What a difference an OS makes. Whereas those in charge of IT took a very cautious approach to Vista, Windows 7 is enjoying a much warmer reception and more rapid adoption rate.
“We have 50 percent of our users, that’s 2,500 machines, deployed on Win7 in 2010,” said Jim Thomas, CIO at Pella.
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Evolve or die is a mantra that can be easily applied to the world of technology. Products that fail to keep up with the overall evolution of the market will soon be discarded and replaced, as they will begin to feel like a fish out of water.
Undoubtedly, Windows XP continues to get a consistent amount of love from its very loyal users, after all, the OS continues to run on over 65.49% of computers worldwide. Citing findings from Market research firm Techaisle, Microsoft is warning that ignoring Windows 7 and failing to upgrade computers while choosing to ride Windows XP for all it’s got on older hardware comes with inherent financial costs. Techaisle indicates that the maintenance costs of older PCs running XP can be as much as 1.5 times higher than for newer Windows 7-based machines.
As expected, Microsoft today released two “important” patches in its March security update.
The two security bulletins address Windows and Office holes that could have remote code execution (RCE) implications. The March patch describes eight vulnerabilities that had not been previously disclosed.
Microsoft has officially announced the sales target for the latest version of the Windows client, and, while extremely high, it is in no way beyond the company’s reach. Speaking at the CeBIT Global Conference, in Hanover, Germany on March 4, 2010, Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner revealed that the software giant aimed to sell in excess of 300 million copies of Windows 7 by the end of 2010.
Microsoft will issue two bulletins fixing eight vulnerabilities rated “important” in Windows and Microsoft Office products on Tuesday, the company announced on Thursday.
Forrester Research has put together a new whitepaper designed to offer general guidance to adopters of Windows Vista’s successor. “Lessons Learned from Windows 7 Early Adopters” is available.
Microsoft has released the Persian Language Interface Pack (LIP) for Windows 7, and is now available for download.
Windows 7 has managed to breathe new life into Microsoft’s share on the operating system market. For the first time in the last six months, Windows’ market share got a small bump, and an unusual break from an otherwise constant and downward trajectory. According to statistics made available by net Applications, the overall usage share of Windows jumped from 92.00% in January 2010 to 92.12% in February.
On March 2nd, 2010, the software giant revealed that the Shop Direct Group, a U.K. retailer, had upgraded over 10,000 computers to Windows 7.
Microsoft has made available for download the February 2010 cumulative time zone update for Windows operating systems, a refresh designed to align the company’s platforms with daylight saving time (DST) changes in several countries worldwide.
Beginning on Monday, the free Release Candidate versions of Windows 7 will initiate a routine automatic shutdown cycle to alert users that the software will expire on June 1.
Windows 7 is the fastest-selling operating system Microsoft has ever produced. On Tuesday, CFO Peter Klein said the software superpower has sold 90 million copies of Windows 7 to date.
Microsoft has released the Vietnamese Language Interface Pack (LIP) for Windows 7, and is now available for download.
Windows 7 customers that are running specific editions of the operating system now have available an update designed to kick up a notch the functionality of the platform’s media core. At the end of the past month, the Redmond company released the February 2010 Windows Media Center Cumulative Update for Windows 7.
Windows Driver Kit (WDK) Version 7.1.0 is currently available for download from Microsoft. The collection of resources is designed for software developers and hardware manufacturers to tailor their products to Windows client and server operating systems.
The clock is ticking on support for a number of Windows products, Microsoft warned on Wednesday. Products with lapsing service support include Windows XP Service Pack 2, Vista RTM, Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003.
Windows 7 was a different story. Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) officials released a report in September stating that the company intended “to begin enterprise-wide deployment of Microsoft Windows 7 on PCs with Intel vPro technology in early 2010.”
That doesn’t mean there wouldn’t be challenges, however.
Microsoft has kicked off the automatic distribution of its Windows 7 RTM cracks killer, namely an update designed to make over 70 illegal activation exploits for the latest iteration of the Windows client go the way of the dodo bird. In the first half of this month, the Redmond company announced theWindows Activation Technologies Update for Windows 7, noting that it would be released on the Windows genuine website on February 16th, and on the Microsoft Download Center the next day. Earlier this week, namely on February 23rd, the update was scheduled to go live on Windows Update.
Windows 7 can create a new Microsoft 6to4 adapter on every reboot, if the PC on which the operating system is installed is restarted while a Virtual WiFi is active. 6to4 adapters are components that Windows 7 users employ in order to ensure that IPv6 packets are correctly transmitted through an IPv4 network.