If you are currently running Windows XP and want to upgrade to Windows 7, you can do so because Windows 7 supports upgradation from Windows XP. You will have to purchase a new license. However, you will get discounted pricing. From Wikipedia – “Standard upgrade editions Windows 7 supports upgrading from an applicable version of [...]
Windows 7
Windows 7 system requirements
When compared to Windows XP, Windows 7 requires higher system requirements. Windows XP only needs 128 MB of RAM to install. However, this is the bare minimum and you won’t be able to run software applications satisfactory with such low memory. To be able to run Windows XP satisfactory, you need it least 512 MB [...]
Tips and Tricks
How to Convert FAT to NTFS file system
How to Convert FAT to NTFS file system To convert a FAT partition to NTFS, perform the following steps. 1) Click Start, click Programs, and then click Command Prompt. 2) In Windows XP, click Start, click Run, type cmd and then click OK. 3) At the command prompt, type CONVERT [driveletter]: /FS:NTFS. 4) Convert.exe will [...]
Software
Gnumeric–free spreadsheet software
Gnumeric is a spreadsheet, a computer program used to manipulate and analyze numeric data. Gnumeric is intended to be a replacement for a commercial spreadsheet and is a part of the Gnome project. Gnumeric can help you keep track of information in lists, organize numeric values in columns and rows, perform and update complex calculations [...]