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I reluctantly started using Windows 7 in April after being a long-time XP user (and 2000 for a long time before that). On the whole, I rather like Windows 7. I've listed below what I feel are my personal likes and dislikes based on how I'm used to working. Likes Wallpaper slideshow System tray icon management Start menu buttons without titles Jump lists Start menu search Windows Explorer Favourites Windows Explorer address bar breadcrumbs Windows Explorer search box Windows Explorer keyboard shortcuts (Alt + Up to go up a level) Font installation is vastly improved Dislikes Start Menu. My old way of launching programs was quick and efficient - Win key followed by letters. (this screenshot might help explain). Can't do this in Windows 7. I've resorted to pinning most-used apps to the start menu for when I feel like clicking. The others I use Start Menu search to launch - but the delay between typing and showing the result is longer than my 'XP' way of doing it. Still no native virtual desktops like Linux

I don't mind non-intrusive adverts such as Google and in-line images. What I do find annoying are: Adverts presented on their own page before allowing you to view content (either timed or "click here to continue to...") Advert boxes which pop up (usually hiding content) shortly after page-load Flash-based adverts (Badly coded waste of resources), especially ones with sound; or ones that increase in size on mouse-over Un-skippable adverts (some can be 30 seconds long) at the start of web video content (e.g. ITV News) I disagree with trackers and privacy-invading sources. I don't actively block adverts; but I do use Flashblock.

10 just looks scary.

They're giving people free cases to fix a problem that doesn't exist?

I know. Just being facetious

Hi DanW. Is this a typo?

aerospacemango: Must be using the Windows Vista file copy time estimate algorithm

Maybe the emergency services should have a Facebook or Twitter presence, so you can send them a message requesting for help. Geolocation on smart phones could be used to advantage "Fire! Fire! Looking forward to hearing from you" 1 minute ago from here via Twitter for Android

creese: Because they're shiny!

Ric_: Lol I'd imagine it's going to be more along the lines of "We want to help you make the most of our gorgeous iPhone 4. And that is why we're offering you an exclusive 5% discount on our fantastic bumpers, only for our iPhone 4 customers. Our bumpers are sexy and make your iPhone 4 look even more amazing. They feel good too. We've spent a long time designing these and now we're ready to make your iPhone experience even better. But that's not all. {audience woo-ing} We're also releasing another software update to make the signal bars more easy to understand. The signal strength indicator will be reduced to a single bar. We think this makes it a lot clearer. We pioneered a single-button mouse, and now we;re leading the way with smartphone signal indicators. It's brilliant."

Asterisks against words has worked in Word as far back as 2000 I think.

sudathkg: Go to Control Panel > The School Day. Check that the lesson periods are assigned to Sundays. There is a bug with the One room at a time setting so don't use it

Gibbo: More recent news has reported that 6 Music will not close (BBC News - BBC Trust rejects 6 Music closure plan)

Had them handy as I needed one last month

2 fonts (Crystal and digital-7): http://dl.dropbox.com/u/41938/ledfonts.zip

I think it's the news that has now moved over to the "new look" (what they call barlesque) layout and template, to match other BBC sub-sites. Blog post about the update: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2010/07/bbc_news_website_redesign_2.html More info: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/05/barlesque.html http://forum.multipack.co.uk/comments.php?DiscussionID=61 http://www.bbc.co.uk/includes/blq/

I agree. It's not a silver bullet - there are many factors at play and no one single button is the solution to the problems faced. The "it'll never happen to me" invincibility that youngsters seem to have will always be there

I know, that's why I used the quotes. I do understand what you're saying about providing options, but I remain dubious as to how effective they (report buttons on other 3rd party services, not the facility on the CEOP site itself) really are. In the Ashleigh Hall case (which was a large instigator in Facebook's adoption of this) it has been reported that she also used Windows Messenger to communicate with her attacker Peter Chapman. Windows Messenger does carry a CEOP button but seemingly never used. It's my opinion that it's an education issue - if people think they are not in danger then they are unlikely to use the reporting feature.

Which begs the question, is the Facebook/CEOP "panic button" really necessary?

Wheely good.

About average? Compare to others in this thread: http://www.edugeek.net/forums/networks/58231-how-many-servers-your-school.html

What else would us geeks do with all that space? Leave enough room for maybe a pool table and large projector screen and leather sofa and drinks machine...... but otherwise, cram it full of servers, rent it out and watch all the pretty lights

CHR1S: Once you fill it with servers you won't have to worry about that

laserblazer FS1010s. Built like tanks - very slow to operate. Peanuts to run - yes, because they're always jamming up and not feeding paper correctly so never get used! (From our experience. Thankfully got rid of them all now).

The Installation and Admin guide for the 2010 version is about 100 pages. Happy reading