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One thing you'll like about Windows 8: Even though it's only in its preview form, it's already faster than Windows 7. And as development proceeds, it should only get even faster.

Are you running Windows 7 without Service Pack 1? If it's not on purpose, I stumbled across some reasons why Windows Update won't install SP1.

Microsoft has been trying to kill Windows XP for years, and it's finally paying off: XP market share has dipped below 50%, with Windows 7 sales more than taking up the slack. But Microsoft shouldn't rejoice, because the future is in mobile devices, and Windows Phone 7 has only a 1% market share of new smartphone sales, according to a just-released survey.

New Camera Codec Pack lets Windows Explorer generate image thumbnails from RAW files; Windows Live Photo Gallery 2011 will be able to edit those files as well.

Enterprise IT had a good business case for moving off of the nearly decade old Windows XP operating system and onto the more modern Windows 7. The case for Windows 8 will be more challenging.

More bad news for Microsoft in tablets --- Toshiba has apparently pulled the plug on its plans for a Windows 7-based tablet. Given that it was already available for pre-order, and slated to be shipped in June, this is very bad news for Microsoft. At this rate, will Windows ever become a significant presence in the tablet market?

Internet Explorer 10 won't run on Windows Vista -- the final version, as well as the recently released developer preview. It's a clear attempt to kill off Windows Vista, as Microsoft has been trying to do to XP for years. But why bother? Windows Vista has done a very good job of committing suicide, no external help needed.

Microsoft's most successful operating system in its history, Windows XP, refuses to die, no matter how many stakes Microsoft drives through its heart. But now it appears that Microsoft's work is paying off: For the first time, Windows 7 market share has topped that of XP in the U.S.

CEO's laptop dies, so this pilot fish rush-orders a new one for him. But there's a complication or two -- and one of them is Windows 7.

Should you stay or should you go? When it comes to Windows 7 SP1, stay. There is little to be gained by installing the service pack now. Eventually yes, but not now.

Since the first Macintosh hit the street in 1984, the PC experience has been about point-and-click interaction with a graphical user interface. There are times, however, where stopping what you're doing to use the mouse to perform simple tasks actually interrupts productivity and slows you down. Try using Windows 7 keyboard shortcuts to work more efficiently.

Windows 7 seems less reliable that XP when it comes to making restore points. Not only does it make them less often, but on a mature system allocating 1.65GB of space for Restore Points, there was only one. What's up with that?

On Thursday Microsoft reports its fiscal second quarter earnings, and it's one of the company's most important earnings report in recent memory. If certain numbers aren't hit, it could mean the company is headed for trouble. Here are four things to look for.

The good news is that Dell is now shipping Ubuntu Light, an instant-on version of Ubuntu, on at least one Dell Windows laptop. The bad news is that Dell isn't telling you this and that their Windows systems can be cheaper than their Ubuntu systems.

How many perfectly good printers will be discarded this year because there's no driver for Windows 7? For one small business, the answer is almost all of them.