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• Windows Home Server Power Pack 3: November 24

  Microsoft contacted me yesterday about Windows Home Server (WHS) Power Pack 3 (PP3) but I was traveling so I had to just tweet a short version of the news: WHS PP3 will ship publicly November 24. Here's the full release: We are announcing that the... Posted Nov 20 2009, 02:05 PM by pthurrott with | with 9 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, Windows Home Server

• Top 7 Ways to Enhance Your Windows 7 Experience

  Microsoft sends along some interesting information today about Windows 7: Top 7 Things to Do After Installing Windows 7 Personalize your PC: Make your Windows 7 PC your own by pinning your favorite programs to the enhanced Windows Taskbar, to easily preview... Posted Nov 18 2009, 01:21 PM by pthurrott with | with 33 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7

• Is it OK to Use OEM Windows on Your Own PC? Don't Ask Microsoft

  While researching my most recent article, No OEM For You: Windows 7 OEM Packaging is Not For Individuals , I ran into an issue that I should have foreseen: Microsoft's licensing reads like the Dead Sea Scrolls and you need to be an expert in Aramaic... Posted Nov 15 2009, 08:16 PM by pthurrott with | with 54 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, Commentary

• Rafael is Vindicated: Microsoft Did Steal Open Source Code for USB/DVD Tool

  Microsoft just confirmed to me that it has completed an investigation of allegations made by my Windows 7 Secrets co-author, Rafael Rivera, concerning the unauthorized and illegal use of open source code in its Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool. The software... Posted Nov 13 2009, 05:30 PM by pthurrott with | with 40 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, Commentary

• Windows 7 Battery Life Worse on Netbooks

  Laptop Magazine has some surprising news for Windows 7 battery life, at least on three netbooks: It's not as good as it was on XP. Here's what they found: Back in August when we started testing the final version of Windows 7, we noticed that several... Posted Nov 12 2009, 04:59 PM by pthurrott with | with 33 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, XP, Vista

• How We Really Designed the Look and Feel of Windows 7

  While the Mac community has been chortling over a supposed Microsoft admission that Windows 7 copies the Mac OS X look and feel, the company decided to set the record straight , or at least provide a more official comment about this claim: An inaccurate... Posted Nov 12 2009, 12:04 PM by pthurrott with | with 85 comment(s) Filed under: Mac, Windows 7, Alt. Windows, Commentary

• Microsoft's Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool Uses Open Source Code

  And apparently does so illegally. Rafael has written up a great post , with a side-by-side code comparison, about how Microsoft's Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool uses code that was obviously taken directly from open source code that is licensed under... Posted Nov 07 2009, 12:18 PM by pthurrott with | with 32 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, Open source

• Seven Perfectly Legal Ways to Get Windows 7 Cheap (or Even Free)

  Windows expert Ed Bott offers up an excellent guide to getting Windows 7 on the cheap , along with some great advice. It's a must-read: Only suckers pay retail. If you’ve read any reviews of Windows 7, you’ve seen references to its price list, which... Posted Nov 06 2009, 01:03 PM by pthurrott with | with 24 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7

• Get Tinker and Texas Hold 'Em ... For Free

  Microsoft will soon make the Vista-era Ultimate Extras games Tinker and Texas Hold 'Em available for one and all, for free, via Games for Windows Live: Tinker and Hold 'Em are coming to Games for Windows! Need a break? If you like classic platform... Posted Nov 05 2009, 05:00 PM by pthurrott with | with 29 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, Video games, Vista

• Talking Windows 7 Upgrade Media with Microsoft

  So I had an in-person discussion yesterday with Microsoft about how its Windows 7 Upgrade media does (or does not) work. I'm going to update my Clean Install Windows 7 with Upgrade Media article to include this information, but I wanted to communicate... Posted Nov 04 2009, 12:31 PM by pthurrott with | with 43 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, Commentary

• A Bit of Backpedaling and an Apology from Microsoft

  In a very long-winded post, Microsoft's Eric Ligman (he of the "you are probably a pirate" post ) does some furious backpedalling from his previous position on doing clean installs with Windows 7 Upgrade media. That is, where he previously... Posted Nov 02 2009, 04:05 PM by pthurrott with | with 48 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, Personal, Commentary

• Windows 7 Workaround Does Not Allow for Multiple Installs with One Product Key

  In the wake of Microsoft's illogical and wrong-headed attack on the so-called Windows 7 installation "hack"--really just a workaround designed to let legitimate Windows customers upgrade their activated copies of XP or Vista to Windows 7... Posted Nov 01 2009, 10:25 AM by pthurrott with | with 46 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, Commentary

• Enough, Microsoft. No One Is Endorsing Piracy. Obviously.

  I love the self-righteous nature of this little Microsoft post , which quite clearly addresses the "hack" I published the other day without actually providing a link or naming names. Unfortunately, it looks like it is time to have this conversation... Posted Oct 29 2009, 01:30 PM by pthurrott with | with 175 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, Commentary

• Microsoft Signature Software

  I was reading another great Todd Bishop article about Microsoft's attempts to sell crapware-less Windows 7-based PCs and came across an interesting bit. Sure, selling crapware-less PCs is great. But Microsoft is formally defining what it calls Microsoft... Posted Oct 28 2009, 10:46 AM by pthurrott with | with 95 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7, Commentary

• Finally, Some Answers to Windows 7 Upgrade Questions

  Ed Bott just uploaded a very timely post about the Windows 7 upgrade issues that have arisen this week. You may recall my previous posts and article in which I have tried to sort through the mess of how it is you can clean install Windows 7 with Upgrade... Posted Oct 27 2009, 03:40 PM by pthurrott with | with 76 comment(s) Filed under: Windows 7