Windows 7 generates many and varied questions

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Tracey Capen in Lounge Life
By Tracey Capen

Upgrading to any new operating system is a time of uncertainty for most PC users, and the rollout of Windows 7 is no exception.

For those burning questions regarding Win7, tap into the collective expertise of the Windows Secrets Lounge for answers.

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The most-interesting questions raised this week

Sometimes there are no easy answers. Here are a few of the recently posted questions you might be able to answer:
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The Lounge Life column is a digest of the best of the WS Lounge discussion board. Tracey Capen is technical editor of WindowsSecrets.com.

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About Tracey Capen

Editor in chief Tracey Capen was the executive editor of reviews at PC World magazine for 10 years, from 1995 to 2005. He was InfoWorld's managing editor of reviews from 1993 to 1995 and worked in the magazine's test center and as networking editor from 1989 to 1992. Between his stints at InfoWorld, he was senior labs editor at Corporate Computing magazine.