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Windows only: Bootloader tweaking utility EasyBCD makes dual booting between Windows, Linux, and even OS X an easy task, and the latest version updates with support for Windows 7 and newer Ubuntu versions with grub2. More

If you upgraded from a previous version of Windows, or gave up your dual-boot system to stick with Windows 7, you might be scratching your head wondering how to remove them from the boot menu. Here’s how to do it.

Microsoft lost a lot of fans with Windows Vista, but this year’s American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) report shows that customer satisfaction with Microsoft is at an all-time high, thanks to Windows 7. More

Everybody’s got an opinion on how to keep a Windows system running fast and smooth. Some tips are timeless, others are bunk that always recirculate. Here’s a closer look at what really helps and hurts your Windows PC.

If you’ve started using the Start Menu search box as your primary application launcher, you’ve may have come across a weird annoyance: By default, you can’t open the Recycle Bin from the search box. Over at the How-To Geek site (my home away from Lifehacker), writer Matthew writes up the quick and easy trick to opening the Recycle Bin from the start menu, through the search box or even just using the mouse; all you need to do is create a new shortcut to the Recycle Bin, which will then be searchable and launchable from the Start Menu search box.

Windows 7 does a pretty good job of detecting applications made for older Windows versions and offering a compatibility fix. If you’ve got an app that just won’t run, though, take a dive into the Compatibility Mode’s deeper settings for a solution

Windows 7′s XP Mode feature seamlessly runs your older applications in a virtualized Windows XP behind the scenes, but if you’re using the Home edition, you’re out of luck. Here’s how to create your own XP Mode for any version. Over at How-To Geek (my home away from Lifehacker), writer Matthew covers how to use VMWare Player’s Unity feature to create a seamless virtual machine that runs applications alongside your primary OS—and it works for any version of Windows

Windows 7′s XP Mode feature seamlessly runs your older applications in a virtualized Windows XP behind the scenes, but if you’re using the Home edition, you’re out of luck. Here’s how to create your own XP Mode for any version.

Windows 7 does a pretty good job of detecting applications made for older Windows versions and offering a compatibility fix.

If you’ve settled into Windows 7 but find the change in the functionality of the backspace key while browsing files to be too much to bear, use this simple hack to turn the backspace key back to its XP state. For the unfamiliar: in Windows XP pressing the backspace key while browsing files in Windows Explorer would navigate you up one folder level.