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This may sound like it could be the shortest tutorial ever, but if you were planning on just sticking the Windows 7 DVD into your PC come 22 October and hoping for the best, it's a good job you're ...

Reader Chris needs to reinstall Windows 7 Home Basic on his laptop. Just one problem: he lost his recovery discs. A more common problem is when you need to reinstall Windows and you never had recovery ...

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Once your computer has booted up to the Personalization Screen (Windows 8 and Windows 10) or “Set Up Windows” screen (Windows Vista), you can create a user account and login to the desktop. Windows ...