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During a presentation at the 2009 CES Show in Las Vegas, Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer announced the beta version of the Windows 7 operating system. The beta version of Windows was made offered for a limited time for evaluation at several sites. During the presentation, Balmer showed innovative capabilities and key improvements incorporated into Windows and driven by customer demands. Aspects focused on by Windows 7, according to Balmer, cover speed, security, dependability, compatibility, energy efficiency, and intuitive operation. In each of these areas, Windows 7 offers significant improvement.

Microsoft Windows 7 includes faster initialization, power off, and resumption from standby; no-hassle networking and resource sharing; consolidated peripherals administration; as well as sophisticated multitouch support. To see Microsoft's press release, refer to Microsoft Introduces Windows 7 Beta

Notice: End of Support for Windows 7
Microsoft has put Windows 7 on End of Support status. This means that Microsoft offers no technical assistance for any issues you encounter with Windows 7 and Microsoft no longer provides software or security fixes. Even though computers powered by Windows 7 still function, End of Support status can bring about a growing list of problems associated with cybersecurity, compliance, operation with new versions of applications, and possibly even liability. If your company is currently considering a migration from Windows 7 to Windows 10 or Windows 11, Progent's Windows 10 and 11 experts can assist you to determine the potential benefit of a current version of Windows for your organization and can assist you to design and carry out an efficient transition to Windows 10 or 11 based on best practices.

How Progent's Consulting Engineers Can Assist Your Business to Manage Microsoft Windows 7
Progent's certified engineers can assist you to manage your Microsoft Windows 7 environment and can also help you to assess the likely business value of adopting a modern release of Microsoft Windows. Progent offers assistance with moving to Windows 10 or migrating to Windows 11 from Windows 7 or earlier versions of Microsoft Windows.

Progent's consultants offer a range of other affordable support options to enhance the productivity, reliability, protection, speed, and manageability of information systems that include desktops based on Windows 7:

Desktop Support Services
Progent's certified desktop support experts offer a broad array of cost-effective consulting and support services to assist you to deploy, configure, troubleshoot, and manage workstations and laptops based on Windows. Progent can provide onsite or online technical support for individual machines or laptops or help your business to design and implement a company-wide migration to Microsoft Windows 7. Progent can also install Office or Microsoft Dynamics programs on your workstations so they communicate efficiently with all Microsoft programs, products from third-party publishers, database servers, and key services network-wide. Progent can also supply consultants and technicians to help your company to plan for and implement a company relocation or merger organized to produce the least possible interruption to your productivity.

Live Virtual Education for Workstation Applications
Progent offers live virtual instruction for a range of client programs and operating systems including Excel, Word, Access, Visio, Acrobat Writer, Photoshop, Crystal Reports, and Windows Vista and Windows 7. Live online training offers all the advantages of conventional classroom seminars, such as immediate communication between students and teachers, but avoids the costs of transportation and the hassle of trying to synchronize the availability of multiple trainees. Available to individuals or groups of any size, live online learning allows the instructor to run the class from an online office and the students can be dispersed across a campus or across the country. Virtual learning utilizes proven learning aids like broadcast white boards, electronic hand-raising, and shared desktops. Sessions can be brief and targeted for specific topics or extended in duration and broader in coverage. Instructors and students can go through problems individually or as a group.

64-bit Migration Help for Windows 7 and Windows Servers
Microsoft Windows 7 is available in a 64-bit edition that represents a new standard for desktop reliability and performance. However, for most businesses the migration to 64-bit computing is problematic because of the need to perform a clean installation on every PC. This requires re-installing programs, backing up and recovering data, and installing new device drivers. Though companies usually are already using 64-bit hardware, the work required to take full advantage of this resource often seems excessively difficult. Yet because Microsoft Windows 7 often calls for a from-scratch install, this represents a good opportunity to upgrade to 64-bit performance, which can be done with little or no extra effort. Progent's Microsoft-certified Microsoft} consulting experts have in-depth experience planning and performing massive, efficient OS migrations of in-place desktops and can assist your organization get the most out of your network budget by making the move to Microsoft Windows 7 and to 64-bit technology at the same time.

Change Automation
Progent's IT management professionals can help you set up an information network based on Microsoft Windows 7 PCs that is easy to administer. Progent's consultants have extensive experience providing small companies Systems Management Server 2003 expertise to reduce IT administration's processes, increase network security, improve efficiency by ensuring that all patches and updates are current, police licensing adherence, and monitor characteristics of software usage to allow a more efficient purchasing strategy. Also, Progent can assist you to execute a smooth migration to Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager from Systems Management Server for more complete administration automation and can assist your business to move to Windows Server 2008.

Security Inventory Scanning and Assessment Packages
Progent's premier security engineers can provide a selection of budget-friendly security inventory bundles and enterprise network security evaluation bundles created to give businesses of all sizes an opportunity to receive an objective look at the strength of their protection profile. These packages range from a low-cost external security scan and assessment package for small and midsize companies up to a high-level package for enterprises who need to meet security standards required by government regulators or by customers. For each security assessment package, engineers with top security credentials evaluate and report on collected data and make suggestions for efficient remediation.

Fault-tolerant System Design
Progent's consulting experts can assist your company to configure a fault-tolerant network infrastructure with features that can include Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V clustering, auto-failover Internet access, network load balancing, and dispersed data centers. Progent provides the expertise of Microsoft and Cisco-Premier network engineers who can help you benefit from virtual machines to improve availability. Progent can also show you how to develop a complete business continuity strategy that includes periodic disaster response assessments and testing.

Help Desk Outsourcing and Expertise
Progent is a Microsoft and Cisco Authorized Partner and Progent's remote Help Desk support team of authorized IT professionals gives your clients convenient access to a dependable support resource with extensive background providing telephone assistance and remote access repair for IT systems powered by Microsoft and Cisco technology. Progent's concentration is on giving the Help Desk a positive image as a solid contributor to company productivity. Progent's target is to resolve rather than simply record problems. Progent can deliver full Help Desk outsourcing or transparently reinforce your current Call Center. Progent can also assist you to select and implement the latest technology for building or improving your in-house Help Desk.

For additional information about Progent's support services for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008, phone 1-800-993-9400 or go to Contact Progent.