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Seven Things to Try after Installing Windows 7

Jason — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:15:18 +0000

On October 22, 2009 Microsoft reached the final milestone of the Windows 7 release schedule, namely general availability. Customers worldwide have already started embracing the product, buying 234% more boxed retail copies of Windows 7 since the official launch compared to the first few days after Windows Vista GA. The NPD Group took into consideration [...]

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Firefox 3.6 Beta for Windows 7

Jason — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:34:13 +0000

The first fully-fledged Beta development milestone of the next generation of Mozilla’s open source browser is currently available for download. Testers and early adopters that have been waiting for Firefox 3.6, codenamed Namoroka, to evolve from Alpha stage are now free to access, download, install and start test driving the Beta 1 build. In addition [...]

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Windows 7 RTM Drivers from Microsoft Hardware

Jason — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:27:41 +0000

Microsoft’s “Better Together” slogan apparently applies not only to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 but also to the latest iteration of the Windows client and the Redmond company’s peripherals. The vast majority of products offered by Microsoft Hardware features the Windows 7 Compatible logo and comes with device drivers designed to play nice [...]

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Windows 7 RTM Support

Jason — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:16:38 +0000

Windows 7 is an evolutionary Windows client release, according to Microsoft, and it was also fit that support for the OS would also be an evolution compared to what was available for Windows Vista. And Windows 7 comes in a world where Microsoft Support is much different from what it was when the company made [...]

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Top10 – October 2009 Popular Tips

Jason — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:50:13 +0000

1. Make Windows 7 faster – Part 1 2. Make Windows 7 faster – Part 3 3. Make Windows 7 faster – Part 2 4. Vista to Windows 7 Upgrades Kill Access to OEM Recovery Applications 5. UI Changes to Expect in Firefox 4.0 6. Recover Windows 7 from Driver Update 7. Patch Registration Cleanup Tool for Window 7 8. Apply a [...]

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Windows 7 Product Guide

Jason — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:03:31 +0000

Following the worldwide launch of Windows 7, Microsoft has made available a resource designed to give customers an insight into the operating system. The successor of Windows Vista hit store shelves on October 22nd, 2009, and in concert with the actual bits, the Redmond company released the Windows 7 Product Guide. For users who want [...]

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The Ten Things to Do First for Windows 7 – Part 2

Jason — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:54:54 +0000

The first part of this article are here. 6. Prepare for distributed security. During your initial strategy meeting, set aside time to discuss how you want to handle the many distributed security features in Windows 7. You’ll want to determine a course of action early in the project because those decisions will have a substantial impact on [...]

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The Ten Things to Do First for Windows 7

Jason — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:15:28 +0000

When you run your thumb down the list of new features and improvements in Windows 7 (see the feature comparison chart at http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/compare), you’re bound to wonder how you’re going to get your arms around all that new technology so that you can deliver it to your users without too much disruption. Following are 10 steps [...]

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Windows 7 RTM Stability and Reliability Update

Jason — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:13:10 +0000

Microsoft is making use of the time it still has ahead of the October 22nd general availability deadline of Windows 7 to deliver some last-minute finishing touches to the operating system. The latest iterations of the Windows client and server platforms were released to manufacturing on July 22nd, 2009, and, since August, have been available [...]

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Windows 7 RTM WinHlp32.exe

Jason — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:35:07 +0000

Following the release to manufacturing of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft is slowly setting in place all the software pieces that traditionally accompany new client and server platform releases. An illustrative example in this regard is the WinHlp32.exe download. The utility is designed to enable users running Windows 7 and Windows Server [...]

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