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Excerpt: One of the many remaining questions about the Windows 7 Upgrade media is how, exactly, a clean install will work with this version of the OS. On the Microsoft Store, the company simply notes the following: If you have Windows Vista, you can purchase Windows 7 Upgrade versions. You can do a clean install (back up your files, clean install, and reinstall your applications) or an in-place upgrade (Windows 7 installs over Windows Vista). If you have Windows XP or Windows 2000, you can purchase Windows 7 Upgrade versions. But you must back up your files, clean install, and reinstall your applications. OK, but what does “clean…

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Excerpt: I needed a Windows batch file to check if a file has changed and if it has do something. What I was trying to accomplish is I have a file written to the c:\ drive by a web application as users interact with it. It rewrites the file every couple of minutes or so. When the file is rewritten I want it to display the content to the window or log it into a file. I didn’t want to display it or log it unless the info has actually changed. Here was some advice I got You can check if a file has…