Articles Posted in the " Win7 " Category

  • Paul Thurott’s God Mode

    Paul Thurott’s God Mode

    Okay, so it’s not really his God mode.  But he wrote about it. I’ve gotten a number of emails about a Windows 7 “God Mode” feature, and while I haven’t had time to check it out thoroughly, it’s now making the...


  • Windows 7 Speech Recognition and Dictation: Is “Built-in” really Cheaper (than a Mac?)

    Windows 7 Speech Recognition and Dictation: Is “Built-in” really Cheaper (than a Mac?)

    My brother brought up an interesting topic the other day.  We were having a discussion on twitter about various dictation software packages.  He had just bought Mac speech dictate published by the same people who do Dragon Dictation.  He made...


  • Update 2: Win 7 Install–2nd Time’s the Charm

    Update 2: Win 7 Install–2nd Time’s the Charm

    After further review it appears my initial install troubles would have been avoided had I installed the device drivers for the SATA drives that I was NOT going to use when installing Win 7.  It seems to have installed, but...


  • Update 1: Win 7 Install (no mouse drivers?)

    Update 1: Win 7 Install (no mouse drivers?)

    After disconnecting all the other drives, the install went off without a hitch.  The computer booted into Win 7, took me through the first time user screens (adding the license code, setting up the username and password, and selecting the...


  • Win7 Install Travails

    Win7 Install Travails

    UPDATE:  I have posted an update, with a re-install attempt that seems to be working. Okay, here we go!  I was excited to have been selected for the Win 7 Launch Party.  I received my “party pack” with my signature...