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Microsoft Windows 7 Upgrades: Unexpected Easter Egg

Published on April 2, 2010 By Lansia

Did you know, it’s actually quite simple to upgrade your existing Windows 7 platform to a heftier version? Ina Fried at CNET’s Beyond Binary blog says: Computers running Windows 7 have all of the features of the high-end Ultimate edition built in. A feature called Windows Anytime Upgrade lets users buy a code and unlock [...]

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Google’s Pulling the Trigger, Farewell Internet Explorer 6

Published on February 23, 2010 By Lansia

Beginning March 1st, Google’s tipping over the dominoes and starting the phase-out of Internet Explorer 6. March 1st begins Google’s drop for IE 6 support in regards to Google Docs and Google Sites. “As a result, you may find that from March 1 key functionality within these products — as well as new Docs and [...]

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Upgrade to Windows 7 Without Buying a New Computer

Published on February 4, 2010 By Lansia

Do you want to upgrade your Vista or Windows XP computer to a Windows 7 system? But you don’t want to spend the money for a new computer? Past versions of the Windows operating system have all grown “more resource-hungry than the last,” reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Each time a PC user wanted the [...]

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Windows 7 Upgrade Eligibility and Paths

Published on October 29, 2009 By Jeremy

With the release of Windows 7, there are many different options to upgrade. In typical Microsoft fashion, there is some complexity to upgrading to Windows 7. This blog will explain the difference between “upgrade eligibility” and “upgrade paths”, and let you know your options based on which version you are currently running. Upgrade Eligibility: You [...]

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Major Update Available for Office 2008 for Mac

Published on July 21, 2009 By Kevin

Yesterday, Microsoft released the second Service Pack (SP2) for Office 2008 for Mac. This update makes some stability and speed improvements to this version of Office, as well as adds some new document collaboration features. The developers of Office 2008 for Mac SP2 listened to customer feedback to improve on this very popular software suite [...]

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Microsoft Letting Users Upgrade to Windows 7 For Free

Published on June 26, 2009 By Kevin

Starting today, major PC manufacturers will be offering a promotion with new PC’s that allows you to upgrade to Windows 7 at a later date for free. To help boost computer sales right now, Microsoft is offering this promotion to users that purchase a new computer installed with Windows Vista. Their hope is that people [...]

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Microsoft to Allow Downgrading from Windows 7 to XP

Published on April 7, 2009 By Kevin

According to AppleInsider, Microsoft has granted HP the right to downgrade the operating system installed on new computers to Windows XP for another year. Currently, HP allows purchasers of new PC’s to downgrade their OS from Windows Vista to the eight-year-old Windows XP. However, this right was set to expire in July as Microsoft transitions [...]

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Upgrade to 64-bit Vista for Adobe CS4

Published on March 28, 2009 By Kevin

For Windows users that do a lot of work in programs like Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 or After Effects CS4, now may be the time to upgrade your Vista system to 64-bit. Microsoft officially crossed over from 32-bit to 64-bit with Vista, and making the change has never been easier. Windows 7 will push 64-bit [...]

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Microsoft Releases Vista SP2 RC to the Public

Published on March 5, 2009 By Kevin

Yesterday Microsoft announced on their Windows blog that Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 is now available to the public. This is the release candidate (RC) version of SP2, which means it still needs to be tested by people like you before its official release to the public through Windows [...]

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