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7 Things to look for in Windows 7 PC Hardware
With Windows Vista amounting to a 31% market share in enterprise environments, many big companies will be making to switch from Windows XP to Windows 7 directly. In the eight years between their respective launches, a lot has changed in the world. Not Read More...
Member of the Q&A Panel at NGNs Windows 7 Deployment Event
With the release of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, The Dutch Network User Group (in Dutch: ‘Netwerk Gebruikersgroep Nederland’ or ‘NGN’ for short) organizes a Windows 7 Deployment event on Monday October 26th, 2009 in Ede, the Netherlands. The Read More...
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 is here!
One of the reasons I held back on deploying Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 centrally is the lack of supported deployment solutions from Microsoft. I outlined my deployment checklist here . One of my major objections, however, just got solved; Microsoft Read More...
Windows 7 Migration Checklist
Since Windows 7 is now available and downloadable for Microsoft Partners (and everyone else with a MSDN or TechNet subscription), one of my first jobs at work is to make plans to replace our Windows Vista Enterprise boxes with Windows 7 Enterprise. I’m Read More...
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM’ed
Microsoft released Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 to manufacturers (RTM) today. Quoting the Microsoft PressPass Release : REDMOND, Wash. — July 22, 2009 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the release to manufacturing (RTM) Read More...
Planning on upgrading to Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2?
You might be one of those persons, fervently running Windows 7 on their day-to-day laptop (like me) and you might be one of those persons building Windows Server 2008 R2 rigs for test and demo purposes. (like me) You might also be one of the lucky persons Read More...
Changing Windows 7 back to the ‘old’ Windows
Windows 7 has a mass appeal to Windows XP users and their system administrators. While major advances were made in Windows Vista and Windows 7, you will always find people opposing change. And, boy! A lot has changed in the user interface since Windows Read More...
Windows 7 RSAT Release Candidate
Not everyone likes the chilly climate of the server room or the mesmerizing humming of racks, stuffed with server hardware. For these pseudo-admins, Microsoft releases remote management tools. (They work wonders for managing Server Core installations, Read More...
How to install Windows XP Mode for Application Compatibility
One of the new and interesting features in the Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC), mentioned a few days ago, is the ability to utilize a virtual Windows XP with Service Pack 3 environment for application compatibility. This feature is called Windows 7 XP Read More...
Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 Release Candidates available
The Release Candidates (RCs) for Microsofts upcoming Windows Client Operating System, Windows 7, and Microsofts upcoming Server Operating System, Windows Server 2008 R2, are now available for public download. While these Release Candidates were already Read More...
Windows 7 Beta, fishing for clues
Since Saturday January 10th, Windows 7 Beta (build 7000) has found its way to a lot of people downloading its bytes from the Microsoft download servers, to find themselves confronted with a fantastic looking creature after initial installation: According Read More...
Windows 7 Update Package KB961367
As some of you may have picked up last week the Windows 7 beta build, that was announced yesterday, made available today for MSDN and TechNet subscribers and will be made available in several hours to the first 2.5 million people clicking the download Read More...
Windows 7 TechNet Forums opened
Got a Live ID? Join the conversation on Windows 7! The Microsoft TechNet Forums are an online location where you can ask questions on a variety of Microsoft products. It’s a place to find answers from many of the Microsoft Program Managers, Microsoft Read More...
The importance of Server Core
Server Core is an important piece of technology advancement for Microsoft. Although people tend to look at MinWin , Singularity and Midori for future versions of Windows, it's actually Server Core that will play an important role in Microsoft's infrastructure Read More...
5 things you should know about Windows 7
All you need to know is... ... What you already know. In our society information is the greatest good. Microsoft has decided not to release a lot of information on Windows 7 for a reason. It was one of the mistakes admitted with Windows Vista. Some features Read More...