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  1. VIDEO Upgrading through every version of Windows since DOS 5.0

    Link Removed Prepare for a trip down memory lane. YouTuber Andy spends what seems like a whole day upgrading Windows, starting from DOS 5.0 and working his way up until Windows 7. Microsoft truly deserves a hand for making this process possible. Andy keeps track of several interesting...
  2. No joke: Ex-mayor's name too funny for Ind. center

    A former Indiana mayor who won four terms in the 1930s and 1950s is proving less popular with modern-day city leaders, who say they probably won't name a new government center for him because of the jokes his moniker could inspire. Harry Baals is the runaway favorite in online voting to name...
  3. Ohio Executes One-Time Neo-Nazi Who Killed 3

    Ohio on Thursday executed a one-time neo-Nazi who shot to death two men and a teen more than a quarter-century ago on the campus of Cleveland State University in a shooting spree that targeted blacks. More Ohio Executes One-Time Neo-Nazi Who Killed 3
  4. Ballmer sells windows1.0

    http://windows7forums.com/newthread.php?do=newthread&f=88 :zoned:
  5. VIDEO Strangest Stunts

    Jack LaLanne's 10 Strangest Stunts Few people have taken physical fitness as seriously as Jack LaLanne -- and few have taken it to the extremes he did. LaLanne died Jan. 23 of respiratory failure due to pneumonia at the age of 96 at his home in Morro Bay on California's central coast...
  6. Windows 7 Microsoft Campus Tours - Microsoft Research Part 2 - Manual Deskterity

    Larry Larsen and Microsoft Research General Manager Kevin Schofield take a tour of Building 99. In this video, the second of three parts, Michel Pahud walks us through some of his touch computing research projects. Link Removed Link Removed
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    Windows 7 Get old XP Network Logon screen back?

    I would REALLY love to see them allow an option for the old XP windows logon for networks with: Username Password Log on To drop down Link Removed Rollout of Win 7 in our group has gone OK, but all my users gripe about this missing element more than any other and Im always reminding people...
  8. University of Canberra rolls out Windows 7

    The University of Canberra has joined the list of Australian organisations dumping their legacy Windows XP environments and upgrading to Windows 7, completing a 900-seat rollout in August to its student PCs that also included an upgrade to Microsoft Office 2007. Link Removed - Invalid URL
  9. Windows XP Garanteed through 2020 by popular demand

    Link Removed They can't get rid of Vista either......
  10. VIDEO After Lawsuits and Therapy, Star Wars Kid is Back

    It may be the most legendary monument to the internet’s 15 megabytes of fame – or unintentional infamy: eight years ago, private footage of a heavy-set teenager, spinning nearly uncontrollably while wielding an imaginary-lightsaber, as if in an audition tape for Star Wars, was uploaded to the...
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    Windows 7 OnBoard Lan was broke: how could this have fixed it?

    I have an Acer Aspire M5700 desktop purchased in late 2009. Onboard Intel® 82567-V2 Gigabit Ethernet Controller. Originally came with Vista and upgraded to Win7 through Acer's free upgrade program. All features of the system were operating without noticeable issues until a few months ago. I...
  12. Ronnie James Dio dies at 67; legendary heavy metal singer

    He replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath and was also lead singer for the bands Rainbow and Dio. Many of his songs revolved around the struggle between good and evil. Ronnie James Dio, a legendary heavy metal singer who replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath and also was lead singer for...
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    Windows 7 guide for differences between windows XP vs. windows 7

    guide for differences between windows XP vs. windows 7 I am looking for a site or guide that tell you the differences between these version of windows and I have not found one yet. any one come across anything like this on the internet yet ? if so send me a link. I know I can go out and get...
  14. Windows 7 F4 error with Pioneer 106S DVD-ROM

    As the title suggests my DVD-ROM, a Pioneer 106S, is blue screening everytime I push a disk into the drive. I see that it tries to read the disk and then the blue screen happens.. Now as the drive is actually 9yrs old I'm pretty sure the problem is that it's come to the end of it's working...
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    Windows 7 Installing windows 7 on a PC with intel i865pe chipset

    I have tried installing windows 7 on a PC with intel i865pe chipset (namely Asus P4P-800). I have got the message sazying that it needs drivers in order to proceed. Where can I download them? I have tried searching on the site of the manufacturer or just in google... unfortunately I have found...
  16. What Windows7 could mean for Linux

    Link Removed Windows7 is probably Microsoft’s best OS yet and will therefore slow the move the Linux in the short term, but the limitations built into Microsoft’s development stack show it to be a dead end that will leave Microsoft marketing magnificent visions of its unfolding...
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    Windows 7 Panansonic KX-p7100 Printer drivers

    Anyone have any ideas where to find. I know it is an old printer but it is a good laser printer.It won't auto install and I haven't found anyware that has the print drivers for 7
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 64 Bit Epson Perfection 1660 Scanner Driver Needed

    Hi All Anyone have a Windows 7, 64 bit driver for an Epson Perfection 1660 Scanner? It's a little old but works perfectly. I don't use it that often and would prefer not to throw it away. :) Thanks a lot Ian
  19. VIDEO Tron Legacy

    Tron was my "nick name"
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    Windows 7 windows 7 - Old Compaq?

    Has anyone tried or know if you can do an install on an old Compaq. I have one that needs to be reformatted and we have lost or never even had the disks for this a long time ago, at least 5 years ago. I glanced through their website for the model number and they only had software for XP. From...