We simply don’t always want My Documents to point to the same location. Maybe we want to move it to external media, or maybe to a network drive. Either way, it’s simple to move. Right Click My Documents, click Properties and then click on the Target tab (in Vista it’s the Location tab). You can then change the path to the My Documents directory. Quick and easy. To do so en masse is going to require a GPO: Go to the Group Policy console for an OU, open up the User Configuration then Windows Settings and finally Folder Redirection items. Then right-click on the icon(s) for the personal folder(s) to…
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Windows 7 in October
If Mac OS X 10.6, Snow Leopard will be shipping in September then the earlier the better. The arrival of Windows 7 will come on October 22nd. Likely less than a month after Snow Leopard, Windows 7 is what many companies have been waiting for to get migration projects lit up. While there are a number of new features, few are more important to companies than the fact that it is very capable of running on new or old hardware alike. Windows 7 adoption shouldn’t stop you from buying now though, if you’re in the market for a new machine. Microsoft announced that it will include a Windows Upgrade Option…
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Windows XP: Another Six Months
Windows XP is a 7 year old operating system. Microsoft ads on TV tell us that we should move to Vista. They put a deadline in place. According to Devil Mountain Software and a few others, more than one third of Windows systems are still being downgraded to XP though. What more can Microsoft do? Well, the deadline of January 31st to stop allowing OEM manufacturers to sell XP has been extended. You will now be able to purchase Vista and then have a downgrade option through to July of 2009, at which point XP will be well over 8 years old. Pundits say Vista sales are up, but really…