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This Was a First…

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 20, 2011

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“t was while sitting in the TTU Student Union Building that I
heard the battle brewing. There were two male freshmen sitting at
the table next to me…both had laptops open and one was
complaining bitterly that his Windows 7 updates were broken. He
wasn’t so pissed that they were broken as he was about having had
the exact same problem in Vista.

“He lamented loudly about how he had spent $150.00 for the Vista
to Win7 upgrade, hoping that would fix the problem. He also
complained about the complete lack of a solution, even in the
official Microsoft forums. The “solutions” Microsoft itself offered
did not work. Multiple hours of re-installs netted the same broken
results.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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