The highly anticipated Windows 7 was released on Thursday 22 October 2009. Windows 7 has been extensively tested both internally and by the community through the Windows 7 Release Candidate project. If you are interested in being on the cutting-edge and have the latest technology then Windows 7 is available for purchase now.

Searching Google for specific websites returns the correct results, but when I click the link it goes to a completely different website (with a different address showing in the Firefox address bar). The computer is running Windows XP Professional with ZoneAlarm, BitDefender, and StopZilla. Additionally, I regularly use RegCure and SpeedUpMyPC to keep the system well tuned. The same issue occurs regardless of the web browser that is being used, as it also occurs in Internet Explorer. Can you provide any suggestions for the cause of this issue? (more…)

Outlook times-out when I try to send emails larger than 1 MB. However, I am able to receive mail of any size and have no problems sending small messages. How can I send bigger files? (more…)

Users of Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) are probably already aware of the Recent Items list, accessible from the Apple menu > Recent Items. This lists the most recently accessed applications, documents and servers. While you are in this menu, by holding the Command key (on Apple keyboards) or Windows key (on Windows keyboards) you will be able to easily show each of these items in the Finder, allowing you to see their location, rather than opening the application or document.

One morning I forgot to disconnect the internet before shutting down the computer. Now whenever the computer starts the following message appears: “Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \Windows\system32\config\system. You can attempt to repair this file by starting windows setup using the original set-up CD-ROM. Select R at the first screen to start repair’. I am not able to use the computer in the current state. Can you explain how this problem can be fixed? The computer is running Windows XP. (more…)