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If you are trying to track down a particular program that owns a file or to try to kill a process for a particular application, then you might want to look at Sysinternals Process Explorer. This short screencast shows you what it can do.

Process Explorer v12.03 is a neat — and free! — little utility that extends what you can do beyond the task monitor that is found in Windows.

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Software inventory is one of the most important steps in migrating desktops to Windows 7. This video shows you the promise — and limitations — of Microsoft’s Software Inventory Analyzer.

One of the benefits of the Software Inventory Analyzer, as you’ll learn in the screencast, is its price: It’s a free download. The tool only looks for Microsoft applications. There are dozens of other inventory tools which may or may not be better suited to your needs.

Also, be sure to read our article that goes into more depth on doing software inventories, Retain, Retire, Rewrite: Performing Application Triage in Your Windows 7 Migration.

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Viewfinity User Migration is another XP to Windows 7 migration tool. It doesn’t automatically move the applications, you have to reinstall them yourself or use another deployment tool. It does handle XP desktops that are used by multiple users quite elegantly. This screencast shows you how it works.
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SmartDeploy is a software tool that converts virtual machine disk files into Windows Image files that can be used to deploy new OSs, including Windows 7, across an enterprise. This screencast demonstrates its features. READ MORE

If you are looking for a way to do massive Windows 7 migration, Microsoft has updated its own tool sets for this purpose, called the Windows Automated Installation Kit or WAIK. It has a lot of new features for both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. This screencast shows how it works. READ MORE

RSAT makes it easier to manage your collection of Windows 2003 and 2008 servers remotely and securely from your Windows 7 desktop. This screencast shows how it works. READ MORE

If you are running Windows XP and want to upgrade to Windows 7 without having to reformat your machine’s hard drive, you currently have one choice: a utility called PC Mover from Laplink software. This video shows you the steps involved in the migration, along with things to look out for in using PC Mover. READ MORE

Do you worry that if your PC is stolen someone can steal all of your data? Then you should encrypt your hard drive. In this screencast, we look at how Windows 7 has beefed up BitLocker, its built-in encryption program.

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Do you worry that your PC can get infected with malware? Then you should whitelist your applications. In this screencast, we look at how Windows 7 does this with Applocker, a new feature.

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Windows 7 offers new and improved methods of making backups and file access. This screencast video touches on the highlights of both.

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