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Walt likes Windows 7.

Quoted: In general, I have found Windows 7 a pleasure to use. There are a few drawbacks, but my preliminary verdict on Windows 7 is positive.

Some interesting keyboard shortcuts here.

Quoted: It’s great to see Windows 7 Beta finally released to the world! We're very proud of what has been accomplished over the last months; in many ways, it sets a new quality bar for a beta operating system release. Building on top of the Windows Vista foundation,

I was using the Vista Magnifier, and the text on my screen is looking like crap. I checked my TrueType settings and they were turned off. Seems like the Magnifier is trashing this window setting.

This page explains how to set it back.

Windows Vista is the latest release of Microsoft Windows, a line of graphical operating systems used on personal computers, including home and business

Quoted: 管理者権限でも動かないソフトがあるときは「互換モード」を使ってみよう。Vistaを擬似的にXP以前の状態にしてソフトを動かすというモードで、管理者権限にしても動作し ないソフトの多くが動くようになるはずだ。

various steps to speed up Vista. fyi - i friggin' hate vista.
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Quoted: Right click your desktop Select Personalize Choose Windows Color And Appearance Uncheck Enable Transparency Click OK

iTunes 8 & Vista problems - or more correctly, iTunes sneaking in other software in its installer problems.

Quoted: Maybe because this isn’t a simple software update. Once again, Apple is using its automatic update process to deliver massive amounts of new software to users, including a device driver that has a long and checkered history of causing the Blue Screen Of Death to appear. And it’s delivering this massive payload without even a pretense of proper disclosure and without asking consent from its users.