Say ‘Ninite’ to software reinstallation woes
Posted by Mike Halsey in software picks on 27. Feb, 2010 | 0 Comments
Installing software is always a chore, especially if you’ve recently installed a new version of Windows (or reinstalled). Now a new service called Ninite aims to take some of the pain out of the process, with free software at least.
What this service does is creates a custom installer for you that will automatically install the [...]
Upgrade XP to Windows 7, the magic bullet?
Posted by Mike Halsey in software picks, windows 7 on 11. Feb, 2010 | 0 Comments
One of the biggest problems with Windows 7 is that the architecture is so radically different to XP as to make upgrading impossible. You can only do a clean install if you want to move from one OS to the newer one. The reason for this is that if Microsoft allowed you to upgrade “in-place”, [...]
Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor
Posted by Mike Halsey in software picks on 01. Oct, 2009 | 0 Comments
As people get ready to buy Windows 7 a question mark may still hang over whether your PC is capable of running it. Fortunately, as with previous editions of Windows, Microsoft have released an upgrade advisor that you can download here.
They say…
In general, if your PC can run Windows Vista, it can run Windows 7. [...]
Software Pick – Zune Player
Posted by Mike Halsey in software picks on 21. Jan, 2009 | 0 Comments
Microsoft’s Zune MP3 player has been on sale in the USA and Canada for a couple of years now but has still sadly not made it to Europe. Lucky for us though the Zune Player software, a funky upgrade on Windows Media Player, is.
I can safely say I’ve never seen any media player sofware as pretty [...]
Software Pick – Windows SteadyState
Posted by Mike Halsey in software picks on 05. Nov, 2008 | 0 Comments
If other people use your PC then I’m certain that from time to time they have downloaded something to it they shouldn’t or changed a system setting or two that you’d rather they hadn’t. This can be annoying at best and at worst, require a complete reinstallation of Windows and all your software.
For Windows XP [...]
