Windows 7

Windows 7 adds a number of new security features, but social engineering attacks mean that you can’t let your guard down.

Experts agree that Windows 7 has enhanced security to ward off attacks on vulnerabilities in old software. But what if a money-minded online scammer can persuade you to download malware onto your PC?

With the release of Windows 7, the latest edition of Windows, Microsoft has not radically reinvented their OS. The taskbar still exists, Microsoft Paint still exists, as well as most features included in previous versions of Windows. Overall Windows 7 is more user-friendly.

Here's how to get Windows 7 running on your Mac in just a few quick steps by following our simple installation guide.

Windows: Unlike previous versions of Windows, Windows 7 has no option for remembering the position of individual windows. If you miss having Windows remember how you arrange things, ShellFolderFx can...

If you've settled into Windows 7 but find the change in the functionality of the backspace key while browsing files to be too much to bear, use this simple hack to turn the backspace key back to its...

Oh, small business. You really are the belle of the ball lately. Government attention is nice -- but you know you've really arrived when Microsoft starts trying to write on your dance card. That's what they're doing with Windows 7 Professional, a jazzed-up version of the new operating syste...

Who doesn't want to be a deity? Especially a deity of Microsoft Windows, joining Bill Gates and Paul Allen in an unholy pantheon of digital excess? Well, I can't quite make that happen, but I can at least show you how to get a little more control over Windows 7, through the use of a trick which C...

Microsoft: Blood, Sweat, and Bing [2009 in Review] They had extensive ad campaigns and Windows 7 launch parties to build up the hype that this thing was fast, sleek, simple, and not Windows Vista. ... Microsoft is most-mentioned brand online in 2009, Google ranks secondVentureBeat

The technology is available on Windows 7, Vista SP1, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Embedded CE. This is the second intellectual property licensing ... Microsoft licenses out exFAT file systemArs Technica Microsoft licenses new flash formatTG Daily

In October 2009, Microsoft launched Windows 7, which promise to release with better device driver support and improved performance than Windows Vista. 3. ... Final patch Tuesday of 2009 from Microsoft sees Internet Explorer zero-day ...SC Magazine UK

by Dennis O'Reilly Do you need Windows 7? If you're happy with your current PC—whether it runs Vista, XP, or some other operating system—probably not. ...

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Microsoft has issued a Security Advisory related to a reported zero-day vulnerability in Windows 7. Here's how to protect your systems pending another patch ... Microsoft Investigating Windows 7 SMB Crash BugPC World Microsoft Kernel Engineers Talk About Windows 7's KernelOS News

Here is the very best advice for Windows XP users considering an upgrade to Windows 7: Don't do it.

It is hard--make that impossible--to recommend that Windows XP users upgrade to Windows 7. Especially when the new OS really wants a clean installation, goodbye apps, goodbye drivers, goodbye hours of people's time. RTM or not, Win7 isn't any closer to many users' PCs, including most of m...

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Do you need to run XP under Windows 7? We dispel myths about 7's XP Mode. The crew also spreads some rumors about Office 2010, totally destroys a DIY laptop, muses about Star Trek, and predicts the days of free Web sites are numbered. ... Windows 7's XP Mode: Hands-on Product Reviews

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With Windows 7, it's also making an effort to "rescue" some apps that wouldn't run on Windows Vista, by making sure they will run on Windows 7. A few of the now-Windows-friendly programs include the Spanish-language IKEA Home Kitchen Planner, ...

nVidia announced the availability of device drivers for Windows 7 today. Customers running the Windows 7 beta had to access supported drivers through Windows Update, now you can download them directly by going to nVidia’s website. "Since its release last month, the Windows 7 Beta has b...

By rss@youtube.com (DarkImaak) This is the official Cnet tutorial on How to Dual Boot Windows 7 with Vista or XP - - - *Shrink your drive *Create a new volume from the unallocated space (Capacity ought to be of 16gigs minimum) *Burn 7 Beta ISO on a Dvd *Install 7 on ur new Drive ****Voila !**** Comment & Rate this video Sub...

By rss@youtube.com (mrpcclass2) As you know, in both Windows Vista and Windows 7, when you install a new program, it highlights it until you open it. Well, in this video, I show you how to turn that feature off! I got the idea from a Windows 7 review. Please go to my website, http://www.mrpcclass2.weebly.com Mr. PC

Sir Steve Ballmer has announced the availability of Windows 7 Beta and Windows Live here at his CES keynote. The official word is this: "The beta version of Windows 7 , Microsoft's next-generation PC operating system, can . ... Good news: the next version of Microsoft's Windows OS appears to be...

By Richard M. Every review I've seen has said that Windows 7 is supposedly a lean mean Vista and XP killing machine. That the beta uses less resources than both previous operating systems. Personally I find it hard to believe that it uses less resources than ... Aero Peek is great but I'm not sure about the unif...

One of the only reviews I have seen of Windows 7 Beta which is Adobe Air, Firefox, Live Mesh, Luca Filigheddu, Office 2007, Safari, Skype, Tweetdeck, Windows Live Sync, alec saunders, chrome, google, google analytics, iTunes, ie, ... He says Windows 7 is worth downloading if you are technic...

By edit@zdnet.com.au (Renai LeMay) I found Vista to be a worthy upgrade from Windows XP SP2. Despite its obvious flaws (can you say "resource hog"?) and acknowledging that some of its features need to be disabled by default, Vista at heart is a much more stable and usable operating system than XP, which was first released back...

By Jemima Kiss It's that time of year again: MacWorld is almost wrapped up and CES will soon be upon us, with the great and the good of the technology world descending on Las Vegas for five days of dribbling, drooling and bragging about the latest software hardware, gadget geekery and with a few power spee...

By RedJungle Microsoft to replace Live OneCare with free alternative Zune Software Updates to 3.1, Adds Games, Improves Social Features and Stability Windows 7 Touch Control Makes Media Center More Awesome Safari 3.2 Released, Bolsters Security Apple:

By Dan Emulator for Internet Explorer Mobile 6 (6:45 - 8:25)  Visual Studio 2010 Week on Channel 9 - Lots of great videos on IDE and platform features (11:27 - 12:32) Nic's pick of the week: Nic gets Windows 7 running on ASUS EeePC netbook (18:22 - end)

By juha Glenn Williams, a.k.a. Wammo, asked me say a few words about Windows 7 on his programme on Kiwi FM, so I did. Click on the Winver image below to listen to the recording, in MP3 format. (Next time, I won't call on a mobile phone, as the sound quality isn't great.)

By Gina Trapani While the next iteration of the ubiquitous Microsoft desktop operating system, Windows 7, isn't a dramatic overhaul of its predecessor Windows Vista, it does fix several sore spots and add a few welcome features. Rumor has it that Windows 7 will drop in the middle of next year, but last mon...

By securitybites@cnet.com (CNET.com) At this year's PDC and again at WinHec, Microsoft certainly talked up its new Windows Azure cloud-based services, along with Windows 7. It has also been talking about Geneva, the code name for the next version of CardSpace, the Microsoft user authentication system. One goal of Geneva is to...

Microsoft has unveiled its next generation operating system, Windows 7 - we take a first look at the pre-beta release; and the government's latest figures for online retailing cause some confusion In the latest Computing podcast, we examine the issues behind this week's big stories. Wi...

By Charles Arthur Then again, that arguably wasn't his wrongest forecast. He also said of the just-released Windows XP: "A key reason for the early success of Windows XP is its incredibly strong security -- it has literally hundreds of security improvements over Windows 98, making it the most secure Windo...

By Dan In Part 2, David Washington and Brandon Paddock show how developers can build federated search applications that enable you to easily search your organization's intranet or the Web and integrate those search results directly into Windows Explorer.

By Charles The great Larry Osterman discusses what excites him most about Windows 7's new audio features. Of course, we talk about all things audio as Larry is a 24 year veteran of Microsoft and best known as the developer who makes Windows go ding.  He's also an avid blogger.

By Adam Pash In total, so far Windows 7 looks like a more polished, better thought out version of Vista. Some features are simply smart updates to the existing features, like: If you've got more to say, let's hear it in the comments. Windows 7 Walkthrough, Boot Video and Impressions [Gizmodo]

By Wilson Rothman For now, we should just be happy that Windows 7 appears to be on the right track. You can almost look at consumer-level Windows—that is, 95, 98, Me, XP, Vista and Win 7—like the first six Star Trek movies: They pretty reliably alternate between crap and quality. All I can say is, screw the Final...

By Brad Linder Windows 7 may be grabbing all the headlines these days, but that doesn't mean Microsoft has forgotten about Windows Vista. ZDNet reports that while Windows 7 is due out next year, Microsoft plans to release at least one major update for Windows Vista before launching Windows 7.

By Tim Nott Different tools and features for Windows, plus a look at the next version However, Microsoft has now released a Zune theme for XP. If that download doesn’t work, a web search for ‘XP Zune theme’ should deliver. For all articles on Windows click on the tag below

By John C Dvorak No aliens have landed. Apple shows new versions of MacBooks. Apple goes to the LED displays finally. Microsoft finally gives Windows 7 a name! LCD to be a huge market by 2012. Doing Google searches may improve brain function. Yeah, right. Free wireless broadband takes a turn. Have [...]

By sumeethevans@bink.nu Windows 7 is the only piece of the Windows client roadmap for which Microsoft is willing to provide a date right now. Here’s what I’d guess about the rest of the client roadmap: Update to Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack: Fall 2007 Windows Vista SP1 : November 2007 Windows XP SP3 : Late 20...

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By Mary Jo Foley Now that Microsoft has provided an official ship target for Windows 7, the next major version of Windows client, it's time for some educated guess work. Windows 7 is the only piece of the Windows client roadmap for which Microsoft is willing to provide a date right now. Here's what I'd guess a...

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