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Despite Microsoft placing a June 30 deadline on Windows XP, with all sales of the OS being cut off following that date, two of the world’s largest PC manufacturers are exploiting loopholes in Microsoft licensing terms as a means of supplying XP beyond its official end date.

Both HP and Dell plan to offer machines running on Windows XP way after June, taking advantage of the “downgrade rights” offered as part of the Windows Vista license agreement.

HP says that in the business sector it will continue to sell desktops, notebooks, and workstations “pre-downgraded” to XP, until July 30, 2009, over a year after Microsoft’s planned discontinuation.  Dell will stop taking orders for XP machines as part of a default package on June 18, but will thereafter offer the same “pre-downgraded” option on its website.

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Windows Vista has a bunch of tweaks that can either enhance performance or just make it a bit cooler. So today we will look at a quick little tweak to change the size of your desktop icons and file icons.

 To increase the size of your desktop icons, just do the following:

1) Click on an empty area of your desktop
2) Hold down the “Ctrl” key, then spin the mouse wheel up or down to adjust the size of the icons

To increase the size of your file/folder icons:

1) Open Windows Explorer
2) Hold down the “Ctrl” key and spin the mouse wheel until you get the desired size.

Here is a little sample of how the desktop icons look after they were increased in size:

Have fun!!

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Microsoft has released the Windows Vista Feature Pack for Wireless.

This software update is intended to improve wireless support in Vista and includes the following components:

• Bluetooth version 2.1 support
• Unified Pairing user interface
• Windows Connect Now updates

Some or all of these features may not work depending on your current hardware configuration. You will also need Vista SP1 installed.

To find out more about the Vista Feature Pack for Wireless - click here

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A campaign was recently launched to petition for Windows XP to continue being sold on new computers after June 30 (the announced deadline).

Well so far there is around 115,000 supporters for XP to stick around and I am pretty sure this number will grow quite a lot.

The main concerns are that Vista is a resource hog that needs a ton of hardware to run just at normal speed and with the default features. There has also been many frustrations about the lack of drivers for various devices and peripherals.

If you want to save XP, you can visit the site here: Save XP

In the meantime you can run our free scan to fix your PC errors in Vista and XP.

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