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RSS Windows XP 72010: The year your desktop goes virtual?
News A lot of [desktop virtualisation] will be driven by end users waking up to the fact that they're going to have to do a desktop operating system refresh probably next year, because most people are still running Windows... [01 Dec 2009]
7 Steps to Migrate From Windows XP to Windows 7 Using WinINSTALL and Survey
White Paper According to Microsoft's Technet Website, "There is no Upgrade option available when installing Windows 7 on a computer running Windows XP. The task involves using... [12 Nov 2009]
Revealed: Your favourite Windows operating system
News Wonder no longer - in a poll of more than 350 silicon.com readers who were asked to decide which was their favourite Microsoft desktop operating system, Windows XP came out the clear winner, grabbing... [09 Nov 2009]
Ten Things You Should Know about Windows 7 vs. Windows XP
White Paper So you're an XP shop, and your organization skipped Vista but is considering taking the plunge to the latest revision of the Longhorn platform: Windows 7. Windows... [03 Nov 2009]
Windows 7 Review Guide
White Paper This white paper introduces the key areas in which Windows 7 differs from Vista - areas you'll need to focus on if you're thinking of moving to Windows 7, either from... [03 Nov 2009]
Ten Things You Should Know about Windows 7
White Paper Warts and all, it looks like Windows 7 has a much better chance than Vista did of convincing organizations to upgrade from Windows XP. There's a lot to... [03 Nov 2009]
Windows 7: Not perfect - but ready for prime time
Comment So what issues are you likely to come up against if you choose to move from XP to Windows 7? However, the long term issue for Microsoft is not whether new and existing machines in the... [28 Oct 2009]
Mind the details with Windows 7
Comment Sure there have been a few missing drivers here and there but in every case the resulting machine worked and almost always performed better than under Vista and XP. Gartner's Stephen Kleynhans has been happy with his... [23 Oct 2009]
Vista jilted for Windows 7 midway through upgrades
News The companies include engineering firm Atkins, airport operator BAA, business advisors Baker Tilly, Deutsche Bank and drinks maker innocent - all of which are upgrading from a mix of Windows XP and Vista. [22 Oct 2009]
Windows 7: Who's adopting it, when and why?
News Quocirca's Longbottom said: "Microsoft advise to do a clean install to go from Windows XP to Windows 7. But while the large number of businesses still using... [21 Oct 2009]
Photos: Microsoft sweetens Aero for Windows 7
Photo Users coming to Windows 7 from XP will like the fact the Alt+Tab hotkey shows previews of the actual open program windows, and not just their icons. With... [21 Oct 2009]
Windows 7 to trump Snow Leopard?
Comment We've seen this with Vista, XP and the other Windows operating systems going all the way back. Vista predecessor XP is now long in the tooth but remains the overwhelming choice of... [20 Oct 2009]
Photos: Windows 7 - getting inside security
Photo Windows XP users who upgrade should notice it's much easier to both backup and create a system restore disc. Although AutoPlay was improved in Windows Vista, the granular control over it... [20 Oct 2009]
Windows 7 will be business standard by next year
News Currently, eight out of 10 new PCs run Windows XP, nearly eight years after the operating system was first released. Today, Windows XP is installed on four out of five... [20 Oct 2009]
Photos: Google Android dual boots with Windows 7 on Acer netbook
Photo The laptop will feature two OSes: Google's open source Android will sit alongside a choice of either Windows 7 or XP. Users requiring full-fat Windows computing can... [16 Oct 2009]
