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Category Archives: Windows 7

How To Maintain Your Windows 7 Install

Today is the release day of Microsoft's long awaited Windows 7 operating system. We have now all upgraded our operating system, planning on upgrading our operating system or have just come home with that brand new computer that has Windows 7 on it. The biggest question is how do I Maintain my Windows 7 install? ...

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Preparing For Windows 7 Installation

Introduction In less than a month Windows 7 will be released by Microsoft. I thought I would spend a little of time discussing how to get ready for the upgrade and what to look for in trying to make the Upgrade as easy as possible. Over the years I have done hundreds of upgrades both professionally and ...

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Why I Run a Mixed Environment

Everyone who knows me realizes I am a big fan of Windows 7. Currently I have the Operating System running on two of our computers at home including my main machine. We still have 3 machines running XP pro in our house as well. I also run 2 virtual pcs which have Ubuntu Linux running ...

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Windows 7 Pre Order Pricing

This past week the pre order windows has started for Windows 7.  Vendors working with Microsoft have announced pre order prcing for Canada and the US which is good from June 26th to July 11th. In Canada typical pricing is as follows: 1.  Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade $64.95 2. Windows 7 Professional Upgrade $124.95 In the US typical ...

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Windows 7 Video

I was on You Tube today and found this official Video on Windows 7

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Windows 7 Release Date

Windows 7 will be released on Oct 22, 2009. Anyone who purchases a new pc after July 1st will receive a voucher to upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7 for free.

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Windows 7 Rc Install

Last week I installed the Windows 7 RC on 3 computers. One was my Sony Laptop, the 2nd a E Machine Desktop and the 3rd a Lenovo Desktop. In all three cases the install went really well. I had been running the Windows 7 7000 Beta since it came out. The install took my Windows directory ...

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Windows 7 Release RC Date

It appears that the Windows Release Candidate will come out for download by May 5th 2009. This means the final release is getting closer by the day.

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Windows 7 Positioning at Home

As of this week we are now Windows 7 positioned at home. My  wife and I are both running the Windows 7 Beta. I am also running the Windows 7 Beta on my laptop. For old legacy applications I run them under a Windows XP Pro virtual machine. We both have dual core pcs running 3 ...

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Windows 7 on my Sony Viao

Tonight I installed Windows 7 in my Sony Viao laptop.  I had XP on the laptop so I was not able to do an upgrade. As a result I had to do a complete reinstall. The reinstall took 30 minutes. The install was basically painless. I had to manually download the Vista Drivers(Windows 7 uses them) ...

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