[Tutorial] How To Use iCloud On Windows 7

iCloud has the distinction of running on both Mac OS X Lion and Windows. In my previous tutorial I showed you how to setup iCloud on your iOS and Mac OS X and in this tutorial I will show you how to use it under Windows 7. Obviously the iCloud under Mac OS X have more advantages because of direct integration with applications such are iTunes, iCal, Address Book, iPhoto and Safari. However Windows users will not be neglected, because it is necessary to have Microsoft Outlook for your calendar and tasks manager.

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[Tutorial] How To Add Google Public DNS In Windows 7 – Speed Up Web Browsing

In one of my previous how to tutorial I showed you how you can speed up your Mozilla Firefox while surfing online. However, that is not the only way, and there plenty other ways to boost your web browsing speed and in this tutorial I will show you how to use Google Public DNS on your Windows computer which will as final result a slight speed up. The good thing about this, is that you won’t need to make any changes to your browser and these changes will automatically apply to any browser whether you are using Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari or Internet Explorer

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[Tutorial] How To Schedule Windows 7 To Automatically Clean Your Hard Disk

Keeping your Windows clean is not always easy job and sometimes it can be quite time consuming. Although there are plenty of third party tools for Windows that promise to do this job the best possible way, you cannot always be sure how good they done entire process. However, in Windows 7 you do not need any third party tools to keep your Windows clean and running smoothly thanks to tool called Disk Cleanup. Running this tool is nothing complicated but if you are busy person it can happen that you forget to use it on regular bases. In this tutorial I will show you how you can schedule this tool to clean your Windows at any desired time without any additional actions from you.

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[Tutorial] How To Create a System Restore Point In Windows 8

With System Restore Point you can restore your computer to a previous good state if you face with any kind of errors during new program or drivers installation without damaging or losing your documents, pictures, or any other personal files. Although Windows is configured to automatically create Restore Points whenever new application is installed it is very important to make those restore points by yourself at least few times a week. This feature exists in all previous versions of Windows and in this tutorial I will show you how to create one inside new Windows 8.

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[Tutorial] How To Add Windows 7 Client PC to Windows Home Server

The first thing what you do when you setup your Windows Home Server is start connecting other computers in your network. Having Windows Home Server in your network can be good from much reason and the main reason I use it is for backups. Having Windows Home Server without any computers connected in its network is pointless so that’s why I will show you how to connect a computer with Windows 7 operating system.

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[Tutorial] How To Remove An External Hard Disk From Windows Home Server

If you are planning to replace your existing hard disk from Windows Home Server or you simply want to remove it this tutorial will show you what steps to follow. It’s not enough to only unplug it because you may lose data located in your hard drive but it’s required to use a Windows Home Server wizard which will safely remove hard disk. Also make sure that you perform this procedure when you have a lot of free time since removal process will last for several hours.

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[Tutorial] How To Improve Hard Drive SATA Performance By Enabling AHCI – Windows 7

Since the launch of the SATA interface in April 2003, controllers include a new optional mode called AHCI or Advanced Host Controller Interface. This mode allows exploiting the features introduced by SATA interface such as NCQ (Native Command Queuing) or Hot Plug. With NCQ, the drive may receive more than one query entry at a time and decide the best order to perform the operations. This reduces the amount of unnecessary searches of the read heads, and leads to improved performance. By enabling AHCI mode, transfer rate when loading applications or the Windows startup can grow 10 to 20%. In this tutorial, I will show you how to enable AHCI in Windows Vista and Windows 7.

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