Sep 22, 2009 | Microsoft, security, software, Vista, Windows7, WinXP
Microsoft will soon release Microsoft Security Essentials, free antivirus and anti-malware software for computers running Windows 7, Vista, or Windows XP. It is simple to install, effective, requires no attention, and uses almost no system resources. It is completely...
Sep 17, 2009 | Apple, Microsoft, Office, Outlook, software, Windows7
Microsoft has had aggressive prices for college students for years. Today it announced that college students can buy Windows 7 Home Premium for $29.99. It’s all part of the marketing that is ramping up for the Windows 7 launch on October 22. It’s probably not a...
Sep 14, 2009 | software, Vista, Windows7
[Disclaimer: This tip addresses a specific issue. If you’re not faced with this issue, don’t follow these instructions.]In many offices, some programs are installed from a mapped network drive or require access to a mapped drive as part of installing the program. The...
Sep 10, 2009 | computers, hardware, laptops, netbooks, Windows7
Here’s an article that sums up the reasons to wait two months before you buy a notebook or netbook. It covers all the things I’ve been telling you recently: WIndows 7 looks great. Plus, new laptops will have power-saving and performance features optimized for Windows...
Sep 3, 2009 | Adobe, computers, IE, software, Vista, Windows7
Many of you – most of you – will get the 64-bit version of Windows 7 on your next computer, so you can use more than 4Gb of RAM. Even if you don’t buy more memory than that at first, you’ll want the comfort of knowing you can add more later. You’ll recall that many...
Aug 25, 2009 | computers, hardware, Vista, Windows7
I got a copy of Windows 7 last week through one of Microsoft’s partner programs. On Saturday I had a lovely day converting my primary office computer from Vista to Windows 7. There are a lot of ways to do that – I’ll tell you what I did, because I may suggest the same...
