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"In this video, I will show you how to make your laptop USB3 compatible, even if your laptop did not come with USB3 ports. The key to making this change is simply to use an express card in order to benefit from the new speed of USB3. The throughput and bandwidth capabilities of USB3 far exceed it’s predecessor USB2. If you have a laptop that does not have a Ivy Bridge or Sandy Bridge motherboard, chances are you are using USB2. The maximum write speed is ...

Updated 07-07-2012 at 03:08 AM by Mike

Tags: 128gb, 5 gigabyte, 5gb/s, compute, esata, express card, external serial ata, flash drive, gigabit, hardware tutorial, how-to, laptop, microsoft windows, tutorial, universal serial bus, usb 3.0, usb flash drive, usb3, walkthrough, windows 7

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In a latest video tutorial effort, I will be attempting to show how to properly install, configure, and maintain Microsoft Windows Home Server. The latest video has been finished, while the setup and configuration portion is currently in development. I hope to offer transcripts of these guides, as well as some insight into the operating system. Time constraints are currently preventing me from producing the next video, but this should change soon enough.

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Updated 08-15-2010 at 09:28 AM by Mike (Updated with 2nd Video Tutorial)

Tags: clean install, installing windows home server, windows home server, windows home server clean install, windows home server install

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Get away from the browser wars: How to uninstall IE6 in XP, which has become obsolete, and update to the latest Internet Explorer or Firefox.

Hello there, this is Mike from Windows 7 Forums. I am just here to notify you about a problem we've identified with Internet Explorer 6 when browsing Windows7Forums.com. We have known about this problem for some time. Several weeks ago, we upgraded our forum software to vBulletin 4.0. ...

Updated 02-18-2010 at 03:40 AM by Mike

Tags: browser, firefox, internet explorer, microsoft internet explorer, mozilla firefox, security, web browser, windows xp

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Proof of concept demonstration: Some have stated it is not possible to upgrade from XP to Windows 7. Here is the one way to do it.

Hello again, and welcome to another tutorial from Windows7Forums.com. This tutorial is a little special; it's a little different from most. What we plan on doing is proving a proof of concept to update and upgrade Windows XP Professional to Windows 7. How this is done is quite complex, but it is in ...

If you have an anti-virus solution like Avast!, or even if you have no anti-virus solution, you may want to consider installing Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE). Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) is a free anti-virus solution provided by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP.

Security Essentials is the derivative of the Microsoft OneCare product which was previously a commercial product, and is ...

Tags: anti-virus, free anti-virus, micosoft, mse, security, security essentials, virus

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