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 ...

Suppose you feel that a consistent lag bogs down your Windows 7 PC’s performance. It might be time to reinstall the OS. From registry issues to malware to being overstuffed with large amounts of ...

With the Windows 7 DVD in your optical drive, reboot and "press any key" to boot from the disc when prompted. The installation wizard that will greet you is pretty straightforward. Despite that, there ...

For a long time, Microsoft didn’t sell Windows install media in the form of bootable USB flash drives. Instead, it prefered to stick to old-school DVD media, despite the fact that many notebooks today ...

A new Microsoft website has just made life a little easier for anyone who's ever purchased a retail copy of Windows 7. If your original installation DVD has been damaged or lost, you can now download ...

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 ...

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 ...

Now that Windows 7 is creeping up on general availability, you'll probably want to remove your RC installation. I assume most of you interested are running these pre-release versions in a dual boot ...

Mac users who have a need to run Windows applications or games may have good reason to keep an eye on the development of Windows 7, due for release later this year. Among its features are easier setup ...