Posts Tagged ‘Windows 7’

If you are then see you there! It seems that this eventwas  fully registered some time back – I wonder if the rumoured free copy of Windows 7 influenced this? The TechNet folks seem to be pretty excited by the looks of the buzz over on Twitter…

Monday, October 5th, 2009 at 19:34 | 0 comments
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Chris Sanders at Windows Securty.com has just published a deep dive into AppLocker here Introduction taken from Chris’s guide: AppLocker is a new feature available in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 that helps to prevent the use of unknown or unwanted applications within a network. Its functionality boasts both security and compliance benefits for […]

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 at 19:08 | 0 comments
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There are a lot of disgruntled Apple customers all scratching their heads thinking “Why did I buy/upgrade to Snow Leopard?” Cons: Whilst it is a “cheap” upgrade (£25) – what does it deliver, Microsoft typically deploys these types of updates for free and calls it a Service Pack. Snow Leopard does bring 64bit support, but only […]

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 at 18:44 | 0 comments
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When Windows Vista launched the top two flavours were Enterprise and Ultimate, with Windows 7 this is still the case…but wait there is a difference! Previously Windows Vista Ultimate included Media Centre, whereas Vista Enterprise did not, Windows 7 Enterprise and Ultimate have an identical feature set with the only disguising factor being the licensing […]

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 at 18:28 | 0 comments
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Like most I am very happy with Windows 7, however the pinned Explorer icon drives me nuts as it opens “libraries” instead of “computer” – don’t worry though all is not lost! Create a new shortcut on your desktop and as a destination path put the following %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /E,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} Once this is created right click and pin […]

Sunday, August 30th, 2009 at 17:58 | 0 comments
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Andrew Fryer from Microsoft UK just posted an interactive YouTube vignette that focuses (in no great detail) on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Andrew will be producing the UK launch event for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Exchange Server 2010 at Wembley Stadium. It seems there was a lot of interest as […]

Friday, August 28th, 2009 at 19:06 | 0 comments
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