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It can be a disaster when a large Network Attached Storage (NAS) device fails. Because NAS drives and similar network devices (routers, network printers, set-top boxes, etc.) often base their internal OSes on Linux, sometimes you can repair them with standard Linux recovery tools.

A reader’s heavily upgraded XP system randomly freezes for several seconds from time to time. Strangely, during these mini-hangs, other parts of the system remain unaffected.

Long-time Windows users will see something very familiar in Android phones and tablets.

Android feels a lot like early versions of Windows. So, applying your hard-won Windows know-how will smooth your way when working on Android devices.

Everything needed to give Win7 the freshest-possible start on your XP system is included right on the Windows setup disc.

By skipping the Win7 setup defaults, you can even selectively repartition and reformat your XP drive(s) to give Win7 a totally clean slate.

One likely culprit for application hangs is Windows’ “Client/Server Runtime Subsystem.”

Fixing it used to be a hassle, but a relatively new automated Fix-it from Microsoft can make it one-click simple.

Microsoft treats unactivated copies of Windows as possibly pirated software, allowing only limited access to Windows Update and related online services.

But there’s an easy way to ensure that you won’t end up with a crippled copy of Windows after a reinstallation.

It’s easy to think that “dial-up is dead” until you travel or move to one of the many locales where broadband remains just a vague rumor.

But dial-up can still work fine, even with Windows 7. Here’s how to make your connection.

Many things changed as Outlook Express and Hotmail evolved into Windows Live Mail — but some things stayed the same.

One annoyance that hung around is a database error that causes ghost e-mails, which won’t easily go away.

Free encryption software lets you use the first 1,024 characters of any file you choose as a gigantic password.

But using keyfiles carries special dangers you need to be aware of — or risk locking yourself out of your own data forever!

Win7′s “Network Level Authentication” is built in and enabled by default, but in XP it’s an add-on you have to specifically install and enable.

And that’s just one of several major obstacles that can impede smooth networking between these two Windows versions.