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• 10 August 2011

• How-Tos: How to use Windows Character Map tool

  Windows’ Character Map utility is helpful for finding and copying various special characters

• News: 42% of PCs will run Windows 7 by end of the year

  More than two in five (42 percent) of the world's PCs will be running Windows 7 by the end of the year says Gartner.

• 04 August 2011

• How-Tos: Help! Your PC problems solved, August 2011

  This month our Helproom editor helps readers with upgrading a speeding up a Vista PC, making MP3s play properly, PC peripherals that won't behave, and how to find out if your Windows install is dodgy.

• How-Tos: How to speed up Windows Vista boot times

  Our Helproom editor explains how to speed up a PC running Windows Vista.

• How-Tos: How to check that your Windows licence is legal

  A reader wrote in to say that her Microsoft Windows 7 licence key is being blocked, but she's convinced it is legitimate. Our Helproom editor explained how to check that it is a legal install, and how to get Microsoft to unblock it.

• How-Tos: How to print emails from Outlook Express

  One thing to try if Outlook Express won't print emails, is re-registering the DLL file, as our Helproom editor explains.

• How-Tos: Help! Neither iTunes nor Windows Media Player will play my audio CDs

  I recently burned a couple of audio CDs, but I can't get them to play. iTunes doesn't co-operate since I installed Windows 7 64bit, and Windows Media Player reports the error: 'Server execution failed'. I bought the CDs legally, but wanted to play the audio on a PC or smartphone.

• 03 August 2011

• News: Explorer gains users, despite Microsoft's overall losses

  Microsoft's long and steady decline in browser market share continued in July, but there is one bright spot for Redmond: Among Windows 7 PC owners, Internet Explorer is gaining, albeit only slightly.

• How-Tos: Tweak Your Favorite Tools

  There's a lot to love about Gmail, but its built-in task manager is pretty weak. In fact, it's little more than a glorified checklist.

• How-Tos: How to print out a directory listing with file properties in Windows

  We often get asked how to print out Windows directory listings, with details of file properties. Here's how.

• 02 August 2011

• How-Tos: Fix problems with Fast User Switching caused by 'RtlGina2.dll'

  A component of Netgear's wireless adaptor software called RtlGina2.dll causes problems with Windows. After a reader wrote in to explain the problem, our Helproom editor stepped in to help out.

• 01 August 2011

• News: Internet Explorer gains among Windows 7 users, despite Microsoft's overall losses

  Microsoft's long and steady decline in browser market share continued in July, but there is one bright spot for Redmond: Among Windows 7 PC owners, Internet Explorer is gaining, albeit only slightly.

• How-Tos: Restore a 'Missing' icon to your Windows 7 taskbar

  Reader Jim wrote in with this problem: "Somehow I've lost the icon for Internet Explorer in my Taskbar and can't figure out how to restore it.

• 29 July 2011

• News: 74% of all rootkit infections originate on XP PCs

  Nearly three quarters (74 percent) of all rootkit infections originate on a PC running Windows XP, says Avast.

• 27 July 2011

• Video: First Windows Phone 7 'Mango' phone unveiled in Japan

  The first smartphone based on the new "Mango" edition of Microsoft's Windows Phone platform was unveiled on Wednesday in Tokyo. Developed by Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications, the IS12T has a 3.7-inch screen and a 13.2 megapixel camera. Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are included in the CDMA-based phone, which is also waterproof. It will be available in Japan only in September or sometime after. The phone is the first of several anticipated handsets due over the next few months that Microsoft hopes will signal its return to the smartphone market as a serious player.

• 26 July 2011

• Asus G74Sx 17.3in Republic of Gaming laptop launches

  Asus has started selling the 17.3in-screen Republic of Gaming high-spec laptop it first demonstrated at Computex in June. The Asus G74Sx ROG laptop has a minimum of 8GB of DDR3 RAM, a 1.5TB hard drive and comes with 3D as an optional extra.

• 25 July 2011

• LaCie Porsche 9230 USB 3.0 hard drive

  LaCie has launched a new USB 3.0 hard drive designed in conjunction with Porsche. The LaCie Porsche 9’230 USB 3.0 hard drive comes in 1TB and 2TB versions and promises data transfer speeds of up to 5 gigabits per second

• 22 July 2011

• News: Microsoft profits hit $5.87bn

  Microsoft has revealed its profits for the last quarter hit $5.87bn, that's 30 percent up on last year.

• 21 July 2011

• Lenovo IdeaPad K1 Android 3.1 Tablet

  Lenovo is throwing its hat into the tablet ring by announcing three models including one that runs Windows 7. The consumer-focused Lenovo IdeaPad K1 and the business-centric ThinkPad Tablet will go onsale in the UK in September

• 19 July 2011

• How-Tos: Help! Your PC problems solved, July 2011

  This month our Helproom editor helps readers with upgrading a PC's motherboard, graphics card and memory, software problems with Google Chrome and Windows 7, and downloads that just won't... well... download!

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