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Windows' new saleswoman talks '7'
Insight newsmaker Microsoft Vice President Tami Reller discusses the new operating system, the growing role of netbooks and the intense war of words with Apple.
Tags: Windows 7, Personal Computers, Computer, Kylie, Microsoft Corp., Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Customer, Microsoft Windows XP
10 reasons why Linux will oust Windows
Insight perspective Interest stirred up by impending launch of Windows 7 is too little and too late to halt inexorable rise of Linux, argues TechRepublic's Jack Wallen.
Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Open source, Exchange, Microsoft Corp., Fedora Project, Microsoft Windows ME, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, operating system
Apple gives up a little Internet usage share
News Use of the Mac operating system to access the Web slides a little, but Apple's iPhone "dominates" the mobile browsing market, new reports indicate.
Tags: Web sites, Smart phones, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Beta User, operating system, Internet Usage, Microsoft Windows XP
Rein in unbound storage appetite of Vista System Restore
Techguide Experiencing low disk space on Vista systems? Consider using the VSSAdmin command-line tool to investigate and change the Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space setting.
Tags: Storage, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Tool, Storage, system restore, hard drive, Microsoft Windows, disk
Shop online at Dell for notebook options
Blogs I recently ordered two Dell Studio notebooks online and I was pleasantly surprised by the wide variety of options offere...
My favourite Vista keyboard shortcuts
Blogs People who see me working on my notebook are often amazed with the speed at which I perform tasks by using the keyboard ...
My favourite new features of Windows 7
Blogs I'm a happy user of Windows 7. I have been doing heavy multitasking with the 64-bit version of Windows 7 every day for t...
What Windows 7 means to security admins
Techguide Windows expert Greg Shultz reviews the most significant differences in Windows 7 that will affect the role of security administrators, including changes to UAC, the new AppLocker, and BitLocker To Go.
Tags: Security, Data security, PC security, Windows 7, AppLocker, NTLM Authentication Protocol, Microsoft Corp., Windows 7, ActiveX Control, Microsoft Windows Vista
Making the business case for Windows 7
Techguide Selling the idea of migrating from Windows XP, and reasons to upgrade from Windows Vista for IT professionals
Tags: IT Management, Asset/resource/knowledge management, Operating System, Security, Microsoft Corp., Service Pack, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, application compatibility, Microsoft Windows XP
Seven benefits of virtual desktop infrastructure
Techguide With the ever increasing prices of upgrading desktop computers, virtualization of the desktop is becoming very appealing.
Tags: Virtualization, Servers, Storage, Apple Inc., Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, Virtual Desktop, Microsoft Windows Vista, Steven S. Warren, Altiris Inc., Thin Client
10+ things that are broken in Access 2007
Techguide If you switch to Access 2007, you'll encounter more than just a radical new interface--some things are just plain broken. See what you can hotfix and what you'll have to live with.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Field, Slide, Microsoft Windows Vista, Tool, shortcut menu, Microsoft VBA, Microsoft PowerPoint, printer, toolbar
What Windows 7 means to developers
Techguide Wondering what Windows 7 will break in your applications? Justin James assures you that there's not much need to worry.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Microsoft Corp., Web sites, Web 2.0, Microsoft Windows Vista, Animation, Developer, Microsoft Windows 7, Justin James
Display a full Windows command-prompt history
Techguide By changing the size of this history list, you can all commands you've typed in a particular session and avoid frustration.
Tags: Server platforms, Microsoft Windows, Infrastructure/architecture management, Command, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, command button, Greg Shultz, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, keyboard
Enabling Remote Desktop on Server 2008 Core Edition
Techguide Remote Desktop is the lifeblood of Windows server administrator. Find out how simple it is to enable remote connections on the Core Edition of Windows Server 2008.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Server platforms, Microsoft Windows Vista, remote desktop, Microsoft TechNet, Rick Vanover, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows
Tools to monitor memory usage in Windows 7
Techguide Over the years, Microsoft has vastly improved the primitive Resource Meter and increasingly made it easier to see what is going on with the OS's use of memory.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Amount, System Resource, Physical Memory, Microsoft Windows Vista, Entry, Tool, Microsoft Windows 7, Memory, operating system
