When i was still running Windows Vista, several people around me came across a strange problem that the CD/DVD Drive was quite hard to use. To be more detailed, the drive could not read discs properly, especially self-made ones.
Now, with Windows 7 RTM, there is still someone troubled with this problem. And some of [...]
It鈥檚 been around 30 months since Windows Vista hit the General Availability milestone, and in that time the OS has only managed to claw some 18% of the OS market share. Compare that weak market share to the aging Windows XP, which even today commands an impressive 73% market share. With Windows 7 now only [...]
Linux has long been the preferred operating system for rejuvenating older PCs for three reasons: It’s lighter weight than Windows, it’s secure enough to let you sidestep CPU-hogging anti-virus programs, and it’s free.
Windows 7 may shake up that thinking, being the first version of Windows that, judging from widespread reviews from beta testers, runs [...]
In certain scenarios, a failed Windows Vista upgrade to Windows 7 can throw the computer into a perpetual cycle of restarts, Microsoft informed. The Redmond company did not offer specific details on the causes of a Vista to Windows 7 upgrade failure, but it did offer a workaround for end users affected by this specific [...]
XP Mode has been hailed within the Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) channel as a potentially effective carrot for enticing small businesses to upgrade to Windows 7, but reports of glitches in XP Mode suggest that it might not be easy to use.
The CRN Test Center recently ran into problems after installing XP Mode and Virtual PC [...]
In the European Commission’s first public comment on the matter since Microsoft changed its mind last Friday, a spokesperson for the EC’s Office of Competition Policy told Betanews this morning that it has yet to make up its mind on the matter of whether Microsoft’s bundling of Internet Explorer with Windows is specifically unlawful.
This [...]
One of the most hated features of Windows Vista is the User Account Control, or UAC in short. Many people found it annoying and chose to disable it right away, even if this meant exposing their system to additional security threats.
聽In Windows 7, Microsoft has seriously changed this feature. Now users have a lot more [...]
Yochay Kiriaty has put together a series of posts to help you move your Windows XP application to Windows 7 on the Windows Team for Developers blog. The series began with Is Your Application Ready for Windows 7 RTM? and continues with User Account Control Data Redirection. Other posting are promised. But these two provide [...]
Back in April, we introduced the Windows XP Mode beta and after a few months of incorporating your enthusiastic feedback, today we are announcing the availability of the Windows XP Mode Release Candidate.
Download: Windows XP Mode Release Candidate
As you may know, Windows XP Mode is specially designed for small and medium-sized businesses to help [...]
No matter what you think of Bing as a search engine, you have to admit that the daily homepage photos are pretty cool. They range from amazing nature photos to holiday sensitive events. Those images now have a new use, being wallpapers for your Windows 7 PC. One of Windows 7’s lesser know features is [...]
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