There have already been dozens of fixes and improvements made to the Windows 7 beta ; according to Microsoft’s Engineering Windows blog. They list 36 improvements, which will be in the RC (release candidate.) This disproves the often mentioned rumour that the Windows 7 feature-set is ‘frozen.’ Windows 7 fixes & improvements The changes have…
Windows 7 beta testers will have the opportunity to contribute to the development of the operating system, by testing the Windows 7 update feature (from 24th February.) This only applies to people running the build 7000 beta and the update will not be automatic; you will need to manually install it – even if you…
Microsoft has announced that it’s offering a reward of $250,000, to help find the creator of the Downadup/Conficker virus. The virus, a worm that’s been infecting systems since last October, has infected as many as 12 million systems; according to Arbor Networks. George Stathakopulos, of Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing Group told BBC news; “People who write…
If you are running Internet Explorer 7, you should download the latest Microsoft update immediately. Yesterday’s Internet Explorer vulnerabilities were give an Exploitability Index value of 1, which translates to “Consistent exploit code likely.” More details can be found in the Microsoft Security Bulletin. However, the key thing is to get your Windows update applied….
Microsoft have said that there WILL be an upgrade option, for Windows XP users wanting to buy Windows 7. However, it’s not an upgrade in the usual sense of the word! Windows 7 upgrade from XP – NOT really an upgrade According to a post on The Register, a Microsoft spokesman has said: “I can…
What’s going on over at The Register? As I reported on 31st January, there’s an issue with the default Windows 7 UAC settings. In an effort to make the beta OS less annoying than Vista, Microsoft have set the Windows 7 default UAC setting to low (or tooooooo low). Rafael Rivera has proven that it’s…
Internet Explorer’s grip on the browser market is slipping, with a significant drop of 7% market share in the past year; according to figures released by Internet metrics provider, Net Applications. It seems FireFox has grabbed the lion’s share of users from Microsoft’s browser, with a gain of 3% to 21.5%. Safari has also gained…
It’s Windows 7 release date rumour time again! The speculation that Windows 7 will be launched later this year, and not early 2010 as Microsoft suggested, looks to have gathered some momentum. The general belief that the Windows 7 public beta is already pretty stable, has been fuelling speculation of a 2009 release. This has…
I was just reading Leo Laporte’s blog and noticed something that I wanted to share with you. I recently posted about how the pro Apple bloggers / podcatsers / journalists would have a challenge in 2009; dissing Windows 7 – when the general geek population seems (mainly) to think that even the beta version is…
Someone asked me earlier, how good I thought Microsoft Windows 7 was. I replied that I think it’s good enough, to ‘maybe’ cause CNET, TWiT and other anti Microsoft networks, an unexpected problem: How do you dump on something that the public ALREADY likes and even competitors say is great? Windows 7 & Win7Love There’s…
