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Intel Chipset Drivers - REDUX
http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/chpsts/
Pick Chipset
Left Hand Side - Support Resources • Downloads & Drivers
Choose Diskette Drivers for Download and then Extraction
Tweaks for XP, Vista, windows 7 and more http://www.tweakhound.com/
Graphics card performance comparison benchmarks http://www.hwcompare.com/
MS Office Uninstall Cleanup Utility.
Software Downloads Site for Starters -- Best and easy classification -- The Downloads Blog -- The right software suggestor
How-to-reinstall-windows-without-having-to-reactivate [The Geeks HowTo]
Windows 7 Enterprise Edition - The Best Edition to have !!
http://technet.microsoft.com/e.....r/cc442495
Restore Personal Files After Custom Re-install of Windows 7 or Vista
Create Bootable USB Drive
Here are specific instructions for Rufus above for those that need them.
Put Flash drive in and wait for it to be recognized.
Click on rufus_v1.1.3f.exe
In the window that comes up...
Device - choose your thumb drive.
Capacity -- it tells you -- mine was 3.77 GB
File system -- set to ntfs
Cluster size -- 4096 bytes
New volume label -- let it decide
Format options...
..check Quick format,
..check Create bootable -- ISO image (at this point hit the browse icon and select your .iso file.)
..check Create extended label and icon files.
Click start
Click OK to erase disk
and be patient.
Test booted and it boots.
Here is another way to uninstall windows 8 and get win7 back. This is if you have somewhere to move / copy your windows.old folder.
http://pureinfotech.com/2011/1.....p-by-step/
Windows 8 Start Orb Program
Java Examples and tutorials (under development) java-demos.blogspot.com
Boot to USB even if NOT in Bios Settings (The Geek How-To) Boot From a USB Drive Even if your BIOS Won’t Let You
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto.....t-let-you/
If you need to create a screencap image or PDF from a website: www.renderhtml.com
Classic Shell for Windows 8 and Windows 7 (Has Been Updated)
http://www.askvg.com/get-start.....28AskVG%29
I use http://time.is/ to find out what the time is according to the nearest atomic clock.
