criten.org » Microsoft http://www.criten.org Just another blog nobody reads Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:59:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Windows 7 http://www.criten.org/2009/10/windows-7/ http://www.criten.org/2009/10/windows-7/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:26:17 +0000 admin http://www.criten.org/2009/10/windows-7/ So I finally installed the beta versions of Windows 7 that Microsoft sent me. Thought I’d give it a whirl to confirm a few suspicions.

It does seem Microsoft have improved the kernel since Vista, so there are some performance benefits. Additionally the visual effects have been “toned down” so they don’t hammer graphics and CPU as much.

And probably the most significant change – User Access Control is nothing like it is in Vista and prompts far less.

I myself did end up skipping Windows Vista. However selling it as an OEM I never had much complaints and in fact told my customers I believed the bad rumours about Vista do not come from knowledgeable sources, neither are the rumours accurate. I actually built quite a success list of machines upgraded to Vista etc., where Vista was actually faster! Although I do disable UAC on Vista completely.

Trying out the Windows Live Writer too, since its compatible with Wordpress. I just might blog more often if I can easily post articles.

Win7 Screenshot

]]> http://www.criten.org/2009/10/windows-7/feed/ 0 Spyware from Microsoft for Christmas! http://www.criten.org/2008/12/spyware-from-microsoft-for-christmas/ http://www.criten.org/2008/12/spyware-from-microsoft-for-christmas/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:10:16 +0000 admin http://www.criten.org/?p=3 Redmond announced its biggest batch of security updates in five years, last Tuesday. However two fixes have slipped through the loop, which are now being heavily exploited on the Internet… or so the mainstream media says.

Its been a problem for the past month, if you ask me.

Next scheduled update: Jan 9, 2009

Merry christmas from Microsoft!

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