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13 days to move from Windows 7 RC

I started getting these, as expected, a couple of days ago. It’s a guess but lots of others are receiving them now too so I thought I’d take the opportunity to remind people about what’s going to happen: http://simon-may.com/windows...

Published Wed, Feb 02 2010 10:46 AM by simonster

Filed under: Windows 7

Interesting way to use Aero Snap

Long’s spotted a great series of advertising by Microsoft in the US that’s got a digital home bent to it so I thought I’d throw it out there. In Australia Microsoft are sponsoring part of the Open tennis coverage and (very cleverly) using the snap...

Published Fri, Jan 01 2010 12:07 PM by simonster

Filed under: Windows 7

Super-simple, no config commercial removal in Windows 7

I think I’ve found something too good to be true. I was just looking about on codeplex and came across this project WTVWatcher by Paul Bruce . It almost has me shaking in my seat for it’s simplicity and ease of use. What Paul’s done...

Published Mon, Nov 11 2009 12:30 PM by simonster

Filed under: media center, Windows 7

Order the full version of Windows 7 in UK for upgrade prices

In addition to announcing the availability of upgrades in the UK and the Family pack, Microsoft also announced that Windows 7 pricing will kick over to upgrade or full from September 1….so… If you want the full version of Windows 7 for the price of an...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2009 4:55 PM by simonster

Filed under: Windows 7

Mega Post on Streaming Media

Not much to say here other than to draw your attention to it, but over on the E7 blog there’s a very long, detailed post on the Streaming Media functions of Windows 7. There’s not much new information in there, but it’s a great intro for anyone...

Published Tue, May 05 2009 12:36 PM by simonster

Filed under: Windows 7, Play To

Another way to control Media Center from a WinMo phone

I love my windows mobile device and I’m always interested to look at something when it collides with Media Center. Well thanks to this tweet I’ve just learnt a new way. This video from Pocketnow.com shows off an interesting new application MobileRemote...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2009 5:47 PM by simonster

Filed under: media center, Windows 7, windows mobile

Feedback from Microsoft about what’s changing in the Windows 7 RC

Well folks, we’ve been wanting it for a while and today Microsoft have blogged about changes in the upcomming release candidate (RC) of Windows 7. The full post is here , but a couple of highlights: 21. Improved playback support for video content...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2009 1:07 PM by simonster

Filed under: Windows 7

UAC in Windows 7

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Published Fri, Feb 02 2009 9:43 AM by simonster

Filed under: Windows 7

Windows 7 Beta 2 – nope, RC is next!

Reading Steve Calyton’s blog just tipped me off that it’s true. On the engineering Windows 7 blog Steven Sinofsky (Senior VP Windows) has announced that they’re going strait to Release Candidate and there won’t be a Beta 2. This...

Published Fri, Jan 01 2009 8:58 PM by simonster

Filed under: Windows 7

Play to questions answered, part 2 – Play to and Media Center

Yesterday I revealed the answers to the questions you asked about using multiple devices and sync with Play To. Today I’m going to give you the information you really want, how it works with Media Center. The answer is: simply, and yes we’d...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2009 6:00 PM by simonster

Filed under: media center, Windows 7, Play To

Play To questions answered, part one – Multiple Devices and Sync

Ian and I just had a great call with Gabe Frost and Stan Pannington about Play To and all it entails. Thanks to Gabe and Stan for their help and information, you’ll be able to hear the interview in a forthcoming episode of The Media Canter Show...

Published Tue, Jan 01 2009 9:39 PM by simonster

Filed under: Windows 7, Play To

Play To

Right now over on the on10.net blog you’ll find a fantastic video of just how great the Play To features of Windows 7 are. Gabe Frost from the Windows team brings together lots of different devices that perform all the different DLNA roles and give...

Published Tue, Jan 01 2009 8:10 AM by simonster

Filed under: Windows 7, Play To

Play To compatible devices

Play To, it’s a fantastic feature of Windows 7, one that you may well find you already have devices in your house to support! Ian and I will be talking to Microsoft tomorrow and putting your Play To questions to them. Ahead of that though it’s...

Published Mon, Jan 01 2009 11:15 PM by simonster

Filed under: Windows 7, Play To

Anti Virus for Windows 7, One Care doesn’t seem to play nice

I’ve talked before about how much I like One Care but alas it doesn’t seem to like Windows 7. Such a shame. I was thinking about going and grabbing AVG or McAfee (I get this free from my bank account) but I’ve just seen a post from the...

Published Fri, Jan 01 2009 9:18 AM by simonster

Filed under: one care, Windows 7

Community powered feedback for 7MC

How are you finding your Media Center experience on Windows 7? Want to know how other people are finding it but tired of digging through all the information? Think you've got an idea that could make the experience even better? You might want to give...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2009 5:15 PM by simonster

Filed under: media center, Windows 7

More details about Play To and a bit of DLNA

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Published Wed, Jan 01 2009 5:10 PM by simonster

Filed under: Windows 7, Play To

Windows 7 – lovely, simple things

This one image typifies why I’m loving Windows 7 so much. It’s all the simple, little attention to detail things that make it great. This this is the folders icon on my task bar. I’m copy files, a lot of the actually, the green bit is...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2009 4:34 PM by simonster

Filed under: Windows 7

Live Mesh update today with fix Windows 7 Aero

You all know I love Live Mesh and I’m not alone judging by the comments. There’s an update for Live Mesh about to hit the streets sometime soon (when a little SSL issue is resolved). Amongst other fixes like P2P improvements this update will...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2009 8:13 AM by simonster

Filed under: live mesh, Windows 7

Do you have questions for Microsoft about "Play To"...then ask!

This is a bit of fantastic news! We've been contacted by Microsoft following our coverage of the Play To feature in Windows 7 pointing us to a white paper that has some great information in it about "Play To" devices. It's written for...

Published Tue, Jan 01 2009 12:37 PM by simonster

Filed under: Windows 7, Play To

Amazon mp3 not Windows 7 friendly (but it can be with “Troubleshoot compatibility”)

I just went to download the current Kanye West album just got this message whilst trying to install the software to download albums. Bummer. Then I remembered…. …“Troubleshoot compatibility”. This fantastic feature lets you run...

Published Mon, Jan 01 2009 9:00 AM by simonster

Filed under: Windows 7

How to enable "Play to" on your Windows 7 machine

There is a new and quite cool feature of Windows 7 that shows some serious promise and is just one fantastic freebie of the Windows Media Player 12. It’s called “Play to” and it lets you play music on any DLNA 1.5 devices from Media...

Published Sun, Jan 01 2009 6:12 PM by simonster

Filed under: Windows 7

Windows 7 available to all till Jan 24th

MyDigital life is reporting that Microsoft have officially removed the download cap of 2.5 million from the Windows 7 Beta until Jan 24th. So get it whilst you can, at least get hold of your product keys. Life Hacker tells you how. Posted by Simon May...

Published Sun, Jan 01 2009 5:48 PM by simonster

Filed under: Windows 7

Media Center is power aware

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Published Fri, Jan 01 2009 10:26 PM by simonster

Filed under: Windows 7

Tunerfree MCE for Windows 7

With the newly available Windows 7 Beta comes a slew of "it works" cries from all over. One that you won't need to check is Tunerfree MCE. Martin has already done that and released a small update. In Martin's own words 2.0.1b Beta version...

Published Fri, Jan 01 2009 12:30 PM by simonster

Filed under: add-in, media center, Windows 7

Asus show off another 8” Media Center PC!

I only just posted about Sony’s 8” netbook / fully functional Media Center and it seems that Asus have trumped Sony! How? They’ve got the biggest SSD ever in this thing, 512gb – wow. It’s also slightly thinner. This one has been announced...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2009 1:10 PM by simonster

Filed under: media center, Windows 7, ces

Windows 7 Beta and patch

Well if you’re not already running Windows 7, build 7000 or “the Beta” then you can download it tomorrow. The usual warnings about it being beta apply, but it is pretty stable. There is already a patch out though that you will really want to apply...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2009 12:30 PM by simonster

Filed under: media center, Windows 7

Windows 7 looks to be fast, fast, fast

Really interesting article here on ZDnet where the latest build of Windows 7 has been benchmarked. On the kit they tested on Windows 7 (6965) booted in just 20 seconds, which is pretty darn speedy, and actually faster than XP with SP3. From our point...

Published Fri, Dec 12 2008 10:27 PM by simonster

Filed under: Windows 7

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13 days to move from Windows 7 RC

Interesting way to use Aero Snap

Super-simple, no config commercial removal in Windows 7

Order the full version of Windows 7 in UK for upgrade prices

Mega Post on Streaming Media

Another way to control Media Center from a WinMo phone

Feedback from Microsoft about what’s changing in the Windows 7 RC

UAC in Windows 7

Windows 7 Beta 2 – nope, RC is next!

Play to questions answered, part 2 – Play to and Media Center

Play To questions answered, part one – Multiple Devices and Sync

Play To

Play To compatible devices

Anti Virus for Windows 7, One Care doesn’t seem to play nice

Community powered feedback for 7MC

More details about Play To and a bit of DLNA

Windows 7 – lovely, simple things

Live Mesh update today with fix Windows 7 Aero

Do you have questions for Microsoft about "Play To"...then ask!

Amazon mp3 not Windows 7 friendly (but it can be with “Troubleshoot compatibility”)

How to enable "Play to" on your Windows 7 machine

Windows 7 available to all till Jan 24th

Media Center is power aware

Tunerfree MCE for Windows 7

Asus show off another 8” Media Center PC!

Windows 7 Beta and patch

Windows 7 looks to be fast, fast, fast

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