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Posts tagged Windows 7
Forgotten Tools: Altiris DS
Mar 17th
As consultants we always have the challenge of migrating from one Desktop OS to a Newer Version and normally we stick to the same products: USMT, SCCM and Radia CAE; Its rare that we deviate from this because we know that USMT + SCCM or Radia is bullet proof, millions of desktops have been migrated this way with much success.
Windows + BootCamp (Mac)
Mar 17th
Mitch Garvis has a great article on running Windows 7 with BootCamp on Intel Based Macs.
See here: Click Here
GPO Central Store Update for Windows 7 (External)
Nov 25th
My Colleague Alex Verboon has a great article on updating your Group Policy Central Store with your Windows 7 ADMX templates, a must for any GPO Administrator.
Michael
Way cool feature in Windows 7 with Bing
Oct 16th
Thanks to one of my colleagues for showing me this, its really cool!
Daily Bing search engine images consist of awesome collection of photos from amazing nature photos to holiday sensitive events. If you really don’t have time to change desktop wallpaper then you can use this great feature in Windows 7 to grab images via RSS feed and set them as wallpapers.
How to Set Bing Images as Daily Desktop Wallpapers
- Download file Bing.theme (Right Click “Save as”)
- Double Click the downloaded Theme File.
- Select Download Attachments option so that Images are downloaded automatically when Bing RSS updates.
- Done! You can select from the available images to show and configure Picture Position.
Windows 98, Where it all started for me
Oct 13th
With all the stuff in our modern operating systems its easy to take the small things for granted. Booting your Windows 7 install off your USB Key, watching videos on youtube, RSS’ing up your Favourite news / comic feeds, listening to your favourite music over Spotify or finishing your Engineering Diagrams for college on your tablet PC. It was certain key Operating systems from Microsoft that allowed you to get to this point.
8 Things To Think About For Windows 7
Oct 12th
Great article on some things to think about with Windows 7
Windows 7 Skype Bug
Aug 11th
So you’ve got Windows 7 and Skype installed; Your browsing your sites and suddenly you get a “Internet Explorer has stopped responding” message… Odd It hasn’t crashed ? All my tabs are the same….
Good news, its just the Skype ActivX addins, for some reason crashing or terminating abnormally.
To fix simply disable them by Clicking tools > manage add-ons > Disable
Windows 7 Version Breakdown (Engadget)
Jun 2nd
From www.engadget.com
Remember that screenshot we saw of all those different Windows 7 versions (pictured above)? Well guess what? It’s worse than you could have possibly imagined. The following will be the actual new SKUs for the OS:
- Windows 7 Starter (limited to three apps concurrently)
- Windows 7 Home Basic (for emerging markets)
- Windows 7 Home Premium (adds Aero, Touch, Media Center)
- Windows 7 Professional (Remote Desktop host, Mobility Center, Presentation mode)
- Windows 7 Enterprise (volume license only, boot from virtual drive, BitLocker)
- Windows 7 Ultimate (limited availability, includes everything)
