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Have you try free Windows 7 beta? If not, are you ready for the Windows 7 new features?

I’m not Windows fan, but believe it will be a big event for its release. It is first time Windows come with multi-touch feature for desktop. The feature may bring more business opportunities in future. What do you think?

Windows 7 Wallpaper

Since it codename is Windows 7, I’ll post Top 7 Windows 7 free wallpaper for you all. At least get ready the feel of Windows 7 wallpaper!

If you found anyone you like, click and download the large size 1024×768 to set as your desktop wallpaper.

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Although many say Microsoft Windows operating system is poor, it still the biggest player in Worldwide market. For example myself prefer MAC OS X Leopard, but it didn’t come as cheap as Windows price and also some hardware compatibility problem. At the end, I stick with Windows.

Actually not only me. Are you one of the Windows user here? I pick up the statistics from Google Analytics and found 71% Windows XP user, 27% Windows Vista user, and only 7% Macintosh user. From the results, we know most of the Windows user stick at Windows XP since it release on year 2002. Why? Are they waiting for better OS? Or they computer specs unable to support resources hungry Vista?

Windows 7 Features Preview

If you face the same question above, Windows 7 is the Answer! Let’s see the features to find out why Windows 7 is the answer?

• New taskbar with app controls
• No sidebar anymore. Gadgets appear on desktop.
• Faster window resizing method
• Simplify system tray icons
• Better user account control, up to app level
• Add in multitouch feature, for eg: HP TouchSmart PC
• Improved memory management, apparently run fine on 1Ghz netbook with 1GB RAM
• Improved multiple monitor management. Remote desktop work with multiple monitors as well.
  
• Extra: support up to 256 CPUs (but who use it?)

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Today, one of my SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES9) encounter network error. The problem is the server and client can’t ping each other.

After checked the Cat5 cable using network tester, it shows the cable is working fine. Since the server already run for more than a year without my attention, I should ignore on the driver and OS part. But I still double check on its driver and protocol. I ping to itself and read though the event log file. After all, I found no error on software side. Hence, I suspect it was due to hardware problem, especially network card (NIC) error.

Configure the Network Card (NIC)

To make it work with minimum configuration, I decide to replace it with the same model network card. After boot up the system, it auto detect the NIC without any error. Now, I should put back its original TCPIP settings, including its IP address, subnet mask, gateway and DNS server name.

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