Windows 7 Beta - everything started 13 years ago

The beta release of the last Microsoft operating system, Windows 7, can be downloaded since yesterday on downloadwin.com also. You have both versions available to download, review or comment:

- Windows 7 Beta, 32-bit
- Windows 7 Beta, 64-bit

The download pages contains also the Windows 7 Beta serials that Microsoft offered with the .iso files. To install Windows 7 Beta you will need to burn the .iso file on a cd. I recommend Nero 9.2.6.0, one of the world’s most trusted integrated digital media and home entertainment software suite.

The usability improvements or the fact that it consume less resources than Vista, the touch screen features, speech and handwriting recognition are not the reason for this article. Reading about Windows 7 Beta, I realised one thing that no one said anything. It requires 16G hard-disk space!

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Downgrade my Acer TravelMate 6292 laptop from Vista to Windows XP

Oh, boy! It was quite a jorney and the challenge was to install the SATA Hard Drive without a floppy disk drive!

I was sick about Vista. Do not understand me wrong, I like Vista because it looks great and for a beginner is above user-friendly but (there is a but!) for an advanced user may be, from time to time nothing but trouble. I encountered lots and lots of problems starting with permissions to copy, move or delete files and folders and ending with his stubbornness to uninstall software.

Acer Travelmate 6292

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