Posted by admin on Feb 12, 2009 in
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Microsoft recently announced some big changes to the UAC (User Account Control.) Some big critics of Vista said this was too cumbersome while most security experts found this to be crucial for security. Microsoft tried to listen to both and find a good mix. Read this article for more info.
Features
Some have been wondering about whether there would be different versions of Windows 7 and unfortunately there are. Some are rather shocking. See this article for details about the versions.
Upgrading?
If you are thinking about upgrading to the new OS and I think it will be a good move, you might want to read this article to learn more about what you need to know. Also it was announced that Microsoft might offer a free upgrade to Windows 7 from certain Vista packages but there is a huge but with this. The limitations are very extreme and you would probably not be affected. You can read this article here to see what I mean.
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Posted by admin on Oct 28, 2008 in
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Personally I don’t see much here that is all that interesting. Maybe it is to you? Anyways straight from Microsoft here are some upcoming features.
In addition to previously released updates since the launch of Windows Vista SP1, Windows Vista SP2 contains changes focused on supporting new types of hardware and adding support for several emerging standards:
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Windows Vista SP2 adds Windows Search 4.0 for faster and improved relevancy in searches.
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Windows Vista SP2 contains the Bluetooth 2.1 Feature Pack supporting the most recent specification for Bluetooth Technology.
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Ability to record data on to Blu-Ray media natively in Windows Vista.
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Adds Windows Connect Now (WCN) to simplify Wi-Fi Configuration.
- Windows Vista SP2 enables the exFAT file system to support UTC timestamps, which allows correct file synchronization across time zones.
You can read the full story here.
Honestly that sort of just sucks.
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Posted by admin on Oct 28, 2008 in
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Sorry this probably isn’t as interesting as just going to the link in the story. I cant show you the new features because I don’t have access to the photos. You can however check them out for yourself. Regardless the new version of windows has some neat tricks. The biggest rumor I have heard is that there is going to be some new focus in the upcoming release. I have heard they are trying to get away from such a large install and actually make Windows smaller. Whether they achieve this or not we will have to see. They have promised further security with less intrusion like what is found when using Vista. But few are probably even aware you can turn off those features!
First look at Windows 7’s User Interface
By Peter Bright | Published: October 28, 2008 – 10:59AM CT
At PDC today, Microsoft gave the first public demonstration of Windows 7. Until now, the company has been uncharacteristically secretive about its new OS; over the past few months, Microsoft has let on that the taskbar will undergo a number of changes, and that many bundled applications would be unbundled and shipped with Windows Live instead. There have also been occasional screenshots of some of the new applets like Calculator and Paint. Now that the covers are finally off, the scale of the new OS becomes clear. The user interface has undergone the most radical overhaul and update since the introduction of Windows 95 thirteen years ago.
First, however, it’s important to note what Windows 7 isn’t. Windows 7 will not contain anything like the kind of far-reaching architectural modifications that Microsoft made with Windows Vista. Vista brought a new display layer and vastly improved security, but that came at a cost: a significant number of (badly-written) applications had difficulty running on Vista. Applications expecting to run with Administrator access were still widespread when Vista was released, and though many software vendors do a great job, there are still those that haven’t updated or fixed their software. Similarly, at its launch many hardware vendors did not have drivers that worked with the new sound or video subsystems, leaving many users frustrated.
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The links above are interesting as well. I will follow this post up with news of the SP2 release for Vista coming to a theater near you!
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