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How to Reuse Old Laptops with Windows MultiPoint Server

Tech Soup

Do you have an old laptop lying around that you're not sure what to do with? Windows MultiPoint Server lets you turn that old laptop into a fully functioning Windows user station – even if the old machine isn't actually up-to-date enough to run current versions of Windows or other software. How does this magic happen?

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Back to School in Tanzania with a New Windows Multipoint Server Computer Lab

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Jim Shemaria from Grace Ministries International walked in to Interconnection in Seattle and asked for a 20-station computer lab that he could fit in his luggage and take with him on the plane to a school in Africa. Jim walked out of there with four refurbished laptops preloaded with Windows Multipoint Server and 16 NComputing thin clients.

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Business & Technology | Microsoft joining laptop crusade | Seattle Times Newspaper

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Business & Technology | Microsoft joining laptop crusade | Seattle Times Newspaper: "Microsoft and the laptop organization announced Thursday that the nonprofit's green-and-white XO computers now can run Windows in addition to their homegrown interface, which is built on the open Linux operating system.

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Building Refurbished Computers with Volunteers at InterConnection

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partner, InterConnection, a nonprofit computer refurbisher in Seattle. Matthew Halden of TechSoup and I visited his Computer Reuse Center in Seattle and were very impressed at how InterConnection manages to employ a staff of professionals and volunteers to produce top-grade refurbished equipment. I’m so glad you asked.

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Burlington Public Library: Windows MultiPoint Server Case Study

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We then did check-ins on how the MultiPoint Server system held up under use. It is a medium-sized library about 60 miles north of Seattle in northern Washington State. We worked with library director, Maggie Buckholz, and Janet Royer, the library system administrator and circulation supervisor. Adobe Reader. Adobe Flash Player.

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Setting Up Windows MultiPoint Server

Tech Soup

Windows MultiPoint Server is an operating system, and installing it is much like installing Windows 8 on a computer. See how the YMCA of Greater Seattle , the La Conner Regional Library , and the Burlington Public Library are using Windows MultiPoint Server, and what they learned while setting up their systems.

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TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative: You’ve Come A Long Way Baby

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At the time, we had a very limited selection of offers, comprised only of desktops and laptops, most of which had Pentium III processors (you get the idea). All of our RCI-refurbished PCs come with either a Windows XP or Windows 7 operating system, and all come with Office 2007. to scale up RCI in California.