Windows 7

[odris]

I am willing to hand over my student e-mail in return for sexual favors, from your wives.

[Captain]

Simon. *shakes head*

 

I'd say, go for it.

 

What he said.

 

I like the little tweaky things like Winkey+Left arrow and Winkey+Right arrow for putting windows side-by-side and I lurve the shake the window to minimise other windows. OK they're hardly earth-shattering but they make me smile.

 

To me they are major improvements in how you use the computer. After one day of using those shortcuts you just can't live without them. They represent a massive improvement in window handling.

 

PS! Win + home is your friend to get the shake effect.

[Guest ShoePiss]

My win7 upgrade came through the post today, just done a system back up and about to install, hopefully it goes well.

[Ted]

Microsoft says that a problem with its Windows operating system, dubbed the 'Black Screen of Death' is not due to its latest security update.

 

Some Windows users are confronted by a totally black screen after they log on to their system.

 

It was thought that a security update on 10 November had been the cause, although this has now been discounted.

 

Reports suggest the problem also affects Windows Vista and XP, which experts are putting down to malware.

 

In a blog posting on its security site, Microsoft said that it had investigated the claims and "found that our November Security Updates are not making changes to the system that these reports say are responsible for these issues".

 

The firm said that the behaviour was associated with malware, such as Daonol, and that this was probably the root cause.

 

Software firm Prevx, who had said the November update may have been to blame, have since retracted their statement, saying it had been a "challenging issue" to identify the cause.

 

"Having narrowed down a specific trigger for this condition we've done quite a bit of testing and re-testing on the recent Windows patches including KB976098 and KB915597 as referred to in our previous blog," the firm wrote on its website.

 

"Since more specifically narrowing down the cause we have been able to exonerate these patches from being a contributory factor."

 

Prevx apologised to Microsoft for "for any inconvenience" its earlier claims may have caused.

 

The firm has issued a fix for the problem, which is says could affect "millions" of computers.

 

"Users have resorted to reloading Windows as a last ditch effort to fix the problem," the firm's David Kennerley wrote in a blog post.

 

"We hope we can help a good many of you avoid the need to reload."

 

Unknown problem

 

The firm said its fix did not work in all cases.

 

"There can be many causes," said Mr Kennerley.

 

"But if your black screen woes began in the last two weeks... or after running any security program (including Prevx) to remove malware during this time, then this fix will have a high probability of working."

 

Mr Kennerly said the firm had identified "at least 10 different scenarios which will trigger the same black screen conditions".

 

"These appear to have been around for years now," he said.

 

The firm reports that the problem affects editions of Windows 7, Vista, XP, NT, and Windows 2000.

 

Microsoft said that people who are affected by the problem should contact its customer service line.

 

The "black screen of death" moniker is a play on the "blue screen of death", which appears when Microsoft operating systems crash.

 

BBC News - Malware suspected of 'Black Screen' issue

 

This shit happened to my birds Vista powered laptop.

 

Only read this today and the thing is with the PC World technicians. They'd better fucking get it sorted.

[Guest ShoePiss]

Well the install went well, I wish I didn't back everything up though as it took hours and wasn't needed.

 

Some nice little features over Vista, I like how windows can snap to a side by side config by dragging your active window to the right. Also I didn't notice 'snipping tool' in Vista, very handy that.

 

It seems to boot up faster but I didn't time it, it will be interesting to see how battery performance is affected. My laptop battery on vista could run active up to 7 hrs.

[William_Ulsterman]

its much much better than vista, i really like it with lots of visual bells and whistles.

 

Im running W7 ultimate on 4 SSDs in raid 0, boots in 8 secs and is lightening fast.

[bossy]

vista is awful, win 7 with our new laptop is really good; fast and clutter free.