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Windows 7 sales exceed Vista sales by 234%

November 7th, 2009

Consumer Market Research firm NPD has confirmed that initial sales of Windows 7 have surpassed those of the Windows Vista launch.

According to NPD’s weekly tracking service, Windows 7 software unit sales in the U.S. were 234 percent higher than Vista’s first few days of sales. The most popular choice for consumers was the Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade followed by the Pro upgrade and Home Premium Family Pack. According to NPD, software sales of Windows 7 were strong compared to Vista’s sales partly due to early discounts on pre-sales and a wide range of promotions. Although software sales were strong, PC hardware sales had more of an uphill battle, sales weren’t as strong as growth during the Vista launch.

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Windows 7 surpasses Snow Leopard in under two weeks

November 7th, 2009

In only two weeks since the official commercial launch of Microsoft’s latest operating system, Windows 7 has managed to surpass Apple’s Snow Leopard market share.

Snow Leopard has been on the market for three months while Windows 7 has only been on the market for two weeks.

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10 Ways Vista is more annoying with Windows 7 available

November 7th, 2009

We all know Windows Vista got a bit of a bum rap. Its biggest sin was that it shipped earlier than it should and its reputation has never recovered.

However, with Windows 7 now out, those of us who have to switch between PCs now find ourselves discovering completely new things about Windows Vista that are annoying — because they are things that Windows 7 made so much better.
» Read more: 10 Ways Vista is more annoying with Windows 7 available

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What you should know about Windows 7 licensing

November 7th, 2009

Microsoft offers many ways to buy Windows 7. You can buy the operating system preinstalled on a new PC, upgrade an existing PC using a shrink-wrapped retail package, purchase an upgrade online, or build a PC from scratch and install Windows yourself.

In each of these cases, you can also take your pick of multiple Windows editions The price you pay will vary, depending on the edition and the sales channel. There are different license agreements associated with each such combination. Those license agreements are contracts that give you specific rights and also include specific limitations.
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Download Windows 7 Remote Desktop Connection 7.0 for XP SP3 and Vista SP1 and SP2

November 7th, 2009

While Windows 7 technologies are, as a general rule, available exclusively with the latest iteration of the Windows client from Microsoft, there also are exceptions.

Illustrative examples are DirectX 11, which will be backported to Windows Vista, a smaller part of the Platform Update for Windows Vista, which features additional bits and pieces of Windows 7 beyond DX. Following the general availability of Windows 7, Microsoft also delivered Remote Desktop Connection 7.0 for previous releases of Windows.

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Free Windows 7 Themes and Wallpapers on the Personalization Gallery

November 7th, 2009

Concomitantly with the worldwide general availability of Windows 7, on October 22nd, 2009, Microsoft also released a collection of new content designed to enable users of certain editions of the operating system to personalize their desktops.

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The Personalization Gallery on Windows.com is an online nook dedicated to offering users free resources for the customization of the Windows 7 operating system. Following the close monitoring of that space, we informed you that new themes for Windows 7 had been made available for download. It took Microsoft quite some time, but the company is finally explaining why end users can have Ducati, Ferrari and Porsche themes for free on their desktops.

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Windows 7 SP1 details begin to surface

November 3rd, 2009

With Windows 7 out the door we already know Microsoft immediately starts work on the servicing of Windows 7.

Engineers are now hard at work at creating hot fixes for application compatibility and ironing out any bug reports they receive. The same process occurs for every version of Windows once it has been classed released to manufacturing (RTM). » Read more: Windows 7 SP1 details begin to surface

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7 Stylish Visual Styles for Windows 7

November 2nd, 2009

Windows 7 only hit the store shelves 9 days ago, but, as us geeks got our hands on it much earlier, we already explorered most of the OS—including the desktop customization aspect of it.

Using Vista Style Builder to build visual styles for 7, and AveStyler or UXStyle to enable custom, non-Microsoft visual styles on your system, you can already begin skinning Windows 7. For many people, desktop customization plays a huge role in their OS experience, and if 7 is new and doesn’t have any stylish skins (like the majority of Vista skins out there, yuck), these customization enthusiasts may be reluctant to switch. » Read more: 7 Stylish Visual Styles for Windows 7

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Instant Change Vista Product ID with Vista ProductID Changer

November 2nd, 2009

In past we have reviewed number of application to recover product key like Product Key Finder, WinGuggle, Windows product Key Finder.

Now here is one more tool Vista ProductID Changer that simplifies the process of editing the ProductID key in your PC’s registry.
» Read more: Instant Change Vista Product ID with Vista ProductID Changer

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Get Longhorn Style Sidebar in Windows 7 & Vista with Longbar

November 1st, 2009

Prior to Windows Vista it was known as Longhorn which was revolutionary Windows Operating system.

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Microsoft had planned very big with Longhorn unfortunately due to time constrains and other issue they need to drop many features and Longhorn name and end product was Windows Vista.
Those users who haven’t seen Longhorn OS here is Longbar which is an alternative tile-based sidebar for Windows XP/Vista/7. It is based on idea of Longhorn Sidebar. LongBar shows some relevant information to user using tiles.

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