In my opinion it’s one of the greatest success stories in recent years. What I am talking about? Well Windows firewall that’s what. This gem has undergone a radical makeover since Windows XP SP2 to become one of the best in the industry. It’s journey continues in Windows 7 with yet more granularity control. Windows… Continue reading »
Feb
06
Security Vs Functionality…Hmmm
Now I am sure many security people will agree with me that this seems to be the ultimate trade off. I saw this yesterday and had to comment. This is the new User Account control option in Windows 7 which allows users to “customize” (aka tone down or even disable) UAC settings. Whoa, just think… Continue reading »
Feb
04
Windows 7 – The Choice is Yours!
Well today Microsoft informed the world about its planned release SKUs (versions) for Windows 7. There are no major surprises really other than the so called Business Edition now becomes Windows 7 Professional. In a similar line up to Vista, Windows 7 will also feature versions for the home and business user. A lot of… Continue reading »
Jan
18
Make Windows Truly come a”Live”… with Windows Live Essentials (Beta)
After my recent review of Windows 7 on my blog a couple of folks have asked so how does Windows Live fit into Windows 7. Firstly in a big way. One of the perceived problems with Windows Vista is that it was a fat product with just too much in it. This is by far… Continue reading »
Jan
15
Windows 7 Scores a 9 on the Richter scale…In other word it rocks!!!
For many IT Managers making the leap to a new OS can be very daunting. Planning, testing and eventually deploying can take weeks or even months. It’s also not surprising that with the amount of bad press that has accompanied Windows Vista, IT managers have not been keen to part with their beloved XP boxes. Now… Continue reading »
Dec
09
Windows Server 2008 R2 Starts to Surface!
With the beta release of Windows 7 due shortly, Microsoft have been keen to promote its big brother, Windows Server 2008 R2. So what are the new shiny bits and why should you care! Well for one thing Windows Server 2008 has been very successful for Microsoft and has enjoyed a positive reception unlike the… Continue reading »
Sep
14
Will Windows 7 Include a Hypervisor?
Well with Hyper-V now launched and System Centre Virtual machine Manager 2008 about to be released there seem to be no stopping Microsoft in it’s mission to conquer the Virtualization Market. Having worked with Hyper-V now for some time I think it rocks. It, like Windows Server 2008 is a solid piece of work. In… Continue reading »
May
28
Windows 7! Is it all hot air?
Windows 7 (Codenamed Vienna) is the predecessor to Windows Vista. Scheduled for release during 2009 W7 will be available in both 32bit and 64 bit versions. In terms of editions, little will change from the home versus business editions of Windows Vista. There has been no doubt that Vista has not enjoyed the success that… Continue reading »
