Tag Archives: Windows XP

Microsoft fixes 17 year old bug

By Admin | Published: February 12, 2010
A 17 years old bug in Windows will finally be fixed by Microsoft on its latest security update. The update will close a loophole dating back to the time of the DOS operating system. Discovered by Google security researcher Tavis Ormandy in January 2010, it involves a utility that allows newer versions of Windows to run [...]
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Window to better performance

By Admin | Published: September 16, 2009
Windows 7 is Microsoft’s latest instalment of their operating system. The review copy I have is the Release to Manufacturing version which will go into CDs for sale. This new release comes about three years after Windows Vista was launched and is expected to arrest all the issues associated with Vista such as its lacklustre performance [...]
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Snow Leopard versus Windows 7

By Admin | Published: September 14, 2009
For computer observers, it is an exciting period for operating systems. With the launch of Snow Leopard, Apple’s latest incarnation of its Mac OS X last Friday and Microsoft’s Windows 7 (rumoured to be released on Oct 22), there is bound to be a head-to-head comparison between the two. Snow Leopard has little to show in [...]
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Windows XP still available after Windows 7 release

By Admin | Published: May 3, 2009
Who would have thought all those years ago that Windows XP would have ever been as popular as it is now, not only have Microsoft offered extended support for the OS, we have now learned that the operating system will still be available on netbooks even when Windows 7 is released. If you are an OEM [...]
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