Microsoft said that reports of a potential bug in the
final version of Windows 7 are nothing to worry about. In a statement Microsoft said that the problem is neither
widespread, nor the "showstopper" that some are claiming it to be.
The bug involves a tricky process used to check for
problems in a particular disk. Under certain scenarios, the site suggested
Windows 7 would siphon off all the available memory to perform the scan,
potentially crashing the system. Windows executive Steven Sinofsky said that the company
is looking into the issue. But, he said that the company hasn't reproduced the
crashing issue, nor has it gotten widespread reports of crashes.
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.
Microsoft finalized the code for Windows 7 two weeks ago
and is preparing to release it to developers in Microsoft's MSDN and Technet
programs on Thursday, as well as make it available to some large businesses on
Friday.
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Windows 7 bug nothing to worry about
Microsoft plays it all down