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In a presentation at the 2009 CES Show in Las Vegas, Microsoft's head Steve Ballmer introduced the beta release of the Windows 7 OS. The next generation incarnation of Windows was made offered temporarily for testing at select web sites. In the course of the presentation, CEO Balmer demonstrated innovative features and important enhancements incorporated into Windows and inspired by customer feedback. Aspects addressed by Windows 7, said Balmer, cover performance, security, dependability, functionality, energy efficiency, and simplicity. In all of these areas, Windows 7 delivers dramatic improvement.

Microsoft Windows 7 features faster initialization, shut down, and wakeup from sleep mode; easier LAN configuration and file and printer access; centralized peripherals management; plus multiple finger touch-screen technology. To read Microsoft's press release, refer to Microsoft Announces Windows 7

Notice: End of Support for Windows 7
Microsoft has put Windows 7 on End of Support status. Consequently Microsoft will offer no technical support for any issues you encounter with Windows 7 and Microsoft no longer distributes software or security updates. Although computers powered by Windows 7 still operate, End of Support status can result in an expanding array of undesirable issues associated with cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, compatibility with new releases of apps, and possibly even liability. If your company is now considering an upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 or Windows 11, Progent's Windows 10 and 11 consultants can assist you to determine the possible advantages of a current release of Windows for your organization and can assist you to design and carry out an efficient transition to Windows 10 or Windows 11 based on leading practices.

How Progent's Certified Professionals Can Help Your Business to Manage Windows 7
Progent's Microsoft certified engineers can help you to manage your Microsoft Windows 7 environment and can also show you how to estimate the likely business value of adopting a modern release of Windows. Progent can provide help with moving to Windows 10 or moving to Windows 11 from Windows 7 or from previous releases of Microsoft Windows.

Progent's consultants can provide a variety of other affordable support options to improve the productivity, reliability, protection, speed, and manageability of IT networks that include workstations powered by Windows 7:

PC Desktop Support Services
Progent's Microsoft-certified desktop support consultants can deliver a wide range of cost-effective consulting and support services to help you to install, configure, repair, and manage workstations and laptops powered by Windows. Progent can provide onsite or online assistance for individual machines or laptops or work with you to plan and carry out a company-wide migration to Windows 7. Progent can also install Office or Microsoft Dynamics business applications on your client PCs so they integrate productively with all Microsoft applications, products from popular publishers, SQL databases, and key services network-wide. Progent can also supply consultants and technicians to assist your company to prepare for and complete an office relocation or merger organized to produce the least possible interruption to your business.

Live Virtual Instruction for Workstation Programs
Progent provides live virtual learning for popular client applications and environments such as Microsoft Office Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, Acrobat Writer, Photoshop, Crystal Reports, and Windows XP and Vista. Virtual training offers all the benefits of conventional in-person sessions, such as instant communication between students and trainers, but avoids the costs of transportation and the hassle of attempting to accommodate the availability of multiple students. Available to individuals or classes of all sizes, virtual learning allows the trainer to run the seminar from a remote office while the clients can be spread across a campus or all over the country. Live online learning utilizes powerful learning mechanisms such as virtual white boards, electronic hand-raising, and shared applications. Sessions can be brief and targeted for specific topics or extended in duration and wider in coverage. Teachers and students can work through examples individually or as a group.

64-bit Transitioning Help for Windows 7 and Windows Servers
Windows 7 is available in a 64-bit edition that represents a new standard for desktop dependability and capacity. However, for most organizations the transition to 64-bit computing is challenging because of the need to perform a new setup on each PC. This requires reconfiguring programs, saving and restoring data, and installing new device drivers. Though businesses typically are already using 64-bit PCs, the effort needed to benefit fully from this resource appears too time-consuming. Yet because Windows 7 often calls for a from-scratch install, this represents a great time to upgrade to 64-bit computing, which takes little or no more work. Progent's Microsoft-certified Microsoft} consulting experts have extensive backgrounds planning and implementing massive, minimally disruptive operating system upgrades of existing desktops and can assist your company leverage your network budget by executing the transition to Microsoft Windows 7 and to 64-bit computing simultaneously.

Update Management Automation
Progent's IT management professionals can show you how to create an information network built around Windows 7 workstations that is simple to administer. Progent's engineers have in-depth experience delivering small companies SMS Server expertise to streamline IT management's processes, improve system protection, improve productivity by making sure that all application updates are current, enforce software licensing adherence, and monitor characteristics of application use to enable a more efficient purchasing plan. Also, Progent can assist your company to make a smooth migration to Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 from Systems Management Server for more complete administration automation and can help your business to upgrade to Windows Server 2008.

Security Inventory Scanning and Assessment Packages
Progent's certified security consultants can deliver a variety of cost-effective small business security inventory bundles and network security assessment service packages designed to give organizations of all sizes a chance to receive an objective look at the quality of their security environment. The packages range from an ultra-affordable external scan and assessment package for small companies up to a high-end package for corporations who need to meet security levels required by government regulators or by customers. For every security assessment package, engineers with high-level security credentials evaluate and summarize collected data and make recommendations for effective remediation.

Fault-tolerant System Infrastructure
Progent's consulting professionals can help you to configure a high-availability network architecture with features such as Microsoft Windows Hyper-V clustering, auto-failover Internet connections, network load balancing, and strategic colocation sites. Progent offers the expertise of Microsoft and Cisco-Premier consulting professionals who can show you how to benefit from virtualization to improve fault tolerance. Progent can also help develop a comprehensive business continuity plan that incorporates 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 services staff of authorized technical experts offers your clients instant access to a reliable technical group with years of background providing phone support and online troubleshooting for IT systems based on Microsoft and Cisco products. Progent's concentration is on giving the Helpdesk a positive image as a key contributor to business productivity. Progent's goal is to resolve rather than simply report problems. Progent offers full Call Center outsourcing or seamlessly reinforce your existing Call Center. Progent can also help your company to identify and implement the latest technology for creating or enhancing your in-house Help Desk.

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