Speed seems to be something that Microsoft intends to improve further in Windows 8. Especially the boot performance will be noticeably faster, according to reports. While I cannot really say if that is true or not, considering that there are no official versions of the operating system available, I can show you how you can [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

Microsoft is keeping tight lipped about the name of the next windows. Many users assume that it will be named Windows 8. Others use the name because it is convenient at the moment, mainly because there are not any solid alternatives at the moment, besides The Next Windows maybe, and that the community interested in [...]

Categories: Microsoft, Windows

The Windows 7 operating system is climbing in rapid pace on the market share graph. If you look at the Windows 7 market share for the first quarter of 2011, you notice that the operating system has now about double the share of Windows Vista, its predecessor, and half of that of Windows XP. With [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

A vulnerability was recently discovered in Microsoft Windows operating systems that exploits the default dll loading behavior. A Microsoft Security Advisory explains that the “issue is caused by specific insecure programming practices that allow so-called binary planting or DLL preloading attacks”. In simple terms: Applications that do not use qualified paths for external dynamic link [...]

Categories: Security, Windows

It is usually not necessary to block updates in Windows Update, Microsoft’s integrated updating tool for Windows operating systems. Windows Update notifies the user of new updates by displaying a notification in the system tray, that is, if the update service is up and running. There are two scenarios where Windows users or admins may [...]

Categories: Windows

Windows XP Service Pack 2 users may have noticed that the latest Microsoft out of band security patch released a few days ago was not offered for their operating system. Neither Windows Update, nor the direct download via Microsoft Downloads listed the security patch. Windows XP SP3 users, and newer Microsoft operating system users, were [...]

Categories: Security, Windows

Microsoft has released an update to the backward compatibility feature in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 that promises to increase the backwards compatibility of the operating systems. The update is not available via Windows Update, only directly at the Microsoft support website and probably Microsoft Download Center as well. The explanation of the [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Dante just notified me about a problem that he encountered while trying to reinstall a Windows 7 Professional student version from Digital Rivers. The clean install went well until the product key of the operating system was requested. Windows 7 returned the message that the key that was entered was not valid even though it [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

IT professionals, system administrators and end users have several options to find out if a software program is compatible with Microsoft’s latest operating system Windows 7. They can install the operating system on a single computer to perform individual compatibility tests, take a look at Microsoft’s Windows 7 Compatibility Center or download the Windows 7 [...]

Categories: Microsoft, Windows