Well har-d-har.. Windows 7 maxes out RAM pretty fast, then chokes

Windows 7 on February 18th, 2010 View Comments

When I pay the money to drop at least 6GB of RAM into my system, I want it all to be put to use. Compared to Windows XP, both Windows Vista and Windows 7 make more active use of system memory. But according to Devil Mountain Software’s community-based Exo.performance.network (XPnet) CTO, Craig Barth, that sort [...]

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Microsoft: Next version of Windows will be completely different

Microsoft, Technology on February 16th, 2010 View Comments

A Microsoft project manager has posted and then removed a blog post regarding what he feels the next version of Windows will be like.

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Smaller, better, awesomer.

Install Windows 7 With The Greatest of Ease.. from a USB Drive!

Hardware, Windows 7 on February 10th, 2010 View Comments

As everyone knows, Windows 7 is definitely worth the upgrade. It is especially worth the upgrade if you happen to be using Windows Vista still, for whatever reason that might be, is beyond me. If you have ever installed Vista or XP or even Windows 7 from a DVD, you know that it can sometimes [...]

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Microsoft has released a boat load of updates..

Technology on January 26th, 2010 View Comments

Thanks to ars technica for this piece. It is great that Microsoft is pumping out a lot of updates. They are really pretty nice and fix a lot of issues and stability problems. Thanks again to ars technica, such a great source for this type of work! One day, I want to be on their [...]

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Windows 7 is plagued with a 17 year old priviledge escalation bug..

Security, Windows 7 on January 20th, 2010 View Comments

It’s about time for an update, Mr. Microsoft! How can you possibly have a bug that has been around since 1993? It is amazing that things like this get through, but luckily Google is around to fix that problem, or at least suggest a way to get it fixed, The Register has the full article, [...]

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77 Windows 7 Tips and Shortcuts, as told by TechNet Pro’s

Windows 7 on January 19th, 2010 View Comments

A few months back there was an excellent article written by several Microsoft Professional writer’s, and I happened to bump into the list again today while doing some research on Windows 7 for a perspective client of mine, and why they should upgrade from Windows Vista. This list is, hands down, stunning. It gave 63 [...]

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Unstoppable!

Interesting Windows 7 God Mode folder

Windows 7 on January 3rd, 2010 View Comments

There has been something new found out in Windows 7 recently, actually very recently! The first place I read about it was from JkOnTheRun, and that was posted only this morning! Good stuff, to be completely honest this God Mode folder has just about everything and anything an advanced user of Windows 7 would need, [...]

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Time to upgrade! (Do it!)

Windows 7 – Common Upgrade Questions and Answers

Software, Windows 7 on December 27th, 2009 View Comments

From time to time I will come across a customer who is using Windows Vista and complaining about several different problems that they are having, normally I can trend the problems back to one simple fact: It’s Vista. I have made a short list of a few different questions these customers normally have, and have [...]

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