Microsoft is ending 2010 by setting new records in monthly bulletins, yearly bulletins, and total patched vulnerabilities. More importantly, the software giant has patched the fourth and final vulnerability related to Stuxnet, and the Internet Explorer vulnerability that was disclosed last month. Microsoft...

The experience of upgrading to Windows Vista has probably put many users off upgrading to Windows 7.  Microsoft have tried hard to reassure users that Windows 7 is ‘not’ Vista, by conducting a very public beta program and working hard to disseminate the good news about Windows 7. To further...

Undoubtedly, a key aspect of the evolution from Windows Vista to Windows 7 is the new graphical user interface of the operating system. At least equally important, if not even more so, is the way in which, with Windows 7 Microsoft is bringing natural user interfaces to the mainstream. And the Redmond...

While it has received indisputable accolades as Microsoft’s best operating system to date, Windows 7 is no stranger to problems either, albeit to an extremely smaller degree than its predecessor, Windows Vista. Some of the issues reported by Microsoft involve failed Vista to Windows 7 upgrade attempts,...

The Hardware-assisted virtualization (HAV) detection tool checks if the computer processor supports HAV and if this setting is enabled. Windows Virtual PC requires processors capable of hardware-assisted virtualization with AMD-V™, Intel® VT or VIA® VT turned on in the BIOS. The HAV detection tool...