With the positive reaction to the Windows 7 beta coming from various places in the media, many have started to wonder how well Windows 7 will fare once it ships. While it’s still too early to know for sure, certain well-known groups have already made a point to voice their opinion about what will happen [...]
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Gartner thinks Windows 7 will fare better than Vista, over time.
Posted March 27th, 2009 by 007. Comment (0).
Security Update released for Windows 7
Posted March 13th, 2009 by 007. Comment (0).
While Microsoft excluded Windows 7 from the security patching ceremony in January and in February, things went a little differently on this month’s Patch Tuesday. Microsoft fixed three vulnerabilities yesterday: two were spoofing-related and were marked Important, while the other was marked Critical as it had a Remote Code Execution impact. According to the security [...]
App-compatibility kit due in April
Posted March 11th, 2009 by 007. Comment (0).
March 10, 2009 (IDG News Service) Microsoft Corp. next month plans to release a tool kit to help business users begin testing their existing applications for compatibility with Windows 7.
In a virtual roundtable that Microsoft hosted this week to field questions about the upcoming operating system, Mark Russinovich, a Microsoft technical fellow, said the software [...]
Windows 7 will allow users to disable Internet Explorer
Posted March 9th, 2009 by 007. Comment (0).
Microsoft Corp. has announced the next version of its Windows operating system will include a control panel that allows users to turn off Internet Explorer (IE) 8 and other key Microsoft programs.
The new feature is a significant move for the world’s largest software company, which has been accused by rivals and regulators of forcing consumers [...]
Microsofts shares a glimpse of the future
Posted March 2nd, 2009 by 007. Comment (0).
Move over Jetson’s, Microsoft is hinting at what the future will be like with it’s impressive array of integrated technologies. Everything from smart paper to multi touch wall displays.
Some of this technology has been featured in movies where technology was a dominant part of the script: James Bond, Ironman, Minority Report, The Island and many more.
But [...]
Windows 7 compared to Vista
Posted February 27th, 2009 by 007. Comment (0).
A couple of weeks ago I wrote that Windows Vista is not slow on the right hardware. I showed you three screen shots that told some of the story: the system information, the experience index, and the task manager performance tab.
Here are the corresponding three screens for the Windows 7 beta on the same hardware. [...]
Microsoft Announces Windows 7 Versions
Posted February 5th, 2009 by 007. Comment (0).
Microsoft Outlines Windows 7 SKUs; Targets Netbooks
02.03.09 (From PC Magazine, www.pcmag.com)
by Mark Hachman
Microsoft has officially announced the five versions of Windows 7 it will sell at launch within the United States, together with a version specifically designed for low-cost netbooks.
The five versions available for U.S. customers will be: Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Home Premium, [...]
Best Option for a Windows Seven Media Center-Acer X3200
Posted January 20th, 2009 by 007. Comment (0).
As the interest in Windows Seven grows, more people will look to see how it can connect their media center features, not just how it will improve the windows environment. With that in mind I have been researching what would be the best way to step into an updated system (new hardware) without living on [...]
Windows Seven as a Home Media Center
Posted January 15th, 2009 by 007. Comment (0).
There are those who take a media center PC and use it to watch TV, nothing fancy, just a glorified computer with a nice monitor. Then there is the next level, where the media center extends to others in the household. This is more useful but still…there is a sense of “so what?”
In my opinion, [...]
Personalize Windows 7 with new themes from Microsoft
Posted January 14th, 2009 by 007. Comment (0).
Beta testers received some updates today in the form of personalized options available from Microsoft. The release of themes includes more gadgets, backgrounds, sideshow gadgets and of course color coordinates settings to make it all look polished.
You can take a look at the entire list at Microsoft’s website:Windows 7 Personalized Theme Options