Microsoft has given small system builders the green light to start selling new Windows 7 PCs more than a week before the general launch date of Oct. 22, a Seattle-area computer maker said today.

So, question about KMS activation, as it relates to Windows 7. We already have a KMS server which activates Windows 2008R2 servers. Works great. So, I want to have a few Windows 7 machines I am ...

There's a lot to love about the Windows 7 operating system: it's fast, it looks great, and it has some cool features--like Jump Lists for quickly opening recently used files, Homegroup for sharing ...

With the impending rollout of Microsoft Windows 7, computer makers are starting to refresh product lines to take advantage of the new capabilities offering by the OS, and Fujitsu is no different, ...

1. Energy Efficiency: According to Microsoft, PCs running Windows 7 can experience a 20 percent gain in power efficiency because of "timer coalescing." That works to keep the processor in a low-power ...

Although no one waits in long lines for a new edition of Windows software anymore, the debut of Microsoft's latest operating system is part of why buying a PC might feel fun for the first time in ...

If you’re a Windows shop and are planning to be running Windows 7, unless your company is so new that Windows 7 is the only operating system that’s ever been on your desktop and notebook computers, ...

Microsoft has redeemed itself with the introduction of the Windows 7 operating system last year and new stats provide further evidence that the company has put the Vista debacle behind it. But while ...

Microsoft’s AppLocker, the application control feature included in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, is an improvement on the Software Restriction Policies (SRP) introduced with Windows XP ...