http://www.walterglenn.com writer * designer * technologist Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:06:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Almost everything I’ve thrown at Windows 7 over the past 8 or 9 months of testing first the Beta then the RC has worked – hardware and software alike. The sole exception in the hardware realm has been the Linksys Wireless PCI Card (WMP54G v4.0) in my son’s computer. The trouble ... http://www.walterglenn.com/2009/10/26/windows-7-64-bit-getting-the-linksys-wireless-pci-card-wmp54g-to-work/ I’d like to announce the publication and immediate availability of the MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-653): Configuring Windows® Small Business Server 2008, which I wrote with Beatrice Mulzer and Scott Lowe. This is the first edition of the book and it is aimed at helping people prepare for the ... http://www.walterglenn.com/2009/09/10/book-configuring-small-business-server-2008-training-kit/ I recently wiped my computer to do a clean install of Windows 7 RTM. After doing a regular backup with Windows Home Server, I decided to cut myself a break and buy a new hard drive. I ended up buying a Seagate 1TB to store my documents and a 300 ... http://www.walterglenn.com/2009/08/21/thermaltake-blacx-external-drive-bay/ July 23, 2009. Microsoft today signed off on the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) code for Windows 7, it’s newest version of Windows. RTM means that the code is finished and is now ready to be distributed to partners, installed on new PCs, and pressed on DVDs. Windows 7 ... http://www.walterglenn.com/2009/07/22/microsoft-releases-windows-7-rtm/ Deviantart has a great chart that shows pics of many different types of computer hardware, from hard drives to memory to processors. You can view it online, download the full size image for free (it’s a big file), or even buy a print from them. Stumbled across this one on Lifehacker. ... http://www.walterglenn.com/2009/07/20/computer-hardware-chart/ On June 10, 2009, Microsoft announced that it would discontinue sales of Microsoft Money after June 30, 2009. And they did. The latest version of the software, Microsoft Money Plus, was released in August, 2007, and after such a long time I should have known trouble was in the air. As a ... http://www.walterglenn.com/2009/07/20/life-after-money-microsoft-that-is/ For those thinking of upgrading to Windows 7 when it is released or just trying out the public Release Candidate (RC) version, you can now use the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor to scan a computer for any compatibility issues before you install. The Upgrade Advisor will report known compatibility issues, including ... http://www.walterglenn.com/2009/05/08/windows-7-upgrade-advisor-now-available/ In my ongoing hunger for new utilities, I came across a free set of utilities I can't believe I haven't been using all along. Glary Utilities combines a number of different tools under a single interface. Tools in Glary Utilities (by category): Category Tool Description Clean-Up & Repair Disk Cleaner Works much like the Disk Cleanup tool ... http://www.walterglenn.com/2009/03/02/glary-utilities/ As you've probably heard by now, Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Beta is now publically available for testing. It promises better power usage, reduced resource consumption in Sidebar gadgets, Windows Search 4, the ability to burn data to Blu-Ray disks, several other features, and numerous security fixes and updates. You can ... http://www.walterglenn.com/2008/12/10/testing-windows-vista-service-pack-2-beta/ About a year and a half ago, my son was diagnosed with Type I diabetes. (Not Type II, which has been getting all the news lately along with declining health issues). He decided last year to do the walk for research for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and raised a bunch ... http://www.walterglenn.com/2007/10/09/liams-mountain-marchers/