Posts Tagged ‘Windows 7’
I know there is a lot of buzz about Windows 7 at the moment, which is great because this was not so much the case when Vista was launched. However one of things that Vista did introduce was user access management (UAC) and as with a number of Vista “enhancements” it was criticized heavily. Whilst […]
ZDNet have published a detailed performance comparison focussing on Windows XP, Vista and 7, what is particularly interesting is that they chose three types of hardware – low/high end and mobile. In conclusion: “In Windows 7, Microsoft has succeeded in providing an OS that’s likely to meet the performance requirements of consumers and business users alike. […]
Not everyone has switched to Bing (yet), even given reported growth of 1.24% in July. But there is definitely a buzz in the air when it comes to the daily pictures posted on the Bing homepage. Now you can use the desktop slideshow functionality within Windows 7 to display them all by using Long Zheng’s […]
I just thought I’d remind folks that next week (5 days en-counting), both MSDN and TechNet subscribers will have the completed bits of Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 will then debut just over a week later on August 14th. This weekend might be a good time to start organising you data to ensure you are […]
It was reported on CNET: “Microsoft said late Friday that it won’t ship the Windows 7 “E” version of Windows even though Europe has yet to sign off on its revised plan. The plan calls for the company to ship Windows 7 with Internet Explorer, but present a ballot screen in which users in Europe […]
The WGA blog (is there any team at Microsoft that does not have a blog?) has responded to the recent leaked OEM key by disabling the existing code and re-provisioning. They also went on to mention that Windows 7 has far more sophisticated anti-hacking measures hidden under its hood (than presumably it’s successor Windows Vista). […]
