Windows 7 bug not a 'showstopper' - Microsoft
By siliconindia   |   Thursday, 06 August 2009, 15:21 IST   |    9 Comments
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Windows 7 bug not a 'showstopper' - Microsoft
Bangalore: Microsoft has responded to people's claim of "showstopper" bug in Windows 7. Microsoft's top Windows Executive said in a blog posting that the issue appears to be neither widespread, nor the "showstopper" that some are claiming it to be. "While we appreciate the drama of 'critical bug' and then the pickup of 'showstopper' that I've seen, we might take a step back and realize that this might not have that defcon level," said Steven Sinofsky, President of the Windows Division at Microsoft in a discussion in one of the blogs. Few sites had reported that Windows 7 would use all the available memory to perform check for problems in a particular disk which will lead to system crash. But Microsoft has blamed a chipset controller issue rather than a critical bug in the Windows 7 chkdsk/r tool that could cause this memory leak. Microsoft has advised that updating the chipset drivers to the current driver supplied by their motherboard manufacturer would solve this problem. Sinofsky also said that they are continuously monitoring Windows 7 and would tackle any issue that arises. "Bugs that are so severe as to require immediate patches and attention would have to have no workarounds and would generally be such that a large set of people would run across them in the normal course of using their PC. So far this is not one of those issues," he added. Microsoft has also announced the RC (release candidate) version of Windows XP Mode for Windows 7. Upgrading an enterprise environment to a new operating system is a big task and it will be difficult to update or upgrade individual applications, or worse, replacing business critical applications in order to find something that works with the new operating system. This virtualized edition of Windows XP SP3 will help organizations who want to upgrade to Windows 7 but still use applications from XP. Microsoft had finalized the code for Windows 7 two weeks ago and is now preparing to release it to developers in Microsoft's MSDN and Technet programs. Windows 7 will also be available to some large businesses, by this week. However, consumers and small businesses will have to wait until the product's official launch on October 22.

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