Next time you wipe your PC's hard drive clean and reinstall Windows with that old installation disc, you don't want to connect your fresh, unpatched and vulnerable system to the internet only to ...

Certain software programs, especially large ones, are sometimes formatted and made available as ISO files, from Windows itself to applications like Microsoft Office. An ISO file contains all the ...

One of the very few things that can remind a new Ubuntu Linux user of the long-ago days of ancient Windows is when the system asks for the installation CD or DVD to install a program or utility.

1. Download and install Windows Unattended CD Creator from www.windows-unattended.de, or install it from the Digit December 2006 Utilities CD. 2. Launch the program and insert your Windows XP CD into ...

Amar Thakur wants to install Ubuntu on a PC without removing Windows 7. “How will I do that?” Ubuntu offers three ways to launch the operating system without ...

SabrinaSouza asked the Answer Line forum how to install Linux onto a PC without losing Windows. You can pick from many versions of Linux, but I’ll confine my ...

The scanner is an external hardware electronic device, connected with cables to the PC enabling users to scan data files. When you buy a GenX scanner, an installation CD comes preloaded with the ...

Last week in Gearhead I discussed how CD identification services such as Gracenote and freedb, in conjunction with applications like WinAmp, figure out which CD you have just loaded. The data from ...

All good things must come to an end, including free Ubuntu CDs via Canonical’s ShipIt program. Though a major factor in Ubuntu’s success, Canonical is cutting costs and closing the doors on the free ...