Windows

Windows 7 Release Candidate

1 min read Windows
I’ve never done an in-place OS upgrade before. As far back as Windows 95, I’ve always taken the more laborious (but in my mind, cleaner) method of formatting the hard disk

Limited Connectivity Mode

1 min read Software
When my business laptop connects to the internet, the following events occur: * Windows checks for updates and automatically begins downloading any important ones. * Firefox checks for updates for itself and any installed extensions.

Little Things That Annoy Me #3

1 min read Windows
Windows Mobile 6.1's incessant "wireless network detected" notifications. This is the summer of 2008. Half the homes in my village, and every business in Leeds has at least one wireless network, they're

Hey, Where Did Telnet Go?!

1 min read Windows
For the first time since moving over to Vista, I've just tried to use telnet, and was surprised to receive the following response: 'telnet' is not recognised as an internal or external command,