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Microsoft Delivers Windows 7
During a presentation at the 2009 CES Show in Las Vegas, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer announced the beta release of the
Microsoft Windows 7 features quicker startup, power off, and wakeup from standby; no-hassle LAN configuration and file and printer access; centralized device administration; plus advanced touch-screen technology. To view Microsoft's press release, refer to Microsoft Introduces Microsoft Windows 7
Notice: End of Support for Windows 7
Microsoft has placed Windows 7 on End of Support status. Consequently Microsoft offers no technical support for any issues you encounter with Windows 7 and Microsoft no longer provides software or security fixes. Even though devices powered by Windows 7 still operate, End of Support can result in an expanding array of undesirable issues concerned with cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, operation with new releases of applications, and possibly even civil liability. If your company is currently considering a migration from Microsoft Windows 7 to Windows 10 or Windows 11, Progent's Windows 10 and 11 experts can assist you to understand the possible advantages of a current release of Windows for your business and can help you to plan and carry out an efficient transition to Windows 10 or Windows 11 that follows best practices.
How Progent's Microsoft-certified Experts Can Help You to Manage Windows 7
Progent's certified engineers can help you to manage your Microsoft Windows 7 environment and can also show you how to assess the potential business benefits of moving to a current version of Microsoft Windows. Progent can provide assistance with upgrading to Windows 10 or moving to Windows 11 from Windows 7 or from prior releases of Windows.
Progent's IT professionals can provide a range of other low-cost services to improve the efficiency, reliability, security, speed, and maintainability of information networks that incorporate workstations powered by
PC Desktop Support Services
Progent's certified desktop support experts can deliver a wide array of affordable support services to assist you to deploy, integrate, repair, and manage desktop PCs and laptops powered by Microsoft Windows. Progent can provide onsite or remote assistance for individual machines or notebooks or help your business to design and implement a company-wide rollout of
Live Virtual Education for Desktop Applications
Progent provides online virtual learning for an array of client applications and operating systems such as Office Excel, Word, Access, Outlook, Adobe Acrobat Writer, Photoshop, Crystal Reports, and Windows Vista and Windows 7. Live online education provides the benefits of conventional in-person seminars, including instant interaction between clients and teachers, but avoids the expenses of transportation and the hassle of trying to accommodate the availability of multiple trainees. Available to individuals or classes of any size, virtual education permits the teacher to conduct the seminar from a remote office while the students can be dispersed across an office or across the the U.S. Live online education deploys proven learning tools such as broadcast white boards, electronic hand-raising, and collaborative applications. Classes can be short and personalized for specific topics or longer in duration and wider in scope. Teachers and clients can work through problems individually or as a group.
64-bit Migration Help for Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows Servers
Microsoft Windows 7 is offered in a 64-bit edition that represents a new benchmark for desktop reliability and performance. However, for the majority of businesses the migration to 64-bit processing is problematic due to the requirement to make a clean installation on each desktop. This entails re-installing programs, backing up and restoring data files, and running new device drivers. Although companies usually are already using 64-bit computers, the effort required to benefit fully from this resource appears excessively time-consuming. But since Windows 7 often calls for a from-scratch install, this represents a great time to move up to 64-bit computing, which can be done with little or no more effort. Progent's Microsoft-certified Microsoft} consultants have extensive backgrounds designing and implementing major, minimally disruptive OS migrations of in-place desktops and can help your business leverage your IT dollars by performing the transition to Windows 7 and to 64-bit computing simultaneously.
Update Management Automation
Progent's IT administration professionals can show you how to create a computer network based on Windows 7 PCs that is simple to administer. Progent's engineers have extensive backgrounds providing small businesses SMS Server consulting to reduce network administration's workload, improve network security, improve productivity by ensuring that all application updates are installed, police licensing adherence, and track characteristics of software use to enable a more efficient purchasing plan. Also, Progent can assist your company to make a non-disruptive upgrade to System Center Configuration Manager 2007 from Systems Management Server for more comprehensive administration automation and can help you to upgrade to Windows Server 2008.
Security Inventory Scanning and Evaluation Packages
Progent's certified security engineers can deliver a variety of budget-friendly small business network security inventory packages and security assessment packages designed to offer businesses of all sizes an opportunity to receive an objective look at the strength of their security environment. These packages vary from a low-cost external security scan and assessment package for small and midsize companies up to a high-level package for institutions who have to comply with security levels demanded by government regulators or by customers. For each security inventory or evaluation bundle, engineers with top security credentials evaluate and report on collected data and provide suggestions for efficient remediation.
Fault-tolerant System Infrastructure
Progent's consulting professionals can assist you to configure a fault-tolerant system architecture with features that can include Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V clustering, redundant Internet access, system load balancing, and strategic data centers. Progent provides the expertise of Microsoft and Cisco-Premier consulting engineers who can help you utilize virtualization to enhance fault tolerance. Progent can also show you how to create a comprehensive business continuity strategy that includes periodic disaster response preparedness audits and testing.
Helpdesk Support and Consulting
Progent is a Microsoft and Cisco Authorized Partner and Progent's online Help Desk support team of trained technical professionals gives your clients instant access to a dependable support resource with years of background providing telephone assistance and online repair for networks powered by Microsoft and Cisco technology. Progent's concentration is on giving the Help Desk a respected image as a key contributor to company productivity. Progent's target is to fix rather than simply record problems. Progent offers full Call Center outsourcing or seamlessly supplement your current Helpdesk. Progent can in addition help you to select and implement the latest solutions for creating or improving your in-house Helpdesk.
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