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Transfer Windows 7 Settings, Files and Users from old computer to new computer. Use this to save the settings before clean install of windows 7. For updating from Windows 7 beta to Windows 7 RC.

Windows Experience Index of Primary Hard disk is rated lower in Windows 7 than Windows Vista. Increase Windows Experience Index (WEI) in Widows 7 for hard disk to allow programs and games to run.

After I installed Windows 7 beta on my HP Pavilion DV6500, I was not able to use some of the audio features like the front headphone audio-out jack, microphone audio-in jack etc. This is because of the old Realtek HD Audio Driver which was not compatible with Windows 7.
Realtek has added support for Windows [...]

Recently we saw how to change the default OS while dual booting Windows Vista and Windows 7. If you had installed Windows 7 on the machine which earlier had Windows Vista, then by default you will not be able to access the Vista partition.
So let see how to access vista partition in Windows 7?

Change the boot order of the default OS when using dual boot or multiple boot system. For example to change boot order between Windows 7 and Windows Vista

Login as administrator in vista. Access administrator account from vista login screen. Enable hidden administrator account in vista.

Recently I wanted to do some actions in Windows Vista command line prompt but with elevated access as an Administrator. You may need this access to do actions like creating symbolic links etc.
So, how to run as administrator in Vista command line?