DesktopsAn interesting story appeared in Extreme Tech earlier this week. Entitled "The fanless...
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automating Windows 7 deployment, Kaseya, specialist Windows 7 deployment for labs and schools, Windows 7 deployment
Swiss-based Kaseya introduces bandwidth-sensitive multicast image deployment tool
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Market Share, Windows 7OK, so I've been watching Windows 7 market share numbers climb steadily month after month, ever since its general availability date in October 2009. Here's what the latest marketshare distribution looks like for March 2011, according to
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disable AV software before applying Shell Vulnerability update, Eset AV interferes with Shell Vulnerability update, Windows Shell vulnerability has some issuesIn a couple of recent blogs, I've been reporting about a particularly nasty strain of malware based on a Windows Shell Vulnerability that affects all desktop versions of Windows from 2000 through 7, and all Server versions from 2000 to 2008 R2:
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and install the Windows Shell patch ASAP, be sure to grab, MS rushes update for Windows Shell vulnerability, test, Windows shell exploit gets early updateThe shortcut vulnerability I reported on in my blog last week "Vulnerability in Windows Shell could allow remote code execution" — namely by enabling...
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and 7, comparing 32- vs. 64-bit Windows versions for XP, growing popularity of 64-bit desktop OSes, Vista, Windows 7 hits near-parity between 32- and 64-bit versionsHere's an interesting table from CNET that reports on the 64-bit installed Windows base vis-v-vis 32-bit versions by OS for Windows 7, Vista, and XP: [caption id="attachment_952" align="aligncenter" width="516"...
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are enterprise organizations ready to adopt Windows 7, no signs of loss of Windows 7 momentum so far, Windows 7 sales jump to 10 per secondJust over a month ago, I cited reports that Microsoft's run rates for Windows 7 sales worked out to 7 copies per second in my blog "Windows 7 Posts 150M...
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MS releases Win7 SP1 beta, MS releases Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 beta, Windows 7 SP1 beta now availableThe TechNet Evaluation Center released the combined Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 beta package yesterday. Check out this warning that advises end users to steer clear: [caption...
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enterprise Windows 7 adoptions still modest, Microsoft may not meet its Windows 7 sales projections, Windows 7 enterprise momentum called into doubtHey! I just read a fascinating ditty in Jason Hiner's recent Between the Lines blog for ZDNet; it's entitled "74% of work PCs still run XP, and they're 4.4 years old."...
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can Windows 8 damp Windows 7 adoptions, Tony Bradley at PCWorld speculates that Windows 8 may slow Windows 7 down, Windows 8 may (or may not) steal Windows 7 momentumIn the over-reported and -analyzed business and IT technology world in which we live, yesterday's grist for news — such as my preceding blog "Windows 8...
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