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Windows 7 beta review

I like many people were curious about the hype around the Windows 7 beta. So I downloaded my copy and loaded it up in a virtual machine and began beating it up. Ok right from the go my major beef with W7 is the changes they’ve made to the networking areas. I’m not a fan of the work they’ve done to Vista’s networking layout, and W7 I think might just be a bit worse from an administrators perspective.

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Powershell the switch statement pt 2.

The string value specified in the switch statement’s script block has to exactly match a condition for that condition to equal true. Despite it being unnecessary for exact matches, this would be the same as using the -exact option in a switch statement. There are other options available for use such as -wildcard which lets you use wildcards, and -regex which uses regular expressions. lets look at an example;

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A few Xbox 360 tricks

The Xbox 360 arcade did very well, sales wise, this holiday season. There are a few tricks you may not know about that will help you to get a few extra features out of your new entertainment system. Yes, the Xbox 360 isn’t just a game system, it’s an entertainment system (it has literally replaced my dvd player and music player) ! Whooo hoo! Stay tuned to learn how to stream music, photos, and video from your home network to your Xbox. Also learn how to allow your Xbox 360 to read the new USB thumb-drive key chain you got in your stocking! Magnificent!

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