Inspired by CNET's Quick Tips and First Looks on Windows 7 beta, but not sure how to install it correctly? Never fear!
This video guide will help you create a dual-boot configuration, so you can run the preview of Microsoft's latest OS without destroying your older operating system.
The public Beta of Windows 7 will expire on August 31, 2009 so it is a good idea to dual boot so you can still work on your old operating system and play on Windows 7.
Cheers,
Michael
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Windows 7 Public Beta
I am running Windows 7 which I download from Microsoft's Public Beta page on my Compaq, Presario V5000 laptop. When I bought this laptop it had Windows XP pre-installed with 1GB RAM. I bought Windows Vista Business for it as it has a Windows Vista Capable sticker on it. What a joke that is.... I ran like CRAP with Vista Business so I upgraded my RAM to 2GB (the Max) and it did run a bit better, but not enough to get excited about. I tuffed it out for a year, then a few months back I re-installed Windows XP back on it. You just got to love XP :-).
So I downloaded Windows 7 Beta after Microsoft sent me an invite in one of my partner emails. I must say it is running like a top with Windows 7. One of the things I really like was after the install I had no conflicts at all. I did not have to go and hunt out drivers. (Although I all ready had all the drivers for all the hardware on all my PCs, Laptops & servers on a USB Stick) but it was nice to see that in device manager.
One other thing after you do the download and burn the 2.4GB .iso file to DVD you can not upgrade instal from XP to Windows 7. The only supported upgrade install is from Vista SP-1. So you will have to format and do a clean install. But you all know that you should backup your data to an external HDD first.
I had a backup of Vista SP-1 and XP-Pro on my external HDD and guess what? Windows 7 only seen my Vista Backup.....
But Windows 7 just like Vista will take all your "My Documents", "Program Files" etc and save it to a Folder called "windows.old" under the C:/ on the new install so you can move your data over to the new install Documents folder.
Microsoft and Norton must have both jump into the same complaint bed as Norton 2009 products are no longer resource hogs like they have been for so many years. I am very impressed with the changes they made to all the Norton 2009 Lineup; Norton Antivirus, Norton Internet security, Norton 360. i have trialed 30 day trials of each one. From the Windows install they will recommend 3 Antivirus Company's so you can get beta software for Windows 7, One is Norton 360 Beta, AVG Antivirus or Security Suite as well as Kerpenski Labs (may have spelled it wrong)
I will put a link to the download pages later on this post. Sorry, but I have to get ready for work. Just go to www.microsoft.com and search for Windows 7 Beta.
Ciao for now,
Michael
So I downloaded Windows 7 Beta after Microsoft sent me an invite in one of my partner emails. I must say it is running like a top with Windows 7. One of the things I really like was after the install I had no conflicts at all. I did not have to go and hunt out drivers. (Although I all ready had all the drivers for all the hardware on all my PCs, Laptops & servers on a USB Stick) but it was nice to see that in device manager.
One other thing after you do the download and burn the 2.4GB .iso file to DVD you can not upgrade instal from XP to Windows 7. The only supported upgrade install is from Vista SP-1. So you will have to format and do a clean install. But you all know that you should backup your data to an external HDD first.
I had a backup of Vista SP-1 and XP-Pro on my external HDD and guess what? Windows 7 only seen my Vista Backup.....
But Windows 7 just like Vista will take all your "My Documents", "Program Files" etc and save it to a Folder called "windows.old" under the C:/ on the new install so you can move your data over to the new install Documents folder.
Microsoft and Norton must have both jump into the same complaint bed as Norton 2009 products are no longer resource hogs like they have been for so many years. I am very impressed with the changes they made to all the Norton 2009 Lineup; Norton Antivirus, Norton Internet security, Norton 360. i have trialed 30 day trials of each one. From the Windows install they will recommend 3 Antivirus Company's so you can get beta software for Windows 7, One is Norton 360 Beta, AVG Antivirus or Security Suite as well as Kerpenski Labs (may have spelled it wrong)
I will put a link to the download pages later on this post. Sorry, but I have to get ready for work. Just go to www.microsoft.com and search for Windows 7 Beta.
Ciao for now,
Michael
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Free Software Downloads and Reviews - Download.com
You all know how much I like C-Net or Download.com and here is one of the reasons why. Check out some of the applications which they recommend and I do as well. I learn about a lot of great FREE and trial software. Click on the link below and they also recommend a great Windows Security Kit as well. You will see links to it on the page.
FlyBook V5 Advanced Laptop Computer - Intel Core 2 Duo ULV U7600 1.2GHz, Bluetooth, Wireless WAN, 802.11abg WLAN, 3GB DDR2, 80GB HDD, 8.9" WSVGA, Fingerprint Reader, Webcam, Vista Business, Gold A211013-77N00-511112 in Canada at TigerDirect.ca
Warned, Teens Clean Up MySpace Profiles, Cautionary Email From "Dr. Meg" Prompts Many To Remove Sex, Drug Talk, Boost Privacy - CBS News
Parents: Wake up, check out your kids online profiles and do something about it! Read this article…
(AP) Many teenagers cleaned up their MySpace profiles, deleting mentions of sex and booze and boosting privacy settings, if they got a single cautionary e-mail from a busybody named "Dr. Meg."
The e-mail was sent by Dr. Megan Moreno, lead researcher of a study of lower-income kids that she says shows how parents and other adults can encourage safer Internet use.
Her message read in part: "You seemed to be quite open about sexual issues or other behaviors such as drinking or smoking. Are you sure that's a good idea? ... You might consider revising your page to better protect your privacy."
Parents, and even doctors, who care for adolescents "should feel very comfortable looking up" their children's or patients' profiles on social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, said Moreno, a pediatrician and adolescent medicine specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It's not creepy or an invasion of privacy, she said, but more like reading posters on their walls or slogans on their T-shirts.
Young people don't consider the consequences of posting their drinking habits and sexual behavior, Moreno said. Several wrote back to "Dr. Meg" saying they had no idea their pages could be viewed by anyone. Such social networking sites have privacy settings, but they're not always used.
The sites can be a window into a teenager's world.
"People who work with teens often have this idea that teens are hard to reach," she said. But many young people publicly post their hobbies and interests on MySpace or Facebook and expect people to look. "It can be a great icebreaker," she said.
The study, published in the January issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, shows adult supervision of MySpace can raise adolescents' awareness of how accessible their pages are, she said.
The researchers first located 190 MySpace public profiles in a single urban ZIP code, randomly selected from the 10 U.S. Census areas with the lowest average income because researchers wanted to target adolescents who might have less access to doctors. Moreno said she could not reveal the city because of privacy restrictions set by a study review board.
All the users said on their profiles they were 18 to 20 years old and their pages included three or more references to sex, drinking, drug use or smoking.
Half were sent the "Dr. Meg" e-mail; the other half weren't contacted.
Fast Fact
Of 500 randomly selected MySpace profiles of 18-year-olds nationwide, more than half contained references to risky behavior such as sex, drinking and violence.
After three months, 42 percent of those getting a "Dr. Meg" e-mail had either set their profiles to "private," meaning only people they'd chosen as MySpace "friends" could view it, or they removed references to sex or substance use. Only 29 percent of those in the group who had not been contacted by Dr. Meg made such changes over the three-month period.
Moreno said the results suggest the e-mail intervention had a positive impact on "the hardest-to-reach teens, which gives us great hope that a similar intervention could be used to reach teens as a whole."
In a separate study, Moreno and other researchers looked at 500 randomly selected MySpace profiles of 18-year-olds nationwide and found that more than half contained references to risky behavior such as sex, drinking and violence.
"The ones to me that were most surprising and most worrisome were the sexual references," said the doctor. "We often found males and females describing the circumstances around the loss of their virginity. Females would describe things males could do" to have a better chance of having sex with them. "They'd say, 'I like a guy who brings me flowers and takes me to dinner and (if you do that) I might consider having sex with you."'
Kids decorate their pages with beer logos, marijuana leaf icons and Playboy bunnies. Those counted in the research. But typically it was bold references in the teenagers' own words that researchers found.
"Clear and concise language: 'I got drunk last Friday,"' said Moreno, who is a 35-year-old mother of a baby and a toddler. She said she'll try to stay involved with her kids' computer use as they grow up.
Teenagers who refer to risky behavior on their MySpace pages put themselves at risk of online harassment or solicitation for sex, Kimberly Mitchell of University of New Hampshire's Crimes Against Children Research Center, who wasn't involved in the studies, wrote in an accompanying editorial. They also may jeopardize future job prospects.
But social networking sites also give teens a chance to develop their identities, become independent and get support from friends.
"It is time to use the benefits offered by social networking sites to reach youth, perhaps in new and creative ways that were not available prior to the advent of these sites," Mitchell wrote”
How To Protect, Fix Your Online Reputation, Expert Explains Dangers Of Negative Web Postings, And Tells How To Avoid And Repair Them - CBS News
The links above and below will take you to the CBS website about this article. I have copied it and posted here in case you do not want to follow the links.
NEW YORK, Jan. 10, 2009
(CBS) Did you ever "google" yourself and find something negative?
It should worry you. Just one negative posting can cost you a job
It's estimated that more than 70 percent of employers do a Web search on job applicants as part of their hiring procedures. More than half of them admit to not bringing someone on board because of negative information they found online.
It could be something you posted years ago, or something put into cyberspace by someone you know - or even a perfect stranger.
What can you do about it?
Michael Fertik, founder of ReputationDefender.com, had some advice on The Early Show Saturday Edition. Fertik says he started the business two years ago with one person. He now has 60 employees. His service costs about $10 a month.
Fertik told substitute co-anchor Seth Doane that safeguarding your online reputation is “as important as your credit score nowadays. Every life transaction that you have, whether you’re looking for a job, you’re looking for romance, you’re looking for a friend - people are gonna look you up on the Web and make conclusions based on what they find.
"One random, idiosyncratic piece of content about you on the Web could dominate your Google results forever," he said. "It's such an issue: It affects people who are undeserving, people who are sort of using bad judgment, all kinds of different people."
What's worse, legal recourse is murky at best, Fertik observed, saying, "The law hasn't caught up yet with privacy. The Internet has really changed the privacy landscape in a big way and the law hasn't yet caught up with it. It's lagging behind, so far."
Fertik stressed that, "You have to be on top of your (online) reputation. It's not about narcissism. It’s about your personal brand. Especially in a down economy, people are looking you up, they’re making decisions. They're denying you a job unless they find something really good about you on the Web."
He had three key pieces of advice:
First, never let anyone set up your reputation online. Establish yourself online to create a clear and positive image of you. Don't wait for someone else to destroy it. Use what he calls "Google insurance": Create a profile on something like Facebook that's positive and tasteful. Claim the real estate on your name. What is said about you on the Web isn't a function of you living a righteous life: Anyone can say something bad about you. "Write your own history," he recommended.
Second, if there's a problem with your online reputation, you have to find it. Constantly monitor the Web. Search for full names, usernames, etc. Be on top of the game. Go deep into the Internet to Web sites that aren't indexed by Google: "The deep Web - Facebook, MySpace, the pages where the content really starts to generate and become problematic."
"Monitor yourself assiduously," Fertik told Doane.
Third: The longer it's there, the more it spreads and can be archived. If you see a problem, deal with it quickly. Get in touch with people and tell them to stop, in a kind and thoughtful way, without getting a lawyer involved right away. Reach them on a human level. If you want professional help, companies such as ReputationDefender are available. As Fertik told Doane, "Nip it in the bud before it spreads and gets mirrored and replicated. If you can't do it, you want to hire the pros."
If you do find something bad about yourself, how do you get it offline?
"Sometimes," Fertik responded to Doane, "what we do is, we overwhelm the 'bad' with good to make sure that when people look you up, they see what you want them to see, they see your good videos not necessarily the (bad ones).”
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Instant-On Hyperspace Promises New Era of OS Co-Habitation
VERY,VERY COOL and I am downloading it today as they have a trial link in this article. The Linux and Mac users are going to say that this OS will kill Windows but I actually think it will be very Windows friendly.
Early Verdict
We’ve only tested a pre-release version of Hyperspace, but we were just blown away by its ability to work alongside Windows and its incredibly agile sleep / wake process. With a few more apps and the ability to share files with Windows, this technology could truly change the way we use our laptops. The main question remains whether it will deliver over the long haul and whether users will be willing to pay a subscription fee for it. We wish Hyperspace was pursuing a different business model. For now, it’s definitely worth that free trial download.
Complaint about 1and1.com Web Hosting ???
In fairness, I recently had a comment on a post on my Blog about bad service with 1and1 Internet. I have decided not to post the comment on my Blog as I do not post comments that are not able to use there real name, or choose not to.
UPDATE: See my comment below
The comment was regarding a mix up that a Lawyer/Blogger claimed that 1and1.com tried to steal his domain name. http://patterico.com I spent a few hours checking out the comments of the comment maker and found out there was a complaint that was made. The story was back in Oct 2008. I read the complete story as it was very long and found that this has all been resolved. The Blog also does have the domain name that he claimed was being stolen and auctioned off. I was not able to collect any more info regarding this story, as the comment form has been closed as of Nov. 22, 2008.
I have hosted with 1and1 Internet for many, many years and never once had any problems at all and I have used many of the services that they offer over the years. As with all large companies in this business world the customer service is outsourced and you may have a help desk person that does not have great English, if this a concern check it out first but all big company's outsource. I have worked in the past for AT&T as a Tech Support Rep for the AT&T wireless in the USA and I live in Canada. I also worked as Tech Support for Microsoft Windows XP, US English versions for the whole world and we were the #1 support desk for them, we had 900 employees in Nova Scotia. When I would get a call usually the first thing the customers would say was thank god you speak English. The #2 call center was in Bangalore, India.
I have also had many customers host their web sites with 1and1.com as well, and never have I heard one complaint. I have one friend that I turned on to 1and1 and she makes her living online and she has hosted her site with many before. She works all day, every day and she is very happy with the service. When you are the WORLDS LARGEST WEB HOSTING Company for sure you are going to have some mistakes, and as well some unhappy customers, it is a given.
As you can see I have links on my Blog about the 1and1.com Internet Service, I feel that this is a very good service, as well as what you get for the money. As they are by far the cheapest hosting service out there.
I would also like to say that when you choose a web hosting company it is always best to buy your web domain name 1st. from a domain name register in your Country, do not have your domain name owned by your web hosting company. Make sure you own your domain name and you are not renting it, just in case you want to transfer in the future.
Ciao for now,
Michael
Update: After more research, it seems that somebody thinks that the website domain name was being stolen, or even just messed with because the owner is a Blogger on the right, and it was done to shut him up!!!! I do not know what is right, you make your own mind up...
UPDATE: See my comment below
The comment was regarding a mix up that a Lawyer/Blogger claimed that 1and1.com tried to steal his domain name. http://patterico.com I spent a few hours checking out the comments of the comment maker and found out there was a complaint that was made. The story was back in Oct 2008. I read the complete story as it was very long and found that this has all been resolved. The Blog also does have the domain name that he claimed was being stolen and auctioned off. I was not able to collect any more info regarding this story, as the comment form has been closed as of Nov. 22, 2008.
I have hosted with 1and1 Internet for many, many years and never once had any problems at all and I have used many of the services that they offer over the years. As with all large companies in this business world the customer service is outsourced and you may have a help desk person that does not have great English, if this a concern check it out first but all big company's outsource. I have worked in the past for AT&T as a Tech Support Rep for the AT&T wireless in the USA and I live in Canada. I also worked as Tech Support for Microsoft Windows XP, US English versions for the whole world and we were the #1 support desk for them, we had 900 employees in Nova Scotia. When I would get a call usually the first thing the customers would say was thank god you speak English. The #2 call center was in Bangalore, India.
I have also had many customers host their web sites with 1and1.com as well, and never have I heard one complaint. I have one friend that I turned on to 1and1 and she makes her living online and she has hosted her site with many before. She works all day, every day and she is very happy with the service. When you are the WORLDS LARGEST WEB HOSTING Company for sure you are going to have some mistakes, and as well some unhappy customers, it is a given.
As you can see I have links on my Blog about the 1and1.com Internet Service, I feel that this is a very good service, as well as what you get for the money. As they are by far the cheapest hosting service out there.
I would also like to say that when you choose a web hosting company it is always best to buy your web domain name 1st. from a domain name register in your Country, do not have your domain name owned by your web hosting company. Make sure you own your domain name and you are not renting it, just in case you want to transfer in the future.
Ciao for now,
Michael
Update: After more research, it seems that somebody thinks that the website domain name was being stolen, or even just messed with because the owner is a Blogger on the right, and it was done to shut him up!!!! I do not know what is right, you make your own mind up...
Thursday, January 08, 2009
Windows 7 beta: First impressions | Business Tech - CNET News
Check out this article on CNET News if you are interested o hear about Windows 7 which will replace Windows Vista in the not to near future. Maybe there is life still in that old P4 in the corner that I would never dear to install windows Vista on.
Ciao for now,
Michael
Windows 7 beta: First impressions | Business Tech - CNET News
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