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Guidelines for Dealing With Computer Uninstall Errors

Windows Tools, Help & Guides | Mintywhite.com — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:00:46 GMT

In this guest post, James Ricketts discusses how deal with computer uninstall errors. Find out more about James at the end of this post. Uninstalling applications is never as seamless a process as installing them. Although Windows PCs come with a built...(read more)

Copy Windows Setup, Drivers or Bundled Software from the Recovery Partition [How To]

Windows Tools, Help & Guides | Mintywhite.com — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:00:33 GMT

When I first bought my netbook from Acer it came with the Windows 7 Starter (scam) Edition. Luckily for me I had an extra Home Premium license I could use. Problem was that the graphics driver needed was not available for download, and was not available...(read more)

Use Windows 7′s Display Color Calibration to Optimize Your Display [How To]

Windows Tools, Help & Guides | Mintywhite.com — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 14:00:42 GMT

As all screens are not created equal, which is why Microsoft have bundled a display color calibration tool with Windows 7. This tool is easy to use and this guide serves as a checklist for using it. You should use this tool if: You’ve not calibrated...(read more)

Transfer Entire Drives, Directories, Large Files etc. with Xcopy [How To]

Windows Tools, Help & Guides | Mintywhite.com — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:00:59 GMT

If you are looking to transfer lots of files, large files, a large amount of data, or a combination of the above, you should consider using Xcopy—a command line tool used to copy data. In this guide, we’ll take a look at: The basic syntax of Xcopy...(read more)

Use Resource Monitor to Check Key Subsystems on Your PC [How To]

Windows Tools, Help & Guides | Mintywhite.com — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:00:19 GMT

In earlier versions of Windows, you’d need a third-party solution to help you monitor key subsystems (CPU, RAM etc.) of your computer. With Vista, came the Resource Monitor (Resmon) and with Windows 7 came improvements to the Resource Monitor. In...(read more)

Speed up USB and Computer Performance [Tips'n'Tricks]

Windows Tools, Help & Guides | Mintywhite.com — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:00:11 GMT

USB has become a daily part of our computer life. Almost any gadget or external device use the USB port to connect to your computer. Many of us use so many devices that we have to add more USB ports to our computer, either via PCI or using USB Hubs. Some...(read more)