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Microsoft ensured that the Windows 7 development milestone delivered at the Professional Developers Conference 2008 and the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference 2008 delivered less than what it showcased at the two events. In this context, a variety of features were blocked in Windows 7 pre-Beta Build 6801 Milesto... |
10 December 2008
15:31 GMT |
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Microsoft has developed one of the key resources it has been providing so far for Windows 7. Accompanying the release of Windows 7 pre-Beta Build 6801 Milestone 3 at the Professional Developers Conference 2008 at the end of October in Los Angeles is the Windows 7 Developer Guide. At the start of December 2008, the Re... |
10 December 2008
15:11 GMT |
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Microsoft has not only wrapped up the first Beta of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2, but is also close to releasing the first Beta of Windows 7. At the end of October and in November, Microsoft made available Windows 7 pre-Beta Build 6801 Milestone 3 to participants at its PDC 2008 and WinHEC... |
3 December 2008
16:51 GMT |
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Microsoft has kicked the troubleshooting capabilities of Windows to the next level with the introduction of Windows 7. And as early as Windows 7 pre-Beta Milestone 3 Build 6801, the Redmond company is offering a taste of the full capabilities of the operating system, capabilities that could have been life savers for ... |
2 December 2008
15:11 GMT |
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Microsoft is offering support to testers of Windows 7 when it comes down to issues associated with the integration of NTFS external drives with the operating system. In this context, a refresh is now available on Windows Update (WU), designed to smooth out the experience of using a NTFS external drive coupled with Mi... |
28 November 2008
07:57 GMT |
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Microsoft is currently hard at work building Windows 7, the successor of Windows Vista. The Redmond company has long shipped pre-Beta Build 6801 Milestone 3 and is now hammering away to produce the first fully fledged Beta of the operating system. At the same time, plans are being drawn for the successor of Windows 7... |
26 November 2008
13:09 GMT |
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The Windows 7 road show debuted at the end of October, with the start of the Professional Developers Conference 2008 in Los Angeles. The Windows Hardware Conference 2008 and TechEd EMEA 2008 in Barcelona were next on Microsoft's agenda of Windows 7-centric events. Still, the Redmond company is not yet done to s... |
25 November 2008
14:01 GMT |
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It was on November 20, 1985 that Microsoft started shipping the Windows operating system. This means that Windows turned 23 years old this week, with the Redmond company keeping the celebrations down to a minimum, namely, to a few disparate mentions of the event. On Windows' 23rd birthday, the platform evolved w... |
21 November 2008
15:21 GMT |
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Microsoft promises to optimize the amount of disk space that Windows 7 will consume in comparison to Windows Vista. Essentially, the Redmond company is laboring to decrease the installation footprint of the operating system with the next iteration of the Windows client. While the software giant failed to indica... |
20 November 2008
15:51 GMT |
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Microsoft revealed that it was happy with the way Windows 7 was received at the Professional Developers Conference 2008 in Los Angeles, at the end of October. The software giant applauded the good reception of Windows 7 pre-Beta Build 6801 bits at the event, which gathered more than 6,500 developers to the Staples Ce... |
17 November 2008
12:21 GMT |
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At this point in time, Microsoft is only displaying the message “Coming soon,” instead of a list with Windows 7 security software providers. However, the company is looking to change this aspect within the next year. With Windows 7 evolved past Milestone 3 stage, as the pre-Beta Built 6801 bits have been ... |
17 November 2008
09:18 GMT |
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While Windows 7 has yet to reach Beta stage, the first workarounds to illegally activate this operating system are already available in the wild. Microsoft offered Windows 7 Ultimate pre-Beta Build 6801 to participants at its PDC 2008 and WinHEC 2008 events. The third major development milestone of Windows Vista'... |
17 November 2008
03:57 GMT |
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Microsoft is currently moving onward with the development of Windows 7, having passed Milestone 3 with the operating system. According to Steven Sinofsky, senior vice president, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group, the Redmond company is now cooking the Beta 1 release of Windows 7. But even as early as W... |
15 November 2008
07:20 GMT |
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Immediately after Microsoft delivered Windows 7 Ultimate, pre-Beta Build 6801 at the Professional Developers Conference in las Vegas, at the end of October 2008, the bits were leaked and made available for download from various sources, including the top worldwide torrent websites. Product keys accompany Windows... |
12 November 2008
03:12 GMT |
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In the evolution from Windows Vista to Windows 7, Microsoft is committed to offering an increased level of control over the Windows client to the end user. In this context, the Redmond company has fine tuned a variety of areas across the operating system, and paid special attention to the balloon popups from the syst... |
11 November 2008
15:11 GMT |
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Although Microsoft showcased a much more feature-complete variant of Windows 7 pre-Beta Build 6801 Milestone 3 at the professional Developers Conference 2008 and Windows hardware Engineering Conference 2008 in Los Angeles the past couple of weeks, the bits that made it out of Redmond contained a variety of locked fea... |
10 November 2008
14:21 GMT |
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Moving from Windows XP onward to Windows Vista, Microsoft completely overhauled the installation process of the Windows client. The blue background of the XP install was scrapped altogether, and replaced with a much friendlier Aero-inspired wallpaper. But the changes in terms of visual style only came to accompany th... |
8 November 2008
07:22 GMT |
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As of November 5, 2008 Microsoft has given the green light to debut of the development and testing processes of hardware products tailored to Windows 7. The next iteration of the Windows client was showcased as part of the Windows 7 “roadshow” at the Windows hardware engineering Conference in Los Angeles ... |
6 November 2008
07:26 GMT |
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Although Microsoft failed to support in any way past comparisons between development milestones of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3, arguing that pre-gold builds are not fit for any sort of OS measuring contest, it failed to hesitate in the least when it came down to throwing the pre-beta b... |
6 November 2008
03:03 GMT |
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The Desktop Slideshow is one of the features that Microsoft has tucked away in Windows 7, hidden even from testers (at this point in time) including the participants at the Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles at the end of the past month. But especially from the users that have grabbed a copy of Windows... |
5 November 2008
12:31 GMT |
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Even with the delivery of the first taste of Windows 7 with the bits for the pre-Beta Build 6801 Milestone 3, Microsoft has not brought all aspects of the operating system into the limelight. One illustrative example in this context is the PC Safeguard feature related to the management of User Accounts. Although this... |
5 November 2008
07:41 GMT |
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One of the elements of the Windows graphical user interface that is evolving past what end users have come to traditionally associate with it is the Taskbar. The GUI evolution delivered by Windows 7 is designed to bring what Microsoft is internally referring to as the Superbar, or the enhanced Taskbar. The new Taskba... |
4 November 2008
14:31 GMT |
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Microsoft is laboring to deliver a new level of personalization, choice and control with the Windows 7 desktop, according to Senior Vice President, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group, Steven Sinofsky. The new graphical user interface designed for the next iteration of the Windows client made its first appeara... |
3 November 2008
16:31 GMT |
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Despite the fact that Windows 7 pre-beta build 6801 was showcased and subsequently released at the Professional Developers Conference at the end of the past month in Los Angeles, Microsoft still has some aces up its sleeve when it comes down to the next iteration of the Windows client. In this context, there are disc... |
3 November 2008
14:41 GMT |
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The past week, Microsoft delivered the first consistent taste of Windows 7, offering the pre-beta bits of the operating system at the Professional Developers Conference. On October 28, developers attending the event got their hands on a 160 GB drive pre-loaded with various goodies including Windows 7 Build 6801 in bo... |
3 November 2008
05:38 GMT |
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