How to get a Windows 7 start menu in Windows 8

http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-pick/how-to-get-a-windows-7-start-menu-in-windows-8-20110914/

If you want to change the Windows 8 start menu  back to the Windows 7 version, here’s what you need to do:

 

  1. Launch the registry editor (win+r > regedit >enter)
  2. Drill down to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
  3. Double-click on RPEnabled
  4. Change the value from 1 to 0 (zero)
  5. Tap enter or click OK

 

 

 

Manufacturing Matters: BizTech’s 2011 Infor ERP VISUAL User Conference a Great Success

Manufacturing Matters: BizTech’s 2011 Infor ERP VISUAL User Conference a Great Success.

 

06/01/2011

VISUAL Rocks….Rocked!

On behalf of the entire BizTech team, I’m excited to report that our inaugural Infor ERP VISUAL User Conference, VISUAL Rocks! was a tremendous success. The event, which took place April 26–28, 2011, at the Crowne Plaza City Centre in Cleveland, Ohio, brought together more than 120 attendees from around the world.

 

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Space Shuttle Launch: Viewed From an Airplane

Rolling Power Outage in Dallas Today

Oncor Energy has started emergency, 15 minute power outages around the Dallas area today to protect the grid.  Neat.

EDIT: found the ERCOT alerts page here.  They declared a Level 3 Emergency at 5:43 AM this morning.

BizTech 2011 VISUAL User Conference

The Inaugural BizTech VISUAL User Conference “VISUAL Rocks!”
will be held April 26th through 28th, 2011 at the Crowne Plaza Cleveland City Center in Cleveland, Ohio.

For less than the price of one day of consulting, Infor ERP VISUAL users will be able to attend educational sessions covering a variety of VISUAL manufacturing, financial and technical topics. Breakout Sessions will be conducted by BizTech’s VISUAL Consulting Team and Application Experts from Infor Global Solutions.

By attending the BizTech 2011 VISUAL User Conference, you will be among the first to experience a full demonstration of VISUAL 7.0 and learn about new functionality that will help your company be more productive. You will have the opportunity to network with fellow VISUAL users, the entire BizTech VISUAL Team and Infor Representatives. In addition, you’ll be able to see a variety of technical solutions from BizTech partners in the VISUAL Solutions Center.

Conference Highlights include an in-depth view of VISUAL 7.0, a Welcome Reception and Networking Event on Tuesday Evening, a night at the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame on Wednesday Evening, VISUAL Application and Technology Breakout Sessions, one-on-one VISUAL Consulting sessions and a VISUAL Solutions Center.

Click here for more information from BizTech.