Best Buy’s headline‑grabbing $699 Surface Pro markdown has stirred the usual mix of excitement and caution among Windows shoppers — it can be a genuine value if you buy the right SKU, but the deal also exposes familiar traps: ambiguous model names, accessory costs that stack up quickly...
Microsoft’s public preview of a self-service quota management experience for Azure App Service brings a long-requested level of transparency and control to scaling web apps — a dedicated App Service Quota blade in the Azure portal that shows usage per SKU, lets teams request new limits inline...
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I want to trash all data on a secondhand pc which has vista
I want to wipe the existing installation completely & install a clean Windows 7
Which version do I use
fqc-00129 or fqc-00133
Softpedia have a report on the 'Release Preview' which contains some interesting news:
Reference:
New Metro Apps in Windows 8 Release Preview - Softpedia
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I recently borrowed a windows 7 disk from a friend of mine. I wanted to wipe my hard drive clean because my laptop was getting slow from all my downloads. I popped in the CD and all was working fine. I got to the window where it asks me for my product key. I look on the bottom of my laptop...
We already knew that there would be multiple flavors of the next version of Windows . This is, after all, Microsoft, and if it isn't available in dozens of different SKUs, one for each rung on the ladder from student to corporate executive, then it isn't worth stamping to a disc and throwing in...
Can I use Win 7 Home Premium Key to install Professional version?
My computer came with Home Premium and I have the key on the back of my computer.
Can I install Win 7 Professional using the same key?
I just tried installing Win 7 Professional and it gave me a message:
The Product...
I plan on upgrading to Windows 7 64 from XP 64 this October but I am a little confused as to how the pricing for this works.
I understand that XP users are eligible for the upgrade price for Windows 7 but a few things about this does not make sense to me.
The first thing is where to purchase...
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So i downloaded the Windows 7 RTM.
But when installing I saw no pop-up box to choose between the 5 SKU'S. It went straight to Ultimate.
Its the right RTM. 7600.16385.
I used the iso verify and it confirmed it as a valid 7600 32-BIT iso. Where is the bit to change versions then?
Microsoft have slightly eased the limitations for their most basic SKU, and also removed the 3 application limit. Read here and Link Removed - Invalid URL.
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Link Removed
Wow, that's about 2 versions too many. We could do without the starter and home basic, you know those aren't really Windows 7 (Hell, they're barely even Windows.)
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