Why did Microsoft make Windows 7?  Did they just need to correct things that people complained about with Windows Vista?  Why would an organization upgrade to Vista right now instead of Windows 7? Microsoft waited too long to make Windows Vista and as a result people expected it to be something that would move the [...]

Today there is yet another leaked Windows 7 beta on the torrent sites and this time it is build 7057 from March 5th.  The previous leak was just last week of build 7048 and this is a really good sign that the Release Candidate is getting closer to being in testers hands. Right now the [...]

Microsoft has taken a lot of heat over the less than secure UAC implementation in Windows 7.  Many steps forward were made with Windows Vista regarding security but it looks like Microsoft is working hard with Windows 7 to undo the biggest one, User Account Control (UAC). A month ago it was announced by Long [...]

Microsoft has finally listened regarding the UAC vulnerability that has been found in Windows 7. After countless people have been blogging about it and continuing to find additional problems with it Microsoft has given in and fixed the problem.

There has been a lot of discussion lately regarding Windows 7′s User Account Control (UAC) and “flaws” that have been exposed with it. Long Zheng and Rafael Ravera were the first ones to point out a very severe flaw with UAC which Microsoft claimed was “by design”.