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Microsoft to roll out Windows 7 SP1
Starting today Microsoft is going to roll out Windows 7 SP1 automatically on Windows update. Automatic update to SP1 is for those users who haven’t installed SP1. Windows 7 SP1 was previously available but required user intervention. From today, installation will be automatic with no action required. To ensure Service Pack 1 is installed properly please check for sufficient disk space and that AC power is present on a laptop. If users faces any issues installing Service Pack 1 than please visit this support page on Windows.com or our Microsoft Community forum for Windows 7. For further details you can read the Windows blog.
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IE 10 comes to Windows 7
IE 10 finally comes to Windows 7 and starting today Microsoft is auto-updating the Windows 7 Customers running the IE10 Release Preview and fortunately I had installed Release Preview and so I was one of customer for which IE 10 was upgraded.
Update was quite smooth and fast and without any error and issue. Of course after installation user needs to restart the PC. Initial testing looks good and its much faster than the Release Preview. Application open ups quite faster and overall experience was very smooth. According to IEBlog, IE10 delivers a 20% performance increase over its predecessor, better security and touch capabilities. Also IE10 has 60% increase in supported modern web standards. Let me know if any of them faces any issues while updating and also your general feedback about IE10.
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Microsoft releases critical update to IE, Update recommended
1 year ago
Microsoft recently released the critical update to many version of IE. If your Windows computer is setup to get the updates automatically than its good, as it will download and will update automatically (of course you need to restart). But if automatic update is not ON than please make sure that you download the update as Microsoft has marked it as very critical for most of the version of IE.
The update resolves four vulnerabilities in IE, according to Microsoft security bulletin, and describes how am attacker can control of your PC.
The most severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer. An attacker who successfully exploited any of these vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the logged-on user. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.
The update is considered "critical" for IE 7, IE 8 and IE 9 on PCs, and "moderate" for IE 7, IE 8 and IE 9 on Windows servers. If you are still one of the few using IE 6, the threat is considered "moderate."
You can also download the update from here.
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Windows XP support is ending within 800 days
Windows XP was one of the most successful OS till now from Microsoft and had an amazing run and millions of PC’s were grateful for it. Now according to Microsoft, there are 800 days until Windows XP end support.
Microsoft has publicly asked the user to migrate Windows XP PC’s to a modern OS and if there are any issues facing during the migration Microsoft has provided with some links which provides some great tools for migration.
Below are some tools to help make migration from Windows XP to Windows 7:
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Windows 7 Application Compatibility List for IT Professionals (check the Windows compatibility status of more than 27,000 applications)
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Need some help? Find support in the Windows 7 Installation, Setup, and Deployment forum.
If there are any other tools you have you comment about that. For compete information you can visit here.
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How To : Add Toolbars to the Windows Taskbar
Windows 7 doesn’t include any toolbars by default, but it doesn’t mean that its not available. User can activate by Right clicking on the taskbar, select Toolbars tab and add the respective toolbar. I personally activated the Address toolbar and its really very beneficial.
