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No sooner did Microsoft make Windows 7 RC available for download, than pirated versions began to appear through Torrents and news groups. The only problem is that they are infected with malware Trojans aimed at recruiting the infected computer to a criminal botnet. Even worse, the Trojans are so deeply...

Microsoft couldn’t keep the date of Windows 7 Release Candidate secret and now the date of the actual product availability has been let slip by the managing director of ACER when he was discussing the launch of a new PC. Is it poor security or is everyone just anxious to see the back of Vista?

If you have some application software that is incompatible with Vista (and there is quite a bit out there), then there is some hope that Windows 7 will let you get on with your work. The new Windows 7 OS will, if you go through a number of hoops and hurdles, let you operate XP compatible software within...

Rumours in the trade suggest that Windows 7 RC may come out as early as May 5 th for the public. The rumours, unsubstantiated at present, seem to follow the release of a screen shot from Microsoft’s Technet website taken over the weekend. In the screenshot, it shows that the page is due to be published...

Windows 7 Beta is open to unauthorised 3 rd party software which can gain full administrative rights. Microsoft allowed executable files that are digitally signed to make changes to the OS without prompting for users permission under the UAC’s default setting. Microsoft are aware of the issue and have...

There will be no Win 7 Beta 2 release, it will go straight to Release Candidate and then Release to Manufacturing (RTM). With Beta due to expire in August, this has fuelled speculation as to when it will be fully released. Microsoft Windows 7 blog says that the RC will be released as a refresh to beta...

Public downloading of Microsoft's Windows 7 beta will stop on February 10, but you will have until the 12th to complete your download according to the Windows 7 team blog . While this deadline does not affect MSDN and TechNet subscribers, who will have access throughout the beta phase, Windows 7...

Microsoft is urging users to download the KB958644 Security update , to help stop the spread of Conficker. According to the BBC today, the worm uses a weakness in the autoplay function in Vista and early versions of Windows 7 beta to load from infected USB sticks and other removable drivers. The worm...

That Windows Server 2008 R2 beta and Windows 7 beta share much of their core code explains why they were released at the same time. Virtualisation support and desktop migration are two of the main features of R2, but it also takes advantage of the enhanced power of the new AMD and Intel which optimise...

When Steve Ballmer announced that Windows 7 beta was available when he opened the Consumer Electronics Show in last Vegas on Thursday, a little did he know that once again Microsoft was about to stumble over a brick of its own making. Despite the fact that Windows 7 is an evolution of Vista , such was...