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foxit reader

Posted Thursday, September 24, 2009 12:55 PM by drey
foxit software has one of my must have installations after the many installs and upgrades i've done of windows 7 over the past year. i typically have occasional need to open a pdf file, and foxit reader does that job well, but what i really like is the Read More...
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problem steps recorder – help someone out of a jam

Posted Friday, September 18, 2009 9:12 PM by drey
at our thursday loadfest we had a user that had the magnifier starting every time their computer restarted (kind of annoying until you realize how awesome the new windows 7 magnifier is!), so i figured out where it got configured and wanted to send instructions Read More...
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gateway lt series netbook – now running windows 7

Posted Tuesday, September 08, 2009 3:26 PM by drey
over the weekend i blogged about a great netbook deal – and currently it’s exclusively at best buy .  the lt3114u or lt3103u both have a 250 gb hard drive and 2 gb of ram.  i’ve got the cherry red one and it’s now running windows 7 home premium. Read More...
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best netbook so far

Posted Sunday, September 06, 2009 10:36 AM by drey
i’ve become a big fan of netbooks lately.  they are light and inexpensive and some come with reasonable hard drives (160 gb in many models) but up until recently i’ve had three complaints – 1) windows xp home 2) limited ram and 3) resolution.  Read More...
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2 gb or not 2 gb – that is the question

Posted Wednesday, August 19, 2009 8:28 PM by drey
i’m running a couple of my main windows 7 laptops (and a netbook) with only 1 gb of ram and it’s running great, but for a system that 1) allows for additional ram 2) has shared video memory and 3) might run xp mode at some point, 2 gb of ram is really Read More...
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4th and 5th installations of windows 7 rtm

Posted Monday, August 03, 2009 2:52 PM by drey
today i’m working on my 4th and 5th installation of windows 7 rtm.  one is an upgrade from the windows 7 enterprise release candidate to rtm and the other was a fresh install (both of these were 64 bit installations). i’ve been on rtm bits for a Read More...
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onto rtm - 3 for 3 (and counting…)

Posted Saturday, July 25, 2009 9:51 AM by drey
so i’ve already installed three copies of the rtm (release to manufacturing) of windows 7 and it’s working great!  i’ve upgraded one system (32 bit windows vista home premium) and installed two copies of 64 bit so far.  i’ll try to provide as Read More...
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boot windows 7 from a usb stick

Posted Wednesday, June 17, 2009 8:29 AM by drey
i’ve been asked a few times how to install windows 7 onto a netbook and i believe these are the minimum requirements: 1. format the usb stick (for example e:) within windows from a command prompt using the following command: format e: /fs:ntfs /q 2.  Read More...
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browser for the better

Posted Wednesday, June 10, 2009 8:27 AM by drey
i came across the following today – a site sponsored by microsoft that will donate 8 meals to feeding america for every download of internet explorer 8 from the site.  now the challenge – finding a computer that i’m not running internet explorer Read More...
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windows virtual pc and xp mode - publishing internet explorer 6 on windows 7

Posted Friday, May 08, 2009 5:40 PM by drey
hopefully you've installed the windows 7 release candidate by now (and if you haven't download and install it) - so the next thing you'll want to take a look at is how your applications and utilities will perform under the latest operating system. if Read More...
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putting computer #2 into the direct access dogfood...

Posted Friday, May 01, 2009 2:28 PM by drey
so today i ran my second and third (and assisted with a fourth and fifth) upgrade to the windows 7 release candidate. the upgrade from windows vista sp2 release candidate ran fine. i've put in a request to make it my second computer in the direct access Read More...
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information on the windows 7 upgrade posted

Posted Tuesday, April 07, 2009 9:04 AM by drey
today we've posted addtional information in preparation for the release candidate for windows 7 on the engineering 7 blog. it confirms what a lot of people have been asking me – you will be able to upgrade from the beta or interim builds to the release Read More...
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windows 7 wednesdays

Posted Thursday, April 02, 2009 12:01 AM by drey
another week and another loadfest and presentation on windows 7. i had the opportunity to load windows 7 on a dell e6400 today - the install ran without issue. friday we're doing another loadfest with partners and microsoft internal folks. Read More...
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ie8 on windows vista

Posted Friday, March 20, 2009 12:38 AM by drey
internet explorer 8 is here and i'm about to put it on one of my windows vista systems. just got back from cwug - great time with virtualization technologies and boot to vhd. 15 more installations this evening, although i had some help from shawn travers Read More...
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multi touch in windows 7, new hp windows home server and netbooks

Posted Tuesday, February 24, 2009 1:57 PM by drey
i've just loaded beta drivers to enable multi touch on a dell latitude xt and this afternoon i'll check out this new feature and report back soon. also loading up a group of acer netbooks for a windows 7 lab i'm putting together for a local ged program. Read More...
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