Windows 7
Windows 7
Today I started Bitlocker (Windows 7 x64 bit OS) on an external drive but noticed something, the normal UI notification in the system tray that shows the progress indicator was missing. A bug? Perhaps. When BitLocker starts it takes up the majority of the drive space to do the encryption, so to me it was clear the encryption was in progress but I couldn’t figure out how far along it was without the UI element. Example: How I suspected encryption was still in progress (big red bar) To try and figure out what’s going...
The other day I finally did something I’ve been wanted to do since I heard the awesome announcement at PDC: Windows 7 can run on a Netbook. This was terrific news and something I was really hoping to hear. Windows XP to me is a dead operating system, for all its glory its time to move on, yet I worried with the rise of Netbooks if this was possible without a “light” version of our newer Windows releases. With Windows 7, my wish came true. Build The build that I am installing is the one...