Boris Yankov

Member since: May 26th, 2006

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Unfinished Windows 7 feature exploited for virtual WiFi hotspots (Engadget)

Nov 2nd 2009 1:10PM The article is wrong. The feature is not missing from Windows 7.
The feature is there, but there is no GUI for it. You can still create and modify the Virtual WiFi from the command prompt.

Connectify is just a GUI for this functionality, not the functionality itself!

Microsoft leaving Windows 2000 users out in the cold (Download Squad)

Dec 18th 2006 5:38PM Windows 2000 is a server and a workstation OS. Win 2003 was primarily a server one. As such it wasn't a complete replacement of 2000 for people using it on a workstation. Now with Vista there is a sensible replacement.

You can't expect Zune software to be supported on an old, non consumer Windows version.

Defender is not supported, again, because it is a consumer product. There are pro & server anti-virus products, that one can buy, even from Microsoft.

Office 2007 - I suppose it is fair, they decide if they will support it on Win 2K. MS are putting great new OS functionality with every new Windows version, and at some point they have to cut the old ones, in order to take advantage of the new versions.

'Not supported', does not mean, will not work reasonably well. It means 'will not work as well as it should, no tech support'.

And to the 'other OS' guys:
Windows 2000 does not run Zune's software, Defender and Office 2007, and OSX or Linux does?!?

Google outbids Microsoft for Dell bundling deal (Download Squad)

May 26th 2006 1:06PM What is funny is that soon it will not matter much.
Next year PCs with Vista will have the desktop search integrated in the OS. It should be a no-brainer, since Google Desktop search is not better in any significant way.