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23 June
A New Beginning with Microsoft Student Windows 7
Revamp Your Laptop & Save Money
by
SoftwareGuru
Secondary school exams are underway and when
September and October comes, it will be a time of new beginnings
for freshers' week students.
Many students will be looking to buy new laptops and iPads.
If like me you raise one eyebrow firmly at the iPad's basic
entry model at £429 RRP, perhaps it's time to upgrade that
XP / Vista laptop to a
Microsoft Student Windows 7
monster!
Previously I've written articles containing information such as
how to
revamp
your PC on a tiny budget and you can transform most laptops
simply by replacing:
- Harddrive
- RAM
- Operating System
If you're not technically minded, ask a friend or neighbour who
knows about computers to help.
I recently purchased laptop memory from online retailer
Mr. Memory,
enabling my Vista laptop with 2GB of RAM to become a more
powerful upgraded
Windows 7 laptop with 4GB of RAM.
Your decision to change your harddrive depends on how much wear
and tear you estimate it has been subjected to from downloads.
General use won't do much damage but constant file-sharing and
torrent downloads will wear out a computer harddrive in less
time than you'd think.
Most importantly, investing in a new operating system like
Windows 7 Professional upgrade will have your old
laptop running like a new machine - providing it meets the
minimum specifications!
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Vista's Wireless
Internet Bug
One of the most common problems with older
Vista Laptops is wireless connectivity issues.
You turn your laptop on, it can see your wireless network but
for some reason it won't connect to it. Frustrating, isn't it?
This can occur for a variety of reasons including:
- your household router is not officially supported by Vista
- you regularly access more than one wireless network
Over at
http://windows.microsoft.com you'll find a section dedicated
to troubleshooting network connection problems with Vista.
You may also want to visit the following site as it features
Vista Wireless Solutions from a Microsoft Certified
Professional, Systems Engineer.
The official Microsoft Windows site offers in-depth solutions
which should address the majority of user issues.
You will also find videos on YouTube if you search there for
'troubleshooting network connection problems'.
Many others have had these problems so you are not alone.
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Vista vs Win7 Wireless Internet
Non-techies might be thinking, "Why would
accessing more than one wireless network cause a problem? Isn't
that the whole point of having a laptop?"
The best non-tech explanation I can give is that Vista is trying
to be too clever.
Imagine your TV automatically trying to launch a previously
viewed channel that is no longer being broadcast as soon as you
turn it on, and then it can't switch itself over to another
channel.
In that particular sceanrio, this quick fix guide from Indiana
University in the U.S. will show you
how to
configure your Windows computer to obtain an IP address
automatically.
I've noticed that when this same issue happens in Windows 7, the
latest Microsoft OS can spot the problem and fix it either by
itself or after you ask it to diagnose the problem using the
following:
Control Panel > Network Centre > Troubleshoot Problems.
Even when you can connect wirelessly to the internet, Sky TV
boxes connected to your phoneline along with wireless landline
phones can create interference and slow down your speed.
Therefore, it's important to have ADSL filters on every
phoneline in your home.
Make sure that your router broadcast channel for home Wi-Fi is
not too close to your wireless landline phone channel (read your
phone manual for details of this or even Google the model of the
phone).
For the non-techies wondering what I'm writing about, check out
this Microsoft guide entitled
10 tips for improving your wireless network.
The diagrams may make more sense as they show you exactly what
to do.
If you have any further questions about anything I've mentioned
here you can tweet to your heart's content with us via
twitter.com/studentsoftware.
Take advantage of Official
Microsoft
Windows 7 upgrade at
cheap student software prices.
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A New Beginning with Microsoft Student Windows 7