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Upgrading to Windows 7 RC with thanks to Ed Bott

May 25, 2009

When I grabbed a copy of the Windows 7 Beta as it was first released onto the web I didn’t anticipate any real problems with the inevitable upgrade path to the RC or the final release. Well silly me because Microsoft for some reason update the Beta once during the cycle and then said [...]

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Windows 7 in 2009 or how a nobody predicted it first

May 11, 2009

It doesn’t happen very often that a relatively unknown blogger can predict something will happen and get any notice about their prediction. That sort of thing is reserved for the big names like Mary Jo Foley, Ed Bott and other ‘pro’ tech writers. However I’ve been pretty lucky when I stick my neck out [...]

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Some interesting thoughts about Microsoft’s future

May 4, 2009

Fair assessments of Microsoft and some of the things it should do moving forward are usually heavy handed with all kinds of buzzwords and negative connotations. It’s understandable I guess given that’s how you get readers to your blog and earn you Web 2.0 brownie points. So it was rather nice to see a [...]

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Windows 7 Sticky Notes – great idea but implementation needs work

April 19, 2009

One of the things I first spotted after installing the beta of Windows 7 was the addition of a Sticky Notes application. For me, a compulsive note jotter, this is something I have always wanted but in previous Windows you usually had to go the third party route to get them. Not so in [...]

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Windows 7 Media Center Goldmine

March 27, 2009

Once I get my other machine put back together and slightly upgraded I’ll be installing Windows 7 on it. It’s primary use though will be as a media center for us and as such I’ve been looking forward to the changes coming in the Windows 7 version of Media Center. This means that I’ve been [...]

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When Microsoft comes around that mountain watch out

March 26, 2009

Right now we are probably in the deepest parts of the valley of a world-wide recession but as with all cycles it is inevitable that we’ll climb up out of it and start back up the mountain change that technology is bringing to our world. The thing that will be interesting to see is [...]

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I hate to break it to you but Windows 7 has a killer feature

February 4, 2009

There is a lot of talk going on about the upcoming release of Windows 7 and personally if I could line up for a pre-order I would. However as much as people are talking about the improvements to the user interface; some like it – some don’t so there’s nothing new there, as well [...]

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Microsoft give away Windows 7 – sure thing

January 11, 2009

Ever since the public download of Windows 7 started happening I’ve been seeing a lot of supposedly smart people putting forth the suggestion that Microsoft should give it away to people who paid for Vista. Ya … okay .. what ever you say. Here’s my thoughts on the idea

Seriously now

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Windows 7 Snapshots – What’s the peeking all about

January 10, 2009

Desktop clutter – we all get it at some point. Window after window open and you are doing something in all of them. The problem is that you want to see something on your desktop. In previous versions of Windows you had to either close out or minimize all the windows in order to [...]

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Windows 7 Snapshots – Windows Media Player

January 10, 2009

As I play around with my install of the Windows 7 Beta I will probably do a few more of these snapshot type posts as I come across things that are different from previous versions of Windows. This first post is about Windows Media Player; or at least the music part of it, as [...]

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