Reminder: Windows 7 Beta to begin bi-hourly shutdowns next week
Greetings Readers!
This is your friendly reminder that if you are still running the Windows 7 beta, you need up upgrade to the RC. Starting Monday, July 1st, the Windows 7 beta will begin shutting down every 2 hours as a way to alert you that it will expire soon and you should get all of you important data off before it does. The beta expires on August 1st, so if you don't upgrade by then, you could be in real trouble.
Windows 7 RC users won't have to worry about this until March 1st 2010 and expiration on June 1st 2010. That should give you plenty of time to get the retail version which ships in late October. If you aren't on the RC yet, I recommend it as it has several great features that the beta doesn't. I am running Windows 7 on all of my machines now and I don't think I could be happier.
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-Jeremy "pcnerd37" Bray
Russia launches anit-trust probe against Microsoft because it hates Vista
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Russia's state anti-monopoly service has decided to launch an antitrust probe of Microsoft because it hates Vista. Apparently Russia is complaining that Microsoft is cutting back on its shipments of Windows XP even though there is still demand for it. It seems Russia would rather use an old, far more insecure operating system than use Vista. They claim it is because there is still a demand for it which doesn't make a whole lot of sense because Microsoft certainly isn't the only company to have ever killed or in this case slowed down shipping a product that still had a demand for it. I have come up with two theories as to why this is happening. First, they really hate Vista. Despite the fact that it has been giving me trouble as of late, Vista isn't bad enough that it would warrant this kind of response. My second theory is that the botnet and virus writers have infiltrated the Russian anti-monopoly office and are doing everything they can to keep people on an insecure operating system they can more easily exploit. Personally, I favor the second option.
The hearing is set for July 24th so hopefully more will be revealed then. What is your theory?
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-Jeremy "pcnerd37" Bray
Windows 7 to hit stores October 22nd
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Microsoft has announced on the Windows 7 Team Blog that Windows 7 will be in stores on October 22, 2009. Windows 7 should hit RTM (release to manufacturing) sometime in the second have of July. Half of the mystery still remains as we don't know what Windows 7 will cost other than the fact that it will be more expensive than Vista.
Personally, I can't wait for it to be released. As I stated on episode #25 of the Global Geek News Podcast, I have loved nearly every minute I have spent with Windows 7 (BSOD aside). I think it is by far the best OS that I have ever used and it is an amazing improvement over Vista. If I had to pick a favorite feature, it would be the new taskbar. Anyway, I hope time flies so I can replace the RC on my main computer with the retail version of Windows 7.
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-Jeremy "pcnerd37" Bray
Why must Windows take forever to shut down?
Greetings Readers!
First off, I want to apologize for not blogging much lately. Life has been very busy and I have been rather uninspired until a day or two ago. Also, the Global Geek News Podcast will return next week. Now that that is out of th way...
Have you ever noticed how terribly long it takes for virtually any version of windows to shut down? Unless it is a completely fresh install, it often can take 5-10 minutes. In my case, its usually closer to 10 minutes. For a shutdown time, that is pathetic. We don't put up with it from other devices such as our tvs or game consoles, why do we have to put up with it from Windows?
I have noticed this problem for many years. Whether it is with XP, Vista, or to a slightly lesser extent, Windows 7, it seems like it takes forever for Windows to shut down. If you have to reboot, you might as well go to the movies because the bootup times are typically as bad or worse. What is windows doing that it is taking it so long to shut down? I have tried many things but nothing seems to help. I have tried killing every application and process I have running before shutting down but it seems to make no difference. What could the problem possibly be and why hasn't it been fixed in all these years?
In my fairly limited Linux experience, I never had this issue. I don't know if this problem affects Macs or not but I certainly never hear of it having this issue. If it does or you have an experience you would like to share, please do so in the comments.
Microsoft really needs to address this issue as it is a huge productivity killer and electricity user. I can't say I have gone looking much lately but I have never heard any comment on this. Occasionally I come accross some guides that supposedly help with the problem but still don't solve it. I think its time we put pressure on Microsoft to fix this issue that is a plague on all Windows users. We must demand a higher standard from the company we have come to depend upon.
What has your experience been with this? Post it in th comments as well as tips or links to tips to help this problem.
-Jeremy "pcnerd37" Bray
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