Tag Archives: Windows 7

Laptop computer for PGCE trainee teacher

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Brian

This weekend I decided that it would be good idea to get my laptop computer ready for the start of the PGCE ICT computing course. For me, this has meant installing Windows 7 as a second operating system alongside Ubuntu Linux … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 Start Menu – search don’t run

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Brian

Although I use Ubuntu Linux most of the time, whenever I use Windows XP I tend to use the Start > Run command to launch programs and browse folders. For example, Start > Run… C:\ Start > Run… notepad Start … Continue reading →

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Windows 7, VirtualBox, and Ubuntu Linux on Lenovo R61i

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Brian

I’ve now installed Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate on my Lenovo R61i laptop computer. I’ve kept Ubuntu Linux 10.04 as my main operating system (the host operating system) and installed Windows 7 as a guest operating system using Oracle VirtualBox. Everything is … Continue reading →

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