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How To Make Sure Windows System Restore Works When You Need It

So, you’ve just discovered that your computer is infected with some virus that automatically reboots your computer every time it starts up. Your local IT guy tells you to just boot the computer into safe mode and run System Restore. You race home with the little scrap of paper upon which you’ve scribbled his set of system restore instructions , and proceed to boot your computer and launch a restore. Confident that you’ve discovered the solution, and that this nightmare of an infected computer will soon be over, you finally make your way into the system restore utility and discover to your great dismay that your computer has absolutely no system restore points to choose from. How could this happen? How could you have gone for so long without realizing that your computer wasn’t bothering to take automatic restore points? It’s actually easier than you think, and happens far more often than people realize. System restore is not an automatic feature in Windows 7. Usu

How To Install More Operating Systems On Your HP TouchPad

Several months ago I turned my very nice tablet, the HP TouchPad, from a pleasant-to-use device into a handheld computing god thanks to the Android CM9 port of Ice Cream Sandwich. Since then, the device has gone from strength to strength, enabling me to enjoy movies and TV with Netflix, listen to the radio and of course play games and even do some work while I spent a week in the south west of England. Recently, however, it has come to my attention that there is yet more that can be achieved with this most flexible of tablets. Whether you’re persisting with the super-slick webOS and its limited selection of apps or if you’ve upgraded your pretty amazing tablet to Android 4.0, there are several alternatives that you might be interested in. Upgrade To Android First! Whatever you decide to do after reading this guide, you simply must start off by following my previous article on installing Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to the HP TouchPad. This represents the optim