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In the last article I wrote about how to install programs that work in Windows XP mode. We can say that this article is the continuation of the last article, and in this article we describe how you can download and install Windows XP Mode.

How to download and install Windows XP Mode

Step 1: Go to Start, All Programs, click Windows Virtual PC, and then click Windows XP Mode;

Step 2: In the Windows XP Mode dialog box, click Download to go back to the Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC webpage;

Step 3: In the Windows 7 system type drop-down list, click 32-bit or 64-bit depending on what version of Windows 7 you’re currently running. In the Windows XP Mode language drop-down list, click the language you want to use, and then click Download Windows XP Mode;

Step 4: Click Open to install the program immediately; or click Save to save the installation file to your computer, and then double-click the file;

Step 5: In the Welcome to Setup for Windows XP Mode dialog box, click Next;

Step 6: Choose the location for the virtual hard disk file that Windows XP Mode uses, or accept the default location, and then click Next;

Step 7: On the Setup Completed screen, select the Launch Windows XP Mode check box, and then click Finish;

Step 8: If you accept the license terms, click I accept the license terms, and then click Next;

Step 9: On the Installation folder and credentials page, accept the default location where Windows XP Mode files will be stored, or enter a new location;

Step 10: Enter a password, enter it again to confirm it, and then click Next;

Step 11: On the Help protect your computer screen, choose whether you want to protect your computer by turning on automatic updates, and then click Start Setup;

After setup is complete, Windows XP Mode opens in a separate window.

Some programs that you want to install on Windows 7 was not compatible with the latter. In this situation you will only have to install programs in Windows XP mode.

Hopefully Windows 7 allows a certain program installed in Windows XP mode, this is very useful for many users, especially for users who want to aibe programs installed on their computers which unfortunately are not compatible with Windows 7.

Steps to install a program in Windows XP mode

Step 1: Go to Start, click All Programs, click Windows Virtual PC, and then click Windows XP Mode;

Step 2: In Windows XP Mode, insert the program’s installation disc into your computer’s CD/DVD drive; or browse to the program’s installation file, open the file, and follow the instructions to install the program;

Step 3: Click the Close button at the top of the Windows XP Mode window;

Step 4: In Windows 7, click the Start button, click Windows Virtual PC, click Windows XP Mode Applications, and then click the program you want to open;

At each viewing of a site that you do, in your computers are stored data on these sites, data such as a local copy of the site, a copy that is made in the temporary file.

Considering that the size of the files increases with time browsing, the more temporary file size is greater the more likely to have trouble opening web pages. A good solution which is to avoid such problems is to delete at a certain period of time the temporary file.

In this article you can read about how you can remove all the temporary Internet-related for Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7.

How to remove the temporary Internet-related files from your computer when you use Internet Explorer 6

Step 1: Start your Internet Explorer 6;

Step 2: Go to Tools -> then press on Internet Options;

Step 3: Click the General tab;

Step 4: Under Temporary Internet files, click Settings;

Step 5: Click Delete Files, and then click OK;

Step 6: Click Delete Cookies, and then click OK;

Step 7: Under History, click Clear History, and then click Yes;

Step 8: Click OK;
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It is not easy to keep your computer away from attacks or to certain programs or drivers that often harms us our computer. A reliable method to protect us from these attacks on our computers is to have a back up for programs, files and system settings.

In this article you can read about how you can make a back up for your programs, system settings, and files in Windows 7.

In this case you can create a system image with your files, programs and settings, a system image which contains a copy of Windows.

This image can be used to restore your computer files, programs and settings, and the image is stored into another location from the original programs, settings, and files.

Every time when you make a new system image, the old version of the system image will be deleted when the drive runs out of space. To help conserve disk space, you can manually delete older system images.

Steps to back up your programs, settings and files

Step 1: Go to Start -> Control Panel, clicking System and Maintenance, and then clicking Backup and Restore;

Step 2: In the left pane, click Create a system image, and then follow the steps in the wizard;

If you’re saving your system images in a network location, you can only keep the most current system image for each computer. System images are saved in the format of drive\WindowsImageBackup\computer name\. If you have an existing system image for a computer and are creating a new one for the same computer, the new system image will overwrite the existing one. If you want to keep the existing system image, you can copy it to a different location before creating the new system image by following these steps:

Step 1. Navigate to the location of the system image;

Step 2. Copy the WindowsImageBackup folder to a new location;

If you want to test a new operating system on your computer, a useful method is to install a secondary operating system. This multiboot solution help if you are not sure that the new operating system conforms to your expectations, or if you want to have two operating systems on the same computer.

In this article you can find the information needed to install in parallel a different operating system.

Before beginning the installation process for the second operating system, have to make sure that you have a second partition of your hard drive, and also that you have the space required to install new operating system.

A second step you need to do it before starting the installation is to make sure that your computer is compatible with the new operating system, and for Windows 7 can find out if your computer is compatible from here.

After you have installed the second operating system, when you turn on your computer you will have to choose one of them.

How to install Windows on a separate partition or hard disk

Before to install a new SO on your computer, be sure to disable all antivirus software and back up your files to an external hard disk, a CD, a DVD, a USB flash drive, or a network folder. Also, find your 25-character Windows product key.

Step 1: Turn on your computer;

Step 2:

• If you download via Internet Windows 7 – open the installation file;
• If you have a CD with Windows 7, insert the CD into your computer, and the installation should start automatically;

Step 3: On the Install Windows menu, click Install now;

Step 4: On the Get important updates for installation page, we recommend getting the latest updates to help ensure a successful installation and to help protect your computer against security threats. You must be connected to the Internet to receive installation updates. This page might not appear if your computer is not connected to the Internet;

Step 4: On the Please read the license terms page, if you accept the license terms, click I accept the license terms;

Step 5: On the Which type of installation do you want? page, click Custom;

Step 6: On the Where do you want to install Windows? page, select the partition or disk where you want to install the new Windows operating system. Be sure to install Windows on a different partition from the one where the earlier version of Windows is installed;

Step 7: Click Next to begin the installation. You might see a compatibility report;