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Starting today, Microsoft’s Windows Vista platform enters the extended support period, after benefiting from mainstream support for the past five years. In addition to Vista, Microsoft has ended mainstream support for Office 2007 as well, urging users to upgrade to newer flavors of its products. Moving fort... |
10 April 2012
11:02 GMT |
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Today, Microsoft announced that it has filed a suit against Comet Group PLC for allegedly creating and selling counterfeit Windows Vista and Windows XP CDs. The Redmond-based software giant claims that the UK high street tech retailer has created a number of over 94,000 sets of counterfeit Windows Vista and Windows ... |
4 January 2012
05:52 GMT |
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During the past 12 months, Windows 7 has gained significant share on the PC market, mostly at the expense of Windows XP. However, the older operating system remained the leading platform in 2011 too.
In December 2011, Windows XP accounted for 46.52 percent of the market, while Windows 7 was present on 36.99 percent... |
3 January 2012
10:57 GMT |
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Windows 7 is right on track to becoming the no. 1 operating system worldwide by the end of 2011, and the platform just reached a new milestone on its way there.
At the end of August 2011, Windows 7’s usage share exploded to 30.60%, up from 29.66% the previous month, according to statistics shared by Net Ap... |
1 September 2011
06:37 GMT |
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Customers can turn to a resource provided by Microsoft if they need help to deal with application incompatibility problems irrespective of the version of Windows they’re running. KB 2388210 has been around for a while now, but it’s still an excellent source of links for a variety of application compatibi... |
23 August 2011
09:33 GMT |
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Windows 7 has dethroned Windows XP as the top operating system used in Europe, and is extremely close to grabbing the no.1 spot worldwide as well, according to StatCounter. No less than 38.67% of the European users coming to the websites tracked by the Internet metrics company were running Windows 7, as of August 20... |
9 August 2011
05:57 GMT |
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Windows 7 continues to eat away at Windows XP, and it might still prove the right platform to take down the current king of the operating system market ahead of Windows 8’s launch. The development process of Windows 8 is approaching the Beta phase, although Microsoft has yet to offer any details related to the... |
1 August 2011
10:21 GMT |
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Microsoft is retiring support for the first upgrade to Windows Vista as well as for Office XP as of today, July 12, 2011. Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) customers need to make the jump to Vista SP2 if they plan to continue running the operating system. Vista SP1 will also keep functioning, but customers are not advised... |
12 July 2011
09:38 GMT |
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Microsoft will pull the plug on the first upgrade to Windows Vista in approximately a week, per the company’s official Support Lifecycle for the release. The Redmond giant traditionally ends support for a service pack no more than two years after a superseding upgrade has been released. It is the case of Wind... |
4 July 2011
02:43 GMT |
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An automated solution offered free of charge by Microsoft is designed to fix Windows system performance problems on slow Windows computers. Windows performance can be affected both positively and negatively not only by the hardware of the computer but also by the software installed, and even by the usage behavior of... |
27 June 2011
15:00 GMT |
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It’s simply amazing how much impact an apparently minor security mitigation managed to deliver in the case Autorun-abusing malware. Autorun-related Windows XP and Windows Vista infection rates have dropped dramatically in the first half of 2011 compared to the previous year, all thanks to an update to the feat... |
15 June 2011
10:05 GMT |
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It won’t be long now until Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) will become completely obsolete. In less than one month, Vista SP1 will reach the end of support mark, and although the operating system will continue to run, it’s an extremely bad idea for customers to keep using this particular version of th... |
13 June 2011
07:55 GMT |
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The hugely popular avian “warfare” game that shoot to fame on Apple’s iPhone for which it was launched in December 2009, has now landed on Windows. Angry Birds is now available for download on Windows 7 (both RTM and Service Pack 1), Windows Vista and Windows XP (SP2 or SP3). There are no less tha... |
6 June 2011
11:30 GMT |
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Microsoft recently updated and made available for download new Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VHD VPC Images, a great chance for web developers, and not only, to grab a range of free Windows copies from Microsoft. Packaged as virtual machine images, the free downloads offer Windows 7, Windows Vista and ... |
20 May 2011
12:21 GMT |
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Microsoft is offering a collection of free Windows copies for download, comprising the past three releases of the operating system. A set comprising Windows7, Windows Vista and Windows XP can be grabbed free of charge via the Microsoft Download Center. The software giant has introduced a major overhaul to the Inter... |
16 May 2011
08:46 GMT |
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Time is running out for customers still leveraging Windows Vista plus the first Service Pack released by Microsoft. Windows Vista SP1 has less than a couple of months of life left in it, support-wise. This because, Vista SP1 will reach end of support on July 12, 2011. The best course of action for users is to make ... |
16 May 2011
06:44 GMT |
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With end of life deadline looming on the horizon, and Windows 7 available to deliver an immensely superior experience, Windows XP’s market share has been diminishing rapidly. Windows XP continues to be the dominant operating system worldwide, but its dominance is dwindling. And if the current trends continue,... |
2 May 2011
09:58 GMT |
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Microsoft has released an update to all supported versions of Windows designed to introduce support for the new currency symbol that will be used from now on for the Indian Rupee. Customers can download variants of KB 2496898 and install the refresh in accordance with the operating system they’re running.... |
23 March 2011
11:36 GMT |
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There was a lot of criticism pointed at Microsoft for its decision not to support Windows XP to Windows 7 upgrades, but only allow Windows Vista users to seamlessly make the jump to the latest iteration of the Windows client. However, the Redmond company did note at the time that customers could opt to upgrade from ... |
3 March 2011
03:03 GMT |
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There is now one user of Windows 7 for every two users of Windows XP worldwide. Similarly, there are two customers running Windows 7 for each one still on Windows Vista. According to statistics released by Internet metrics company Net Applications, Windows 7 continues to gain traction worldwide, having reached a usa... |
1 March 2011
13:21 GMT |
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It’s now easier than ever for customers running older Windows releases to increase the security of their platforms by accessing an element of Windows 7’s evolution related to the AutoPlay. Back in April 2009, long before Windows 7 was released to manufacturing, Microsoft kicked up a notch AutoRun for the... |
10 February 2011
04:11 GMT |
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Microsoft recently updated its free Windows XP and Windows Vista downloads making fresh releases available as a part of a continued effort (more than a couple of years now) to make it easier for website developers to test drive their projects against multiple versions of Internet Explorer. Devs that create websites ... |
5 February 2011
07:02 GMT |
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While globally Windows 7 is still runner up to Windows XP, the latest iteration of the Windows client has already managed to surpass its predecessor in one market in Europe. According to statistics shared by Internet metrics company StatCounter, Windows 7 has become the most used operating system in Germany as of Ja... |
5 February 2011
05:06 GMT |
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Windows 7 is feeding its hunger for growth with Windows XP and Windows Vista. January 2011 brought with it another strong increase in market share for Windows 7 in the detriment of its predecessors. Windows 7’s usage share jumped from 20.87% at the end of 2010 to as much as 22.31% in January 2011 according to ... |
1 February 2011
12:31 GMT |
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Microsoft is making it extremely easy for customers that performed a custom installation of Windows 7 to restore their personal files from the previous Windows client. The Redmond company has been offering a Knowledge Base article describing the process for quite some time now, but the resource was also updated with... |
31 January 2011
06:25 GMT |
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There are plenty of free Windows downloads to go around from Microsoft, with the company offering copies of Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP to users without requiring a single cent in return. The past weekend I told you that the software giant has posted refreshed versions of its new XP and Vista free down... |
31 January 2011
02:50 GMT |
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A collection of Windows XP and Windows Vista releases offered by Microsoft was refreshed earlier this week, allowing customers to download and run the two operating systems free of charge. The Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image downloads were updated, with the previous version closing in on the ex... |
29 January 2011
06:58 GMT |
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EA's big upcoming first-person shooter, Battlefield 3, won't be able to run on the old Windows XP operating system, at least according to the rendering architect of Battlefield development studio DICE, Johan Andersson.
The DICE representative stated that the Frostbite 2 engine, on which Battlefield 3 wou... |
4 January 2011
04:00 GMT |
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Windows 7’s strong uptake rate continues to hold steady even as the operating system has entered into its second year on the market. Released commercially on October 22nd, 2009, Windows 7 now accounts for 20.87% in global usage share according to statistics made available at the start of this year by Internet ... |
3 January 2011
07:49 GMT |
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October 22nd, 2010 was a non-event for Windows Vista, with Microsoft busy celebrating the 1 year anniversary of Windows 7. But fact is that the date marked an important milestone for the successor of Windows XP, namely Packaged Software End of Sales. As of October 22, per the new lifecycle changes introduced by the... |
3 December 2010
11:26 GMT |
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Windows XP continues to be the dominant platform on the operating system market, but its user base is slipping away at a steady pace. Windows Vista was never made for greatness, and its share of the OS market has also been shrinking slowly but surely, not that anybody is paying attention, or would shed a tear for th... |
1 December 2010
10:42 GMT |
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Microsoft is providing users with a fix designed to help them deal with problems related to icons changing randomly on their computer. According to the Redmond company, this issue can affect Windows 7, but also older releases of Windows, such as Windows Vista and Windows XP. The software giant explained that the pr... |
15 November 2010
07:50 GMT |
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Microsoft is helping customers that upgraded from Windows Vista to Windows 7 and then came across poor performance when printing documents from the new platform. The Redmond company has acknowledged the existence of the issue, revealing that it also affects Windows Server 2008 R2, and not just Windows 7. While over... |
18 October 2010
10:33 GMT |
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Microsoft is offering no less than five free copies of Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista SP1 via the Download Center. As I was telling you just a few days ago, the Redmond company was gearing up to release a number of free downloads of Windows XP and Windows Vista, as a part of what has been come a traditi... |
15 October 2010
12:29 GMT |
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Not only are free downloads of Windows XP and Windows Vista from Microsoft not going anywhere, but the company is currently cooking new releases which will be available soon. The software giant has made somewhat of a tradition from offering free virtualized copies of XP and Vista to developers building websites requ... |
13 October 2010
11:25 GMT |
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Microsoft has been constantly boosting the security capabilities of its Windows clients, and the company has the numbers to prove it. In the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report Volume 9 (for the first half of 2010) released at RSA Europe, the Redmond company points out that users running Windows 7 are less suscep... |
13 October 2010
10:50 GMT |
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There is now less than a month until Windows 7’s one year anniversary since launch, and the latest iteration of the Windows client shows no signs that its growth is slowing down. Fact is, that quite to the contrary, Windows 7 continues to rip apart its predecessors, Windows Vista and Windows XP. According to s... |
4 October 2010
06:58 GMT |
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Users running the latest iteration of Windows might experience a Black Screen when they attempt to unlock their machine in certain conditions, Microsoft warned. According to the Redmond company, the issue impacts not only Windows 7 customers, but also those leveraging Windows Vista. The problem is not likely to affe... |
4 October 2010
06:18 GMT |
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Microsoft has released Windows Live Essentials 2011, the free consumer apps pack that connects your average PC to the cloud, so that you can stay connected to your friends, share and create online, control data across devices and have an amazing Windows experience. Yesterday, Chris Jones, senior vice president of Wi... |
1 October 2010
03:30 GMT |
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The fastest selling operating system in history is now being used by almost twice as many customers than its predecessor. According to statistics share by Janco, Windows 7 has grown to a massive 17.39% of the OS market. Meanwhile, the market share of Windows Vista has been falling with no signs of stopping. The succe... |
16 August 2010
10:26 GMT |
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Microsoft is currently riding the wave of immense success Windows 7 is having on the market, with over 175 million sold licenses to date, at just nine months since the operating system was launched. According to Microsoft Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Steve Ballmer, the company accounts for 94% customer satisfaction ... |
4 August 2010
07:30 GMT |
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While being no match for Windows XP, still, Windows 7 did manage to swallow its predecessor over the past month, in terms of market share. Windows Vista is no longer the second most used operating system worldwide as of the end of July 2010. According to statistics released by Net Applications, Windows 7 is now runne... |
2 August 2010
06:53 GMT |
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In certain scenarios users of Windows 7 and Windows Vista can experience problems when connecting their mobile computers to some Wi-Fi hot spots. According to Microsoft, symptoms will vary, and can include poor performance as well as having the wireless network connection dropped altogether. The Redmond company revea... |
29 July 2010
09:08 GMT |
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Windows 7 is now officially the second most popular operating system worldwide, after Windows XP. On July 22nd, 2010, the Redmond company announced record revenue for the third quarter of Fiscal Year 2010, no less than $16.04 billion, and credited the amount to the success of Windows 7. According to the software gian... |
23 July 2010
09:30 GMT |
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Having backported a number of key Windows 7 technologies, including DirectX 11 from Windows 7 to its predecessor, Microsoft is now offering users of Windows Vista Service Pack (SP2) a platform update supplement. The recently released Platform Update Supplement Beta for Windows Vista is obviously designed to catalyze ... |
22 July 2010
11:22 GMT |
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The downgrading process in relation to Windows operating systems has become immensely popular following the launch of Windows Vista, when users expressing their dislike of the new platform were switching back to Windows XP. However, Microsoft was already offering downgrade rights for Windows, the company had been for... |
21 July 2010
12:07 GMT |
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As with previous service pack releases, Microsoft offered customers running Windows Vista SP1 the option to block automatic upgrades to Service Pack 2 served through Windows Update. The Redmond company made available a new version of the Windows Service Pack Blocker Tool, ahead of starting to deliver Vista SP2 throug... |
20 July 2010
03:31 GMT |
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Customers currently running Windows Vista, and those that will opt to buy the OS until next year, will be able to enjoy support for approximately seven more years. Microsoft recently revised its Windows end of sales policy, and Jared Proudfoot, Group program manager, Microsoft Support Lifecycle offered a clarificatio... |
19 July 2010
06:36 GMT |
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Microsoft has gone for Apple’s jugular, and mocked the Cupertino-based company for the problems plaguing iPhone 4. One of the software giant’s top executives compared iPhone with Windows Vista, an operating system itself riddled with a variety of issues impacting software and hardware compatibility and of... |
15 July 2010
04:03 GMT |
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Almost 1 in 2 customers running the latest iteration of the Windows client are using systems with 64-bit (x64) architectures and 64-bit (x64) copies of Windows 7. According to statistics provided by the Redmond company, no less than 46% of all Windows 7 PCs worldwide are equipped with a 64-bit edition of the operatin... |
9 July 2010
04:04 GMT |
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