Category: Windows 7

  • XP Virtualization in Windows 7

    I generally prefer to run Sun’s VirtualBox for virtualization — but the fact that Microsoft provides a free version of XP for virtualization was too good to pass up for my testing purposes.  Installing XP Mode was easy enough — but what I found interesting was how Microsoft integrated the XP Mode.  While you can…

  • Trying out Windows 7 with the TV

    One of the benefits of having a large flat screen TV is the wide abundance of video inputs.  At present, there are 8 on our TV, 4 HD,  2 RCA style, 1 cable and 1 PC connection (DVI).  This leaves lots of room for experimentation.  As noted on Saturday (https://blog.reeset.net/archives/614), I picked up a netbook,…

  • New toys

    So like most folks, I’m hanging out today kind of watching the super bowl — but am also playing with a new toy, my MSI Wind netbook.  This is a nifty little device, running a 1.6 ghz, 1 gb, 160 gb HD, 10.1 inch monitor weight about 2 lbs.  The machine came installed by default…