Windows 7 Experience Index Performance on the Atom-powered, Asus 1005HA Netbook

The question of “How does Windows 7 run on ………….” is often asked. I’ve been running an Asus Seashell 1005HA (6-Cell Battery, 63Wh) with Windows 7 for some time now, and use it as my main machine 90% of the time. Just as a side note, the only thing I have done is upgraded the …

No E-Mail Client in Windows 7? Where’s Windows Mail or Outlook Express?

So, you’ve just installed Windows 7 and go to add your e-mail account. You go to Start, and look for Mail – it’s not there. You look in All Programs – same story, it’s not there, it’s “missing” – so, what do you do? Microsoft have removed the default e-mail client found in Vista, Windows …

Microsoft Hyper-V: “msvm_virtualsystemsettingdata Object was not found” Error

Today I installed Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V, to run a few test VMs on. When installing Hyper-V, it warned me that it was a pre-release version, and that it needed an update.  I did a Windows Update, to get all of the other updates, but it didn’t seem to upgrade Hyper-V. I didn’t install …

Removing System Icons (Clock, etc) from the Windows 7 Taskbar

There are some icons which aren’t classed as notifications, you may want to remove from the Windows 7 task bar. Items like the clock, volume, network, and power icons are all classed as system icons, and not part of the normal “Desktop Notifications” settings (where you would find icons for Live Messenger, Outlook, etc). If …

How to Install the Telnet Client in Windows 7

Telnet is missing from the default install of Windows 7, as it was in Windows Vista.  The process, though, to install it is exactly the same as before: Start by opening Control Panel and then go to Programs and Features Then once open, down the left-hand side, you’ll see an option Turn Windows Features on …