software updates

  1. Windows 8 roadmap: A picture is worth a thousand build numbers

    More food for thought... Reference
  2. Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 hit Windows Update

    True to previously announced dates , the first service pack for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 is now available via Windows Update. For Windows 7 users, the service pack offers little more than a roll-up of stability and security fixes. As is typical with Service Packs, some of these fixes...
  3. Top Features Absent From Windows 7

    From dropping SteadyState to the lack of touch support, universal software updates, or third-party hardware support there's still a great deal missing from the Microsoft operating system. Some, inexplicably, didn't carry over from XP or Vista and others still haven't materialized despite...
  4. Windows 7 Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview 7: A look at the new IE Test Drive samples

    Rob Mauceri, Group Program Manager for Internet Explorer, shows some of the new developer samples available in the seventh build of the IE9 Platform Preview available on the Link Removed. Link Removed More...
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    Windows 7 black screen after updating windows defender!

    hi there ok my problem goes like that i have this pc allmost 2 years in the first year i have on it WIN XP and everthing was working find after that in the start of 2010 i format and install in it win7 all was working fine again untill one day my pc freez while i was hearing music... then i...
  6. July 2010 Security Bulletin Webcast

    Hi, During the July 2010 webcast, we fielded questions varying from the re-release of Link Removed due to 404 Error to answers for the error messages received during the application of Link Removed due to 404 Error and more. Click Link Removed due to 404 Errorto review the full Q&A page so...
  7. How long will Microsoft support XP, Vista, and Windows 7?

    How long is your favorite version of Windows going to be supported? Maybe longer than you think. One current version, in fact, will still be supported in 2020. And no, it's not Windows XP. I've... More...
  8. Windows 7 Critical weaknesses found in four browsers

    Safari, IE, Chrome and Firefox The autocomplete features in Safari, IE, Firefox, or Chrome are vulnerable to ID theft and other attacks. Insecurity expert Jeremiah Grossman is expected to tell a Black Hat conference that the four major browsers have critical weaknesses that have yet to be...
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    Windows 7 Need Help. New Computer Build w/ Windows 7

    First, Here are my computer specs. i7-920 GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard SAPPHIRE 100297L Radeon HD 5830 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card w/ ATI Eyefinity Technology OCZ ModXStream Pro...
  10. PC general maintenance

    Well I have dropped the ball on my own general PC maintenance of my home network. I have spent the last two days cleaning out pc cases as well as running all maintenance software on my pc's on my network. It's just a family home network of 4 desktops and two laptops, two routers...
  11. Windows 7 Almost Immune to the Alureon Rootkit A nightmare for XP SP3 users

    7 is almost immune to a piece of malware that has proven a real nightmare to users running older versions of the Windows client. Windows XP SP3 customers particularly have been hit extremely hard by Alureon, a rootkit that failed to play nice with a Windows kernel update and ended up rendering...
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    Windows Vista Internet explorer 8 acting broken.

    First of all I did not change anything to the system. I use windows 7. 2 GB RAM E6400 Processor 250 GB IDE harddisk Now my Internet explorer can't seem to download properly... When I go to speedtest.net the screen won't load. When I try to download ANY file when the usual windows pop ups...
  13. Windows 7 Microsoft isn't the only one developing a hardware-accelerated browser

    Microsoft has shared very few details so far about Internet Explorer (IE) 9, but has said the company is planning to accelerate the performance of text and graphics rendering by taking advantage of the power of PCs’ graphics-processing unit (GPU). Specifically, Microsoft officials said...
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    Windows 7 No Sound After Installation

    1. Go to Start > Run, and type msinfo32 2. Go to Control Panel > Device Manager and look for any entry that has a yellow flag beside it 3. Download |MG| SIV (System Information Viewer) 3.36 4 Please fill out your computers specs in the User Control Panel here on the site as well. It will then...
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    Windows 7 32 bit will live on

    http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/07/23/important-news-about-Windows-7_1.html