Since upgrading from XP isn’t really "Microsoft approved", maybe the best way of doing it is to just break down and buy that new machine pre-installed. The hardware vendors will love you for it, and you may avoid a few dozen headaches.

LANrev’s new LANrev 5.2 includes Windows 7 IT asset management and remote management capabilities. IT professionals will be able to deploy software and patches, scan for FDCC compliance, and more on machines running Windows 7.

To quote your realtor, "Location matters". In the case of upgrading to Windows 7, having your files in the "correct location" could knock hours off your upgrade.

In 1972 Martha Mitchell blew the whistle on Watergate. Her husband, and others, countered by saying she was imagining things. Now Microsoft seems to be using the same ploy against i4i in its patent infringement case.

Microsoft released patches for TCP/IP, in MS09-048, for Vista, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008. Originally they excluded only Windows Server 2000 SP4. Now the exclusion has been extended to Windows XP.

Any suggestions how to recover this message without committing hara-kiri? That’s what Steve McDonald asked us after Outlook Express ate his chapter. Read this article for some limited suggestions.

Read this OutlookPower article.

Laplink Software announced a special version of PCmover, to be released October 1, accommodating an "in-place" upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7.

Microsoft has been pushing the idea of touch screen computing with Windows 7. But some vendors have disabled parts of the processor, thereby disabling touch capabilities, and not many applications support touch.

Microsoft has tested various scenarios for upgrading to Windows 7. For example: a clean install should take about 30 minutes. But. If you’re upgrading, Microsoft’s tests show it could take as long as 20 hours.

A new beta version of "visual search" produces rows of images instead of columns of highlighted text. This might help you locate a new handbag, in case you have trouble defining what you want using words.