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Microsoft stopped support Windows XP

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Defrag option to Windows 7 , 8 right click context menu

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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />Press "windows" + r  to open Run and type regedit to open Registry.</span></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5SuDumMrcUOvEa3aTD8D8Oef5hqhJ0O0YqZ1job6N_buOlvnhgPiNQdxGq_fsyFitMq024pnsmklHL7oY5n1KbKrvxyd4fMoniHWANc3hCq5Q22hYzOr0j1227zuVFozGZh3GcvoG-Jde/s1600/regedit.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5SuDumMrcUOvEa3aTD8D8Oef5hqhJ0O0YqZ1job6N_buOlvnhgPiNQdxGq_fsyFitMq024pnsmklHL7oY5n1KbKrvxyd4fMoniHWANc3hCq5Q22hYzOr0j1227zuVFozGZh3GcvoG-Jde/s1600/regedit.JPG" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>regedit</i></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />Naviagate to :</span></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSuKnED3mHD_xnmKnD4lyIj1_e7bkcZr3PPoJ6k2TXxCiaqAV7RibSeM4GsJAW-dE6Qvmzmwe3BoCXnGQlI7487xUGrrhX-mTRLsvj4yaOPK8X5Uk6o2zFNzUXOnC-3l0X5xrAjKh3P2RL/s1600/regedit-ope.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSuKnED3mHD_xnmKnD4lyIj1_e7bkcZr3PPoJ6k2TXxCiaqAV7RibSeM4GsJAW-dE6Qvmzmwe3BoCXnGQlI7487xUGrrhX-mTRLsvj4yaOPK8X5Uk6o2zFNzUXOnC-3l0X5xrAjKh3P2RL/s640/regedit-ope.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><b>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ Drive \ Shell</b></i></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ Drive \ Shell</b></span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /> Right click on the Shell key and create a newkey and name it  <b>runas</b></span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />Right-click the default key and select Edit Value, type in the Data section <b>Defrag</b> and confirm with OK.</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />Right on key runas, created in the first step, and create a new / given key name <b>command</b></span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />Right on the default key Information section and select Edit Value, type <b>defrag% 1-v </b>Confirm with OK.</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />Exit Registry and restart.</span></span>

Defrag option to Windows 7 , 8 right click context menu

Press "windows" + r to open Run and type regedit to open Registry. regedit Naviagate to : HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ Drive \ Shell HK...

[How to] Update Hardware Drivers in Windows 7 and Windows 8

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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3wUbR09Qzu05vuP6fRGG9hN8oSlc83mVNzzbobTSAFl2UhqttLQ4qqWCNdVybi97yEK1yURYO-rpApf9ZrgLu428BsTW6lo2BZS89JiYdQhemmay9L5CAukVxnASXbfSyxDPRW-dLxSTd/s1600/slim+driver.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3wUbR09Qzu05vuP6fRGG9hN8oSlc83mVNzzbobTSAFl2UhqttLQ4qqWCNdVybi97yEK1yURYO-rpApf9ZrgLu428BsTW6lo2BZS89JiYdQhemmay9L5CAukVxnASXbfSyxDPRW-dLxSTd/s400/slim+driver.jpg" width="294" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="line-height: 24px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://download.cnet.com/SlimDrivers-Free/3000-18513_4-75279940.html?part=dl-0">SLIMDRIVER</a> </span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://download.cnet.com/SlimDrivers-Free/3000-18513_4-75279940.html?part=dl-0">SLIMDRIVER</a> </i>, apart from windows OS updates ,hardware driver updates are also important for the smooth functioning of PC,we often think that our hardware drivers such as display,Audio&sound,Network,Motherboard,Usb are up to date but it is not the case for most of the windows users. </span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><b><span style="list-style: none; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step by Step process:</span></span></b></div><h3 style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px; list-style: none; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Step: 1</span></h3><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Software from cnet.com here is the download link </span><center></center><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="" name="more" style="list-style: none; outline: none; text-decoration: underline;"></a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><a href="http://download.cnet.com/SlimDrivers-Free/3000-18513_4-75279940.html?part=dl-0" style="list-style: none; outline: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://download.cnet.com/SlimDrivers-Free/3000-18513_4-75279940.html?part=dl-0</span></a></blockquote></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><h3 style="list-style: none; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Step: 2</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now open the Slimdriver from windows start button and click on START SCAN the software will check the hardware components and it will search for the latest hardware drivers from the manufactures website </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioHb2Zrfifc49zqpAbCAZCCwM1dZM4avwMxi313-dOMlhKDsrXc0yeFPWFqYAIWkE5CJgRC2pQqdrJJhkM2dsACEWeHtVT4FR86iOdeV-Dmg0DhAW7-NPzFomp4uDkXgE4FegpFGWdrHcQ/s1600/1.png" imageanchor="1" style="list-style: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; outline: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="1" border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioHb2Zrfifc49zqpAbCAZCCwM1dZM4avwMxi313-dOMlhKDsrXc0yeFPWFqYAIWkE5CJgRC2pQqdrJJhkM2dsACEWeHtVT4FR86iOdeV-Dmg0DhAW7-NPzFomp4uDkXgE4FegpFGWdrHcQ/s1600/1.png" style="border-width: 0px; list-style: none; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" title="1" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">step 2</span></td></tr></tbody></table><h3 style="list-style: none; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Step: 3</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now the SlimDriver will list the all available hardware updates according to the hardware category now click on  download update corresponding to each driver update the Slimdriver will automatically download the update from the official site </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">it is preferred to create a restore point( a dialogue box will appear) and then reboot your system after installing hardware update.<br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik2Btv9VibAeWKxE4kgagxkCzx_0vqADKaEZABFPZvtJ7-5koqsD3Z5nPtWl9Y7aXpuwhnUA-2MPWYoZVQNNl2tGDh0mCQDsjdL7cVzJa8wtFzbUVWKz1pO0CBic1dpu7ighQhaceba9K2/s1600/2.png" imageanchor="1" style="list-style: none; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; outline: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="2" border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik2Btv9VibAeWKxE4kgagxkCzx_0vqADKaEZABFPZvtJ7-5koqsD3Z5nPtWl9Y7aXpuwhnUA-2MPWYoZVQNNl2tGDh0mCQDsjdL7cVzJa8wtFzbUVWKz1pO0CBic1dpu7ighQhaceba9K2/s1600/2.png" style="border-width: 0px; list-style: none; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" title="2" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="3" border="0" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhThHAAslNrZCTgEHPA_h-F7Y1Z-74Ni94c2lcPQCiAUJFvqtnj0erY7G4xPSzC9nJZTcVyC0FgZKqG-kwhVuEqI7M8dGWeSHMvlt2mWJHYYFCEzMgtuN19yUW5c0nlWgC8ss5oFJhp9_lL/s1600/3.png" style="list-style: none; outline: none;" title="3" width="400" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SlimDriver will be a very hand tool for those who use <b><span style="list-style: none; outline: none;"><span style="list-style: none; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">laptops</span> </span></b>,where  there is  need to update WiFi,Bluetooth , <span style="list-style: none; outline: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>Graphic</b></span> , <span style="list-style: none; outline: none; text-decoration: none;"><b>USB</b></span> , webcams  drivers it is the leading software tool under update category in CNET , Brothersoft , <a href="http://en.softonic.com/" style="list-style: none; outline: none;" target="_blank">Softonic</a> and many other sites .It is a free tool so our recommendation is to give it a try and see the result.</span></div></div><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- See more at: http://www.alltechtricks.com/2013/05/update-hardware-drivers-in-windows-7-and-windows-8.html#sthash.EyTeajdO.dpuf</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span>

[How to] Update Hardware Drivers in Windows 7 and Windows 8

SLIMDRIVER SLIMDRIVER , apart from windows OS updates ,hardware driver updates are also important for the smooth functioning of PC,we of...

[ How to ] Speed Up a PC-Tips to Increase Windows Performance

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<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">PC’s performance will slow down at 3 Instances:</h3><ol style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.1875px;"><li>At the time of BOOTING</li><li>During normally usage.</li><li>While Shutting Down.</li></ol><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px;"><h3 style="font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Tips to Speed Up Windows Performance:</h3><h4 style="font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Use a Good Antivirus:</h4><div style="font-size: 12px;">If you are not using a Good antivirus then the chances for your PC getting infected are pretty high.In this present world of Internet nothing is safe online.As windows is the most widely used operating system,many new viruses/trojans are created daily to exploit windows os.</div><div style="font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><h4 style="font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Removing unwanted Startup Applications:</span></h4><div style="font-size: 12px;">Sometimes even after the pc starts, few programs keeps on loading thereby stopping you from performing your operations.In some cases, you might come across a strange WINDOWS error known as “<a href="http://www.alltechbuzz.net/2012/07/blue-screen-death-error-windows-how-to-fix-it.html" style="color: #999999; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Blue Screen Of death</a>”.To avoid this you have to limit the number of startup programs.Lesser the number of startup programs greater will be the pc startup speed.</div><div><ul style="font-size: 12px;"><li><i><b> Press” Windows key + R”(shortcut key for RUN)</b></i></li><li><i><b>A RUN box will open .Type “Msconfig” (without quotes) in the RUN box and hit ENTER. It will take you to the “system configuration”.</b></i></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFyfhS60-ZE_c4K3Vq1-_sYIFsRi2Sqf4ZdM0ekVfm-HDjnufRwKZer3Jqd2Bxpls9-IUT9QcXhcBwIb4Es64RjB5gdU9AyXfKzFc86SaSAbuyZr2B_wPpIIhqo4l4zyKR0xpMPCsj0g5/s1600/msconfig.png" style="color: #999999; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="msconfig" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFyfhS60-ZE_c4K3Vq1-_sYIFsRi2Sqf4ZdM0ekVfm-HDjnufRwKZer3Jqd2Bxpls9-IUT9QcXhcBwIb4Es64RjB5gdU9AyXfKzFc86SaSAbuyZr2B_wPpIIhqo4l4zyKR0xpMPCsj0g5/s1600/msconfig.png" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.7s ease; border: 1px solid rgb(230, 228, 228); height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px; transition: all 0.7s ease;" title="msconfig" /></a></div><ul style="font-size: 12px;"><li>Select “START UP” from the Tab’s at the top and <b>uncheck</b> all the unwanted programs that you don’t want to get started along with startup. Now click “OK” and then “APPLY”.Restart the pc you will definiately notice an improvement in startup and booting speed.</li></ul><div><h4 style="font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Delete all the Temporary files and folders:</h4><div style="font-size: 12px;">Windows stores some temporary files which are created while you are running any sort or applications. Deleting those Temporary files will helps you to increase your PC Performance during normal usage. Follow the steps below to delete the temporary files</div><div><ul style="font-size: 12px;"><li>Press” Windows key + R”. </li><li>In the RUN box type “%temp%” (without quotes) and hit enter.</li></ul><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUnxOP_z0_v2n7nHp0_4SOIZh7NPwqnSRN8Mp8zIT_yTaw2RkLFCfDjPec5nPV-8hShNjKTjZdc6X5w74UbOiO3XA7luQ6g_YTQockmaB8BJjebP7zHiGnHILqyT7jhnmsf3Lh4tCa1rgc/s1600/Temporary+files+windows.png" style="color: #999999; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Temporary+files+windows" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUnxOP_z0_v2n7nHp0_4SOIZh7NPwqnSRN8Mp8zIT_yTaw2RkLFCfDjPec5nPV-8hShNjKTjZdc6X5w74UbOiO3XA7luQ6g_YTQockmaB8BJjebP7zHiGnHILqyT7jhnmsf3Lh4tCa1rgc/s1600/Temporary+files+windows.png" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.7s ease; border: 1px solid rgb(230, 228, 228); height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px; transition: all 0.7s ease;" title="Temporary+files+windows" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 10px;">Temporary Files and Folders</td></tr></tbody></table><ul style="font-size: 12px;"><li>It will take you to a Folder where all the Temporary files are stored. Select and delete all the files. You may not delete all the files there, just skip those files which are undeletable.</li></ul><div><h4 style="font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Disk Clean Up:</span></h4><div style="font-size: 12px;"><img alt="Disk+cleanup+windows" border="0" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNC6j2qDiTThZUlqesBxRZdMmpO0moJwgpS6be25VnJRdgI5PHYUOE7y9De-c5FcrwobTd6Dgm0gG0G4woJdGNu9OqktG9g0E7B9R5GH_j37PSrrkz4ALiFtcjMYUBPLrsNAAlGhbUoMk6/s400/Disk+cleanup+windows.png" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.7s ease; border: 1px solid rgb(230, 228, 228); height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px; transition: all 0.7s ease;" title="Disk+cleanup+windows" width="400" /></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 12px;">Disk cleaning will delete all your temporary files from any drive of your Disk. Here is the Procedure</div><div style="font-size: 12px;">Press” Windows key + R”. </div><div style="font-size: 12px;">Type “cleanmgr” (without Quotes) and hit enter.</div><div style="font-size: 12px;">Select the particular Disk that you want to Clean and click on “OK” and now you can delete all the temporary files. Repeat the same procedure for all the drives and it will really free some amount of memory in every drive.</div><h4 style="font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Defragment Disk:</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"></div><h5 style="font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">For Defragmenting the Disk follow the steps below:</h5><div style="font-size: 12px;">1. Right click on any drive and select PROPERTIES</div><div style="font-size: 12px;">2. Click on TOOLS and select DEFRAGMENT NOW</div><div style="font-size: 12px;">3. ANALYSE the dick first and then DEFRAGMENT it.</div><h4 style="font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Delete ”Old Windows” Files:</h4><div style="font-size: 12px;">Normally your files of OLD version of windows can be removed easily using DISK CLEAN UP. So you can follow the same procedure to delete the files of OLD WINDOWS</div><h4 style="font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><i>Reduce Files on Desktop</i></h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"></div><div style="font-size: 12px;">Move all the files on your Desktop to any other separate drive.Every shorcut on desktop consumes 20kb of your RAM.If there are too many shortcuts then it is definitely going to effect the performance speed of your computer.You can use shortcuts on the desktop for easy navigation (Shortcuts are less in memory). </div><h4 style="font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Using Proper Cooling System:</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGb7eE-iW6mU3b6GO42gjS7FWTxoYc_tsHtwxvsPwQkmcZyX9vQpx_FSq6EbdKp4l9OG3LkkLJ6sm8bc5dkdiGCiu6ApPrF7h5ml-CZYxGRNxY8lmPsvYHKDUOms73zmuBieRMn1idzw1k/s1600/Cooling+system+CPU.png" style="color: #999999; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Cooling+system+CPU" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGb7eE-iW6mU3b6GO42gjS7FWTxoYc_tsHtwxvsPwQkmcZyX9vQpx_FSq6EbdKp4l9OG3LkkLJ6sm8bc5dkdiGCiu6ApPrF7h5ml-CZYxGRNxY8lmPsvYHKDUOms73zmuBieRMn1idzw1k/s1600/Cooling+system+CPU.png" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.7s ease; border: 1px solid rgb(230, 228, 228); height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px; transition: all 0.7s ease;" title="Cooling+system+CPU" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"></div><div style="font-size: 12px;">Make sure that your Cooling fans are working fine. Try to clean the Dust from the surface of the fans to make it work properly. Provide good ventilation for PC’s and try to maintain the room cool so that Pc can perform better.</div><h4 style="font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Removing Visual Effects:</h4><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Follow the steps below to disable unwanted Visual effects</b></span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq">1. Go to CONTROL PANEL > SYSTEM AND SECURITY > SYSTEM >ADVANCED SYSTEM SETTINGS ( A box will pop up)<br />2.  Click on SETTINGS of PERFORMANCE section.<br />3. There check all the visual effects and remove those which are not need for your and save those settings</blockquote><h4 style="font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Deleting Internet Cache</span></h4><div style="font-size: 12px;">There are many software’s available on internet to Delete internet cache but, CC Cleaner is the free software and its very effect in deleting the file temporary files.<br /><h4 style="font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Use Revo Uninstaller to uninstall programs:</h4></div><div style="font-size: 12px;">Completely uninstall programs and applications using a program like <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/79926/completely-uninstall-programs-and-more-with-revo-uninstaller/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #999999; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Revo Uninstaller</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"></div><div style="font-size: 12px;">There are many Good software’s available on internet to fix all your registry errors. You can pick anyone of them. </div><div style="font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 12px;">I will suggest you to use <b>TUNE UP UTILITIES</b> as it perform better than much other software.</div><h4 style="font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Using Ready Boost:</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><img alt="ready+boost" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6XPuYTc3Cu16InlvvbsLpJ3U8jTe22vSLcPMXeiNYXw2mm_zV_5beVYUyAONXId8cyGLhvLxdW9hjvxqKHJU_8r0ijyEMaQBPBTkx_yyq9Zdlw_nDj22M3QGzoe9jj_E_yHhk71fzQCo-/s1600/ready+boost.png" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.7s ease; border: 1px solid rgb(230, 228, 228); height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 3px; transition: all 0.7s ease;" title="ready+boost" /></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"></div><div style="font-size: 12px;">Connect a USB stick to a Windows computer – even on Windows 8 – and it will ask if you want to speed up your system using ReadyBoost. ReadyBoost was introduced in Windows Vista, where it was a heavily promoted feature.<br /><h4 style="font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Upgrade your Hardware:</h4></div></div></div></div></div></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.1875px;">Last but very important thing is to upgrade your hardwares.If you are still using old hardwares then its time for you to replace then to boost pc speed.</span>

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[how to ] Safely Remove Hardware not working in Windows

Unknown 0 How-to, Tutorial, Win 8, Windows, Windows 7 7:30 AM

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmC-iaSGDz6HXuz_MIwtuvMyKQsLSE1i63T7jqeP_HEughHAlYcUcaTUJCDzIzoEfikFZuHpgLMR3CrR_kafuIKbX1XECJBJRhIaCy8WyzkkNTXdPYZRJ-gxPi_fwDlCx4VTfrynAciIeL/s1600/device-manager-cache-400x276.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmC-iaSGDz6HXuz_MIwtuvMyKQsLSE1i63T7jqeP_HEughHAlYcUcaTUJCDzIzoEfikFZuHpgLMR3CrR_kafuIKbX1XECJBJRhIaCy8WyzkkNTXdPYZRJ-gxPi_fwDlCx4VTfrynAciIeL/s1600/device-manager-cache-400x276.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">You must have noticed, while disconnecting a device from your Windows computer a <strong>Safely Remove Hardware</strong></span><span class="gmw_"><span style="font-size: large;"> <strong>and Eject Media</strong> icon appears in the system tray or the notification area. You are  supposed click the icon to remove or eject the device you would want to</span>.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This  is because, before disconnecting a device from your computer, it is  essential to first prepare Windows for the change using the feature.  Doing so ensures, Windows has stored any data back on the device and  released the device from its hold. If you remove the device without  using the Safely Remove Hardware feature, you run the risk of damaging  your files and corrupting your data.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">However, at times you may  notice that the Eject window does not appear even after you click on the  icon of the device to be removed or ejected. If you try and open  “Devices and Printers” in the Control Panel, that will fail to open as  well. What do you do in such situations, where the Safely Remove  Hardware is not working, or the icon is missing? Try this solution, it  might just work in your case, as it did in mine.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Step 1</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Now right-click on the USB Dive (in my case hp USB device) and from the  same location in the Properties, change the default setting and select  instead Better Performance. See if this helps. Now go back to the  default Quick Removal setting again. If it does, great! </span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8bZRlOBwqLciLOMipiuvlgA7e3PIYtuon8UzTod8obacwcRzG3mNUXmmGwXmnNxAGLdll2-8yngMk5quNxP5TpkKqPPhJRI-ztgTZStg7rDfIGixHGC6dIoKZImu74-IIS1zfrPryYlnZ/s1600/usb-cache-400x290.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8bZRlOBwqLciLOMipiuvlgA7e3PIYtuon8UzTod8obacwcRzG3mNUXmmGwXmnNxAGLdll2-8yngMk5quNxP5TpkKqPPhJRI-ztgTZStg7rDfIGixHGC6dIoKZImu74-IIS1zfrPryYlnZ/s1600/usb-cache-400x290.jpg" /> </a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">But if the <strong>Safely Remove Hardware</strong> dialog box is still not appearing, <strong><em>when it should</em></strong>,  in Windows, rather then just removing the hardware and risking possible  data corruption or loss, just bring up the Command Prompt window and  type the following:</span></span><br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><pre style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">rundll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll</span></i></pre></blockquote><i><b><span style="font-size: large;">Then, just hit ‘Enter’.</span></b></i><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="command prompt Fix: Safely Remove Hardware not working in Windows 7 | 8" class="aligncenter  wp-image-4599" src="http://www.winvistaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/command-prompt.png" title="Fix: Safely Remove Hardware not working in Windows 7 | 8" /></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Safely Remove Hardware dialog box will now appear !</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Safely Remove Hardware not working Fix: Safely Remove Hardware not working in Windows 7 | 8" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-77604" src="http://thewindowsclub.thewindowsclubco.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Safely-Remove-Hardware-not-working.jpg" title="Fix: Safely Remove Hardware not working in Windows 7 | 8" /></div><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You  may also create a desktop shortcut for this command if you need to use  it frequently. Alternatively, opening the This PC or Computer folder,  right-clicking on the USB device and selecting Eject, is also an option  you can consider.</span></span></i><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

[how to ] Safely Remove Hardware not working in Windows

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Recover license keys using Product Key Decryptor & Windows License Key Dump

Unknown 0 Download, Software, Windows, Windows 7 7:13 AM

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgxuo69SdchNe2YHXB5Kk2Dl5hBizYD0Vn9cda9UVrt5cNCYvgWI-NGxKIdr1VvwuOvC28emf_Xalwy81K_-9dbzM-Hm9HWGHCLsr0UWWOx98j1sKwtNntCaWtPn2PgFnxS54IvxZ5hguH/s1600/productkeydecryptor_mainscreen_big-400x306.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgxuo69SdchNe2YHXB5Kk2Dl5hBizYD0Vn9cda9UVrt5cNCYvgWI-NGxKIdr1VvwuOvC28emf_Xalwy81K_-9dbzM-Hm9HWGHCLsr0UWWOx98j1sKwtNntCaWtPn2PgFnxS54IvxZ5hguH/s640/productkeydecryptor_mainscreen_big-400x306.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Product Key Decryptor is a <a class="auto-link" href="http://www.thewindowsclub.com/list-freeware-releases-from-the-windows-club" target="_blank" title="freeware">freeware</a> that lets you recover license keys of installed applications. It  carries out an automatic scan to recover the software license keys  quickly. To start the license key recovery, you simply need to click on  the ‘Start Recovery’ button.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Product key Decryptor supports more than over two hundred  applications including most of the popular applications like Adobe  Creative Studio, Camstasia Studio, Magic ISO, Norton Internet Security,  Visual Studio, TuneUP Utilities, Autodesk 3ds Max, Avira Antivirus,  Corel Draw, etc. It even supports license recovery of Windows OS itself  and Microsoft software too, it can recover license keys for Microsoft  Office, Exchange Server, SQL Server, Internet Explorer, etc.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So  that you don’t lost them again, there is an option in the software, that  lets you backup and save the license keys in a safer place. You can  back up the recovered license key list as a TEXT, HTML or XML file and  save it wherever you want. It is a very useful application and is easy  to use.</span></span><br /><br /><h3><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Windows License Key Dump</span></span></h3><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_">Windows License  Key Dump is the command line version of the Product Key Decryptor – from  the same company. It is fit for developers and geeky users who can  understand the working of command line applicationsand they can put this  application to a good use. As it is the command line version of Product  Key Decryptor, it supports the same applications as supported by  Product Key Decryptor. To use Windows License Key Dump, you need to  launch the command prompt (</span><span class="gm_ gm_cf55090b-a7b4-e83d-9e9a-17cc1c22fc53 gm-spell">cmd</span><span class="gmw_">.exe)  and then navigate to the directory where the files of Windows License  Key Dump are located, then you need to open ‘WindowsLicenseKeyDump.exe’  using <span class="gm_ gm_c3a71ff0-87d6-128b-446c-d8bbc904d23e gm-spell">cmd</span> itself.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Being a command line tool, Windows License Key Dump lacks the back up  feature and thus you cannot save the recovered license keys. It is  again a useful application but if you are a non-geek user, I would  suggest you use the GUI version of this application (Product Key  Decryptor).</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Click <a href="http://securityxploded.com/windows-license-key-dump.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to download Windows License Key Dump.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><br />

Recover license keys using Product Key Decryptor & Windows License Key Dump

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Windows 8.1 surges in usage as XP continues to drop

Unknown 0 News, Win 8.1, Windows 7, xp 3:52 AM

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOEq5ft7Xx3y_SH_etVUdGiMlY7Xi6YZ6K8My1if7tJ4M6HzEAo5-pJ1MLxx0hh3tuY2cdwDhE2imD6qHo36ws9-EdLdnH4BcA7KcXFkHxykzuAsRTRxPV4ZsQFjB-g4AcKqddC4Wa0sk/s1600/windows-share-oct-2013-599x359.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOEq5ft7Xx3y_SH_etVUdGiMlY7Xi6YZ6K8My1if7tJ4M6HzEAo5-pJ1MLxx0hh3tuY2cdwDhE2imD6qHo36ws9-EdLdnH4BcA7KcXFkHxykzuAsRTRxPV4ZsQFjB-g4AcKqddC4Wa0sk/s640/windows-share-oct-2013-599x359.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #252525; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #252525; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's the lesson in this month's web usage statistics from NetMarketShare, which measure worldwide usage share of desktop and mobile operating systems and browsers.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #252525; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In October, both Microsoft and Apple released free updates to their flagship desktop and notebook operating systems. And despite the fact that the updates arrived late in the month, their impact was substantial.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #252525; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Microsoft's Windows 8.1 clocked usage of 1.72 percent, doubling its share from the previous month. That gives the Windows 8.x family a total usage share of 9.25 percent after one full year on the market. (Historically speaking, it appears that Windows 8 is following the same adoption patterns as Windows XP, whose share of the installed base was also just under 10 percent after its first year on the market.)</span></div><div class="storyBody" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #252525; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Usage of Windows XP, which celebrated its 12th birthday in October, continues to drop precipitously in NetMarketShare's measurements as it heads toward its end-of-support date less than six months from now. For October, XP usage dropped to 31.24 percent, a new low. Windows 7 usage is virtually unchanged from the previous month, with just under half of all PCs running that flavor of Windows.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Update: Several people asked about StatCounter numbers, which were also published today. Those numbers are hard to compare, because they include mobile operating systems as well as game consoles. When I isolated the figures to just desktop OSes so they're a proper comparison to the NetMarketShare numbers, here's what I got:</em>Meanwhile, Apple's new OS X Mavericks (officially OS X 10.9), hit a usage level of 0.84 percent in its first (partial) month of availability. Overall, OS X usage continues to climb, slowly, with all OS X versions combined reaching 7.73 percent for the month, a new high. Linux advocates can also celebrate as usage of that free alternative also hit a new high of 1.61 percent.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">According to StatCounter's October numbers:</span></em></div><ul style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Windows 7 has 55.3 percent usage (essentially unchanged from a year ago)</span></em></li><li style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">XP has declined from 28.1 percent a year ago to just a hair over 20 percent today.</span></em></li><li style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Total usage of Windows 8.x is approximately 8.6 percent. <em style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">StatCounter says between September and October usage of Windows 8.1 increased by 10X.</em></span></em></li><li style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">OS X usage is in decline, dropping below 7 percent after being at 7.59 percent a year ago.</span></em></li><li style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Linux is at 1.16 percent.</span></em></li></ul><div style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">StatCounter's browser statistics do not break out differences between mobile and desktop devices, so it is impossible to compare them to the corresponding figures from NetMarketShare.</span></em></div><div style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NetMarketShare still doesn't register any share from Chrome OS. StatCounter says Chrome OS usage is now approximately 4/100 of 1 percent.</span></em></div><div style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the desktop browser segment, Internet Explorer continues its steady growth, reaching 58.22 percent usage. That's the highest level of usage for the Internet Explorer family in more than two years, and it comes as usage of Firefox and Chrome on traditional desktop operating systems continue to slide. According to the NetMarketShare numbers, Chrome usage hit a two-year low of 15.42 percent in October after briefly nearing the 20 percent mark earlier in the year.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><br />The PC market is no longer growing as it once was, but even with lower shipments the installed base of traditional PCs continues to grow, with hundreds of millions of new shipments per year. For consumers (and increasingly for businesses), tablets and mobile devices are where the market momentum and excitement are to be found. But in most cases those new tablets are still going to be companion devices in households and offices that also have at least one PC or Mac.</span>It's worth noting that the modern, standards-compliant versions of Internet Explorer, 10 and 11, combined for a total usage of 20.43 percent for the month. That's more than the Firefox or Chrome figures. And Internet Explorer 10, which doesn't run on Windows XP, is poised to overtake IE 8 as the most-used version.</span></div></div><div class="relatedTopics" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #252525; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Via: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/windows-8-1-surges-in-usage-as-xp-continues-to-drop-7000022720/">ZDNet</a></span></u></div>

Windows 8.1 surges in usage as XP continues to drop

That's the lesson in this month's web usage statistics from NetMarketShare, which measure worldwide usage share of desktop and mobil...