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  • Windows 7 has a new way of handling disk defragmentation0January 26, 2009

    Windows 7 has a new way of handling disk defragmentation

    It may not be one of the sexier changes Microsoft has made in Windows 7 beta, but the company has changed the way the operating system handles disk defragmentation. Microsoft developers Rajeev Nagar and Matt Garson have written a lengthy post on the Engineering Windows 7 blog explaining how fragmentation occurs, how modern hardware like high [...]

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  • Windows Vista SP2 beta available to public0December 6, 2008

    Windows Vista SP2 beta available to public

    Microsoft has made the Vista SP2 beta publicly available. Early adopters can install it now and take advantage of improvements like 10% better power saving, reduced resource consumption in sidebar gadgets, Windows Search 4, and a long list of security and bug fixes. According to Wired’s post, you should be aware that you’ll have to uninstall the [...]

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  • Windows 7 coming in mid-20090November 8, 2008

    Windows 7 coming in mid-2009

    At a presentation at the WinHEC conference, we read that information regarding Microsoft’s release date of the newly polished Vista, the Windows 7. Looking at Microsoft’s previous statements, it was pointed out that Windows 7 might be released three years after Vista (2010), but it seems now that they might be in front of their [...]

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