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Windows 7 Articles
New - June 26th, 2009
Windows 7 - Compare Editions
New - May 13th, 2009
Windows 7 RC for XP users - How to find your way around (Part 2)
April 26th, 2009
Windows 7 - RC1 Release Date
April 18th, 2009
In-Place Upgrade Windows XP to Windows 7
March 15th, 2009
Windows 7 for XP users – How to find your way around
February 17th, 2009
Clean Install - Windows 7 versus Windows XP
More Windows 7 Articles Link-->
Windows XP Articles
New - June 1st, 2009
How to delete unused folders and files located within the $hf_mig$ folder – Part 2
New - May 14th, 2009
Verizon Redirects Search Request – Part 2
April 26th, 2009
How to delete unused folders and files located within the $hf_mig$ folder – Part 1
April 17th, 2009
Windows Installer Folder – Is it safe to delete
March 28th, 2009
MSIZAP: The real power of using the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility
Revised - March 8th, 2009
Where to download the .Net Redistributables
Included link for downloading .Net Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2
Revised - March 6th, 2009
NET Framework - Disk space requirements, Part 2
Improved layout for readability and disk space consumption data revised for accuracy.
Revised - February 28th, 2009
NET Framework - Disk space requirements, Part 1
Includes Family Update
Revised - February 22nd, 2009
How to install only NET 2.0 SP2 and the Family update - Added February 3rd
How to install only NET 3.0 SP2 and the Family update - Revised February 22nd
NET Framework 3.5 Family Update
How to optimize your chances of installing Windows XP SP3 successfully
More XP Articles and Tips Link-->
Random Thoughts
Chrysler and GM commit Hara-kiri - May 16th
500 Thousand Songs - April 28th
Automated 911 answering machine - April 1st
More Random Thoughts --->
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Quick Takes
June 26th
Pre-Order Windows 7:
Home Premium Upgrade for $49
Professional Upgrade for $99
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/buy/offers/pre-order-email.aspx
More Pricing Info: ---->
June 4th
Windows 7 RTM availble 2nd half of July.
General Availability on October 22nd.
http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/06/02/the-date-for-general-availability-ga-of-windows-7-is.aspx
May 20th
Is Your PC ready for Windows 7
Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor Beta:
Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor scans your PC to see if it's ready for Windows 7, and tells you about any known compatibility issues.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=1b544e90-7659-4bd9-9e51-2497c146af15
Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor scans your PC's system, programs and devices to check if it's able to run Windows 7. After a few minutes, the report will let you know if your PC meets the system requirements, if there are any known compatibility issues with your programs and devices, and will also provide guidance on your upgrade options to Windows 7
May 19th
Yet another version of .NET Framework
Net Framework 3.5 SP1 and Family update has been repackaged. For more information read the WSUS Product Team Blog:
http://blogs.technet.com/wsus/default.aspx
May 10th
Windows 7 - Having problems downloading the RC .ISO file?
A number of users have complained that they are unable to download the RC .iso file when using IE8. The solution is simple, use the latest version of Firefox.
May 5th - 6:15PM
Windows 7 - What Public Testers should keep in mind when reporting feedback?
Because Windows 7 is now a “Release Candidate” it basically means most of the design code is frozen and what Microsoft (and this is from my experience as a software developer for other companies) is most likely looking for are some last minute undiscovered bugs that can be fixed and tested in the remaining time before Windows goes RTM (Release To Manufacturing) or Gold.This does not mean that Microsoft may not yank/remove a feature or even add one they have been working on but for one reason or another make it into this release.
May 5th -12:52AM
Windows 7 - Off To The Races:
The start date is Tuesday, May 5th at 12pm, Pacific Daylight Time
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx
May 4th - 7:45PM
Windows 7 – Wild Wallpaper
After you install the RC build one of the first things you should check out is the wild new wallpaper. Then go to the Control Panel again to set the power options, one of my two test computers (running the 64Bit OS) went into hibernation and never could wake up all the way and if I didn’t hit the reset button might have stayed half way to nowhere with that little orb spinning till next winter.
May 3rd - 11:59PM
Windows 7 – XP Mode
"What XPM actually does is allow you to run Windows 7 and XP side by side so applications that don’t run on 7 can be run on XP."
For more details see:
http://blogs.msdn.com/davidmcg/archive/2009/04/28/windows-7-xp-mode.aspx
Windows Virtual PC Evaluation Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=62cd2e63-52f8-4cf5-a7d5-7abaab270451
May 1st - 3:55PM
AnandTech: NVIDIA Releases New Windows 7 Driver Set
http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=593
May 1st - 1:12PM
Windows 7 RC1 build 7100 review
It's looks like the oldest Video Card NVIDIA plans to create Windows 7 specific drivers for is the GeForce 6100 series. The PC I used last night to install 7 on was older system with an 5600 Ultra. The driver that comes with 7 works fine, for this quick test of the RC install but I have other systems that have new cards for formal testing purposes.
May 1st - 1:12AM
Windows 7 RC1 build 7100 review
First Impressions on Windows 7 RC1:
Clean install when smoothly on an older PC that I purposely used to see how well 7 would recognize and install device drivers. Happy to say that only two drivers where omitted for my motherboard. The SCSI controller (Promise IDE PCI card) and the RAID chip. The performance score’s weak spot was as expected the Graphics card.
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