Category Archives: Windows 7

Confused about deploying Windows 7? Try this…

Lots of people are looking at how they should go about deploying Windows 7 in their organisation, a few I’ve seen first hand are struggling to understand how to migrate.  One of the major steps in planning your deployment is probably to bui… Continue reading

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How to Take Full Advantage of Your Solid-State Drive

Very handy little guide form Lifehacker here on how to get the best out of an SSD.  I’ve just ordered one for my “demo beast” laptop and it should help my VMs fly…interesting ideas around hibernation in this guide…not something … Continue reading

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The Arc Keyboard: White | The Office Stylist

I thought the black version was good, but now I’m all about the white version.  I’ll be getting me one these, it;s stunning and will look super in our all white office! The Arc Keyboard: White | The Office Stylist.

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Bing Screensaver

The Live Side guys have noticed a new Bing Screensaver that looks very cool if you like the Bing daily images.  Bing Screensaver – LiveSide.net.  I’m currently using my Honeymoon photo’s as my wallpaper and screensaver and I’ll post a … Continue reading

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Getting Your Laptop Card Reader to Read 4GB SD Cards

Windows 7 is amazing at getting most things working on any laptop, however I constantly have a problem with my very old Gateway laptop and the card reader driver.  This is how to fix it: Getting Your Laptop Card Reader to … Continue reading

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HP EliteBook 2740p

Uncrate have short piece on the very nice looking HP EliteBook 2740p notebook and tablet.  I’ve love my TX2 for quite some time, and this looks like it’s from the same stable. Frankly I want to try one now….

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Logitech, this is wrong…

Firstly let me say, I’m usually a giant fan Logitech’s products they have superb build quality and excellent performance, I love my Harmony Remote and Squeezebox and the webcams are really well designed.  Second I never really post negative opinions … Continue reading

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13 days to move from Windows 7 RC

I started getting these, as expected, a couple of days ago.  It’s a guess but lots of others are receiving them now too so I thought I’d take the opportunity to remind people about what’s going to happen:
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Boot Snooze (reboot and sleep)

Download squad have found a great tool for those times when you want to get into your PC fast but you want all the freshhhness of a newly booted PC. Boot Snooze combines the goodness of hibernation and rebooting. Essentially the … Continue reading

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Windows 7 RC has 15 days left (Updated)

Today is the 1st of Feb and that means you have 15 more days to use the Windows 7 RC (release candidate) before you need to upgrade to the final RTM version.  A timely reminder from Technet: Windows 7 RC … Continue reading

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