Installing SharePoint Server 2010 on Windows 7
Posted by merill | Filed under SharePoint 2010
Here’s a quick summary of how I installed the public beta of SharePoint Server 2010.
Minimum Requirements: – Windows 7 64 bit: What this means is that your workstation needs to be 64 bit and you need to have the 64 bit version of Windows 7 installed.
Setup: The [...]
Tags: 2010, install, SharePoint, windows 7
Windows 7: New Keyboard Shortcuts
Posted by merill | Filed under Tips
There are quite a few new keyboard shortcuts in Windows 7 and some of them are a godsend when working on a multi-monitor setup. I can finally retire UltraMon just to get a keyboard shortcut for switching windows between monitors.
There are new shortcuts for maximizing, restoring and minimizing windows as well. I will now be [...]
Tags: shortcuts, Tips, windows 7
Windows 7 beta and the beta nVidia Driver
Posted by merill | Filed under Microsoft
Two words: Don’t install
This is what nVidia says and you typically get it through Windows Update. I suffered with the title bar going missing and ugly black blocks on my desktop for a week before I figured that the nVidia beta drivers were to blame. It looks like others too are having the same problem.
It [...]
Running Windows 7 Beta
Posted by merill | Filed under Microsoft
With everyone reporting that Windows 7 beta was very stable I upgraded both my wife’s Dell Studio and my Dell 64-bit XPS to Windows 7.
Both setups ran fine without a hitch although the upgrade route took a couple of extra hours with all the migrating of application and user settings.
The good news is that I’ve [...]
