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Is The Windows 7 Family Pack License Expiring?

Well based on the Amazon.com page for the Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade Family Pack it looks like it is definitely hitting the end of its run.

Now this is the second time this offer has been made available since Windows 7 came out in October 2009.  The beauty of . . .

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Delete Windows.Old Folder After Installing Windows 7

If you do a Custom installation of Windows 7 on your hard drive without formatting the partition you will end up with a directory on your hard drive that contains your previous version of Windows in it.  That directory will be labeled Windows.old and is no longer needed once you settle into . . .

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Moving from Windows Live Spaces to WordPress

Wow – some amazing news today from Microsoft and WordPress.  It had been rumored that Windows Live Spaces was on its way out as Microsoft’s public blogging platform but I am not sure many were prepared for this announcement.

Windows Live Spaces will close down and all the Spaces blogs will be . . .

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Migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7

Chris Caldwell from Microsoft’s TechNet Edge has posted a 21 minute video that walks you through some of the considerations and tools to help you move from Windows XP to Windows 7.

The video discusses:

Backup considerations and options Preparing hard drives and partitions Capturing Windows XP data and settings with the . . .

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Preparing to Move Up to Windows 7

Still thinking about making that move to Windows 7 from either XP or Vista?  Well here are a few TechNet video presentations that might help you get that process moving forward.

Migration From Windows XP to Windows 7 (Level 200) Backup considerations and options Preparing hard drives and partitions Capturing Windows XP . . .

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Office Professional Academic 2010 and Windows 7 Professional Upgrade Offers

Yesterday we mentioned the chance to grab free trial downloads of Microsoft Office 2010 as it hit the store shelves and now there are a couple of great academic deals out there from Microsoft.

If you meet the criteria then you can get this version of Microsoft Office 2010 for just . . .

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