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Microsoft set to fix 17 year old Windows vulnerability next week

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Microsoft has confirmed it is on course to issue a patch next Tuesday for a recently discovered 17 year old Windows vulnerability.

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Microsoft set to fix 17 year old Windows vulnerability next week

Windows 7 Bests Mac OS X Snow Leopard in Satisfaction Measuring Contest

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

The fastest selling operating system in history has given sufficient fuel to Microsoft to outpace Apple in terms of consumer satisfaction.

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Windows 7 Bests Mac OS X Snow Leopard in Satisfaction Measuring Contest

Microsoft investigating Windows 7 battery warning issues

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Microsoft has confirmed it is investigating a problem causing some Windows 7 users to receive incorrect battery warnings on their laptops.

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Microsoft investigating Windows 7 battery warning issues

Windows 7 takes 10% market share, three months after its release

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

In its three months since general availability, Microsoft’s Windows 7 accounts for 1 in 10 PCs accessing the Internet today according to figures from Net Applications.

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Windows 7 takes 10% market share, three months after its release

How to Activate Windows 7 by Phone Activation

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Phone activation is the last resort activation method that provided by Microsoft for Windows 7 users, in case all other avenues to activate Windows 7 properly, especially online activation, has been exhausted, and failed with error.

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How to Activate Windows 7 by Phone Activation

Windows 7 Expiration Around the Corner for Build 7100

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

The proverbial “free ride” is about to come to an end for pre-release copies of Microsoft’s latest iteration of the Windows client.

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Windows 7 Expiration Around the Corner for Build 7100

No Telling How Windows 8 Will Be Better than Windows 7

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Windows 7 is a smashing success according to Microsoft, whose statistics indicate that the operating system sold in excess of 60 million licenses since General Availability in October 22nd, 2009.

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No Telling How Windows 8 Will Be Better than Windows 7

Windows 7 post RTM build 7700 spotted

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Screenshots of a Windows 7 post RTM build have shown up on the web this week fueling speculation that Microsoft is compiling early Windows 8 builds.

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Windows 7 post RTM build 7700 spotted

Windows 7 RC expiration prompts begin in two weeks

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Microsoft has issued a reminder that in two weeks Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) users will begin receiving expiration notifications.

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Windows 7 RC expiration prompts begin in two weeks

Post-Windows 7 RTM Windows Build 6.1.7700 Leaked Information

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Not only is Microsoft hard at work on producing the first major update to the latest iteration of the Windows client, but the company is also working on the evolution of Windows beyond Service Pack 1.

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Post-Windows 7 RTM Windows Build 6.1.7700 Leaked Information