Security bug bites 64-bit Windows 7
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| Microsoft on Tuesday warned users of a
| vulnerability in 64-bit versions of
| Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 that
| could expose users to malware attacks.
|
| [...]
|
| Bryant said a patch would be forthcoming,
| but didn't say when. In the meantime,
| users can prevent attacks by disabling the
| Windows Aero Theme. To turn it off, choose
| Start > Control Panel and click on
| Appearance and Personalization. Then click
| on Change the Theme. Then select one of
| the Basic and High Contrast Themes.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/18/windows_7_security_bug/
Doghouse
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| People who paid for Vista do not feel they
| should pay again for â7â. Folks who sell
| defective cars should expect no more
| custom. Consumers may find â7â acceptable
| but business wants to be free of the
| burden of that other OS. Some businesses
| and organizations will go with â7â as the
| line of least resistance but GNU/Linux
| really looks good to users and
| administrators who have kept XP going for
| years. My users are asking for something
| fast that runs on our hardware. â7â is not
| happening. We even were given some brand
| new machines with 3gB RAM, and, to my
| surprise, find they shipped with XPâ That
| says something about this notion that
| customers are demanding â7â. Why would an
| OEM ship us XP if that were the case?
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http://pogson.6k.ca/2010/05/18/doghouse/
What an utter piece of Vista!
Recent:
Intel hits migration delays with Windows 7
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| Intel faces challenges in migrating from
| Windows XP to Windows 7, including
| application incompatibility and system
| readiness, the company said.
|
| Intel worked with Microsoft to develop
| Windows 7 into a stable operating system, but
| there is still a lot of heavy lifting
| involved before migrating PCs to the new OS
| inside Intel's environment, wrote Intel staff
| engineer Roy Ubry in a blog entry. Challenges
| include issues related to backward
| application compatibility, web browser
| support, 64-bit computing and privacy
| controls.
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http://news.techworld.com/operating-systems/3213679/intel-hits-migration-delays-with-windows-7/
Intel: Just 3,000 employees run Windows 7
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| Despite the firm's rapid turnaround of PCs and its very public
| partnership with Microsoft, Bryant said that so far it had
| shifted just 3,000 of its 80,000 plus employees onto Windows 7.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/03/bryant_cebit_speech/
Windows 7 Won't Raise Your Game
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| After installing Microsoft's latest operating
| system, one business owner finds his staff
| covering less ground
|
| [...]
|
| Yet so much of Windows 7 resembles
| Microsoft's operating systems of the past.
| Some of my applications still freeze, and I
| still reboot and start over, hoping it won't
| happen again. Networking still takes an
| information technology professional to set
| up.
|
| [...]
|
| Running a business? Buying a new computer?
| Don't get too excited about Windows 7. It's
| fine, but our upgrade didn't improve our
| game. And I'll never be able to cover as much
| ground at shortstop as I once did.
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http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2010/tc20100414_633573.htm
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