Well I haven't blogged in a while and thats because I've been busy with personal things, but because this blogs about everything but myself here's my latest happening in a blog post. Im sure you've all heard about Windows 7, Microsoft's brand new operating system which has been through it's BETA and Release Candidate stages and is due to be released to the public on 22nd October, but because of my college and it's partnership with Microsoft Software Development Network and the MSDN Academic Alliance. I was able to get my hands on a genuine copy of Windows 7 Professional and had some time to install it onto my Compaq Presario Laptop. So after slightly annoying people with "OMG I HAS WINDOWS 7 PROFESSIONAL" I decided to show you guys a machine running Windows 7 Professional that isn't the BETA, RC1 or RC2.

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Well recently my posts have been about computers and technology, and this one is no different, I've mainly been playing around with hardware and tech stuff recently so I thought I'd get a trend going. Over time of using Windows XP I've slowly started to really hate the Windows XP Theme you know the theme where you have a big blue task bar with a green start button, since Windows 95 the taskbar really hasn't changed much but I've always thought it was fine as it is, so why fix something which is not broken, but recently I've gone back to the classic theme of windows that you would find as default in Windows 95, 98 or 2000. Maybe it was just some slow realisation but I honestly have switched back to Windows Classic on Windows XP

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If you have more than one computer in your house have you ever considered creating a network to connect them to each other? So each can communicate, share devices attached by local ports or even share simple files or applications. I hadn't really considered setting up a network until I got a laptop, but recently I found myself using my laptop and wanting to use devices such as printer, but of course these are connected to my PC! I could simply plug the USB into the back of my laptop but what if I was doing work downstairs on the sofa on my laptop and I need to print something? Sure like I said I could walk upstairs and plug the printer USB into the back of my laptop. But that would mean I would be forever walking around with my laptop and having to plug things in and out when a laptop is a portable computer! Kind of defeats the object of having one. But to solve this I've created a small home network between my PC and Laptop.

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6 months ago I posted a half rant/half truce with Windows Vista. I'd bought Windows Vista Ultimate thinking great, going to install Window Vista on my desktop experience Aero on my new 27" screen but sadly it didn't install. Infact the install itself just up and crashed everytime and just kept hanging on the same spot. I'd checked my hardware and they we're all Vista compatible, so I was a little baffled. But in this process some good came out of it. I managed to obtain second hand laptop from a friend and I installed Windows Vista on that instead and concluded I will leave my desktop which was born into the world on XP, alone and content with Windows XP running through it's veins. But now I've decided to continue the fight to install Windows Vista on my troublesome desktop

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About a few months ago I invested in a laptop, and now a days many people has some form of laptop, it could be a work laptop which is given to you in your job or your own personal laptop which you at home and around the house. I purchased a second hand laptop a few months ago, but not for either reasons I listed above, you see I had managed to get a legal copy of Windows Vista Ultimate from a website that is a Microsoft product reseller and sells software to students but at really low prices

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