Windows 7

Let's look back at the week that was in Microsoft news. Here were the top stories: Inside "MinWin": the Windows 7 kernel slims down: Back in 2003, Microsoft assembled a team of engineers to rethink the lowest levels of Windows, so that the OS could be more easily slimmed down and secured to run in servers and embedded applications. That project, called "MinWin," has now started to bear fruit. Ars takes a look inside...  

SharePoint Server 2010 can be installed on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2. You can find installation steps for different OSes on MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee554869(office.14).aspx . So is there any difference between these OSes when you want to play with SharePoint? Here’s a table to compare different configuration. If you have any suggestions on this table, please comment and I...  

Chrome OS was released for developers, just yesterday. Iit didn’t take too long for the uber techies to compile it and make it available for us to try the new OS. Chrome OS is now installable using VMware (VMfusion for Mac) or Virtualbox for Windows/Mac/*nix flavors. My current setup is Windows Vista Home [...]  

The new taskbar in Windows 7 is awesome, but it has its quirks. One of them are ghost icons of pinned programs that won’t flush out. Luckily, there’s a fix for that. A revamped taskbar with Dock-like icons is one of the prominent user interface enhancements in Windows 7. It’s a crossover of OS X’s [...]  

Last post by: GraphMaN_USA (20 Nov 05:40): Win7 x86 runs fine on an old Intel 1.7GHz, 2GB ram, EMU 1212m, nVidia Quadro.New Win7 Task Manager gives a bit more processes info than on XP,but I still prefer a utility like The Ultimate Troubleshooter to kill non-essential processes, which, imho, is the key to a lean DAW.I still prefer my Core2 f [more...]  

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Windows Virtual PC is the latest Microsoft virtualization technology designed for Windows 7. It is the runtime engine for Windows XP Mode to provide a virtual Windows environment for Windows 7. Windows XP Mode, a new benefit of Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate, provides a virtual Windows XP SP3 runtime environment within Windows 7, and allows one to install and run Windows XP specific application directly from your Windows 7-based...  

As someone who has been running Windows XP as a primary operating system for the past eight years and has seen more netbooks with the dated OS in the last year or so, I was probably more excited about the arrival of Windows 7 than Twilight fans are about the upcoming release of the vampire packed New Moon movie. However, the last two netbooks I have gotten my hands on run the lower-end and feature-missing Windows 7 Starter edition. Although it...  

This step-by-step guide illustrates how to deploy Active Directory® Group Policy objects (GPOs) to configure Windows Firewall with Advanced Security in Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2008. Although you can configure a single server locally by using Group Policy Management tools directly on the server, that method is not consistent or efficient when you have many computers to configure. When you have...  

A new method has been discovered and implemented by hackers to get around product activation in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. The hack in question works by disabling access to Windows Activation Technologies (WAT; previously known as Windows Genuine Advantage) and subsequently turning off any nags asking users to activate their copy of Windows 7 after the 30-day evaluation period is over. ...