Tag Archives: Windows 7

VirtualBox

Posted on 8/7/2010 by James

I wrote a couple years ago extolling the virtues of virtual machines. I haven’t changed my mind about them, I still love them. I have changed software though. I had been using Microsoft’s Virtual PC 2007 which worked fairly well. … Continue reading →

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Dual Tuner for 7MC

Posted on 2/10/2010 by James

This past week I ordered, installed and configured a new dual tuner for my Windows 7 Media Center computer. The card that I used was a Hauppauge HVR-2250. This replaces my PVR-150 that I purchased many moons ago. The PVR-150 … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 Launch Day

Posted on 10/22/2009 by James

Today is the big day for Windows 7. It was a rocky road with Vista for a lot of folks and Microsoft is now ready for everyone to move on to Windows 7. This is the first time that I … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 at RC1

Posted on 5/7/2009 by James

This week Microsoft publicly released the first Release Candidate for the new operating system Windows 7. With this new operating system they hope to erase the bad image of Vista in the minds of computer users (an image that was … Continue reading →

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