Browsing articles tagged with " Windows 7"
May
28

Windows 7 RC – Update

By Trevor Dennis  //  Blog Post  //  No Comments

After a couple weeks of using the RC I’ve gone back to Vista. That’s right, Vista at this point in time is better. I would rather be running the Beta of 7 than the RC. Don’t get me wrong it looks promising but it’s just not functional. Well it is if you don’t plan on using any new devices or plugging you keyboard or mouse into a different USB port. The RC has problems recognizing new devices or devices that were not plugged in when the OS was installed. For example, I tried plugging a USB Flash drive in so I could get some drivers for another computer so I could finish setting it up. I put the flash drive in and waited and waited and waited…. Nothing, Windows just sat there trying to install the device. I then tried it on another RC machine same thing. Needless to say I was annoyed and put the project on hold for a while. I continued doing other work for about 45 minutes when I was alerted by Windows that my device was ready to use. Forty-Five minutes!!!

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May
26

Podcast Episode #6 – Way behind Schedule

By Tom Schultz  //  Blog Post, Podcast  //  No Comments

Well we are extremely behind in recording these.  I hope to get caught up at some point.

Here’s some of what we talked about…

  1. Topics
    1. Win 7 RC – is it worth getting hyped up for, windows mobile sweetness – gAlarm
    2. Agile/processes – New toys (Macbook Pro, Nokia BH-503), boxee
    3. OS X Java Vulnerability
    4. IT Conversations (Stackoverflow)
 
 Pointless Rants Episode #6 [40:31m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
May
5

Windows 7 RC – It’s Here for a Year!

By Trevor Dennis  //  Blog Post  //  1 Comment

For all you Windows fans out there sink your teeth into this. Windows 7 Beta, Build 7000, has been replaced with the Release Candidate (RC), Build 7100. The newly updated RC build will be in-service without interruption until March 1, 2010. The RC will continue to function until June 1, 2010 but will shut your PC down every 2 hours. read more

May
2

Windows 7 RC (Release Candidate) Download Available May 5th

By Tom Schultz  //  Blog Post  //  1 Comment

Yup, the title pretty much says it all.  Oh what? You want to know where you can download it from?  Well  unless you have a MSDN or TechNet Plus subscription you’re going to have to wait until May 5th to get your hands on the RC.  Here’s the links!

If you’re an MSDN subscriber then click here!

If you’re a TechNet Plus subscriber then click here!

Everyone else can just wait until May 5th and then goto these websites.

MSDN Windows 7 Customer Preview  site.

TechNet Windows 7 Customer Preview site.

General Windows 7 Customer Preview site.

Now, if this whole process seems just a little too complicated to make it worth the trouble then I HIGHLY suggest going  to www.ubuntu.com and trying that out!

Mar
2

Episode #4 – A Day Late and a Dollar Short

By Tom Schultz  //  Podcast  //  No Comments

Yeah we’re burnt out, tired, failing classes but we’re podcasting for you! Just for your enjoyment! Because we love you all!

  1. News
    1. Stock market 12 year low?
    2. MS wipes winmo 6.5 from stolen phone  – engadget.com
    3. Windows 7 to Kill Quicktime ? techradar.com
    4. Google joins European Union in antitrust case for IE in windows tech.slashdot.org
    5. Gamer Skin disease idle.slashdot.org
  2. Topics/Rants
    1. Management Woes/Rewards
    2. Will there ever be a “Perfect” OS?
    3. College burnout How to remedy?
 
 A Day Late and a Dollar Short [40:02m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Jan
28

Episode #0

By Tom Schultz  //  Blog Post, Podcast  //  2 Comments

This is the zeroth episode of Pointless Rants (of course it’s zero-indexed, it’s a technology podcast).

In this episode of Pointless Rants we did the following:

 
 Podcast Episode #0 - Windows 7 and the rest [64:12m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download