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If just one family gains from using a PC for things like helping their children in Hungarian School or Hungarian Scouts to read Hungarian better, or help their spouse learn more about Hungarian culture and history, it is worthwhile to explore how Windows 7 can help. And, with the KMCsSz OLVASÁSI  KÜLÖNPRÓBA  PROGRAM, we all have more reasons to encourage the use of PCs for learning and reading Hungarian, as well as watching videos from Hungary and keeping up with news from Hungary.

Windows 7 premiered on Oct 22, 2009 and Microsoft is showing it off by letting individuals like me host "house parties" where their guests got to see Windows 7 work and talk to each other about how to move to it from Windows XP or Windows Vista. This page is the ongoing "virtual" Windows 7 "Launch Party" for Hungarian Scouts. Here you can find some information you might find useful.

Microsoft has a special $29.99 price for Windows 7 for any student attending a college or university who have an email address with .edu. You can get the information here. They also have promotions for other Microsoft software, including the full Office suite. Promotion Duration: This offer commences at 12:00PM Pacific Daylight Savings Time on July 1, 2008 and all purchases must be made via the Promotion web site by 11:59PM Pacific Standard Time on December 31, 2010 at which time the offer ends.

http://www.microsoft.com/student/en/us/software/windows-7.aspx

Windows 7 is really amazing, but you won't realize it or appreciate it without delving into it. This link gives really neat, easy tours of Windows 7, most in 7 second chunks:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/features/tour.aspx

More details on Windows 7:  http://www.windows7.com

If you are interested in what is coming up in the way of hardware, not just features, watch this launch video (it is 54 minutes, but worth it) to see what it can do and also some of the new amazing hardware:

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/windows7/default.aspx

Curious about what Microsoft put in the box for the Windows 7 "launch party?"  You can watch this YouTube video to see what was in the box and have a laugh or two:  Windows 7 – I hope it works: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKK3hoCce0k)

If anyone asks me in person or by email, I will try to share some of my experiences in using Windows 7, including:

• How to view Hungarian sites,

• Write and view documents, emails, etc. with Hungarian characters on any version of Windows,

• Use Word to write in Hungarian on a computer,

• How to protect children from undesirable online content and search results,

• How to keep your computer safe from viruses and bad sites,

• How to do most things you want for free on your PC

(This page is in English so it is more accessible to everyone and their families and friends.)

Lél

Lel F. Somogyi
lelsomogyi@hotmail.com

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