Windows 7

Here are some cheats to use your Windows 7 computer easier and faster. In your daily work tempo some shortcuts can save you time.

You don’t have to do anything, just thank me, enough

Continue reading »

Microsoft defended its security features present in Window 7 after their recent exploitation at the event of Pwn2Own hacking contest. Both hackers successfully bypassed DEP and ASLR just in two minutes but Microsoft product manager Pete Lepage tried to defend the position by saying that these features are not meant for preventing every attack. It means that even toady it is not possible for everyone to outwit these security mechanism, it could only happen in a couple of cases where someone have done a lot of work to find all flaws and loopholes in their full proof security system. Continue reading »

One of the recent additions to the Windows version of the Google Chrome web browser was support for the Windows 7 taskbar to show preview thumbnails of all open tabs of the web browser in the taskbar. That feature addition caused some controversy as it was not possible to disable it. Continue reading »

Pwn2Own hacking contest exposed the vulnerability of latest software presented by Microsoft and Mozilla, where two researcher Peter Vreugdenhil from Netherlands and Nils from German bypassed a couple of defensive mechanism in present in Windows 7 by using its own code against it. Continue reading »

I’ve had so many emails hit my inbox overnight about a story over on ComputerWorld citing data collected by Devil Mountain Software’s community-based XPnet claiming that some 86% of Windows 7 machines being monitored are regularly consuming 90-95% of the system RAM that I’m forced from silence to comment. Continue reading »

While a number of people have been successfully running Windows 7 on their Boot Camp partitions since the first public beta releases were available, many have been waiting for official support from Apple before installing it. Yesterday Apple released Boot Camp 3.1, which provides support for Windows 7, but full support on some systems may not be as straightforward as updating Boot Camp and then installing Windows 7. Additionally, some people have wondered whether or not the updates that state specific support for Windows 7 are applicable to Vista and XP installations. Continue reading »

Now that the download period for Windows 7 Beta is over, many people may have lost their chance to try Microsoft’s new operating system. If you’re among them, worry not: you still have the opportunity to take a sneaky peek at Windows 7, even if it’s only by disguising your dear old Windows XP as the new Microsoft OS.

SevenVG RC Theme is a nicely tailored Windows 7 skin that gives Windows XP the new look. The theme is dead easy to install – something you don’t usually find in this kind of software – and includes a wide array of changes: new fonts, new common tasks bar, new window style and much more. Continue reading »

Hackers have managed to find a way around one of the key antipiracy protections built into Windows 7.

Ordinarily, the operating system requires users to activate their copy of Windows 7 within 30 days. However, a recently outlined method allows the normal notifications to be turned off.

The software doesn’t actually get confirmed as legitimate, but users are able to keep using the product indefinitely.

Microsoft confirmed on Friday it is aware of the technique, but said that it is working to shore up the activation procedure.

“We’re aware of this workaround and are already working to address it,” a Microsoft representative said in a statement, which also urged customers to only use genuine software, noting the fake stuff can contain malware and other bad things.

It’s the latest in a long history of cat-and-mouse moves between the makers of Windows and those who would rather not have to pay for the privilege.

Microsoft have embraced video like never before with the launch of Windows 7.  One of the most useful of these videos is a quick tutorial on how to upgrade your PC from Windows XP.

Continue reading »

Microsoft have launched the compatibility centre for Windows 7.  A website simply containing a database of software and hardware that is known to work fine with their new operating system. Continue reading »