Corporate users are more likely to move to Windows 7 on a piecemeal basis as they replace PCs rather than looking for big budget outlays to cover mass migration, says analyst Michael Cherry. Cherry, ...

In July the number of Windows 7 operating system users surpassed Vista users, according to calculations by a leading market research firm. But Windows 7 has a long way to go to overtake the aging ...

Windows 7 users got a nice surprise on Tuesday when Microsoft released its first set of security patches since unveiling the new operating system last month. Of the 15 bugs patched, none affected ...

Downgrade rights for Windows 7 will be “hugely important,” an analyst said Thursday, but he’s not optimistic that Microsoft Corp. will let users continue to install Windows XP on new machines.

In addition to IE8, Windows 7 RC will also let users disable Windows Media Player, Windows Media Center, Windows Search and several other applications, said Jack Mayo, a group program manager with ...

This week’s release of Windows 7 RC1 to the MSDN community, and next week to the general public, represents another significant milestone towards a market release of Windows 7. Given Microsoft is ...