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Running Windows 7 on a Mac (Using Boot Camp)
03-05-2010 4:37 PM
For more information about the Windows Springboard Series visit http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8418918 . If you are reading this article on your Mac, this is an important article for you. Before you start though, I suggest you read my previous article outlining how I got to the point where I, the Mitch you all know and love as a PC running Windows 7, have a... Read More...
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Smart Windows 7 Smartphones!
12-21-2009 11:45 AM
For more information about the Windows Springboard Series visit http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8418918 . In June of 2009 I wrote an article about a feature of Windows 7 that I loved… but couldn’t at the time confirm would actually make it into the final release of Windows 7.  In fact I was unable to find any documentation on it at all, which led me to believe... Read More...
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Windows 7 and Family Guy
11-27-2009 12:23 AM
The week Windows 7 released Microsoft was slated to sponsor a portion of the Fox TV animated(and rather colourful) show Family Guy .  At the last minute they pulled the plug because someone realized that the show did not quite … well frankly it is crude and tasteless.  Nonetheless the original clip has made it to YouTube, and here it is! http://www... Read More...
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Windows 7 Comes to the Sarnia Computer Users Group!
11-07-2009 4:05 PM
On October 28 I was invited to present a STEP (Springboard Technical Experts Panel) Event for the Sarnia Computer Users Group in Sarnia, Ontario.  Steve Syfuhs and I drove out there and had a great time, even though we were in for a surprise!  I have to say that this group of retired hobbyists were every bit as knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and interested... Read More...
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Windows 7 Launch Event: OAKVILLE ROCKS!
11-04-2009 11:58 AM
When Microsoft announced that rather than throwing large launch events in select cities they would enable Influencers to throw ‘House Parties’ there was a lot of ridicule; many said it wouldn’t work, others poked fun and even shot mocumentaries about them.  Cameron McKay and I set out to prove that not only COULD they work, but we wanted to set the bar for... Read More...
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Meadow Green Academy: A Case Study of a Modern OS Deployment, Part 1
10-15-2009 1:23 PM
If a tool is cumbersome, unwieldy, inefficient, and difficult to use, would you use it? Would you look forward to the experience? Neither would I; so when at the end of last year my son’s Grade 5 homeroom teacher told me that the computers in the school were unreasonably slow, extremely cluttered, and that the students did not look forward to using them, I wanted... Read More...
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Bootable USB media for Windows 7
06-09-2009 3:58 PM
For more information about the Windows Springboard Series visit http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8418918 . My first computer had a cassette drive; my next had two 5.25” floppy disk drives (which cost nearly as much as the computer).  Going forward my next computers had both 5.25” and 3.5” drives, as well as a new invention called a hard drive.  The floppy... Read More...
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Smartphones and Windows 7… VERY smart!
06-05-2009 2:06 PM
For more information about the Windows Springboard Series visit http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8418918 . I moved into my new office this week.  I have a desk, a chair, a plethora of computer equipment, and a entire bookshelf.  What I don’t have yet is an office phone, which frankly will come but is not really a priority right now.  Everyone is... Read More...
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XP Compatibility Mode in Windows 7
05-18-2009 12:44 PM
For more information about the Windows Springboard Series visit http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8418918 . of all of the legitimate reasons I have heard why people and organizations have not upgraded to Windows Vista application compatibility has been a big one.  I have been telling people for years that this is because of the improved security features,... Read More...
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More comments from a converted Vista enthusiast
09-06-2008 3:20 PM
For more information about the Windows Springboard Series visit http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8418918 . In a previous post ( http://mitchgarvis.com/blogs/mitch/archive/2008/05/05/windows-vista-comments-from-a-converted-enthusiast.aspx ) I told you about the manager of the local Starbucks, a computer enthusiast whom I helped get going on Windows Vista and Microsoft... Read More...
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The Mojave Experiment
08-13-2008 3:39 PM
For more information about the Windows Springboard Series visit http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8418918 . I have spent the past two years telling people how much I love Microsoft Windows Vista; it is not because Microsoft pays me to do so (they do not), but because I truly believe it is the best operating system on the market for desktop (and laptop... and tablet... Read More...
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