Windows 7 – 20 Features to Make Users Forget Vista SP1/SP2 and XP SP3
Microsoft is currently moving onward with the development of Windows 7, having passed Milestone 3 with the operating system.
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15.11.2008 Windows 7 Features Complete Features List with Demo Videos
Windows 7Windows 7 is next iteration of almost-monopolistic Microsoft Windows operating system, after Windows Vista.
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21.7.2009 20 Years of Windows
Tech Analysis: How one operating system came to dominate computing?and what's next.
Has it really been 20 years? Two decades since Microsoft unleashed its graphical operating environment on what was arguably an unsuspecting industry?
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16.11.2005 Forget about the WGA! 20+ Windows Vista
Forget about the WGA! 20+ Windows Vista Features and Services Harvest User Data for Microsoft - From your machine! Thanks to odeeee for this post.
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1.7.2007 20 Hidden Windows Vista Tools
The default installation of Windows Vista weighs in at approximately 8 GB. In fact, Microsoft's latest operating system won't even install with less than 15 GB of space available on the hard drive.
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30.9.2007 Windows Server 2008 is 20% faster than Vista
It seems Microsoft may have a successor (or replacement) for Vista after all and it’s already been released. Windows Server 2008 isn’t easy to configure as a desktop operating system but when done correctly can be 20% faster than Vista while retaining most of the same features.
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12.3.2008 a-squared Free 3.1.0.20
Security must not be a privilege. Under this motto, Emsi Software provides the Malware scanner a-squared Free completely free of charge for private use.
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11.1.2008 SE-ScreenSavers 3.20
SE-ScreenSavers is a collection of free screensavers for Windows that will help you to relax and get away from your everyday routine.
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10.9.2008 Messenger Plus! Live 4.20.262
Messenger Plus! Live is an add-on for Windows Live Messenger which adds lots of features and extras that make your instant messenger easier, more useful or just tons more entertaining.
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2.3.2007 20 minutes video of the new Office 12
At the PDC this morning Microsoft demonstrated Office 12 in public for the first time. The news you'll hear is "they changed the user interface."
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Bill Gates 80-20 Rule
How much time will Chairman Bill Gates spend at Microsoft after he retires?
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28.5.2008 The Pirate Bay making over €20,000 a day
The file sharing site The Pirate Bay are set to be making over $25328 a day, with single day advertisements costing €20,000.
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16.7.2006 iWork '09 trojan infects 20,000 pirates
Karma, no matter what you do it will come back to bite you where it hurts the most. Up to 20,000 pirates who thought they would get away without paying for iWork '09 have learned that the hard way.
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23.1.2009 Microsoft unleashes 20,000 lines of Linux code
Microsoft is releasing three Microsoft-developed Linux drivers to the Linux community for possible inclusion in the Linux source tree.
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20.7.2009 Vista Lamentable, Only 5 Million Sold Copies in July, Compared to 20 Million in February
Windows Vista sales are lamentable, and lamentable is an understatement. But the use of any euphemisms will not be able to hide the fact that the Wow momentum has worn out almost completely, and that Vista is delivering a poor performance in terms of sales.
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29.8.2007 Windows Vista Features
Additionally, Vista will include many other new features. Please note that not all of these features are guaranteed to be in the final Windows Vista release, these are simply features that have been mentioned as likely being part of Windows Vista but may be pulled due to development limitations. Also note that each specific version of Windows Vista will contain a slightly different feature set.
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Windows Vista Features 2
Overview
Improvements to reliability and performance in Windows Vista offer something for everyone. Users will love the fast start-up time and even faster return from Sleep state. The IT department will face fewer support issues, and will experience easier diagnosis and repair when problems do occur. And the company as a whole will benefit from less downtime, fewer IT hassles, and greater productivity.
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18 Features Windows Should Have
Some of the coolest OS features are nowhere to be found in Windows XP or Vista. Here are 18 brilliant features that Microsoft should beg for, borrow, or steal--plus tips on how you can add many of them to your PC now.
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29.4.2008 Windows 7 Features on Parade
Microsoft' claims that Windows 7 was “Engineered by us. Inspired by you,” which is the culmination of the Redmond company's constant highlighting of the fact that it managed to listen closely to end users when developing the next iteration of the Windows client.
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6.7.2009 Windows Vista's new security features
Microsoft's new operating system won't be out until late 2006, but here's a look at some of the new security features expected.
It seems that every time I sit down with Microsoft to discuss Windows Vista, something has been changed or added, which is good. In some cases, something has been removed, which is bad. One and a half years from launch, I understand that beta code changes frequently. Here's my standard disclaimer: the following article is based on the last build from Microsoft, Windows Vista build 5219, released September 2005.
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Windows Mobile 6 Features and Screenshots
Next week, the Windows Mobile Team is set to reveal Windows Mobile 6. This release is set to unleash some pretty cool features for your Windows Mobile device.
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8.2.2007 Windows Vista Defragmentation Features
Although it is virtually handicapped in terms of the options it actually provides to the user in comparison to Windows XP, the hard disk defragmentation utility in Windows Vista is an evolution of the equivalent from the predecessor operating system.
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8.10.2007 More than Sixty New Features Requested for Windows 7
A wishlist for Windows 7, the code-name for the desktop operating system that will replace Windows Vista, has been leaked online.
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14.11.2007 Gates hints at Windows 7 features
Well, good afternoon. I'm very excited to be here to talk about the Windows PC and where it can go in the future, connecting to all the great innovations taking place. There's a lot of milestones I think that are taking place now.
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13.5.2008 Windows 7 Direct3D 11 Features
As of November 2008, Microsoft is delivering the first taste of DirectX 11 for Windows 7 for download. A release aimed at developers, The November 2008 DirectX Software Development Kit, brings to the table the successor of Direct3D 10.1, namely Direct3D 11.
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27.11.2008 New Windows 7 Anti-Piracy Features
Windows 7 will not reinvent the anti-piracy wheel for Microsoft. Instead, the next iteration of the Windows client will be based on Windows Vista's Software Protection Platform, especially in regard to the activation and validation experience.
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7.5.2009 Windows 7 Filtering Platform New Features
Interested in building networking filtering applications tailored to the next iteration of the Windows client? Then you need to get up to date with the new features that have been added to Windows Filtering Platform for Windows 7.
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3.7.2009 Microsoft adds new features to Windows Live
Microsoft Corp. this week introduced enhancements to its Windows Live portal, the entry point for users to access its Web-based services.
New features include a "gadget" that recommends TV shows and the integration of images into Live.com RSS feeds, according to several bloggers who were present when Microsoft introduced them at its Search Champs event.
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28.1.2006 New Features and Improvements in Windows 7 Since Official Beta
Microsoft has released Windows 7 Beta more than 2 months ago to general public for free download. Although there is no more newer build been officially released, but the development on Windows 7 to perfect its features has been going on behind the scene, as evident in Windows 7 Build 7022 (64-bit download link) and Windows 7 Build 7048 that makes the round to the torrent sites. Microsoft also refined Windows 7 based on user’s feedback.
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3.3.2009 10 Windows 7 features IT Professionals and enthusiasts need to know about
By now, I’m sure most of you have seen the “main” features in Windows 7 targeted towards the general pubic such as Homegroups, Aero Shake, Aero Snap, Aero Peek, and the Superbar, among a few others.
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13.11.2009Beta to RC Changes - Turning Windows Features On or Off
The E7 team has posted an interesting blog post about the various Windows features that are available to turn on or off in the Windows 7 RC. Customers
are now given more control, flexibility and choice in managing the features available in the RC of Windows 7. Below are the list of extra features
that are added to Windows 7 RC: Windows Media PlayerWindows Media CenterWindows DVD MakerInternet Explorer 8Windows SearchHandwriting Recognition
(through the Tablet PC Components option)Windows Gadget PlatformFax and ScanXPS Viewer and Services (including the Virtual Print Driver) Neowin had
already reported about Internet Explorer 8 being an optional component in the latest Windows 7 build 7048, and so are the other features.
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06.03.2009Get Windows 7's Best Features Right Now
If you're tired of hearing about
Windows 7's upcoming
features while you sit and stare at your aging XP or Vista desktop, take solace in a few free apps and themes that can give you a taste right now.
While it's true that Windows 7 isn't much different from Windows Vista (inside and out), a few neat features are worth trying out, and you
can do it without installing the Windows 7 Preview. Here are a few free apps and alternatives that simulate Windows 7's built-in features.
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26.11.2008Paint.NET 3.20 Final Available
Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows. It
features an intuitive and
innovative user interface with
support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of
useful and powerful tools.
An active and growing
online
community provides friendly help,
tutorials, and
plugins.
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13.12.2007What NEW Windows SDK Features do you want?
Windows SDK Blog: How would you spend $100 on NEW Windows SDK features? We're planning our next version and subsequent releases of the SDK. In that
spirit, were running a quick poll of Windows SDK users to help us keep our "vision" for the SDK aligned with yours. If you had a hypothetical $100
to spend on the list of brainstormed features below, how would you allocate the dollars?
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23.07.2008Windows Server 2008 is 20% faster than Vista
It seems Microsoft may have a successor (or replacement) for Vista after all and it’s already been released. Windows Server 2008 isn’t
easy to configure as a desktop operating system but when done correctly can be 20% faster than Vista while retaining most of the same features.
Windows Workstation 2008 is not a product sold by Microsoft and must be configured from a copy of Windows Server 2008. It seems this version
of Windows lacks the “bloat” that is part of Vista. However, I am not sure what the author is referring to (but is likely talking about
unnecessary services). Of course this version of Windows was designed with developers in mind who covet speed above all else. Workstation 2008
includes IIS and Hyper-V for creating virtual machines.
A
Microsoft
employee and
third party website have created tutorials on how to
use Windows Server 2008 as a desktop operating system. This is what I’ve been referring to as Windows Workstation 2008. Keep in mind that this
will have the same driver problems as Vista does, meaning, if a Vista driver doesn’t exist for a piece of hardware you still won’t be able
to use it with Server or Workstation 2008.
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12.03.2008Five Misunderstood Features in Windows Vista
In this article, we will look at five features of Windows Vista that are often misunderstood, provide their background and rationale, and present the
straight scoop on how to deal with them. Based on feedback from IT professionals, these features are: User Account Control, Image Management, Display
Driver Model, Windows Search, and 64-bit architecture.
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14.05.2008Neowin's top 5 Windows 7 Features
We've all been playing with Windows 7 for quite some time now, and now that general availability has passed we recently asked the community what
their favorite feature of Windows 7 was. We've tallied the results, and just in case you haven't explored these features yet here's an in
depth overview of our community's favorite features: #5 Libraries Since the days of Windows XP, Microsoft has continued to simplify the way
users can store their data on a PC. Windows 7 has introduced users to a new way of file organization by adding a new structure called libraries. What
exactly is a library? By default Windows 7 has four separate libraries: Documents, Music, Pictures, and Videos.
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07.11.2009Windows 7: Beta to RC Changes “ Turning Windows Features On or Off
Steven Sinofsky: This post is about a point of choice and control in the Windows 7 control panel called śWindows Featuresť which is where you can
choose to turn various features of Windows on or off. This continues our discussion of changes we have made based on feedback from the Beta as we
progress to the Release Candidate. This post is by Jack Mayo who is the group program manager for our Documents and Printing team and also worked on
Internet Explorer 8.
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06.03.2009Microsoft tweaks deployment tools for Windows 7
Microsoft officials have said relatively little about the features and functionality the company is building into Windows 7 for business (as opposed
to home) users. But a new blog post on the Windows System Deployment blog previews
some of the changes enterprises can
expect around Windows 7 deployment tools.
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21.01.2009Migrating 20 Laptops from XP to Windows 7 live on stage @ MMS
Joey happened to be walking through building 44 and met the team putting together the demos for day 2 of the Microsoft Management Summit. What they
are planning is pretty exciting, where they are going to wake up 20 laptop through wireless and the using User State Migration Toolkit, show how you
can migrate all the laptops from XP to Windows 7 in about 15mins.
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30.04.2009Bring a little Bing into your Windows 7
The team over at Bing wanted to show off their support for the launch of Windows 7, by putting together the top images on Bing in June, July and
August into a Windows 7 theme pack. The 20 very stunning photos are available for free, directly from Microsoft's Personalization Gallery.
Microsoft's Bing team managed to group these images to help show off some of the Windows 7 features, with the personalization gallery feature.
Windows 7 makes it easy to download, install and run a brand new theme pack with a few clicks of the mouse. The dynamic background theme packs
interchange every ten seconds to one day (default 30 min), depending on user's preferences.
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23.10.2009Microsoft Enhances Power Management in Windows 7
Microsoft engineers are putting a number of new power management features into Windows 7 that are designed to help IT administrators reduce power
consumption and cost while improving the user experience. Some of the new features also are aimed at giving IT professionals more control and
flexibility over the managing of the energy-efficiency capabilities of the Windows 7 OS and the systems. The new features build off of the more than
30 power management enhancements in Microsoft made in Windows Vista, according to officials.
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12.06.2009Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 RC
Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 RC enables IT administrators to manage roles and features that are installed on remote computers that
are running Windows Server 2008 R2 (and, for some roles and features, Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2003) from a remote computer that is
running Windows 7 RC. It includes support for remote management of computers that are running either the Server Core or full installation options of
Windows Server 2008 R2, and for some roles and features, Windows Server 2008. Some roles and features on Windows Server 2003 can be managed remotely
by using Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 RC, although the Server Core installation option is not available with the Windows Server
2003 operating system.
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06.05.2009Sakshat, the $20 laptop from India
Presumably said with a straight face, India unveiled its Sakshat $20 laptop yesterday. What's hard to come by is how the actual laptop will
be built as are no known pictures of the laptop published. The Sakshat laptop, which translates to "before your eyes", will boast 2GB of storage,
WiFi, Ethernet and use only 2 watts of power. That is all that is known for now about the cheap laptop but it has many wondering if it is anything
more than vaporware. The idea of a $20 laptop is going to be quite the task and is slated for a release this summer.
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04.02.2009Vista is Watching You
Are you using Windows Vista?
Then you might as well know
that the licensed operating
system installed on your
machine is harvesting a
healthy volume of information
for Microsoft.
In
this context, a program such
as the Windows Genuine
Advantage is the last of your
concerns. In fact, in excess
of 20 Windows Vista features
and services are hard at work
collecting and transmitting
your personal data to the
Redmond company.
Microsoft makes no secret
about the fact that Windows
Vista is gathering
information. End users have
little to say, and no real
choice in the matter. The
company does provide both a
Windows Vista Privacy
Statement and references
within the End User License
Agreement for the operating
system. Combined, the
resources paint the big
picture over the extent of
Microsoft's end user data
harvest via Vista.
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02.07.2007Rafael's at it Again
As a lot of people are aware, Rafael from Within Windows has been finding and exposing un-released Windows 7 features, most notably the "Superbar"
and Desktop Slideshows.
He has now created a full unlocking tool called "Blue Badge" that will unlock the following features:
- The Superbar
- Gestures and Panning (for use on touch screens)
- Desktop Slideshows
Please note two things:
1. This application does NOT back up any of the files it patches, so to be safe, you will need to back up these files:
WindowsExplorer.exe
WindowsSystem32wisptis.exe
WindowsSystem32ieframe.dll
WindowsSystem32shell32.dll
WindowsSystem32stobject.dll
WindowsSystem32TabletPC.cpl
WindowsSystem32themecpl.dll
WindowsSystem32themeui.dll
WindowsSystem32powercfg.cpl
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2. This application IS compatible
with systems currently running the superbar who want to extend their desktop to allow the three other features.
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10.11.2008Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7
Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 enables IT administrators to manage roles and features that are installed on remote computers that
are running Windows Server 2008 R2 (and, for some roles and features, Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2003) from a remote computer that is
running Windows 7.
It includes support for remote management of computers that are running either the Server Core or full
installation options of Windows Server 2008 R2, and for some roles and features, Windows Server 2008. Some roles and features on Windows Server 2003
can be managed remotely by using Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7, although the Server Core installation option is not available with
the Windows Server 2003 operating system.
This feature is comparable in functionality to the Windows Server 2003 Administrative
Tools Pack and Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 (SP1).
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12.08.2009Windows Vista: The Facts
When choosing a new operating system, the first thing many people ask is, "What will it help me do?" In answer, much of this site shows you the
great experiences Windows Vista helps you have. The second thing many people say is, "Prove that it's better." In particular, many of you have
asked about performance and safety improvements. The following information provides specific proof that Windows Vista is faster and safer.
- The
majority of Windows Vista-based PCs boot in less than a minute, which can be an improvement over Windows XP boot times. And the new Windows Vista
sleep and resume features can bring your PC to life in a snapin fact, the vast majority of all Windows Vista-based PCs resume from sleep in less than
6 seconds.
- PCs running Windows Vista that are equipped with 512 MB memory experience a performance boost of up to 40 percent with Windows
ReadyBoost. Just plug a USB flash drive into your computer, and Windows Vista will automatically start using it to speed up memory access to important
data.
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20.01.200818 Features Windows Should Have (but doesn't)
Some of the coolest OS features are nowhere to be found in Windows XP or Vista. Here are 18 brilliant features that Microsoft should beg for, borrow,
or steal--plus tips on how you can add many of them to your PC now. Love it or hate it, Microsoft Windows is the world's most dominant operating
system. But when you look at some of the hot features found in competitors such as Linux and Mac OS X, both XP and Vista can seem a little
incomplete.
From intuitive interface features like Apple's application dock and Cover Flow to basic media capabilities such as ISO
burning, Windows often falls short on built-in goodies. And some features that other operating systems offer by default-- such as 64-bit processing
and business-networking tools--require a premium-version license in Windows.
We took a good look at a variety of OSs, from the Mac to Linux
to PC-BSD and beyond, and we rounded up a list of our favorite features--few of which come standard in any version of Windows. We even considered some
operating systems of yore, and recalled a couple of cool features that Microsoft still hasn't caught on to. Some of these features simply
aren't available for Windows at all, owing to the way the OS is designed. But you can add most of them to XP or Vista with the help of third-party
applications, and we'll show you how to get them.
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29.04.2008New round of Windows 7 adverts begin airing
Earlier this month Neowin reported on some potential Windows 7 adverts. Last night Microsoft began airing these adverts. The first ever TV commercial
originally appeared earlier this month on US TV stations. In the new round of Windows 7 commercials the focus is on features. The first, named
"Personalization: Your PC, Your Style" demonstrates the customisation features in Windows 7. Next up is an advert focussing on Aero Shake, perhaps a
less used feature of the new Windows 7. The advert shows American footballers and shakes away the clutter around them. A Third advert shows off the
features of Xbox Media Center and the Xbox 360 extender.
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