How To Do It Yourself

Because since Vista all the drivers on the your PC had to have Microsoft Driver Signing a lot of old programs like virtual CD/DVD drives don’t work anymore. This signing costs about 500$/year for any software that adds drivers to the system. Some older software created virtual devices in order to work and can not be used in Vista or 7 because of it.

There is a way how to disable driver signing. We need to start Windows in Test Mode so that it will not check every driver. The drivers you install and use in Test Mode will only work there, after you disable Test Mode again they will no longer work even if you managed to install them.

To activate Test Mode you need to start a command prompt with administrator rights. Click start, write cmd,  right click on cmd.exe and select “Run as administrator”.

Inside the command promt write the following:

bcdedit.exe -set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
bcdedit.exe -set TESTSIGNING OFF 

Now you need to restart Windows and after it starts you will see written just above the clock and date Test Mode. Now you can install any driver you like.

To deactivate Test Mode just start another command prompt with administrator rights and write:

bcdedit.exe -set TESTSIGNING ON

Good luck!

written by Andrei \\ tags: disable driver signing windows, disable driver signing windows 7, disable driver signing windows vista, enable test mode, how to install unsigned drivers windows, install unsigned driver windows, unsigned drivers 7, unsigned drivers vista

The Christmas season is fast approaching and a lot of people are thinking about buying or upgrading their PCs. But most people seem to forget that they also need an OS on their new system and looking at the Microsoft Windows 7 versions list it can get very confusing sometimes.

So, I decided to make a post specially dedicated to the people who don’t really know what the best Windows version for their needs is.

Some of you might say that the choice is very simple, just buy the one with the most features, but you see, that has it’s drawbacks. Most of the features you, as a normal everyday user, will probably never use and have also probably never heard about them or know what they do.  

You also need to consider the fact that all those extra features add extra services to the OS witch have to be started every time you use your system and that of course eats up a lot of resources witch you could use elsewhere.
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written by Andrei \\ tags: advice, guide, microsoft, versions, windows, windows 7

Nowadays, many people access the internet without having any idea about the dangers the computer must face. Yes, I said dangers! Your operating system is vulnerable to the multitude of viruses, spywares, trojans!
Experts claim that by the end of 2009 there will be about 1 billion viruses/malware programs
There are many types of malware (by the way, malware comes from Malicious Software):

Viruses - A computer virus is a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer without the user’s permission or knowledge, because it attaches itself to a harmless program.It can also be sent as an attachment to an email message, the virus then emails itself to dozens of people in the victim’s e-mail address book.

Trojan horses – A Trojan horse is another form of malware. Continue reading »

written by Cristian

How to install Windows – do it yourself way.

First of all you need a licensed copy of Windows XP, you can buy one from almost any Computer Shop.

Insert the cd in your PC and reboot. You might need to set it to boot from CD, if not already done.

0 – Wait for the following message : Press any key to boot from CD…

Press any key, for example the SPACE hey, or a letter key.
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written by Cristian