After spending several weeks putting the first public Beta version of Windows 7 (officially known as the Customer Preview Program) — which I must say is quite solid and stable — through its paces, I ...

My desktop occasionally fails to shut down properly. It seems to complete Windows’ shutdown process, but then just freezes–without actually turning off. Pressing the power button accomplishes nothing.

If you had to name the seven best and seven worst features from the Windows 7 beta, what would they be? That’s the task that editors at Network World assigned to Tom Henderson and Brendan Allen from ...

I just built a new machine and Windows 7 runs beautifully on it. Last night, I was downloading a couple of games from Steam (HL2 and COD4) and after about 10-15 minutes of great speeds, it slowed to a ...

This is a follow up to my previous post about living in a dorm, and having a wireless router assigning invalid IP addresses to people. Short story, sometimes everyone on one of our 4 switches looses ...

We’ve covered Windows 7 from rumor to golden master. Now—as we wait for its Oct. 22 arrival—it’s enchilada time: Here’s everything of value that we learned about Win 7, packed in a complete, ...

The default behavior of ping on Linux and other Unix-like systems is different from Windows. On Windows, the ping command ...

Overall the reports about the Windows 7 public beta are quite good. What do people like? It’s stable, especially for a beta. And it easily outshines Windows Vista in its stability, polish and ...