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Effective May 1, 2007, Microsoft Office 2003 will no longer be available

As of May 1st, customers can no longer have Microsoft Office 2003 pre-installed on their systems. Only Microsoft Office 2007 will be offered on all systems - including those with Windows XP.

Is Microsoft Office 2007 compatible with Windows XP?

YES. All of the new and exciting features of Microsoft Office 2007 are completely compatible with Windows XP

Is Microsoft Office 2007 backwards compatible with previous versions of Microsoft Office?

YES. Microsoft Office 2007 files will automatically convert to readable/usable files for anyone using any prior version of Office and vice versa.

Are there any issues with Microsoft Office 2007?

NO. All of the functionality within Office 2003 is available in Office 2007

Why should I want to install Office 2007 on my systems?

Microsoft Office 2007 was designed to be more user-friendly. The new Ribbon shows visual representations of tools and commands, unlike prior versions of Office in which the user had to search the toolbar to complete a task.

People speak and Dell listens:

In a reaction to customer demand, Dell has restarted selling PCs with Windows XP installed. The change came after Dell’s feedback site was swamped with calls for the return of the venerable software. Now customers can opt for the Home or Professional version of XP on six models of Dell machines.

Windows Vista users complain about long start-up, shutdown and application load times compared with Windows XP.

Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Tuesday, April 10, 2007 1:00 AM PDT

Windows Vista users are complaining on Microsoft Corp.’s support forums about long start-up, shutdown and application load times compared with Windows XP.

The users, who sound pro-Vista for the most part, have vented about a variety of speed issues on Microsoft’s Performance & Maintenance forum. “I have XP and Vista running side-by-side [but] I twiddle my thumbs waiting for certain apps to load up on the Vista machine while the load is instantaneous on the older XP machine,” wrote a user identified as William. “I’ve tweaked it as best as I could with the info available and I am still very disappointed.” …

Symantec’s Security Response Weblog talks about the latest ‘Spam Attack: Zipped Trojan’. Make sure those virus definitions are updated and read more below or at this link:

Security Response has seen a large spam run of what appears to be the latest in the line of Trojan.Peacomm variants. While this is nothing new, this time around the attachments are in the form of password-protected zip files. The recipient is tricked into unzipping the attachment with the included password, then running the unzipped file, to counteract activity related to an unknown worm (with which the recipient has undoubtedly been infected)…

Finally, a step in the right direction for the blogosphere:

A technology publisher proposes a draft code of conduct for blogging that calls for an end to anonymous comments and a commitment to online civility.
Heather Havenstein, Computerworld