Windows 7, the product of what was by far the largest testing effort around a Windows client, with Microsoft revealing that in excess of 8 million early adopters got involved in test driving the operating system. Subsequently, customers applauded the software giant for delivering an extremely polished platform, with Windows 7 deserving all accolades it got. However, this is not to say that Windows Vista’s successor is not without its problems. According to iYogi, an on-demand tech services company, the number one complaint that its users have related to Windows 7 is because of upgrade and installation problems. "Most of the problems that customers have with Windows 7 have to do with installation, or application and data migration," noted Vishal Dhar, co-founder of iYogi for CNN Money. "These are all fixable problems, but they're annoyances and they're time consuming."
It appears that no less than 31% of the iYogi customers that needed help to embrace the latest iteration of the Windows client, required assistance when it came down to upgrading or deploying the operating system. The data comes from an iYogi survey which involved over 100,000 users. Still, it is critical to mention that statistics provided by the helpdesk firm are illustrative only of the users that actually came across problems wit... (read more)
One of the aspects of Microsoft that should come as no surprise is that the company plans ahead not just next year’s product launches, but decades in advance, in terms of the evolution of its technology. Not limited to its own software, this strategy is an integral part of how the company is tackling problems faced by education systems world... (
Firefox 4.0, the next major release of Mozilla’s open source browser, will bring to the table a major overhaul of its graphical user interface, one that would put the UI in line the Windows 7 Ribbon/Fluent style. Mozilla has already made public details on the revamping of the Firefox User interface for version 4.0, and various concepts and sketches ha... (
With Valentine's Day just around the corner, Microsoft is helping Windows 7 customers celebrate love right on their desktops. In this regard, the Redmond company has made available for download a new desktop theme designed to integrate seamlessly into the desktop of their Windows 7-power computers. The Lacy Hearts is, as the software giant has put i... (
The latest development milestone of Office 2010 has made it into the wild, even though Microsoft never intended to have the general public get their hands on the release. Earlier this week, the Redmond company revealed that the next iteration of the Office System reached a key milestone in the evolution to RTM, namely the Rel... (
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