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What I've Learned at the MVP Global Summit

My boss and coworkers are wondering what valuable things I've learned at the 2009 MVP Global Summit. I have learned all kinds of really interesting things about Windows 7, all highly NDA except for one...

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XP Mode in Windows 7

Microsoft finally announced the XP Mode optional feature for Windows 7: http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/business/archive/2009/04/24/coming-soon-windows-xp-mode-and-windows-virtual-pc.aspx. By adding...

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Windows 7 and USMT 4.0 – a hybrid between upgrade and clean install

Only Vista users have the option to upgrade to Windows 7. XP users do not. But with either OS, there is an option to do a clean install AND preserve users, Favorites, files and application settings....

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SQL Server 2008 on Windows 7

SQL Server 2008 will install on Windows 7 and it works just fine – although you may need to reboot Window 7 before successfully installing SQL Server 2008. Both Aaron Bertrand and I got this error from...

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Windows 7 bios problems blocking virtualization

Windows 7 Virtual PC requires hardware assisted virtualization, either Intel VT or AMD-V. It must be enabled in the bios. Most Sony Vaio machines have hardware virtualization intentionally disabled....

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Wireless on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

After installing Windows Server 2008 R2 on my laptop today, I was hoping that it would be just as easy to establish the connection as on Windows 7. It is! Quite frankly, I don’t remember if my wireless...

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Remote Desktop Connection on Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows Server 2008 R2 is more secure by default than Windows 7, which is to be expected of a server product. Simply enabling Remote Desktop on the Remote tab of System Properties isn’t enough. You can...

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Update on Windows 7 bios problems

Microsoft sent me an updated ASUS bios (1902) to solve my problem of hardware virtualization not being enabled after resuming from sleep mode. This was an unexpected pleasant surprise after receiving...

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