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Gizelda T. from
Bridge City writes:
"I'm going to buy a new PC as soon as Windows 7 comes out, but I want everything that's on my old Windows XP computer to be on the new one. How can I do this?"
ANSWERED August 26th -
The
Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows 7 is a free download from Microsoft. It contains the
User State Migration Tool, which can help you move the files and user settings from your old computer. There is even a online video you can watch to gain a better understanding of the process.
Click here to download the Windows AIK (WARNING: The kit is a 1,700 MB file -- that'a a 1.7 GB download!) and
click here to watch the video. You can also
download the video in
.wmv format to play in Windows Media Player.
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Clarence M. from
New Orleans writes:
"I tried to show my friends how they can refuse Internet Explorer 8 in Windows Update, but they get confused. Is there a way you can just block it?"
ANSWERED August 26th - Yes, but you must know how to execute a command from a command prompt. Microsoft has released a
free download, called "Toolkit to Disable Automatic Delivery of Internet Explorer 8." The package contains a file, called
IE80Blocker.cmd. If you execute command "IE80Blocker.cmd /B" (without the quotes) at a command prompt, it blocks IE8 indefinitely. The command "IE80Blocker.cmd /U" (without the quotes) unblocks the installation of IE8.
