Windows Weekly 93

Windows Weekly
Episode 93


"Flip, The Bird"Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott Recorded: February 5, 2009 Published: February 6, 2009 Transcript Previous episode – Next episode

Topics

Disable the "Send Feedback" link on top of every windows on Windows 7 Beta
- Run the Regedit, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop and change FeedbackToolEnabled to 0. (It needs to be rebooted)
Windows 7 product editions (or "SKUs") announced
- There will be multiple product editions again (duh) but only two will be mainstream offers for individuals
- Regardless, a lot of false indignation from people
- Microsoft: We have over one billion users with many different needs and wants; One SKU does not make sense for all of them, sorry
- Paul actually agrees with Microsoft for the most part but the lineup could be a little simpler

Windows 7 on a netbook: Guess what? It works
- Paul's IdeaPad S10 arrived today. Good news so far.
- 64-bit won't install on Leo's netbook. [That's because Atom-powered netbooks aren't 64-bit enabled.]

The UAC issue that wasn't: Bloggers uncovered Windows 7 flaw; Microsoft says, not so fast

Microsoft's new Fix It service. Finally: Instead of telling you how to fix problems via its Knowledge Base (KB) articles, Microsoft is starting to automatically fix these problems for you with a new FixIt button.

Virtual Earth update: Check out the stunning Bird's Eye imagery of Europe at Paul's Winsupersite
New version of Google Earth, lets you explore the ocean and mars

Foxmarks Syncs browser bookmarks/favorites between PCs/Macs, Works with IE/Firefox (Windows) and Firefox/Safari (Mac), Bonus: Includes Web site password sync (Firefox only)
Skype 4 for windows now available

What Would Google Do? by Jeff Jarvis (UNABRIDGED)
Narrated by Jeff Jarvis

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