I’ve had a blast reading the many many reviews and personal experience stories around Windows 7 installations in the last several days since the beta release last week. Once in awhile I’ll post my own observations. But sometimes I figure you might want a link to a good one I’ve found, too. For example, I … Continue reading Windows 7 Beta Reviews
“So Kevin.. in part 2 the upgrade to Windows 7 was complete. Did everything just work for you after you upgraded? Almost. Remember in part 1 I mentioned that I was upgrading a Vista machine that was only really being used as a host for a virtual machine running under Virtual PC? Well.. Virtual PC … Continue reading Windows 7: My First Install (Episode C of 3)
Yeah.. I know.. It was “Return of the Jedi”, not “Revenge”. And it wasn’t Part 2, or even "Episode II”. It was Episode 6 (or more correctly, “VI”). Episode II was actually “Attack of the Clones”. Unless you’re counting from the second movie made (Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back). But this is just … Continue reading Windows 7: My First Install (Part 2 – Revenge of the Jedi)
Okay.. so not only did I download the beta immediately when it was available from the TechNet Subscriber Downloads site, but I also decided to run my first install as an upgrade to a fairly cleanly installed Vista machine.“Upgrade? Using a beta?!”Yeah, I know. Crazy. But this machine was only serving one simple purpose on … Continue reading Windows 7: My First Install (Part 1)
Only 35% left to go on my download of Windows 7 from the TechNet Plus Subscription site. Yes indeed… as expected, SteveB let loose the availability of the first public beta of Windows 7 during his keynote address at CES. And almost to the moment he announced it, the PressPass article went live, and the … Continue reading Breaking News: Windows 7 Beta 1 Availability
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My teammate Matt “Mongo” Hester just posted a pretty cool demo screencast on the process of adding bits (in this case, the currently-in-beta next version of Internet Explorer) into an offline image of Windows Vista. Yes.. “offline” because it’s an installation of Vista that exists in a .wim file. So we’re applying IE 8 as … Continue reading Mongo-Cool Screencast on Slipstreaming IE 8 into a Windows Vista SP1 Image
A friend and board member of a local user group pointed me to a recent article in BetaNews, talking about some cool new capabilities in the next version of Windows PowerShell. According to the CTP 2 download page (yes, you can download a Community Technology Preview version of 2.0), here are some of the main … Continue reading PowerShell 2.0 – Gonna be SWEEET
Multiply your power! Today Microsoft announced newly available Public Previews, plus the pricing details, for Windows Essential Server Solutions."What is that?"For those of you not aware of it - this is what we're calling the options such as Windows Small Business Server 2008 and Windows Essential Business Server 2008. And today the company made previews … Continue reading Breaking News: Microsoft Essentials Server Solutions Announcements (Wanna know how much SBS 2008 will cost?)
Those of you tracking the progress with great enthusiasm (as I am) of the new Hyper-V virtualization in Windows Server 2008 will be excited to learn that we've just released Release Candidate 0 (RC0) of Hyper-V. Installation Instructions can be found HERE.You really should check out John Howard's excellent blog post about it.And here are … Continue reading Breaking News: Hyper-V “RC0” Now Available
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