August 24, 2010 2:47 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
another sign of Windows 7 success,
as Vista share falls Windows 7 share rises,
Windows 7 population nearly double that for VistaAccording to a story published on SoftPedia on August 16, 2010, Windows 7 has doubled down on Vista, and now owns 17.39% of the desktop operating system marketshare. At the same...
August 20, 2010 4:57 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
Ed Bott 8/18/2010 blog on Windows 7 and XP,
tide is turning for Windows 7,
Windows 7 and XP hit crossover pointIn a recent ZDNet blog entitled "It's official: Windows 7 is a hit, and XP is finally in decline" Windowsmeister extraordinaire Ed Bott shares some interesting insights, and one very slick chart, as he explains the analysis that led him to the title for his piece.
[caption id="attachment_997"...
August 16, 2010 10:43 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
fixing errant partition deletions,
lessons learned in repairing a damaged Win7 install,
Re-imaging a trashed Windows 7 system partitionI'm writing up a capsule review of a software product called Zinstall, which (among other things) can take the Windows.old files from a machine upgraded from Windows XP to Windows 7 and turn that information into a fully-functional Windows XP SP3 VM with all of the applications and appurtenances...
August 16, 2010 10:35 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
lessons learned using Zinstall XP7,
migrating XP to Windows 7,
Zinstall XP7 migration toolFor several months now, I've been interacting with the folks at Zinstall about their various products, most notably Zinstall XP7. This tool works with any version of Windows 7 (including Starter, Home Basic, and Home Premium) to migrate an existing, standalone Windows XP runtime environment...
August 11, 2010 4:20 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
interesting and powerful message and document organizer,
Oasys Mail Manager,
Oasys Mail Manager organizes and manages email and projects on a global scaleI had the great pleasure of speaking with Alec Milton, Managing Director of Product Marketing for Oasys Limited last Friday, to talk about the company's excellent Mail Manager product. Before I tell you a little about the software — which is unbelievably cool and capable — let me tell you a...
August 11, 2010 3:53 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
interesting retirement date for XP may affect Windows 7,
Vista and 7 retirement dates,
Windows XP,
Windows XP still has extended life supportFirst, a clarification, EOS stands for "End Of Support" and refers to the official cut-off dates for support from Microsoft for these various operating systems. Next, kudos to Ed Bott for totally nailing this topic in his Microsoft Report for ZDNet Monday, entitled "
