Showing posts with label Windows 7. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Windows 7. Show all posts

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Enhance your computer with Windows 8

Windows 7 is one of the best and the most preferred operating system. It has the resolved problems of Vista and hence provides some great features. Windows 7 has resolved problems of Vista but still there are many problems with Windows 7.

Windows 8 is a simpler interface and promises to have a better performance. The security with Windows 8 is also quite enhanced and therefore the people have been waiting for its release. The problems with Windows 7 had to be sorted by the Microsoft support but it is not so with Windows 8. This is called as the major step by Microsoft towards a better and a great Operating system. These features of the new operating system by Microsoft have been quite popular amongst the people but you need to wait for some time before you can experience it. It is said to launch late next year. The Windows 8 is said to have a better performance, speed regarding the booting, hibernating and shutdown. It should also boost the battery life of the laptop enormously. But to experience all these features, you need to wait for some time.

Performance

Windows 8 performance is simply the best and the people across the world believe that it is going to be much better than Windows 7. With the new operating system, you can reduce the hard drive, CPU contention and hence boost a high speed to the system. There is an application called, Soluto, which not only identifies the running programs but has enables you to disable the unwanted programs.

Now, Windows 8 is believed to enhance the battery life and therefore it can be called as the best operating system for laptops and notebooks. There are various interesting features such as Device Remover and Driver Easy, which enables you to look for or install any updates. This operating system is called to be the best in the market with a very simple interface.

Tips to use you XP software in Windows 7

Migration of application in Windows 7 is a very common practice amongst the people. People across the world go for various ways to migrate their applications from earlier versions of windows to Windows 7. There are various ways for migration and that too without any cost. The migration of the applications from one version of Windows to another is a daunting task as the applications designed for earlier versions may not be compatible with the new version of Windows.

There are more computers powered by windows than any other operating systems in the world. Microsoft has toiled hard to prepare the best hardware and software technology but has not raised a foot when it comes to application compatibility problem.
Migration of applications from Windows XP to Windows 7 has various problems and therefore Microsoft needs to take immediate steps in order to fix the compatibility problems. Let’s make a complete survey of the problems and the ways of rectifying them as well.

1. Prepare a list
There are many applications which run on XP but are not compatible with Windows 7. The Microsoft team prepared a list of these applications and burnt the midnight oil to fix all the issues. But out of the long list many applications could not be made compatible with Windows 7 and hence finally came up with a list of 341 applications which are compatible with Windows XP as well as Windows 7. This process took about four weeks and finally Microsoft came up with the list of application compatible with Windows 7.

2. Choosing the correct tool
Choice of tool is one of the most important segments when it comes to finding the Compatibility of different applications. Microsoft’s Application Toolkit is the best application to check the compatibility of the applications. But it is not the only option, and there are various other softwares as well. The Compatibility Administer is also a very helpful toolkit but the process used here is manual and hence it takes a lot of time. These applications are free but there are options for paid services as well. They are quite fast and easy.