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Free 120-Day Trial of Windows XP Professional x64

Just in case the 64-bit editions of Windows Vista are not the thing for you, the free 120 days version of Windows XP Professional x64 is still available for download. This is nothing new, by all means. In fact the download went live all the way in 2005. These days the free trial version passed the two-year milestone since it was initially offered for download. And it’s still available for download. Users have two options, either order the trial CD online or download it.
Obviously, the first variant involves shipping and handling charges and only the second is actually free. Read More»

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PC Buyers Want ‘Crapware’ Removed

When large businesses buy new PCs, they often wipe the hard drives clean and install a fresh copy of Windows, along with the other software they want workers to have. Some consumers, frustrated with all of the trial software, desktop icons and other stuff that comes loaded on their machines, are doing the same thing.

However, what works for businesses isn’t always so easy for individuals. Many computers don’t actually come with a clean copy of the operating system. Instead, many ship with a “recovery partition” or a recovery disc that restores the system back to the way it shipped–with all that extra software. Read More»

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