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Follow-up: Benchmarking Windows 7 PC Pro, UK - 27 minutes ago But a few of you have raised good questions about the tests I used to compare performance between XP, Vista and Windows 7. So let me explain them in a bit ... More...

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InfoWorld Windows 7: Vista minus the nagging InfoWorld, CA - 17 minutes ago In recent weeks I've had the chance to chat with many Windows admins about the tech media's unfair treatment of Windows Vista and Windows 7. ... More...

Programmer unlocks hidden Windows 7 features Computerworld, MA - 46 minutes ago Windows 7, which Microsoft has repeatedly said will ship in late 2009 or early 2010, has been branded as "Windows Vista, a lot better," by CEO Steve Ballmer ... More...

InfoWorld reviewer slams Windows 7 Seattle Post Intelligencer - 11 minutes ago More important, these variations pale in comparison with the 40 percent gap in performance I've observed between Vista and Windows XP SP3. ... More...

Enterprise IT Planet Microsoft Security Patch Was Seven Years in the Making PC World - 34 minutes ago This software is used by Windows to share files and print documents over a network. In a blog posting, Microsoft acknowledged that "Public tools, ... Microsoft patches critical XML Core Services flaw SearchSecurity.com all 36 news articles More...

Microsoft patches critical XML Core Services flaw SearchSecurity.com, MA - 3 hours ago The flaws are rated moderate on Windows Vista and Windows 2008 and were given an important rating on Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. ... More...

How do I… Configure OpenDNS in Windows Vista? TechRepublic, KY - 14 minutes ago Setting up Vista to use OpenDNS is simple. Let’s see just how simple. This blog post is also available in the PDF format in a TechRepublic Download. ... More...

Tips for Laptop Users From Hassle-Free PC Washington Post, United States - 42 minutes ago One thing you should know about me: I'm no fan of Windows Vista. Some things about it just annoy me to death, like the unnecessary overhaul of certain ... More...

WindowsForDevices Microsoft fixes Windows Mobile 6.1 email bug WindowsForDevices, CA - 18 minutes ago CAB format, for direct installation on a device, or .MSI format, for installation via Windows Vista or Windows XP PCs, see Microsoft's website, here. More...

Hotmail holdouts grumble about 'pathetic' new interface Register, UK - 25 minutes ago But comments on the Windows Live blog suggest otherwise, with many bitterly complaining about the redesign. A typical comment reads: “I am so upset with ... More...

Windows: The pit stop on the road to open source CNET News, CA - 11 minutes ago More interestingly, note these statistics: Only 9 percent of those evaluating Alfresco on Windows use Vista. It's not surprising that the survey of an ... More...

Windows 7: Netbook-friendly Vista Inquirer.net, Philippines - 14 minutes ago With no apps running, Windows 7 manages to use 485MB of RAM which is a huge improvement as opposed to Vista. Now, if we only knew when to expect this new ... More...

Leopard One Year Later: 5 OS Lessons Learned ITworld.com, MA - 9 hours ago Microsoft has had less success dodging a problematic reputation for its flagship operating system, Windows Vista. It's not necessarily an apples-to-Apple ... Test Center benchmarks: Windows 7 unmasked Reseller News all 7 news articles More...

Tips for Laptop Users From Hassle-Free PC PC World - 22 minutes ago One thing you should know about me: I'm no fan of Windows Vista. Some things about it just annoy me to death, like the unnecessary overhaul of certain ... More...

Join members of the Internet Explorer team for the last Expert Zone chat of 2008 this Thursday, November 13th at 10.00 PST/17.00 UTC. These chats are a great opportunity to have your questions answered by members of the IE product team. Thank you to all who have attended the chats through the year! Look for us to start these chats up again in January 2009. If you can’t join us online, all chat transcripts are published here. Kristen Kibble Program Manager P.S. Upcoming IE chat dates are posted here. More...

I am working on a web interface to let users manage their own quotas. Everyting seems to work ok, except for user impersonations. Ather executables, like notepad, run just fine with my code, which is the C# version of *Runas...". But for dirquota I always get "The requested operation requires elevation". Here is my code... String DirQuota = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["DirQuotaPath"] String sArgument1 = " template list /remote:\"" + _servername + "\"" System.Security.SecureString password = new System.Security.SecureString() foreach (char c in sPassword) { password.AppendChar© } ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(DirQuota, sArgument1) if …

Test Center benchmarks: Windows 7 unmasked Reseller News, New Zealand - 6 minutes ago Using a combination of the Windows Performance Monitor utility and some reference data I'd gathered from Windows Vista and XP, I began comparing the runtime ... More...

ActiveX poses threat to Vista, Microsoft says Computerworld, MA - 15 hours ago s Windows Vista operating system is far better protected from attack code than Windows XP is. However, in a report issued last week, the company said that ... More...

Get The Windows 7 Calculator In Vista Lifehacker Australia, Australia - 13 minutes ago Windows Vista only: We took a liking last week to the Windows 7 calculator and its many uses for serious mathletes, as well its templates for calculating ... More...

Live Mesh is a synchronization platform for files that works on Windows PCs and Macs, Windows Mobile devices, the Web... More...

Windows 7: faster or just smarter? PC Pro, UK - 31 minutes ago And I can exclusively reveal that the actual performance gap between Vista and Windows 7 is… nada. Absolutely nothing. Our Office benchmarks and video ... More...

Windows 7 IT Pro Feature Watch List Datamation, CT - 18 minutes ago By Dries Janssens With all the commotion surrounding Windows 7, one could almost forget that most companies have not even made the leap to Vista. ... More...

Inside Windows’ core: A peek into Microsoft’s COSD ZDNet - 23 minutes ago MJF: How is COSD organized, beyond what you’ve shard on the Engineering 7 blog? DeVaan: We really try to manage the feature team, so these are the core ... More...