Why Do You Still Consider Vista When XP Is Better?

Many experts are telling people not to upgrade XP, because XP is very fast, stable and more compatible as compare to Vista. However, these reasons are not good enough for me to stop upgrading, simply because I know how to make Vista a better XP.

I have listed down the 7 reasons to upgrade XP to Vista:

Reason #1 - Vista is safer.

I know User Account Control can be very annoying, you can avoid this if you know how to properly configure and authorize your software. Configure everything in Administrator account but run your Vista with a normal user account, this will safe guard your settings and operating system.

Reason #2 - Vista is cool.

Despite the fact that Apple Mac is nicer, Vista is still very cool as compare to XP. User Interface is more tidy and nicer, and the search menu allowed quick access to many features. You can also set an animated background with Dreamcast and I absolutely love it!

Reason #3 - Vista can be very fast.

With proper tuning, Vista can perform very fast. You can find out more in the "Unleash Vista Power Advance Guide".

Reason #4 - Vista is the future.

All the software will be design to fully exploit Vista advanced features, XP will not have the same and will eventually became obsolete.

Reason #5 - Windows 7 is better ?

Many users will wait for Windows 7 to upgrade, do you think Windows 7 will not have the same problems? Until it's stabilized will take years, how long do you think it will add up?

Reason #6 - Vista gaming experience is better.

Undeniably, Vista gaming experience is better, at least when more games' vendor supporting the new features.

Reason #7 - Maximizing hardware potential.

If you want more from your hardware, only Vista will help you to maximize your hardware and squeeze every bit of the power from it. Some reported Internet and network connection is slower, but the problem remains on older and incompatible hardware, most recent hardware has better support from Vista, and is faster.

Finally, I must add another reason, Vista price has just gone down, do you still want to wait or join game soon?

By Kok Choon Kow

Type of Backups in Windows XP

While going for hiring someone for the data backup solutions one must know what type of backup techniques they are going to follow. Almost there are five main types of data backup techniques which are generally followed while going for data backup. Each is having its own advantages and disadvantages. Either these techniques mentioned below are applied individually or in groups so as to bring the most of the Data Recovery during crashes or during data loss. Here listed below are the most important backup techniques that are followed while data bachup.

Copy Backup - A copy backup copies all selected files but does not mark each file as having been backed up (in other words, the archive attribute is not cleared). Copying is useful if you want to back up files between normal and incremental backups because copying does not affect these other backup operations.

Daily Backup -A daily backup copies all selected files that have been modified the day the daily backup is performed. The backed-up files are not marked as having been backed up (in other words, the archive attribute is not cleared).

Differential Backup - A differential backup copies files created or changed since the last normal or incremental backup. It does not mark files as having been backed up (in other words, the archive attribute is not cleared). If you are performing a combination of normal and differential backups, restoring files and folders requires that you have the last normal as well as the last differential backup.

Incremental Backup -An incremental backup backs up only those files created or changed since the last normal or incremental backup. It marks files as having been backed up (in other words, the archive attribute is cleared). If you use a combination of normal and incremental backups, you will need to have the last normal backup set as well as all incremental backup sets in order to restore your data.

Normal Backup -A normal backup copies all selected files and marks each file as having been backed up (in other words, the archive attribute is cleared). With normal backups, you need only the most recent copy of the backup file or tape to restore all of the files. You usually perform a normal backup the first time you create a backup set.

By Alan Mod