January 24, 2011 3:14 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
Train Signal offers DVD- and online-based 70-681 course,
Train Signal offers self-paced Win 7 deployment trainingLast Thursday, well-known computer training company Train Signal released a DVD-based training package for Microsoft Exam
January 21, 2011 3:03 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
1/7/2013 rumored as Windows 8 GA release date,
Russian site WZOR leaks current MS Windows 8 release scheduleI just learned something new today: long-vaunted Malaysian Windows rumor/technology site ARS Technica has an equally serious rival in the Russian Federation. It's named WZOR and it's apparently a fountain of reasonably reliable rumors about many things Microsoft, including upcoming release dates...
January 17, 2011 3:31 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
get ready for Win7 and WinServ08R2 SP1,
KB976902 "preannounces" SP1 for Win7 and WinServ08R2,
Microsoft confirms impending SP1 for Win7 and WinServ08R2,
SP1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 is ready to goWhen I logged onto my primary desktop this morning, I noticed a new out-of-band (OOB) update from Microsoft had hit the update center. Normally, such updates are reserved for security fixes sufficiently hot to mean that waiting for the next patch Tuesday (February 8, 2011 in this case) is not a...
January 12, 2011 3:58 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
labeling issues make Dell C610 Wi-Fi driver tricky to identify,
old Dell notebook poses driver dilemma,
trial and error works better when informed by experienceIn my continuing efforts to turn a balky and failing 2000/2001 vintage Dell C610 notebook into a slow but still viable Windows XP machine for my sister, I've been learning some interesting things about Dell hardware and drivers (see my previous blog "
January 10, 2011 2:58 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
access troubled notebook drives easily with USB 2.0 to IDE/SATA converter cable,
balkly older Dell C610 notebook finally surrenders to USB 2.0 to IDE/SATA converter cable,
USB 2.0 to IDE/SATA converter cable great diagnostics/repair toolLast spring, my sister announced to me that she'd purchased her son a Dell Latitude C610 notebook on eBay for around $200. "Did I do the right thing?" she asked. "I don't know," I said, "let's see how it works out." The box ran for about four months, after which it got horribly infested with...
January 7, 2011 8:04 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
As XP and Vista decline in usage share Windows 7 keeps rising,
Windows 7 Internet usage share breaks 20%,
Windows 7 pops 20% barrierReports are popping up all over the Web that Windows 7 broke the 20 percent market share barrier last month, according to figures released by Internet tracking firm NetApplications over the New Year's weekend. The company pegs Windows 7 online usage for December 2010 at 20.9% of all desktops...
