven version before you run out because it's that one piece of software you need that won't work on windows seven. Then you just -- hundred bucks us so well yes. Right security interface yes they know distant descent and had done a lot to improve security. In the windows and -- this operating system however I still believe the interfaces. Sorely sorely need. Of -- freshening up because it's so difficult so for any user to kind of figure out where everything is. If you wanna go to the security systems secure interface in the control panel. Yeah you have firewall you have defender but if so when you. Does that mean anything you agree that you have you AC you have all these kind of -- tools that you but it's still not a cohesive. Simple to use interface to get -- your security measures. Taking care if you really have to go on four different places depending which is. And the number 50 wait too many versions of windows I don't think he really needs six versions I understand that you know one of them is for developing markets. Another -- throw EM but even with the premium professional alternate gossip enterprise I think that's like 66. Versions until."

" But it didn't have a lot of different versions in case maybe you wanna pay so much as well -- features you don't need and I actually."

" We'll let you have start off with the basic elastic you can sell at a lower prices -- only add ons separately is doubtless -- and -- I mean seriously do you really need to have. It's three different for different retail box and it's very confusing me trying to figure out which version you have to look at all the different specs to implement all the friends and family members who call me ask you -- they can't understand why its premium sound pretty good because it's a premium product what about alternate that's -- and ultimate product risk when does that asked I don't professional professionals sounds like something like -- kid would use it. -- So it's really confusing picture kind of rationalize and it is in the product that Internet. Com final and I know this is -- nitpicking. Stupid stupid windows seven months -- I swear to god. This is a prime example of why people need to go to school who are. Too bad. It's shot well I must admit pretty as a as an infomercial it's done very well falls all that you know standard and commercial troops. You have a mixed group of people you the housewife. You have to professionally -- an expert neighbors all cannon and cool that it -- care actors -- and -- it really matters because it's an operating system who cares."

" For every -- and six reasons -- Up going to be up credit."

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" Welcome to this week's freebie download -- free program we find useful. Making a good backup you currently did you install it crucial feature upgrade to windows seven goes horribly wrong. Thankfully there's Matt graves -- like forty at this imaging tool lets you create a complete disaster recovery CD for the windows -- Operation is simple but the driver partition image capability create image by. Like destination IB hard drive click finish and there would look like you would think if -- part is done. Yeah -- fitness based actor looked like he can very compression level when you about this side of images be. Often the option of creating either way it's faceless entity the network access and going from the -- plugin created -- like -- XP bit compatible. You and think four bit version. What peace of mind to rest if you bring you -- download that reflect poorly before you install does that like the day."

" Macs and PC has been up to its ears with windows seven I guess they're pretty stoked about it. When -- the most of the new operating system -- Will Smith is back with -- top tips the new operating system lest you think he's gone completely fan boy over the latest OS Microsoft. He's got a list of applications he wishes were right there -- windows that ships to download it means that. Mr. Smith. Conceive after mister -- that welcome back to it often tendency of what's been about a week my goodness -- that you're not in exactly until a week. Actually there's a -- we should point out running in addition to the news. Get the boot that's a real photo mind yeah real photos -- we -- seven a giant cherry -- to shoot down on the tight toward the ground. Residents and little Photoshop and -- can -- kind suspended I suspended off of the I was holding it was fully three arms extended -- polls than. It was an incredible. An incredible engineering feat for a much cleaner X -- basically you people just look at the cover or -- the go it's I -- the stuff and magazine covers nice that's isn't what's what's anybody can put it aside now. What I XP Vista and windows sensitive because Macs that piece he goes XP. Is that it people. Because it was just my personal favorite always just keyboard shortcuts as -- the cool -- on the planet. But -- thought -- motion picture staffers okay what do you like. We like best and which -- base of the new UI the new task bar along the bottom of the screen it replaces the old school that's where it's fantastic for people who run it on applications. Yeah I have 1020 applications minimum OpenId given time. And end because of the -- the windows stack on top of the the icons you can actually go immediately to the eye to the window that you want even yet when he windows open Firefox or windows or whatever you can get they're like one -- bits of it nearly cried like with the -- my icons like a 125. Of Chrome. -- like it's not immediately -- the gated separate process for leading experts on earth works. But they get so mean that that alone -- would using a huge thirtieth panel or like a little tiny netbook. Makes the OS much more usable is especially keep on his and there are some -- keyboard shortcuts to go with that would be -- for putting this three or four really killer -- windows key plus one through zero. Opens the that the corresponding application on the taskbar -- so you could if you're Firefox is your first place what word is your second outlook is your third -- that are easily into the once underpins the left side of the taskbar exactly right click into task bar and really use that's an excellent so. Another would get multiple monitors wind plus. We'll let you cycle between main monitor extended to two displays. Secondary monitor only it or side over the -- that we use it and anyway you have like not to get like ten monitors you need anymore. And in the last what is windowless space lets you jump through hoops like everything we desktop means you can see you know this yeah I have that in my iTunes and find that clustered around there exactly where to hide the tetris here. Also also offer it yet. So set of two -- we -- we're tartan units my views for setting up windows seven and I hope people. I mean really the thing that normal windows consultants apply -- you. You. You install a large music we devote a whole partition to have it in the old days a lot of people would do this -- But because of the way the document W user profiles shortness of your -- You can sometimes get in trouble -- still entirely too hard to move that some directory off of the C drive. You know aside from that it's what hardware is an important thing you wanna make sure you have. It two to two gigs of memory -- minimum I think for relief especially if you're gonna be using 64 bit it'll run fine in -- netbook with one gigabyte if you have to -- bikes and you locate here if they might finally be different -- Okay it and that's nothing runs Greece on on one gigabyte at this point yet however I think I think. Seven's gonna run better than XP home were visible -- the market improvement from from Vista for for loan crisis situation continuing arsenal this seven launch week. Well this -- Vista. Vista was bad at the beginning and even not great during SP one but that's. Apps so you have an email applications so good but with an integrated with windows. So I mean there's some things that like are always a community look at it was the folders you never know which folder. The that the one that's the biggest doesn't come to the top of the list suit so you know you have to keep drilling down into folders to find that there's a 35 -- has been a problem with windows before ever since dots and and it's not like you cannot -- the contents of -- not a hard thing to do. So there's a -- it's a free program called -- yours that you install it it -- the holder of street hasn't talked about before his unites graphical picture you can see. Oh hate this this folder where I keep you know mightily this giant a lot of color exactly it's all color but it's a great application. Another thing that should be an individual windows update. But it is and usually helps -- Kenya PSI. Which actually looks at all of the software not just drivers and and windows software but. Everything from acrobat reader to Firefox and looks at all of those security vulnerabilities that are out and get you updated information based on that. Great piece of software I think it's a security a dot com SEC you while you're talking about sort of looking and updates I haven't seen you mean through commercials because we questioned -- about last week so obviously. Once it's gonna tell you which. Drivers need to be updated my system is there any point -- for our drivers out of the windows update if we get it would -- the windows -- there's a lot better and so. In the on Vista and XP I'd -- you tell it to look for drivers and it would detect any one thing and I would be right mind monitor and mouse or something to be. And better and better happier time Vista driver upgrades you probably build your community if you're if you're using notebooks and stuff like that then then that much better be doing on the machines like I generally do. It's a it's a little bit of a challenge right. City it's better it's not perfect. However this increasingly few drives drivers you need kind of keep updated at this point eight chipset drivers you don't you build a machine. Video card drivers you know. When you install machine and then every month subsequent and that from what went on you don't really all a driver updates or do we do that it went to a much better actually picks up public network drivers and and you know all other weird little things that you might not sir did you really and we. What what other application you like to see the style on the other thing that I absolutely love it that sevens at of course an entry has talked about that is a great. As a manager lets you all sorts of weird files that that that integrated zip tool don't. I'm intimately coupled with paper it's opera would have for when our. And then the other thing is this drop box -- it did it get me I exists in your drop box -- yeah I mean between it. Also you can do dropouts because it's just -- file system mean sure you can share files leeway for move pictures -- whatever. But did the beautiful things when you start doing things like dropping symbolic links and from the rest of the file system that drop box holder and so -- you -- across multiple computers -- symbolic -- On you can keep your IM chat logs all lined up -- keep your outlook file only does one outlook you wanna do that. Mean there's a ton of awesome stuff you can do and yet you can get like three four gigs free right just what two gigs two days to start and you can refer some friends. And again and I think twenty megs per referral to rid of the page -- hundred gigabytes normally. Part of me is like a where's the one terabyte version obviously could you please let me pass would walk. This so it doesn't automatically anybody who's on the system have total access to the the secret there is to put it on when there's a secret -- moments ago. Is to put it on different user profiles. So give it you don't insult products it's all only for your user and only on your login so -- it is -- machine. Excellent way idea. If it and the other people actually accident and the -- and -- watch that somebody like was those -- machine when do what the hell you do boot stuff. Doing so well it's you know you know it's part of my terminal paranoid about like that one. I had no idea encrypted document about lately every county owns an encrypted documents speaking of encrypted paranoia TrueCrypt is the other is the other applications are fantastic application. Open source a yes lets you create a file that's highly encrypted. That's when they do one thing but -- is you can't currently run TrueCrypt to encrypt the entire hard drive and windows seven. But you can spend an extra hundred dollars to get the current version and get a bit locker which should be twenty dollar what's happening and why it should only be in the ultimate -- in this and I think it bit -- the problem right now -- bit -- is the performance and it's pretty significant different for me like I'm playing games. I don't wanna do the -- bit locker point. This stuff coming in the future that'll hardware accelerator that a yes unfortunately bit locker a lot faster. However it's still have a corporate thing. Any basically what that walker does -- protect you move your laptop stolen. And makes fixing any problems on my computer really really hard. It to me TrueCrypt I like district -- just because it lets me. Only protect the files -- actually need protecting. Do you have a directory it's like directors -- rely -- whatever eight date and that directory on your drop box. So that then it's available all the computers it is so. And it's still encrypted exactly like that but ladies and gentlemen. Will Smith Macs and PC dot com and of course Macs and PCs on your local news and if you haven't seen it check that it is chock full of goodness this is the December and January that -- December issue but it's out now. Okay so it's a living in the future. Not such area living through for you not just a little bit thanks so much it's always a."

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" And we should point out there's not a lot of what they call in place upgrade sinners is like 66 potential upgrade scenarios from various versions of XP and Vista into various versions of windows seven. And there's like I think. People mover the -- when people who. Who do pretty cool tool called PC we're told by agreements in place of freedom you need full version of windows that and it's like. Well it was fifteen bucks up nobody you're seeing as it's now thirty bucks but the idea that they will actually back up pointers for -- actually install windows seven and moved everything back including all of your applications. I bring this up because in most cases. And every one upgrading from windows XP is going after nearly a clean install so do us a favor and make sure you back everything up number one of my list. Bookmarks people forget to save their bookmarks."

" How can you imagine like starting up a whole new OS not having any of your remarks that you could be like. Being in the wilderness without any kind of compass or anything."

" I have like 2000 bookmarks that are that are sort of nested folders and if I lost them I wouldn't -- not softly or loudly and probably from a rooftop. To your documents sound stupid if you haven't backed it documents you're you're running a risk losing everything. If you haven't backed up all your documents and media before you upgrade you're gonna be like. You wipe them out now military police silly people -- put your passwords are you related software that backs up your passwords. If you don't easily -- the backs of your password to the mother ship in the sky. Well you're gonna be so well if you upgrade in wipe out everything without checking your passwords. -- you're in there your software keys your serial numbers -- you download and pay for make sure you have that before you play back your existing operating system installation. And of course can be downloaded software that you hate fort here while the download begins and driver downloads if you need them. Download those before you wipe it out -- above them back tomorrow to a thumb drive performance goodness of they're ready when you -- launch windows seven. So. I gotta say if you have if you're if you're terrified of the whole life. Clean install which you shouldn't be -- good thing but one thing you -- particularly likely species -- when there's an upgrade assistant nice tool basically see everything out for you while you're there are. Can -- backs and off and not didn't require extra harvester parts in the corner of the system. And -- your upgrade but this favor. Just measure twice cut once before you wipe out everything on your hard drive is most scenarios -- it pretty much every XP upgrade there is no direct operators -- in place upgrade. It's gonna see everything on your system it's gonna wipe your system to witness that heads up now before you. Make your precious pictures."

" Yeah I think can relate to that has I was installing new windows seven beta actually -- the entire external hard drive that all my previous backups on it to try and make. One of these little puppies -- USB bootable thumb drive to install windows seven on my netbook."

" The phrase -- comes to mind oops what's the opposite of the squeak. This is the spam Clark complete article are hard to think so you're going to be rocking B thumb drive up to you right."

" Yes if you're looking for awaited -- windows seven using a thumb drive like because you have netbook or don't have an optical drive for whatever reason like for example. Doesn't really relate because we're talking about OS-X verses. Windows seven but my mind my MacBook Pro does not have a working optical drive and can probably discuss on the show a couple times. Just wanna have a -- to carry around -- your friends Erika and seven on near the breakfast every eight. I'm first copy of windows seven or the ice can have that are ready for like the release candidate. -- ice so you'll need something like I start to extract files from the -- so. On then take a thumb drive click the -- right here. Make sure it's three gigabytes or more and format it for NT FS you have to make the partition on the -- active. The easiest way in Vista would be to open the command prompt is at of course and -- this part. List desk and then remember the number of your USB flash drives -- just one against you depending. I'm now select the USB disk by typing selective school. The numbers. Now that if you have more than one hard drive the number the last track you plug in will be different reflective -- disk. So pay attention don't online community totally so well their favorite little acronym today. Now -- need to get a list of the current participants on the thumb drives that type list partition. Record that partition numbers when they get. I'm now we need to -- the current partition to make an -- so -- partition 11 being partitioned a number of -- USB flash drive might be different if you multiple partitions on them drives. And -- active. This part should stay at the partition is now active once you've done that just opened up the wind -- sentenced on dvd in windows explorer -- it."

" Are all the contents of the dvd to the thumb drive so it just hit control a to copy everything in drag that puppy effort to -- thumb drive and all. This should all work in windows seven to if you wanna make a thumb -- at -- installed for XP though I'm going to have to install this part to get a whole thing working. It's not -- on her command prompt. Otherwise is also some software to automate the whole entire process for -- which I might recommend if you're new via this kind of thing. One is called into flash which will turn your flash right into a bootable drive -- windows seven install disk it's free download a confine it went to flash dot com. Finally don't forget to say your PC to boot from USB drives first and the install process to start but it does."

" So basically it's like bios -- boot -- USB drives after you've done in the wild creation process re edit it I don't depends on different computers they want you know boot into bios -- the US be tracked and stuff. Otherwise it'll just do the hard drive six."

" You could speed. Up all sucker."

" Broad is -- to go install what does that but everywhere coming up next -- case is here to discuss I."

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" He's -- of recommends working hard to join us to talk about windows seven performance at weather usually don't 32 bit or 64 bit with the new operating system. Welcome back to Tekzilla mr. Lloyd case in a good. I have here at the seated tradition when the so these -- actually virus signature. I night at a good Steve Ballmer decided currency and information sent via I'm I'm actually gonna say that the machines and it won't people Versailles then. Now I don't record it looks too too precise the actually to boss and I'm sure even Steve Ballmer cat well actually -- depressed really hard letterhead. That's actually so is this what is that the windows and important package that's right close the bat one of the Mexican party back. Yes I area among the windows of -- list or will you be having witnesses and party leader William avalanche pretty much credit lines and -- going to be the windows seven. One party for us and you install windows and how would be okay pocket if purple when you need to -- is a picture of of the land or a river second of all do you have windows seven so how many fugitive and."

" Let I have fourteen up. I have while working systems for the Lan parties -- hand though when assailants and all but one of -- that really happened how'd you enjoyed the whole team -- windows seven. It supports been flawless I -- with the kind of games that we play I mean I went back and has to -- games and there's a couple of really really old XP games that don't work on. And -- games but for the most part it's been able. Columns for direct X eleven it's a nice idea but there's probably like no games out -- game out there this it's called battle forge actually records and it was after -- That'll really a lot of differences via. But there's and there's a couple more coming here so is battle forcefully four floors of sort itself -- it's -- online it's -- one real time strategy game and a book. -- I'm gonna hold off -- it. I don't think -- California may be epic but it. It's it's a well actually the real reason to get the X eleven is not that came to this point because the fastest graphics cards and while -- This is a good point you were -- have. So that implements so. We're looking at windows seven I think probably the biggest decision for people that they've never an entry in the Linux folks can column so right now but but you're looking at windows seven -- online -- retail -- 32 bit or 64 bit. What's dividing -- who should go with what version. Well my take comment is that of forcing you do is check your hardware -- entry all the drivers or that all the drivers are available only 64 bit. If you're doing 64 bit thinking about it nutrients it courtroom the drivers either Vista or when -- to orbit drivers if so that I -- is that. You can look up the memory and more memory but in the better performance essentially what happens is for example it okay system right. -- When not all processors though are going to be. Compatible with the 64 bit operating system that's correct the get go when we expect an Intel atom processor is currently no waivers to prevent. But if you want and yet the way back to find not just -- processors is three years but my beloved pentium four meter. That's right okay -- even something important -- moment later. So in terms of in terms of like if I wanna run twelve gigabytes of ram I'm gonna need support for that you use something that'll run over you if you -- you give a triple channel system obviously X 58 and now Halen class systems are triple channels you can put twelve -- easy easily. Most systems are dual channels Leo for a person companies -- so we're basically -- memories she two it is -- country and that's probably what you see it would be only you don't have a look at the operating system there's not a lot of there's not a lot of -- to cut their terms of performance in general we've discovered that and I think Will -- of him on this when he comes on. Windows seven is a little bit faster than Vista on most these are where most systems. And it's as it is perhaps that's Peter past. Which is a big -- this -- gonna -- you think about you know. Which is -- but he isn't he was always knew it was gonna you that you only 10% 14% there was always performance boost that Vista just kind of saddled with -- over a week. Right so well to -- people forget I mean when they went from windows 98 or any or whatever to windows XP there was a lot of -- and asked if -- about -- requirements. -- I'd just ignored when does that mean I continued you because it makes me happier about it. -- first Soo pretty much so the memory probably the memory would be the one. It's really hardware hack through that we are gonna stuff like performance we do with it as you know if you make the decision also for convergence of -- there's some things to think about for example if you already are running 32 bit Vista or XP you have to fully reinstall. And that means to me you know for for -- hard drive but it'll it'll do the bit where it backs up your old operating system and all your -- data. But you'll have to publicly and vote means complete reinstall your applications. -- you know CD key apps so I prefer the clean install. Yeah especially the major operating system the only place I did on one of us gaming systems I have an endless upgrade from Vista and that in this program. That so. The other hardware upgrades obviously pretty much you know faster processor or faster hard drive -- anything's gonna be a particularly beneficial beyond memory for windows I think for most people you. You really don't need to upgrade perverts like the first windows version where you don't actually required to recover to make -- run well. Especially after Vista can remove it certainly -- and this field and deservedly. Yeah it's it's a perfectly functional operating system if you're happy with -- it's it's if Vista is running great for you ignore me. 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" I actually in his last decade we should talk about tech -- we have the answer we'll track if someone who although all the dirty girls -- pre pre. Windows seven. Actually. I've I've loved it operating system launched. I was so -- this this is the first of me. This is -- you won't hear during the course of course you today. I it was I think Windows Vista I did graduated launch it was okay preinstall machines it wasn't until service pack two that it got good. And with this evidence kick in excess of seven different direction."

" Absolutely go with -- of course with any new operating system comes with a host of questions asked some fairly new for most windows users like. Should I go 6430. Met with some big question exists in which or. Kind of familiar which version should I buy well how do we get it is cheaply as possible -- that the big question hit. Arsons were all living in a post Vista world should I bother upgrading -- well. Welcome our best to answer all these questions in the show along with lots of tips and tricks to help you get the best windows seven experience possible. Before we talk about which version of windows seven that I've already -- cheapest I gotta ask you Patrick will you be upgrading."

" Yes actually got -- you've got copied from Microsoft and I'll be buying -- 64 bit copy for. My -- system at home at 32 bit version for my dad. Look cool that book although -- make you brought in the free version on my netbook and what runs out next year just to see if the prices drop. To see that they can magically disappeared him yet we'll have also got another company divides my. On my my quirky duo system is now becoming the home theater PC and its need some love -- it's over an XP."

" So my tip of helping -- going to send me USB thumb drive we'll actually be helpful for you for your notebook later it will. -- tells -- you -- in the -- that so why should -- without professional or ultimate."

" Well basically the home versions pretty amazing right they're premium recovers the windows seven home. Premium secret ingredient. So if you don't -- 120 bucks professional is 200 bucks an alternate. Is 220 bucks I should -- those -- the upgrade price the full retail version of windows seven ultimate of the heart the brace yourself. 320. Dollars full retail festivals and at 200 dollars -- home runs and it is somewhat more conservative 200 dollars plus pounds it is a lot of bones and the truth is home premium includes most of what most of us will need windows media center of the nice it does have an interface between scales nicely Brussels. Kind of processors it's got home group which in the networking set pretty much everything I need. I really wish you had bit locker which is when this happens encryption tool for your hard drive that you need to pony up for the 220 dollar ultimate edition that. The professional version does not have bit -- and it offers the XP -- of compatibility goes software along with backup and restore to a network but I think for most people. Home premium will be more than enough."

" Yes and that's probably island going this while McCain PC ads on XP is life at the Vista upgrade."

" Yeah I'm ready for change I PC I've busy running Vista home bit we don't talk a lot it's it's. It's titled rolling out this so we drink really session until we can skeleton reconciliation -- that's the the second major Vista slight issue by the way probably lose count your -- We should talk about actually getting the best deal -- it it's really all about buying the OEM versions kind of went to buy an upgraded version of word OEM versions."

" Yeah OEM versions are for system builders and are for pre installation on new personal computer for recently -- means two things from us Tekzilla viewers. OEM versions don't come with tech support that's -- problem and more often than not. The retail outlet you front will probably make you buy a piece of hardware along with VoS on. Mother board and mouse USB cable some kind of hardware. Not always but sometimes the ultimate for a 180 dollars professional -- 140 dollars and home premium 400 bones and these are all -- installs the you have to wonder around like you who tunes but it. Hundred bucks a little bit of hardware could be worth it a -- that's -- you can always use -- Texas aren't any way I'm."

" You're probably your own -- at this point. So hey look we're gonna talk about what he's about thirteen to sixty. Four bit version later on the show in which case he's -- about the ones serious performance hacking -- for windows seven."

" Well while we may because she ever windows seven there's always a dark cloud with every silver lining in here with -- is the income parable Roger Chang. The -- close to the top what are the top five reasons why its image and not upgrade to windows that."

" number one would have to be pricing there's three prices this month for home premium professional ultimate. None of murky even if you just do an upgrade to look in this spend the standard books. And if you don't for our ultimate it's 200 dollars to twenty for an upgrade 300 if you do and a full retail. Now college students are all lucky you can get the professional premium upgrade for thirty bucks if you qualify you to do the let's let's see if you qualify. And you know you might be able listening got a collection."

" I still think he's still going you know nobody's gonna you can buy your -- and a -- Night. Curses they have ways of knowing -- anyway Steve Ballmer come to my house and she began burning just knowing he probably would."

" Speaking of shaking down drivers these are things they shouldn't be shook down before windows seven -- I actually had to go out on the web to find windows seven drivers for my TV tuner card for -- Lo and behold there are none whatsoever in fact they're drivers they do offer -- for a similar but not the same product effective for the fall one TV tuner that he can offers. I'm so I literally had to surf through five different forms over the course of an hour and a half two hours to find out that night. I can use the Vista drivers but I basically have the force would just look."

" At the Vista drivers folder in order to get install software out there that can manage your drivers and which ones creating think you can do it on one taken some of having to hunt package actress."

" The ones I've tried for Vista were very itself right I can't imagine the went through windows seven have been any better. One egregious thing is the fact that I have a Microsoft web -- No drivers stall when you installed. Windows sent from Microsoft slipped notice you have to go back to Microsoft's site and download the drivers all over yet because you know it's such a typical -- battery needs to thirty. They install it to do."

" Important this is typical -- a piece of hardware. I can understand -- attractiveness -- difficult -- It's are talking."

" So Opera Software is one of the things that Microsoft likes top touting as being backward compatible with successive versions of windows. Lo and behold I tried TrueCrypt and it will not encrypt the entire drive what happens -- it is hurting our."

" Well. If it's their encrypted and you have to look I've encrypted I -- and encrypt -- first. Because windows seven actually keeps a lot of the boot files in a separate partition it's a little different -- TrueCrypt itself could not. Could the entire drive I could still do container active folders like you do directories. But if you wanna do the whole drive you have to do have the Linux workarounds and this is only one softer product that. Is compatible they're probably several if not hundreds of others. Better floating out there most of them tend to be system tools. And that's kind of obvious because Anderson is it is it different beast. Especially if you're moving from XP but be aware that an -- if anyone has any kind of third party -- that they bought -- line. That you know that -- has wondered -- writers supporting it. Developer's party and check to see you vehicle windows seven version before you run out because it's that one piece of software you need that won't work on windows seven. Then you just -- hundred bucks us so well yes. Right security interface yes they know distant descent and had done a lot to improve security. In the windows and -- this operating system however I still believe the interfaces. Sorely sorely need. Of -- freshening up because it's so difficult so for any user to kind of figure out where everything is. If you wanna go to the security systems secure interface in the control panel. Yeah you have firewall you have defender but if so when you. Does that mean anything you agree that you have you AC you have all these kind of -- tools that you but it's still not a cohesive. Simple to use interface to get -- your security measures. Taking care if you really have to go on four different places depending which is. And the number 50 wait too many versions of windows I don't think he really needs six versions I understand that you know one of them is for developing markets. Another -- throw EM but even with the premium professional alternate gossip enterprise I think that's like 66. Versions until."

" But it didn't have a lot of different versions in case maybe you wanna pay so much as well -- features you don't need and I actually."

" We'll let you have start off with the basic elastic you can sell at a lower prices -- only add ons separately is doubtless -- and -- I mean seriously do you really need to have. It's three different for different retail box and it's very confusing me trying to figure out which version you have to look at all the different specs to implement all the friends and family members who call me ask you -- they can't understand why its premium sound pretty good because it's a premium product what about alternate that's -- and ultimate product risk when does that asked I don't professional professionals sounds like something like -- kid would use it. -- So it's really confusing picture kind of rationalize and it is in the product that Internet. Com final and I know this is -- nitpicking. Stupid stupid windows seven months -- I swear to god. This is a prime example of why people need to go to school who are. Too bad. It's shot well I must admit pretty as a as an infomercial it's done very well falls all that you know standard and commercial troops. You have a mixed group of people you the housewife. You have to professionally -- an expert neighbors all cannon and cool that it -- care actors -- and -- it really matters because it's an operating system who cares."

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" Macs and PC has been up to its ears with windows seven I guess they're pretty stoked about it. When -- the most of the new operating system -- Will Smith is back with -- top tips the new operating system lest you think he's gone completely fan boy over the latest OS Microsoft. He's got a list of applications he wishes were right there -- windows that ships to download it means that. Mr. Smith. Conceive after mister -- that welcome back to it often tendency of what's been about a week my goodness -- that you're not in exactly until a week. Actually there's a -- we should point out running in addition to the news. Get the boot that's a real photo mind yeah real photos -- we -- seven a giant cherry -- to shoot down on the tight toward the ground. Residents and little Photoshop and -- can -- kind suspended I suspended off of the I was holding it was fully three arms extended -- polls than. It was an incredible. An incredible engineering feat for a much cleaner X -- basically you people just look at the cover or -- the go it's I -- the stuff and magazine covers nice that's isn't what's what's anybody can put it aside now. What I XP Vista and windows sensitive because Macs that piece he goes XP. Is that it people. Because it was just my personal favorite always just keyboard shortcuts as -- the cool -- on the planet. But -- thought -- motion picture staffers okay what do you like. We like best and which -- base of the new UI the new task bar along the bottom of the screen it replaces the old school that's where it's fantastic for people who run it on applications. Yeah I have 1020 applications minimum OpenId given time. And end because of the -- the windows stack on top of the the icons you can actually go immediately to the eye to the window that you want even yet when he windows open Firefox or windows or whatever you can get they're like one -- bits of it nearly cried like with the -- my icons like a 125. Of Chrome. -- like it's not immediately -- the gated separate process for leading experts on earth works. But they get so mean that that alone -- would using a huge thirtieth panel or like a little tiny netbook. Makes the OS much more usable is especially keep on his and there are some -- keyboard shortcuts to go with that would be -- for putting this three or four really killer -- windows key plus one through zero. Opens the that the corresponding application on the taskbar -- so you could if you're Firefox is your first place what word is your second outlook is your third -- that are easily into the once underpins the left side of the taskbar exactly right click into task bar and really use that's an excellent so. Another would get multiple monitors wind plus. We'll let you cycle between main monitor extended to two displays. Secondary monitor only it or side over the -- that we use it and anyway you have like not to get like ten monitors you need anymore. And in the last what is windowless space lets you jump through hoops like everything we desktop means you can see you know this yeah I have that in my iTunes and find that clustered around there exactly where to hide the tetris here. Also also offer it yet. So set of two -- we -- we're tartan units my views for setting up windows seven and I hope people. I mean really the thing that normal windows consultants apply -- you. You. You install a large music we devote a whole partition to have it in the old days a lot of people would do this -- But because of the way the document W user profiles shortness of your -- You can sometimes get in trouble -- still entirely too hard to move that some directory off of the C drive. You know aside from that it's what hardware is an important thing you wanna make sure you have. It two to two gigs of memory -- minimum I think for relief especially if you're gonna be using 64 bit it'll run fine in -- netbook with one gigabyte if you have to -- bikes and you locate here if they might finally be different -- Okay it and that's nothing runs Greece on on one gigabyte at this point yet however I think I think. Seven's gonna run better than XP home were visible -- the market improvement from from Vista for for loan crisis situation continuing arsenal this seven launch week. Well this -- Vista. Vista was bad at the beginning and even not great during SP one but that's. Apps so you have an email applications so good but with an integrated with windows. So I mean there's some things that like are always a community look at it was the folders you never know which folder. The that the one that's the biggest doesn't come to the top of the list suit so you know you have to keep drilling down into folders to find that there's a 35 -- has been a problem with windows before ever since dots and and it's not like you cannot -- the contents of -- not a hard thing to do. So there's a -- it's a free program called -- yours that you install it it -- the holder of street hasn't talked about before his unites graphical picture you can see. Oh hate this this folder where I keep you know mightily this giant a lot of color exactly it's all color but it's a great application. Another thing that should be an individual windows update. But it is and usually helps -- Kenya PSI. Which actually looks at all of the software not just drivers and and windows software but. Everything from acrobat reader to Firefox and looks at all of those security vulnerabilities that are out and get you updated information based on that. Great piece of software I think it's a security a dot com SEC you while you're talking about sort of looking and updates I haven't seen you mean through commercials because we questioned -- about last week so obviously. Once it's gonna tell you which. Drivers need to be updated my system is there any point -- for our drivers out of the windows update if we get it would -- the windows -- there's a lot better and so. In the on Vista and XP I'd -- you tell it to look for drivers and it would detect any one thing and I would be right mind monitor and mouse or something to be. And better and better happier time Vista driver upgrades you probably build your community if you're if you're using notebooks and stuff like that then then that much better be doing on the machines like I generally do. It's a it's a little bit of a challenge right. City it's better it's not perfect. However this increasingly few drives drivers you need kind of keep updated at this point eight chipset drivers you don't you build a machine. Video card drivers you know. When you install machine and then every month subsequent and that from what went on you don't really all a driver updates or do we do that it went to a much better actually picks up public network drivers and and you know all other weird little things that you might not sir did you really and we. What what other application you like to see the style on the other thing that I absolutely love it that sevens at of course an entry has talked about that is a great. As a manager lets you all sorts of weird files that that that integrated zip tool don't. I'm intimately coupled with paper it's opera would have for when our. And then the other thing is this drop box -- it did it get me I exists in your drop box -- yeah I mean between it. Also you can do dropouts because it's just -- file system mean sure you can share files leeway for move pictures -- whatever. But did the beautiful things when you start doing things like dropping symbolic links and from the rest of the file system that drop box holder and so -- you -- across multiple computers -- symbolic -- On you can keep your IM chat logs all lined up -- keep your outlook file only does one outlook you wanna do that. Mean there's a ton of awesome stuff you can do and yet you can get like three four gigs free right just what two gigs two days to start and you can refer some friends. And again and I think twenty megs per referral to rid of the page -- hundred gigabytes normally. Part of me is like a where's the one terabyte version obviously could you please let me pass would walk. This so it doesn't automatically anybody who's on the system have total access to the the secret there is to put it on when there's a secret -- moments ago. Is to put it on different user profiles. So give it you don't insult products it's all only for your user and only on your login so -- it is -- machine. Excellent way idea. If it and the other people actually accident and the -- and -- watch that somebody like was those -- machine when do what the hell you do boot stuff. Doing so well it's you know you know it's part of my terminal paranoid about like that one. I had no idea encrypted document about lately every county owns an encrypted documents speaking of encrypted paranoia TrueCrypt is the other is the other applications are fantastic application. Open source a yes lets you create a file that's highly encrypted. That's when they do one thing but -- is you can't currently run TrueCrypt to encrypt the entire hard drive and windows seven. But you can spend an extra hundred dollars to get the current version and get a bit locker which should be twenty dollar what's happening and why it should only be in the ultimate -- in this and I think it bit -- the problem right now -- bit -- is the performance and it's pretty significant different for me like I'm playing games. I don't wanna do the -- bit locker point. This stuff coming in the future that'll hardware accelerator that a yes unfortunately bit locker a lot faster. However it's still have a corporate thing. Any basically what that walker does -- protect you move your laptop stolen. And makes fixing any problems on my computer really really hard. It to me TrueCrypt I like district -- just because it lets me. Only protect the files -- actually need protecting. Do you have a directory it's like directors -- rely -- whatever eight date and that directory on your drop box. So that then it's available all the computers it is so. And it's still encrypted exactly like that but ladies and gentlemen. Will Smith Macs and PC dot com and of course Macs and PCs on your local news and if you haven't seen it check that it is chock full of goodness this is the December and January that -- December issue but it's out now. Okay so it's a living in the future. Not such area living through for you not just a little bit thanks so much it's always a."

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" And we should point out there's not a lot of what they call in place upgrade sinners is like 66 potential upgrade scenarios from various versions of XP and Vista into various versions of windows seven. And there's like I think. People mover the -- when people who. Who do pretty cool tool called PC we're told by agreements in place of freedom you need full version of windows that and it's like. Well it was fifteen bucks up nobody you're seeing as it's now thirty bucks but the idea that they will actually back up pointers for -- actually install windows seven and moved everything back including all of your applications. I bring this up because in most cases. And every one upgrading from windows XP is going after nearly a clean install so do us a favor and make sure you back everything up number one of my list. Bookmarks people forget to save their bookmarks."

" How can you imagine like starting up a whole new OS not having any of your remarks that you could be like. Being in the wilderness without any kind of compass or anything."

" I have like 2000 bookmarks that are that are sort of nested folders and if I lost them I wouldn't -- not softly or loudly and probably from a rooftop. To your documents sound stupid if you haven't backed it documents you're you're running a risk losing everything. If you haven't backed up all your documents and media before you upgrade you're gonna be like. You wipe them out now military police silly people -- put your passwords are you related software that backs up your passwords. If you don't easily -- the backs of your password to the mother ship in the sky. Well you're gonna be so well if you upgrade in wipe out everything without checking your passwords. -- you're in there your software keys your serial numbers -- you download and pay for make sure you have that before you play back your existing operating system installation. And of course can be downloaded software that you hate fort here while the download begins and driver downloads if you need them. Download those before you wipe it out -- above them back tomorrow to a thumb drive performance goodness of they're ready when you -- launch windows seven. So. I gotta say if you have if you're if you're terrified of the whole life. Clean install which you shouldn't be -- good thing but one thing you -- particularly likely species -- when there's an upgrade assistant nice tool basically see everything out for you while you're there are. Can -- backs and off and not didn't require extra harvester parts in the corner of the system. And -- your upgrade but this favor. Just measure twice cut once before you wipe out everything on your hard drive is most scenarios -- it pretty much every XP upgrade there is no direct operators -- in place upgrade. It's gonna see everything on your system it's gonna wipe your system to witness that heads up now before you. Make your precious pictures."

" Yeah I think can relate to that has I was installing new windows seven beta actually -- the entire external hard drive that all my previous backups on it to try and make. One of these little puppies -- USB bootable thumb drive to install windows seven on my netbook."

" The phrase -- comes to mind oops what's the opposite of the squeak. This is the spam Clark complete article are hard to think so you're going to be rocking B thumb drive up to you right."

" Yes if you're looking for awaited -- windows seven using a thumb drive like because you have netbook or don't have an optical drive for whatever reason like for example. Doesn't really relate because we're talking about OS-X verses. Windows seven but my mind my MacBook Pro does not have a working optical drive and can probably discuss on the show a couple times. Just wanna have a -- to carry around -- your friends Erika and seven on near the breakfast every eight. I'm first copy of windows seven or the ice can have that are ready for like the release candidate. -- ice so you'll need something like I start to extract files from the -- so. On then take a thumb drive click the -- right here. Make sure it's three gigabytes or more and format it for NT FS you have to make the partition on the -- active. The easiest way in Vista would be to open the command prompt is at of course and -- this part. List desk and then remember the number of your USB flash drives -- just one against you depending. I'm now select the USB disk by typing selective school. The numbers. Now that if you have more than one hard drive the number the last track you plug in will be different reflective -- disk. So pay attention don't online community totally so well their favorite little acronym today. Now -- need to get a list of the current participants on the thumb drives that type list partition. Record that partition numbers when they get. I'm now we need to -- the current partition to make an -- so -- partition 11 being partitioned a number of -- USB flash drive might be different if you multiple partitions on them drives. And -- active. This part should stay at the partition is now active once you've done that just opened up the wind -- sentenced on dvd in windows explorer -- it."

" Are all the contents of the dvd to the thumb drive so it just hit control a to copy everything in drag that puppy effort to -- thumb drive and all. This should all work in windows seven to if you wanna make a thumb -- at -- installed for XP though I'm going to have to install this part to get a whole thing working. It's not -- on her command prompt. Otherwise is also some software to automate the whole entire process for -- which I might recommend if you're new via this kind of thing. One is called into flash which will turn your flash right into a bootable drive -- windows seven install disk it's free download a confine it went to flash dot com. Finally don't forget to say your PC to boot from USB drives first and the install process to start but it does."

" So basically it's like bios -- boot -- USB drives after you've done in the wild creation process re edit it I don't depends on different computers they want you know boot into bios -- the US be tracked and stuff. Otherwise it'll just do the hard drive six."

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" He's -- of recommends working hard to join us to talk about windows seven performance at weather usually don't 32 bit or 64 bit with the new operating system. Welcome back to Tekzilla mr. Lloyd case in a good. I have here at the seated tradition when the so these -- actually virus signature. I night at a good Steve Ballmer decided currency and information sent via I'm I'm actually gonna say that the machines and it won't people Versailles then. Now I don't record it looks too too precise the actually to boss and I'm sure even Steve Ballmer cat well actually -- depressed really hard letterhead. That's actually so is this what is that the windows and important package that's right close the bat one of the Mexican party back. Yes I area among the windows of -- list or will you be having witnesses and party leader William avalanche pretty much credit lines and -- going to be the windows seven. One party for us and you install windows and how would be okay pocket if purple when you need to -- is a picture of of the land or a river second of all do you have windows seven so how many fugitive and."

" Let I have fourteen up. I have while working systems for the Lan parties -- hand though when assailants and all but one of -- that really happened how'd you enjoyed the whole team -- windows seven. It supports been flawless I -- with the kind of games that we play I mean I went back and has to -- games and there's a couple of really really old XP games that don't work on. And -- games but for the most part it's been able. Columns for direct X eleven it's a nice idea but there's probably like no games out -- game out there this it's called battle forge actually records and it was after -- That'll really a lot of differences via. But there's and there's a couple more coming here so is battle forcefully four floors of sort itself -- it's -- online it's -- one real time strategy game and a book. -- I'm gonna hold off -- it. I don't think -- California may be epic but it. It's it's a well actually the real reason to get the X eleven is not that came to this point because the fastest graphics cards and while -- This is a good point you were -- have. So that implements so. We're looking at windows seven I think probably the biggest decision for people that they've never an entry in the Linux folks can column so right now but but you're looking at windows seven -- online -- retail -- 32 bit or 64 bit. What's dividing -- who should go with what version. Well my take comment is that of forcing you do is check your hardware -- entry all the drivers or that all the drivers are available only 64 bit. If you're doing 64 bit thinking about it nutrients it courtroom the drivers either Vista or when -- to orbit drivers if so that I -- is that. You can look up the memory and more memory but in the better performance essentially what happens is for example it okay system right. -- When not all processors though are going to be. Compatible with the 64 bit operating system that's correct the get go when we expect an Intel atom processor is currently no waivers to prevent. But if you want and yet the way back to find not just -- processors is three years but my beloved pentium four meter. That's right okay -- even something important -- moment later. So in terms of in terms of like if I wanna run twelve gigabytes of ram I'm gonna need support for that you use something that'll run over you if you -- you give a triple channel system obviously X 58 and now Halen class systems are triple channels you can put twelve -- easy easily. Most systems are dual channels Leo for a person companies -- so we're basically -- memories she two it is -- country and that's probably what you see it would be only you don't have a look at the operating system there's not a lot of there's not a lot of -- to cut their terms of performance in general we've discovered that and I think Will -- of him on this when he comes on. Windows seven is a little bit faster than Vista on most these are where most systems. And it's as it is perhaps that's Peter past. Which is a big -- this -- gonna -- you think about you know. Which is -- but he isn't he was always knew it was gonna you that you only 10% 14% there was always performance boost that Vista just kind of saddled with -- over a week. Right so well to -- people forget I mean when they went from windows 98 or any or whatever to windows XP there was a lot of -- and asked if -- about -- requirements. -- I'd just ignored when does that mean I continued you because it makes me happier about it. -- first Soo pretty much so the memory probably the memory would be the one. It's really hardware hack through that we are gonna stuff like performance we do with it as you know if you make the decision also for convergence of -- there's some things to think about for example if you already are running 32 bit Vista or XP you have to fully reinstall. And that means to me you know for for -- hard drive but it'll it'll do the bit where it backs up your old operating system and all your -- data. But you'll have to publicly and vote means complete reinstall your applications. -- you know CD key apps so I prefer the clean install. Yeah especially the major operating system the only place I did on one of us gaming systems I have an endless upgrade from Vista and that in this program. That so. The other hardware upgrades obviously pretty much you know faster processor or faster hard drive -- anything's gonna be a particularly beneficial beyond memory for windows I think for most people you. You really don't need to upgrade perverts like the first windows version where you don't actually required to recover to make -- run well. Especially after Vista can remove it certainly -- and this field and deservedly. Yeah it's it's a perfectly functional operating system if you're happy with -- it's it's if Vista is running great for you ignore me. Yes that this assemblage this -- the -- so applause I'm totally built this to ask you in your project to work right there what's coming. Up on their review on some grass -- stuff. I'm also working on some have been exploring something called the performance or reliability monitor and windows seven which allows -- respond -- it identify which apps are reliable -- signature -- in effect let me tricked our problems haven't Firefox."

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