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InfoWorld confirms critical Windows 7 bug
- From: Brian Warkoczeski
- Date: Wed Aug 05 16:52:41 2009
InfoWorld confirms critical Windows 7 bug
By InfoWorld staff
Wed Aug 5, 2009
www.yahoo.com
San Francisco - InfoWorld's tests of the final Windows 7 version (the
RTM, or "release to manufacturing") confirms a massive memory leak that
occurs when the chkdsk.exe utility is run. Chkdsk.exe scans the PC's
hard drives looking for errors in the files and file structures. The
memory leak -- which can cause the PC to stop operating -- occurs when
chkdsk.exe is run on secondary disks, as opposed to the disk Windows is
installed on.
The bug was first reported this morning at several Web sites. Microsoft
is due to ship Windows 7 on Oct. 22, and it finalized the Windows RTM in
mid-July.
InfoWorld contributing editor Randall C. Kennmedy describes his test
results today in his Enterprise Desktop blog. Kennedy notes that the bug
is more likely to affect IT administrators than everyday users, since
admins are more likely to run Windows 7's diagnostic and repair
functions. But he speculates that the bug may affect the core NTFS file
system, either delaying the planned Windows 7 release date or causing IT
to hold off on deployiong Windows 7 until Microsoft issues a patch or
service pack.
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