Microsoft Windows Vista – Windows 7 Overtakes XP Globally for First Time in October – StatCounter – Marketwatch

Windows Vista, which was intended to replace XP, is down at 11.2% globally. “Vista was like the ugly sister that few wanted to dance with,” commented Aodhan Cullen, CEO, StatCounter. “Despite Microsoft trying to keep it back in the kitchen

Windows XP No Longer World’s Most Popular Operating System – Wall Street Journal
Instead, it seems, Vista has been the casualty and, Microsoft’s dominance of the operating system market remains undiminished. It claims to have sold 450 million licenses for Windows 7. According to The Register: It overtook Windows XP in the

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Windows 8 will have an app store but will it be called App Store? – Los Angeles Times
And Microsoft has embraced the app store idea with Windows Phone 7′s app Marketplace. Even the much-maligned Windows Vista had an app store called the Windows Marketplace, though it (or Windows Vista) never found much popularity. Among the questions

Improve Windows 7 SP1 and Vista SP2 Compatibility with Advanced Format Disks – Softpedia
Microsoft has been offering an update designed to improve the compatibility of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 with Advanced Format Disks for some time now, and it appears that the company is now offering something similar for Windows Vista and

Speed Up Windows Explorer By Disabling Thumbnail Previews – Ghacks Technology News
Windows users have several file display modes at their disposal in Windows Explorer. This ranges from several list view modes to icon view modes. Several popular image formats are supported by Windows Explorer, which has the effect that they will show up

Gartner: Windows 7 on 94 percent of new PCs – Thetech Herald
That platform shift means that business users running on ye olde Windows X—many of which were left disgruntled by Windows Vista—are finally being swayed by the critical acclaim garnered by the Windows 7 upgrade. Apple’s computer operating system (OS

Microsoft Talks About the Team Building Windows 8 – Toms Hardware
Sinofsky continued, “There is so much packed into Windows 8 and there are so many unique and important lenses through which to view Windows 8, and so we want to be sure to take the time to cover as many of these topics as possible, to build up a shared

How to Make XP Look and Act like Windows 7 (Method 1) – Associated Content (Windows Startup)

Windows 7 was said to launch on October 22, 2009 and the media’s been buzzing about it since it was first released. But what if you’re a tried-and-true XP user who was so scared by Vista’s release that Well now you can have all the comforts of Windows 7

Should You Upgrade to Windows 7? – Datamation
But if you’ve been running XP so long it’s now tied together with rubber band and string, you might need a nudge. Here then are seven reasons to upgrade to Windows 7 – just in case you need help convincing your colleagues it’s time to schedule the upgrade.

The gig is up for Windows XP, Office 2003 – GCN.com
IT organizations worldwide likely can’t escape “the big migration,” which means having to upgrade from Windows XP and Office 2003, according to Gartner. Every PC in the world will be affected, and IT pros will face time constraints in getting the work done

Windows Support for New Rupee Symbol Leaves out XP Users – YAHOO!
Microsoft has released a Windows update that adds support for India’s new rupee symbol, but the update excludes a significant number of users who still run Windows XP, according to analysts. The update released earlier this week adds support for the rupee

Windows 7 reigns supreme at least in the US – Australian Techworld
Windows 7 has surpassed its decade-old predecessor Windows XP to take the crown as the top OS in the United States. Windows 7 has finally assumed its rightful place on the desktop operating system throne — usurping Windows XP for the first time.

Report: Windows 7 overtakes XP in the States – The Tech Report& LLC
Has Windows 7 eclipsed Windows XP’s popularity at last? Yes, but only in the United States, according to numbers from web statistics firm StatCounter as quoted by PC World . The StatCounter data reportedly suggest Windows 7′s “average daily share” added up

Windows 7 (Finally) Beats Windows XP’s U.S. Desktop Share – PC Magazine
Someone get the party balloons and slap a big “7″ on them, for Windows 7 has finally overtaken its younger brother, Windows XP, in desktop market share. For those keeping score at home or running an office betting pool, the milestone comes just under two

How do I make Windows always show me the date? – Daily Telegraph
Passing the mouse cursor over the clock within the Windows XP taskbar makes the date appear but is there a way that it can be permanently displayed? Yes there is, simply widen the taskbar and the date will be shown. Right-click on the taskbar and if Lock

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