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To: sinclap who wrote (92100)	2/16/2010 12:25:51 PM
From: Stock Puppy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213173

For MS to gain any kind of foothold, new products from them will have to perform flawlessly (or at least without tons of "stupid problems" as Vista and W7 have/had when released) IMO. Before people were accepting MS problems as a matter of course to the point where if they were having a problem with any electronics (not necessarily MS), they would say "oh it must have a virus" (which cycling power would usually "cure") Now they are much more aware. Are you certain you want to click NEXT?

To: sinclap who wrote (92100)	2/16/2010 5:55:24 PM
From: dhellman	Respond to of 213173

Rock Solid - Not exactly Windows 7 has stability issues Written by Digital Dave Keystone kops software outfit Microsoft has shot itself in the foot with its Windows 7 stability updates that we reported on here. One of the stability updates, KB977074, has been found to be responsible for compromising the stability of the operating system. Oh, the irony. The update was one of many issued by Microsoft for Windows 7 just two weeks ago and the stability concerns have been highlighted by some annoyed forum members in a thread on the Vole's Technet. The full article is over on The Register.com theinquirer.net Source: fuzzywindows.com