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Windows 7 migration underway at Immigration Department
The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) is ditching XP and giving Vista a miss in favour of desktop refresh to Windows 7 to help the agency improve staff collaboration.
By Hamish Barwick | 24 January, 2011 11:28
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Windows 7 SP1 means end of XP downgrade rights
The clock is ticking on the demise of some downgrade rights for Windows 7, an analyst said Thursday.
By Gregg Keizer | 08 May, 2010 05:48
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Competitors bicker over Vista's security features
The Vista Kernal Patch Protection feature, known as PatchGuard, is intended by Microsoft to prevent modifying system structures for purpose of intercepting system calls, said Bruce McCorkendale, Symantec's distinguished engineer.
By Ellen Messmer | 26 October, 2006 19:01
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Windows 7 early adoption rate outpaces Vista's
Windows 7 has broken the 4% market share barrier in less than three weeks, a mark that took Windows Vista five months to reach, a Web metrics company said today.
By Gregg Keizer | 11 November, 2009 05:37
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Microsoft: In-place Windows 7 upgrades can take up to 20 hours
Microsoft said Friday that some 'in-place' upgrades from Windows Vista to the new Windows 7 may take some users more than 20 hours to complete.
By Gregg Keizer | 14 September, 2009 08:36
Tutorials about vista
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Turning off disk defragmenter may solve a sluggish PC
For the last couple months I've been troubleshooting a vexing problem on my new quad-core HP desktop: Roughly once per week, the machine would start running as slow as molasses.
By Rick Broida | 11 April, 2009 05:42
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Turning off disk defragmenter may solve a sluggish PC (Part 2)
When we last left our intrepid blogger (way back on Friday), he'd pointed the finger at Vista's Disk Defragmenter and cried, "J'accuse!"
By Rick Broida | 14 April, 2009 05:29
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Add Windows 7-Style Icons to Vista
As most Windows watchers know by now, Windows 7 brings a handful of interface tweaks to the table, starting with large, eye-pleasing program icons that take up residence in the taskbar. Of course, this is little more than an update to the Quick Launch feature that debuted in Windows XP. And believe it or not, Vista users can easily bring that Windows 7 look to their own taskbars. Here's how:
By Rick Broida | 27 January, 2009 05:51
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