Today is the day that Microsoft launches their new operating system Windows 7 to the general public. Windows 7 is a pivotal moment for Microsoft as they try to come back after the awful launch of the much-hated Windows Vista. I personally really liked Vista but the launch was rushed and the initial drivers support from hardware [...]

While browsing around the interwebs and watching how quickly Beta Build 7048 of Windows 7 spread I kept seeing the same question asked. How do you burn the ISO image? There are all kinds of CD/DVD programs out there that allow you to burn an ISO image to a CD or DVD but most of [...]

Some of you out there may not want to go through the entire installation of Windows 7 again and would rather simply upgrade from a previous build of the beta (such as build 7000) to the latest beta refresh build 7048. Well, to complete this you’ll need to perform a quick registry edit to allow [...]

So you’ve downloaded a copy of the Windows 7 Beta but have no way to activate it? Well, have you tried registering a Beta key? They’re free you know. Well, maybe you have a key that doesn’t match the version of the Beta download you have and you just need to extend the life a [...]

What is BitLocker? Microsoft BitLocker Drive Encryption is a data protection feature in Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise and Ultimate editions (and also Windows 7) that protects data when a computer is in unauthorized hands or is running an exploiting operating system. BitLocker does this by preventing an unauthorized user who boots another operating system or [...]