Comments on: Windows 7 Starter Edition Only Runs 3 Applications At Once

By: lora

lora — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:50:21 +0000

I have windows7 starter and right now I am running more than 5 programs. But I have another problem – all the programs I have can’t run on this windows- office7, adobe CS4, BS player, Nero…everything I try to install tells me- this windows is not compatible…and I use programs for windows7! why like this?

By: IPOnU

IPOnU — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 12:34:46 +0000

I am no great defender of microsoft, but this article is just wrong.
Windows 7 starter edition was indeed announced by microsoft to only run three programs (like vista starter and xp starter) but in fact the final released product does not have this limitation. The starter edition does indeed have other limitations (no joining domains like in ‘pro’ or ‘ultimate’, no dvd playback, not media player, no aero glass support). they market the limited functionality as to not suck too much performance from already performance challanged netbooks… but clearly the design was to be able to sell a copy of windows for the least amount of money so that they can compete in the low priced netbook market. sure it is lame, and sure linux is a better choice if you don’t need to run windows applications, but you get what you pay for…

By: JER0EN R0LAND

JER0EN R0LAND — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:04:55 +0000

Where can download this tool for XP to limit run application, set a limit of 3 Applications At Once! It like me cool to chance my Windows XP Home Edition into low cost
Starter Edition.

By: Michael Isaacs

Michael Isaacs — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:00:21 +0000

The three app limit has been removed for the Windows 7 Starter edition Please see

"We are also going to enable Windows 7 Starter customers the ability to run as many applications simultaneously as they would like, instead of being constricted to the 3 application limit that the previous Starter editions included. "

By: Rahul Sonar

Rahul Sonar — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:16:51 +0000

Why people uses Windows? It is not free, it is expensive, and it has a lot limitations. Then why not to use an Open source????

By: Mac/Linux user

Mac/Linux user — Mon, 25 May 2009 02:17:29 +0000

> What will happen when a virus runs three instances of its self?!
There are at least two answers:
1) Your antivirus will never start to cure it… :-)
2) It will never happen, because you will always need to run one instance of an antivirus, one instance of antispyware and one instance of a better firewall. :-)

By: Mac/Linux user

Mac/Linux user — Mon, 25 May 2009 02:14:39 +0000

Windows? What is it?..

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By: ProHide

ProHide — Sun, 17 May 2009 17:44:53 +0000

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By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 10 May 2009 04:44:41 +0000

This is just a way for Microsoft to cash in on the netbook market without losing money to the rest of the pc market. Obviously linux has this market in the bag. All this is going to do is irritate the consumers that it it aimed at which is the less than average computer user. They are not going to care if it’s the hardware or the os that is crippled, And with the reputation Microsoft has earned it self in recent years I believe this is a bad marketing decision for them to even step into the netbook market. Windows 7 is going to be a great release, I can say from personal experience as I’ve beta tested it for the last few months, but it has no place in the netbook market. What the netbook market needs is a locked down linux distro, that is less vulnerable to viruses and malware with a simple interface a a small foot print. Any power user out there will put whatever that prefer on there net book so it doesn’t really matter to them.

I’d just like to add that these netbook out right now are not just toys or “Starter computers” I have the Dell mini 10 with dualboot xp and Ubuntu 9.04 and use it all the time being a computer tech. It a fully functional computer it will run Office 2007 with no problem as well as Expression Web 2 and Photoshop CS4. Just FYI

By: Neff

Neff — Fri, 01 May 2009 13:19:28 +0000

The decision to make possible for users to only run three applications at the same time in a non-free operating system is a nonsense and users should go surely for a free operating system like ubuntu instead.

@Carl A
Your affirmations about linux GUIs are completely wrong. Frist of all you assume that linux GUIs are projected by geeks for geeks, and that’s the first wrong assumption. hundreds of firms, universities and usability experts collaborate to the GNOME and KDE projects and recently several independent studies proved that linux GUIs are even easier to use than the windows ones. Ubuntu itself is a linux distro conceived for non-technical users. It’s surely not perfect yet, but the community it’s working hard to get there, and Ubuntu april release has proven once again that Ubuntu is on the good road for the future. Geeks are surely strange people, but they are smart enough to recognize what is their limit and when a professional opinion is required that’s why Canonical, the firm behind the Ubuntu project, hired professional UI designers who will provide an even better use experience for the future desktop linux.

Now the problem for linux on the desktop is the lack of professional apps like Adobe CS or AutoCAD. Of course you’re not going to execute Photoshop CS3 on Windows Starter Edition and you’re not going to create 3D environments on a strippled hardware.
So, if your work doesn’t depend from specific windows apps, you can use the alternatives ubuntu offers for free. And you’ll be surely happier to waste some memory and cpu cycle for some extra program than for an always running antivirus.
Ubuntu is practically virus and malware free, works great even on netbooks and if you choose the right distribution (like Ubuntu) I have no doubts that it will for markets in developing countries.

By: Anxious Nut

Anxious Nut — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:27:43 +0000

LOL!! I have one question! What will happen when a virus runs three instances of its self?! LOL the user wont be able to run any other applications!!!!!!!!!

By: librano

librano — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:59:03 +0000

Don’t you just love it when someone pays MS and then lies down while MS takes a full on dump on their chest and they just lie there, mouths wide open waiting for that perfect golden shower… Then when all is said and done, all soiled and dripping, they look at you and say, “That wasn’t so bad, was it?” People who can’t afford this should be satisfied with the diarrhoea edition…

By: 6r00k14n

6r00k14n — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:59:47 +0000

To all this that come to a Unix-centric website,

What do you gain by criticizing Linux and its users? Yeah, we have no “support”, but if you have ever run into a problem with Windows, you know that you don’t have support either. The only difference is that we Linux users can rely on each other for support; who do you rely on? Certainly not Microsoft, or Dell, or HP. When the solution is to reinstall, that is not support! For the amount of money you pay, you should not have to reinstall to fix a problem.

Why am I defending Linux? I’ll tell you, because Canonical has never asked me for a penny and has freely provided me with updates and upgrades, without invading my privacy. So, you can take your WGA (that falsely labels you a pirate) and fold it 5 ways, shove it up your BSOD. For the amount of money you pay, you should not have your privacy violated, your integrity questioned, or your wallet pillaged with every upgrade. BTW, upgrades in Linux are a breeze.

Finally, if free and open source software sucks, then why did Microsoft take the networking stack from FreeBSD and incorporate it into Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, and the upcoming 7? Without that, who wouldn’t be able to connect to the Internet and complain about FOSS, because history has shown that, left to their own devices, Microsoft is incapable of doing anything correctly. Remember that, the next time your computer blue-screen’s or your Xbox-360 red-ring’s. Once again, for the amount of money you pay, you should get something that works. If free and open source software is good enough for your beloved Microsoft, why isn’t it good enough for you?

By: LinuxNOTgeek

LinuxNOTgeek — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:06:00 +0000

Why not use Puppy Linux, small, light on resources, and easy to use?

A side benefit is the cost… (free)

By: DFORDE

DFORDE — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:09:06 +0000

Who is talking about “Gramm-er ? When they don’t know the difference between using a noun “grammar ” or an adjective “grammatical”

get real! MS SUCKED

YES! FREEDOM! free from being duMB

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:04:31 +0000

I’ll just state the obvious here: Offering lots of different versions of the same operating system causes unnecessary confusion for the consumer. Microsoft seems to have forgotten that lesson from Vista’s release. Everyone wants and operating system that is capable, even if they aren’t using its full capacity the first second they install it. They don’t want to have to upgrade just because they need to run a new application for work, or use a VPN, or whatever. It is stupid and defies reason. This is what Apple got very right, Linux has always embraced (being fundamentally different), and Microsoft seems willfully ignorant of.

People ‘get’ having to install an application to do something additional, but when you tell them they need to buy more software to run the software they just bought… well, that’s just f*cking annoying.

By: hamuod

hamuod — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:23:14 +0000

MY uses Pclinuxos 2009 and she is using linux for the first time.

She does not care if its windows or linux as long as msn meesnger and firefox works

she calls it “linux windows”. she is a happy user.

How do u explain this.

By: VonSkippy

VonSkippy — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:01:34 +0000

Most posters above are idiots. What part of STARTER EDITION used for 3rd World Countries isn’t clear. Guess what? Your $8000 KIA isn’t going to be as good/fast/fancy as your $140,000 BMW – so lets have a big Fanboy argument about that little problem as well. I find it ironic that all you open source fanboys preach FREEDOM, as long as it’s not the freedom to choose WHAT WORKS BEST for you.

By: strydr

strydr — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:29:43 +0000

such a half cook product..what a shame for microsoft. i will stay to used sles rather than windows.