PC users know that reinstalling Windows is just one of the things that come with the territory. Maybe you’re performing a clean install on your own PC to fix nagging issues, or maybe you’re bringing ...

This may sound like it could be the shortest tutorial ever, but if you were planning on just sticking the Windows 7 DVD into your PC come 22 October and hoping for the best, it's a good job you're ...

This article was excerpted from Microsoft Windows 7 In Depth with permission of Que Publishing, copyright 2010, all rights reserved. It covers a new installation of ...

If while installing updates or files from the Microsoft Download Center, your validation for your Genuine Windows 7 fails and you may receive a message – This copy of Windows is not Genuine, then this ...

Microsoft today confirmed that users can apply a workaround trick to do a clean install of Windows 7 on a blank hard drive as long as they toe the licensing line. In a blog post earlier this week, ...

In the past, not having a Genuine Windows installation meant that you couldn’t change your background picture or do anything but back up your information. A pop-up screen would surface periodically, ...

Every operating system needs an occasional repair job, and Windows 7 is no exception. Whether the source of the problem is corrupt data, a particularly brutal piece of malware, or some other serious ...

I will have to grab some screenshots from my computer when I get home, but this has been bugging me for a few days, and my searches have not turned up the information I need yet, though it's gotten me ...

After you install your genuine copy of the Windows operating system on your computer, you are required to activate Windows 11/10/8/7 within a stipulated period of time. If you do not, you will see a ...