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Program folders should be left in Explorer and only the .EXE shortcut placed on the Windows Control Center movable strip. And JUST the program name, not with the .exe attached, and no 'shortcut to..' or shortcut arrow.

Everything the USER creates should be stored in folders under their user name - ie, Graham > has sub-folders Documents, Pictures, Music, Graphics, Smiley's, User Data, Settings, Mail, Stationary, Video, Movies, TV Programs, yada, yada, yada ... so if you ever need to move to a new computer, you just copy USER Name (Graham) with all the sub-folders. Saves having to look around for something's you left behind - or before you reformat the HD. Programs installed are a separate problem - MS can figure out - Hey!, just rename the lot - Windows.OLD :-) (They still got their old registry, come on, tell us? Or did you merge with the new?)

( Well .. I stated something, didn't I? I'm waiting for Vista to copy a file — it may take a couple of days :-) )

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Microsoft relents: Vista SP1 available to technical users now

On February 11, responding to customer unrest, Microsoft announced it will make Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 available earlier than it originally promised.

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*Not poor suckers like me though .. :-(

I paid Aust$180 for Vista Home Premium Academic Upgrade at Harvey Norman, Morley, Western Australia on Day 1 of release at 9:30 am. Although it's been many a moon since I went to study anything, that's the only version they are selling in West (Australia?) And I think the reason is that it's price is lower than the normal version and Microsoft OVER PRICED Vista in Australia. They could hardly discount the normal version on day 1 to their 1st customer, could they. So they pushed the cheaper Academic to save face. (I even made a video and uploaded it to YouTube!) Please don't let me go down in history as the biggest sucker of all time... :-(

Anyway, Office Works in Morley, WA, are now selling that version for Aust$175 AND — WAIT FOR IT — PAYING YOU $75 TO INSTALL IT!!!!!!

That's right folks, you get a "Bonus $75 voucher for installation#" (But you have to buy a stamp apparently.)

#Cashbacks and bonuses via redemption from supplier. Postage/redemption charges apply...

So, now they can't give VISTA away for Aust$100 ...

THE Windows 7 guy

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 03:08:34 GMT

Well, there is another guy too, but he's under the bonnet, and does not count. If we can't see it, we can't judge whether to buy it, or not. Blue car - not the motor.

(OK, it's Jon DeVaan - Core Operating System Division. Happy.)

Steven Sinofsky - THE Windows 7 guy

Steven Sinofsky, the Windows 7 and "Live" guy believes in the rhythm method of 'there is always another version'. That's fine - as long as you are only going to slug us the Windows ME $98 upgrade and not the Windows Vista $180 upgrade. Plus, there is somewhere to put the "Windows OLD" that stuff you up if you don't do a clean install.

"..Delivered just three years after Vista, Windows 7 will only serve to prepare the fertile soil for Windows 8. And in this regard, Windows 8 will bring on the true Windows evolution, with Windows 7 being somewhat of a more modest release..."

Just the $98, but don't turn the product into Windows Vista ME...

And don't call it Windows Live ..

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"...MSBob ::
The thing to remember, however, is that this is the end of M1 (i.e. milestone 1), and there are three milestones. There won’t be any major visual refresh until after M2 (i.e., everything will be implemented with the Vista look-and-feel until after M2). Whatever the new visual look of Win7 will be will be kept under wraps for quite a while. This is no different from Luna for XP and Aero for Vista...."
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Thank you MSBob, that's to be expected - no one really sees the design till late in the day. There's a lot to do. Well, hopefully, there's a lot to do!

(MSBob - rumored to be "Deep Throat" or StevenSi, an insider from Microsoft. OK, it's Marketing!)

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"...Riyad Kalla Says on another blog:
I’d think they are in the ballpark… Microsoft moves so slowly, that a year time frame is how long it takes just for testing and refining… "
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Let's not forget the design team that took five months to design the Vista wireless icon ...ROFL. Cutting the 3 green bars to 2 was a stroke of genius .. :-) (Sleepless in Seattle, no doubt!)

So, it the mean time, we'll just keep on making it up ...

— do more Than Before

"Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces." -- Sigmund Freud

*Just remember that Windows is an international product, don't put any US eccentric stuff in.

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If you're wondering what happened to the codenames of Vienna, and before that Blackcomb, which were originally attached to the OS, Windows senior VP Steven Sinofsky has banished those ciphers name as a sign of his desire to refocus the team on the steak rather than the sizzle. It's in keeping with Sinofsky's previous reign over Office 2000, XP/2002, 2003 and 2007 - all of which were known only by their internal version numbers (such as Office 2007 being ‘Office 12') before being christened with a marketing label.

*You have to remember that business relies on numbers, they feel happy with numbers, they love numbers ... $$$$$$$$$. However the person in the street needs dreams - dreams of desire, of longing, of romantic fulfillment - of something new, something Shangri-la - on a lost HORIZON.

It's fine for the Windows 7 team to focus on the 'steak' because that is what they are hired to do. However, the great unwashed demand to see smoke on the horizon ...

And selling the 'sizzle' and not the steak is the retailer ...

Marketing has to sell the 'odour' to create the 'drool' to get you to the 'sizzle' to buy that tough piece of steak!

You just don't get hungry and desire in the street without a tempting aroma wafting though the air. -- Give the public some tit-bits.

Then you start to drool. -- Make us want to buy it - and can't hardy wait. (Only what is certain.)

We will be there on the doorstep to see the sizzle.. -- Retail point-of-sale

Once we are home with the steak, we'll install it -- and then ---- let the heartache begin -- UNLESS YOU'RE DONE A GOOD JOB.

"Eye of toad, ear of newt, Windows 7 is going to be a beaut!"

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Design classics - Windows Horizon (Windows 7)

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:53:02 GMT

Clarifying the unfathomable - the daunting task of designing the graphical user interface (GUI) for Windows Horizon (Windows 7)

Vista is a good start at being able to find things very easily ..

Introducing Harry Beck...

The striking Tube map that is recognised across the globe was the brainchild of Underground electrical draughtsman, Harry Beck, who produced this imaginative yet stunningly simple design back in 1933.

Beck based the map on the circuit diagrams he drew for his day job, stripping the sprawling Tube network down to basics.

The result was an instantly clear and comprehensible chart that would become an essential guide to London - and a template for transport maps the world over.

The 2008 map

The tube map is the schematic diagram representing the lines, stations, and zones of London's rapid transit rail system, the London Underground.

As a schematic diagram it shows not the geographic but the relative positions of stations along the lines, stations' connective relations with each other and their fare zone locations. The basic design concepts, especially that of mapping topologically rather than geographically, have been widely adopted for other network maps around the world.

People don't buy cars for dual carb's, whiz-bang engine mod's, or ABS breaks for extra safety —

THEY BUY THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE BLUE - have auto windows, air conditioning, chrome hubcaps and a good steering wheel!

— do more Than Before

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That Windows 7 girl!

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:23:55 GMT

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More Dramatic UI Changes—

People are driven by what they can hear, see, smell, touch, and taste. It doesn't matter how many changes you make to the core of Windows: if it doesn't look and act dramatically different, people won't feel like it is.

February 7, 2008
How to Make Windows 7 Better
By Jason Cross

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I agree with what this guy is writing about - but the one actually charged with doing something about it at Microsoft is — That Windows 7 Girl!

and here she is ....

Julie Larsen-Green: she changed the way Office 2007 looks and works, and now she's got the same job on the Windows Horizon (Windows 7) team.

Eight hundred million people and some Chinese are counting on you Julie ...

On the horizon - the dawn of a new day.

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Google Notebook knock-off of EverNote???? Windows 7 should get ..

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:53:54 GMT

Is Google Notebook an EverNote clone or what? Maybe they licensed the concept. I use the free version of EverNote and have for a long, long time. They only bother you about every three months with a pop-up on Vista start, to upgrade .. just click NO. Very civilised I think.

EverNote - something unique and useful

Whichever or whatever, it's a MUST HAVE feature for Windows Horizon (Windows 7) being so Net - Windows Live .. ish!

"Keeping the dream alive ..."

Google Notebook

Welcome to Google Notebook

Clip and collect information as you browse the web.

Clip useful information.
You can add clippings of text, images and links from web pages to your Google Notebook without ever leaving your browser window.
Organize your notes.
You can create multiple notebooks, divide them into sections, and drag-and-drop your notes to stay organized.
Get access from anywhere.
You can access your Google Notebooks from any computer by using your Google Accounts login.
Publish your notebook.
You can share your Google Notebook with the world by making it public.
New! Get access from your phone.
You can now access Google Notebook from your mobile phone by going to http://www.google.com/notebook/m.

Take a tour of Google Notebook »

Google Notebook

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Windows Horizon (Windows 7) sidebar in Explorer

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:38:32 GMT

Windows Horizon (Windows 7) running Sidebar in Explorer

"The launch of Windows Vista was an incredibly exciting moment for our customers and partners around the world, and the company is focused on the value Windows Vista will bring to people today," Kevin Kutz, a Director in the Windows Client group at Microsoft said on February 13, 2007. "We are not giving official guidance to the public yet about the next version of Windows, other than that we're working on it. When we are ready, we will provide updates."

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I'm afraid it was only exciting to me, mate, and then I was off the Net for 2-months because of my ISP BigPond Australia. Also, my Pentax camera take 3-minutes to connect. But I love how easy it is to navigate - and search - although 'search' could be a bit better at finding things. Some preview on images found during search from the start orb would be good also.

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Windows Vista was a major release, and Windows 7 will be also be a major update.

Microsoft hasn't publicly committed to any features for Windows 7 and the company is currently still deciding what this next Windows release will look like.

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Windows 7 will make it easier for users to find and use information. Local, network and Internet search functionality will converge.

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*The key word is - converge.

Watch out GOOGLE - If it's not on the PC or Network you'll be integrated and searching with Live Search - before you have a chance to get your Google out!

This is a major take over from Google search -- it's a biggie -- can they get away with it. Probably. Let Google put whatever search they want into Windows - if you search on your computer and/or network, you'll also be searching online with Live Search..

SPELLS THE END OF GOOGLE BY STEALTH ...

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The REAL Windows 7 Seven — Horizon and Sunrise

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:10:41 GMT

Shipping Windows Horizon and Sunrise ( The REAL Windows 7 Seven )

Windows Sunrise (Basic - Lite PC specs to run) - Windows Horizon (Premium) - Windows Business Horizon - Windows Horizon Xtreme (Ultimate)

Four only versions that do not contain Windows Media Player, but Windows Media Center. (Except Business.)

(Media Player may be downloaded as a free bonus from Microsoft, as will many other incentives.)

For home users the big emphasis is on creative activity - music, video, image, photo, editing, creation and much more, while the business emphasis is on network integration and robust, secure and easy upgrade across the entire network. Plus a secure and easy bond with Live Wave, communication and Office.

No one wants Horizon and Sunrise until they are ready, and we will make do with the excellent VISTA until then. Contrary to some reports on the Net - Vista is the best Microsoft operating system to date. There are problems - but then, aren't there problems with your football team?

What? If it doesn't look real - who will believe it!

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