Testing for Windows 7 migration
We are moving from Windows XP to Windows 7. What do I need to test before starting out pilot program?

Answer Question   |  March 26, 2011  1:36 PM
Windows 7, Windows 7 Administration, Windows 7 migration, Windows installation, Windows Upgrades, Windows XP

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 network
how can we connect two computers with a server and share the files printer together by using windows 7 as an Operating system and windows 2008 R2 as a server O.S

Answer Question   |  March 26, 2011  10:58 AM
LAN networking, Windows 7, Windows networking, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

Dell D630 monitor display problem
I have a Dell d630 laptop with Windows 7.  While I was using it, the screen resolution changed.  The screen display got blurry and everything  on the screen went bigger in size – both text and picture.  I tried to change the screen resoultion in the display panel but it wont.  The only option is [...]

Answer Question   |  March 25, 2011  9:41 PM
Dell, Dell desktop, Dell Latitude D630, Display resolution, Hardware, Windows 7

Why does Internet Explorer 9 crash on certain web pages?
I recently upgraded from Internet Explorer 8 to 9 on a Dell Vostro 230 desktop but the new browser crashes on certain sites (eg. MSN.com, Yahoo.com and some others). The error message reads “Internet Explore has stopped working …A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you [...]

Answer Question   |  April 18, 2013  6:15 PM
IE 9, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 9, Windows 7, Windows 7 Administration, Windows 7 Professional

Interacting with file system on virtual machine from Windows 7
I want to be able to interact with the file system on a virtual machine from my Windows 7 desktop. How can I do this?

Answer Question   |  March 18, 2011  7:41 PM
Virtual Machine File System, Virtual Machines, Virtualization, Windows 7, Windows 7 Administration, Windows 7 desktop, Windows Virtualization

Setting up DYNDNS with Windows 7
How can I set up DYNDNS with my Windows 7 desktop to automatically update my host name to DNS address?

Answer Question   |  March 17, 2011  7:39 PM
DNS, DNS management, DNS server, DYNDNS, Windows 7, Windows 7 Administration, Windows 7 desktop

Setting up administrative access in Windows 7
We have two groups of users. Execs and end users in a Windows Server 2003 domain. We want the execs to have full administrative access on the Windows 7 desktops. We want the end users not to have admin access. How can we set this up?

Answer Question   |  March 17, 2011  7:36 PM
Administrator account, Windows 7, Windows 7 Administration, Windows 7 Configuration, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Domain

Connecting to a Windows setup in Windows 7
Can you connect more than 3 monitors to a Windows setup in Windows 7? How can they be arranged?

Answer Question   |  April 12, 2011  7:29 PM
Windows 7, Windows 7 Configuration, Windows 7 deployment, Windows 7 installation and setup

Windows 7 installation help
I cannot install ActiveSync on my new Windows 7 desktop. How can I sync my Windows Mobile device? Is there an alternative or something built into this OS?

Answer Question   |  June 11, 2012  7:25 PM
Windows 7, Windows 7 deployment, Windows 7 desktop, Windows 7 installation, Windows Mobile 7, Windows Mobile Active Sync

Resoting GRUB bootloader for Windows 7/Ubuntu 10.10
Is there a way to restore GRUB bootloader for Windows 7/Ubuntu 10.10 Dual Boot System?

Answer Question   |  March 18, 2011  7:19 PM
Dual Boot, GRUB, Ubuntu, Windows 7, Windows 7 Administration, Windows 7 Configuration

How to change compatibility options for an exe file in a batch file on Windows 7?
Is there a way to change the compatibility options on an executable file in a batch file? I’d like to be able to set it to run as “xp sp2″ or run as administrator. Is there a way to do that?

Answer Question   |  March 17, 2011  6:25 PM
.exe, Batch files, Windows 7, Windows 7 Administration, Windows Batch Files, Windows XP SP2

With both wired and wireless network connection, prefer to go wired, but metric doesn’t always work.
 When a laptop has both wireless and wired connection at the same time, we want to make sure the network traffic is going through the ethernet cable first instead of going via air. A lot of research was telling me that Windows has the preferred route to higher throughput interface. I found this to be true [...]

Answer Question   |  March 18, 2011  1:52 PM
Ethernet, Windows 7, Wireless network management, Wireless networking, Wireless networks

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Answer Question   |  March 14, 2011  4:08 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, Contests, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Giveaways, IT Books, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows 7, Windows Server

Mapping network drives in Windows 7
when i map network drive on windows 7  but shared  application  very very slowly open

Answer Question   |  March 14, 2011  1:12 PM
Network mapping, Windows 7, Windows 7 Administration, Windows 7 Networking

Windows 7 Restoration Features
Does Microsoft provide any registry repair software or virus recovery software to repair critical Windows components that may be damaged or missing? Or am I missing the obvious ones like SFC, CHKDSK, etc.? The reason I ask is because I will encounter issues that are being caused by changes made in the registry by a [...]

Answer Question   |  June 14, 2011  4:07 PM
CHKDSK, Windows 7, Windows 7 Administration, Windows 7 Professional

VMWare Workstation 5.5 on Windows 7
How can I uninstall this version of VMWare workstation on Windows 7. When I attempt to uninstall, the computer blue screens. I bought this computer 2 days ago so I am not sure what the issue is. I am running a 32 bit Windows 7 OS.

Answer Question   |  March 13, 2011  5:00 AM
32-bit, VMware Workstation, VMware Workstation 5.5, Windows 7

Disabling automatic sharing of the root of the C drive in Windows 7
Is it possible to disable the automatic sharing of the root of the C drive on all Windows 7 desktops? This is a huge security risk in my book. Suggestions if not? Reasons for not? How can I disable it?

Answer Question   |  March 8, 2011  8:14 PM
C drive, Windows 7, Windows 7 Administration, Windows 7 security, Windows 7 security software

Have you deployed Windows 7 desktop virtualization?
Has anyone deployed Windows 7 desktop virtualization? How has it worked out for you? Were there any unexpecteds or things not advertised? I’m looking for use cases to determine if our move to Windows 7 should include desktop virtualization.

Answer Question   |  March 23, 2011  7:28 PM
Desktop virtualization, Desktop Virtualization Implementation, Desktop virtualization software, Windows 7, Windows 7 Administration, Windows desktop virtualization, Windows Virtualization

Running 64-bit editions of Windows 7
While most IT organizations have avoided Vista and the debate about going 64-bit altogether, going to Windows 7 raises the debate again. Are you planning to stay with 32-bit versions of Windows 7 even if your hardware can run 64-bit?

Answer Question   |  November 9, 2012  7:23 PM
Windows 7, Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 7 Administration, Windows 7 deployment, Windows 7 installation, Windows 7 migration

Windows 7 versus Linux?
Thoughts on one OS over the other? I’m considering transferring from Windows to Linux, but I’d like to know if the upgrade to Windows 7 would be worth it.

Answer Question   |  April 13, 2011  7:16 PM
Linux, Linux administration, Linux OS, Windows 7, Windows 7 Administration, Windows 7 deployment