Friday, September 03, 2010 1:39 PM/EST
Here's a hypothetical: The boss wakes up one day and decides that he wants Windows 7 on his XP-powered laptop. Now. Today. What do you do? What do you do? As you well know, there's no such thing as...
Wednesday, September 01, 2010 6:00 PM/EST
Last week I told you about the Gartner Group report that predicted higher migration costs for enterprises that delay their Windows 7 migration. Speaking of predictions, I also told you that the inevitable result of that report would be any...
Thursday, August 26, 2010 12:17 PM/EST
You know that whole supply-and-demand thing? Turns out it applies to operating systems the same way it does to new iPhone models and electric cars. According to a Gartner analyst, demand for Windows 7 migration services is getting so high,...
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 4:41 PM/EST
Okay, migrating your organization to Windows 7 isn't what I'd call "painful," but a few other words do come to mind: challenging, time-consuming, and perhaps even frustrating. With that in mind, ZDNet commentator Chuck Brown offers eight steps toward making...
Thursday, August 12, 2010 10:03 AM/EST
For any organization preparing to deploy Windows 7, the Windows Automated Installation Kit (or AIK) is a must-have tool. Among other things, the AIK enables you to create preinstallation-environment (PE) images and migrate user profiles and data via the User...
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 5:18 PM/EST
Application compatibility is always a concern when you're migrating to a new OS--or a new Web browser. If you're thinking of making the move from Internet Explorer 6 to Internet Explorer 8 (a smart, long-overdue move, in my humble...
Monday, August 02, 2010 2:30 PM/EST
As everybody knows by know, you can't upgrade your XP systems directly to Windows 7. You can, however, migrate user accounts, as well as each user's OS and application settings. That means when your user sits down at his spiffy...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 5:32 PM/EST
The end of the Windows XP life cycle has led to "an interesting situation"--namely, that many organizations don't want to give up the aging OS, but are soon to face the end of support for it from Microsoft. That's...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 4:02 PM/EST
Much as we'd all like to believe that Windows 7 migration is a fast, easy, and unfettered process, one that culminates with birds singing, flowers blooming, and a visit from Jessica Alba, the reality is, obviously, a bit different. Any...
Monday, July 26, 2010 3:24 PM/EST
If you're captaining the IT ship at a small or medium business, migrating your hearties--er, employees--to Windows 7 just got a little easier, and possibly cheaper as well. Laplink Software, working with Microsoft and distributor Ingram Micro, recently launched the...
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