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Windows 7

The price of a useful enhancement

February 9, 2010Microsoft

What larks!
I wonder what metrics Microsoft uses to calculate the benefit of a new feature. Take the new battery notifications messages added in Windows 7 for example. On paper, and during testing, that must have seemed like a useful feature to have in the product – it certainly seems useful to me.
Instead, when the feature [...]

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Windows 7 Launch

October 21, 2009Microsoft

Or more correctly: The Jeff Putt Show

What you would do if you had to organise a product launch? How would you structure it? You’d probably get marketing to pump out a few of the pretty videos, crank the upbeat motivating soundtracks and speed through the nice photo slideshows.
But then, what would you focus on? [...]

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Install Windows 7 from a USB stick

January 25, 2009Link

I’m really enjoying Windows 7, it’s a little nicer to use, it’s pretty stable, and most importantly everything just works (well, except for Sleep mode on my Toshiba, but I suspect that’s a graphics driver issue and not necessarily a Windows 7 one – but hey, that’s what Beta versions are for right? To iron [...]

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Windows 7 Secrets

January 12, 2009Link

There’s been a few people linking to this excellent list of Windows 7 Secrets by Tim Sneath. And rightly so, it’s a great help. As @digory noted, there’s details of how to get IM back to the status bar (where it belongs!).
But there’s other gems as well, like how to open a second instance [...]

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Running Google Chrome on Windows 7 Beta 1

January 12, 2009Main

If you are having trouble running Chrome on Windows 7 then chances are you are running the 64bit version of Windows 7.
The solution is pretty simple. I’ve put it below, and note that it is almost entirely copied from Sandip’s BlogsDNA blog here – I’ve simply incorporated some of the comments into the screenshot.
Right click [...]

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