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News about Windows 7
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Santos migrates to Windows 7 before XP support ends
The ending of Windows XP support in April 2014 combined with slow log in times led Australian oil and gas producer Santos (ASX: STO) to start its Windows 7 migration.
By Hamish Barwick | 17 May, 2013 11:57
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Windows XP: The final countdown
Microsoft Australia has warned enterprise customers that they only have one year left of Windows XP support and security updates.
By Hamish Barwick | 09 April, 2013 15:05
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Report: EU will announce Microsoft antitrust fine Wednesday
The European Commission is expected to announce an antitrust fine on Microsoft on Wednesday.
By Jennifer Baker | 05 March, 2013 16:25
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Australian enterprises “indifferent” to Windows 8: IDC
Local CIOs and IT managers have chosen to largely ignore Windows 8 operating system upgrades in favour of Windows 7, according to IDC Australia and New Zealand market analyst Amy Cheah.
By Hamish Barwick | 30 January, 2013 11:15
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Windows Store creates opportunities/challenges for W8 developers: Bitdefender
The release of Windows 8 has meant numerous vendors are adjusting their products to work with the new OS, and security vendor, Bitdefender, counts itself among them.
By Patrick Budmar | 28 November, 2012 11:51
Tutorials about Windows 7
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Prepare your PC for future data disasters
Reformatting and restoring a PC is not fun--in the way spending 2 hours in the dentist's chair is not fun. You have to back up all your data (and pray that you haven't forgotten anything), reformat the hard drive, install Windows, track down missing drivers, find and reload all your software, restore your data, and pull out clumps of hair over the things you inevitably neglected to save. (Firefox plug-ins, anyone?)
By Rick Broida | 05 February, 2011 01:51
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Switching to desktop Linux? 6 ways to ease the migration
With all the many compelling reasons for a company to switch to Linux on the desktop, it's no wonder that businesses large and small are increasingly relying on the free and open source operating system.
By Katherine Noyes | 27 January, 2011 06:52
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Windows 7: 10 Cool Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts are wonderful time-savers but many of us are either too accustomed to the mouse or too lazy to get beyond Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V.
By Shane O'Neill | 21 September, 2010 05:27
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Safely dual-boot Windows 7 and XP
QUESTION My PC dual-boots Windows XP 32bit and Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit. Every time I work in XP I lose all my restore points in Windows 7.
By Chris Byers | 03 August, 2010 02:41
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How to get more from a quad-core PC
QUESTION: My Windows 7 Home Premium computer has a quad-core processor and 4GB of RAM. I've not found any advantage to using four cores. How can I use the processor more effectively and allocate different processes to the individual cores?
By Chris Byers | 13 August, 2010 02:20
Features about Windows 7
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Microsoft's 13 worst missteps of all time
DOS 4.0, Zune, and Windows 8 are but a few of the landmarks among 25 years of failures Redmond-style
By Woody Leonhard | 14 January, 2013 11:15
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Forget Windows 8: Give us Windows 7.8
A billion users don't have the right hardware to run Windows 8, even if they wanted to. Here's how Microsoft could give them the best of Windows 8
By Woody Leonhard | 25 October, 2012 10:07
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Asus unveils three tablets and a slate
At CES 2011 today, Asus announced three new Android tablets and a Windows 7 based slate PC. The tablets, all Android-based, go by the moniker "Eee Pad" while the Windows 7 device is called an "Eee Slate." Each one offers some unique features, from stylus input options to sliding keyboards or docking stations. Unfortunately, we don't yet have exact shipping dates or prices for the Android tablets, and the Eee Slate looks to be fairly pricey.
By Jason Cross | 05 January, 2011 12:32
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Is Linux really harder to use?
Not surprisingly, the misperception that Linux is harder to use than other operating systems is also one that competing vendors routinely use to scare potential new users away from Linux.
By Katherine Noyes | 03 August, 2010 08:17
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Microsoft, get back to work!
Steve Ballmer assured analysts and the world that Microsoft is hard at work developing a Windows 7-based tablet to compete with devices like the Apple iPad.
By Tony Bradley | 31 July, 2010 04:13
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