Windows 7 - SlashGear

Posts Tagged ‘Windows 7’

Microsoft’s Windows 7 Can Be Rearmed Up To 120 Days

By Evan Selleck on Thursday, Aug 20th 2009 No Comments

Are you one of those people who love to try out new things before you buy it? Do you also think that 30 days to try that said product just isn’t long enough? Well, if you’re thinking about upgrading to Windows 7 in October, but you feel like you should try it out before you officially lay down your money, you don’t have anything to worry about. Like in Windows Vista, there’s a simple, one-line command that you can utilize, to activate an additional 30 days to your initial 30-day trial of the Operating System (OS). Even better, you can do this up to three times.

Windows 7

Continued »

Acer prepping three Windows 7 touchscreen devices

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Aug 19th 2009 No Comments

acer aspire z5600 Acer are working on three touch-enabled devices, according to a project manager from their mobile computer department, which will take advantage of Windows 7’s native touchscreen support. While no specific product details were mentioned, the employee did suggest that touch-sensitive netbooks could better take market share if they were positioned as “cheaper alternatives to tablet PCs”, which may indicate that one or more of the Acer devices are just such a netbook.

Continued »

MSI to launch touchscreen Windows 7 Pine Trail netbooks in December?

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Aug 18th 2009 No Comments

It seems like ages since we last had a good Intel Pine Trail rumor, so here’s one with not only a company name but a date to go with it. According to DigiTimes’ ever-clandestine “industry sources” MSI has decided to be the first OEM to launch a Pine Trail-M netbook, with December 2009 their settled window.

msi netbook

Continued »

Sony VAIO virtualization block means most can’t run Windows 7 XP Mode

By Chris Davies on Monday, Aug 10th 2009 No Comments

Windows 7’s XP Mode was billed as a way for upgrade-shy enterprise users to make the jump to Microsoft’s new OS without losing access to their prized legacy apps. Unfortunately, if you’ve kitted out your workforce with shiny Sony notebooks it’s not something you’ll be able to take advantage of; Sony have confirmed that their current VAIO range do not support the Intel Virtual Technology (VT) necessary for XP Mode to function.

sony tt slashgear review 3 vn 480x271

Continued »

Lenovo IdeaCentre C100 all-in-one: Vista now, touchscreen Windows 7 later

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Aug 5th 2009 No Comments

Lenovo have quietly introduced a new all-in-one nettop, the IdeaCentre C100, based on Intel’s N270 1.6GHz Atom processor and up to 2GB of RAM. Initially hitting shelves this month running Vista and with a standard 20-inch display, the C100 will get an upgrade to Windows 7 once the new OS arrives in October, along with an optional touchscreen layer.

lenovo c100 all in one 540x449

Continued »

Microsoft Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000 promises relaxing use, Windows 7 shortcuts

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Aug 4th 2009 No Comments

Logitech isn’t the only company with new PC peripherals today; Microsoft have announced their new keyboard and mouse set, the Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000, which bundles a “comfort curve” keyboard and their Wireless Mouse 5000. As well as promising reduced discomfort from regular use, the set include various Windows 7 features.

microsoft wireless comfort desktop 5000 540x268

Continued »

Microsoft block Windows 7 OEM key hack

By Chris Davies on Friday, Jul 31st 2009 No Comments

Microsoft’s Windows Genuine Advantage team have responded to this week’s news that a Windows 7 Ultimate licensing hack had been identified. After a Lenovo OEM Windows 7 image leaked and was used to extract a license key, Microsoft have worked with the manufacturer to blacklist the rogue key and replace it – on genuine Lenovo PCs bought with the new OS – with a working version.

windows 7 wga activation cracked 540x323

Continued »

Windows 7 cracked after Lenovo OEM key leaks

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jul 29th 2009 No Comments

Microsoft’s licensing system for Windows 7 has been cracked, using a leaked copy of a Lenovo OEM DVD ISO from which the product key and OEM certificate were extracted. The exploit is apparently sufficient to pass Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation, meaning that anybody with sufficient technical knowledge to implement the hack can get themselves a working copy of Windows 7 Ultimate months before the OS is officially launched.

windows 7 wga activation cracked 540x323

Continued »

Sony touchscreen VAIOs planned for Windows 7; PlayStation Network integration

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Jul 23rd 2009 No Comments

Sony are planning VAIO computers with touch capabilities once Windows 7 launches, potentially taking advantage of casual gaming, streaming and downloadable movies and TV content from the PlayStation Network. Speaking in an interview with LaptopMag, Sony’s senior VP of the Information Technology Products Division, Mike Abary confirmed that the company find the touch functionality in Windows 7 “compelling” and that they would be looking to adopt some of those technologies in their upcoming PC ranges.

sony vaio all in one touchscreen

Continued »

ASUS Eee PC T101H 10-inch touchscreen netbook specs confirmed

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Jul 9th 2009 No Comments

ASUS have quietly announced the official specifications for their larger Eee PC tablet, the convertible T101H. Like its 8.9-inch T91 sibling, the T101H has an Intel Atom Z520 1.33GHz processor, 16GB SSD (paired with an included 16GB SD card) and a resistive touchscreen; however, in the case of the T101H that LED-backlit panel is 10.1-inches.

asus eee pc t101h 480x432