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Thomas Bazzone said it, but I’ll whole heartedly agree with him. Teamviewer 5 is great, but a free iPhone app that allows you to control your desktop from anywhere is unbelievable. The app actually works well! I used to use UltraVNC, but getting it to work from outside the house was a pain. Teamviewer allows me to EASILY connect to friends and family’s computers in a way even the most computer illiterate can understand. All they do is double click the icon and read off the ID and password. If you set it up for them, you can even add their ID to your list with the password and then all they’ll have to do is start the program. Also version 5 seems (at least to me) to be much faster than version 4.

My understanding is that Vista is the only OS you could roll back to only if you upgraded. XP would have to be reinstalled from scratch. To install Win7 from XP is to do a new install.

you didn’t list your computer specs, but my laptop will sometime jump like that because I’m pressing too hard with my palms. I’ll try to find the tweaking program I used to change the response time (delay) that opening list boxes, etc use. It might make it less jumpy.

Notebook Hardware Control that I spoke of will show (if you want it to) the CPU &/or GPU &/or Memory temps. It also shows Hard Drive temp and the SMART info. It is a great little program. Hope you are enjoying your new toy!

Sorry I misunderstood about your Hubby!

One thing I tried on my system (since it was a throw away..although I’m still using it) is tweaking programs. Here is a List of some, many of which I use. One thing I had to QUICKLY get rid of was the arrows on shortcuts. Ultimate Windows Tweaker helped fix that and some other quirks and it is a portable program, which means no install. I have also used Windows 7 Little Tweaker with no problems. I also use Notebook Hardware Control to tweak a few things. All are free with no spyware etc. Windows 7 Newsis also a great website for all sorts of info on…wait for it…Windows 8! Oh and Windows 7 too 🙂 Enjoy your new lappy…laptop!

PS. I almost forgot I use The Little Registry Cleaner which a free open source program that does quite a bit and also has a portable no install program. CCleaner does quite a bit as well and is free. The “C” stands for cr…well lets just say “junk”. I think that’s it. Have fun!

I’ve had USB ports go bad. Have you tried changing to another USB Port or to a port on another computer?

After much searching I’m happy to say that I’ve found a solution to my problem. It’s a free little program called ShellFolderFix and you can find it here:
http://www.sevenforu…tions-size.html
It works quite well for me.

Thanks! So far I really like this little utility with Win7.

The first thing I do is use Decrapifier to get rid of all of the junk companies stick on what should be a minty fresh OS.

Although your husband is a MS Hater, Windows 7 and Home Server are both excellent products. I have used Win7 for 3/4 of a year and Home Server for probably 2 years. Home Server is very easy to use and has saved my family a couple of times. As far as Win7, I had a laptop that kept having hard drive issues. I replaced it 5 times and it kept “dying”. I had put the computer in the give away pile when Win7 beta came out. I threw it on there just to check it out and it worked like a charm. I updated it to Release Candidate and it has worked perfectly ever since. It is very fast and stable. You won’t have a very hard time learning it and I think you will find it a great upgrade.

Enjoy your new system!