Windows 7 might still not be officially complete. And Microsoft is laying people off. But the company’s already gearing up to launch its next operating system: Windows 8.
Early job postings indicate at least one focus for Windows 8 will be systems and data management.
The company has advertised for developers and testers to deliver “major improvements” in Windows’ File Server.
Indications are Microsoft’s looking to make management of files easier across wide area networks and the internet and to make WinFS capable of scaling to more machines than you get with Windows Server 2008 R2 and even with the as-yet unfinished Windows 7.
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Rich from mintywhite.com is offering an excellent pocket guide for Windows 7. Get it here.
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The service pack brings a number of changes and bug fixes to Windows Vista. It provides support for VIA’s new 64-bit CPU, Bluetooth v2.1, Windows Connect Now (WCN) Wi-Fi Configuration wireless functionality, faster Wi-Fi resume times after hibernation, and most significantly the ability to record Blu-ray.
It also features a number of software/connectivity improvements, including faster RSS feeds in the sidebar, Windows Search 4.0, the ability to configure the maximum number of TCP connections.
The service pack is also for Windows Server 2008, and offers the Hyper-V virtualization environment as a free fully integrated feature, with one free daughter OS with Windows Server 2008 Standard, four free licenses with Windows Server 2008 Enterprise, and an unlimited number of free licenses with Windows Server 2008 Datacenter. It also improves the management options in Windows Server 2008 and fixes some licensing key problems.
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Microsoft Office 14 is not scheduled to be released until next year but here are some leaked screenshots of office 14 (Click images for a larger preview).
Source : http://www.neowin.net
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Initially Microsoft announced that the Windows 7 will be available only for the first 2.5 million users. But it was a total disaster as MS servers crashed due to heavy traffic.
Microsoft quickly came back with additional infrastructure support and this time they extended the download till 24th Jan.
If you still haven’t downloaded windows 7, then head straight here to grab your copy. As I wrote in my previous post you should be able to install all your vista drivers in Windows 7.
Here are some interesting links for you to check out what changed in Windows 7 and why people started calling it a Linux Killer.
Peter Bright @ arstechnica.com talks about the fundamental changes in Windows 7. How-to-Geek talks about the changes as well.
Tech-recipes wrote some interesting Windows 7 tips and tricks.
- Use Keyboard Shortcuts to Manage Open Windows
- Using Desktop Slideshow to Change Your Wallpaper
- Remove the Send Feedback Link from the Title Bar
- How to Set the Taskbar Buttons to Show Text Instead of Icons-Only
Interested in adding more themes, Backgrounds and gadgets for Windows 7?then here is the best place.
Don’t have a PC? No problem. Don’t worry here is how you can install Windows 7 in a mac.
Did you know that you can install Windows 7 without any license key and use it for 30 days? What you might not know is that you can also extend that trial mode to 120 days, without requiring a key. Here is how to do it.
Finally! if you are still an XP fan here is how you can get Windows 7 look and feel for xp.
Do you have any more Windows 7 tips and tricks? Please share!
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On January 9th, the Windows 7 Beta will be available for Windows enthusiasts to download via the Windows 7 page on Windows.com. The Windows 7 Beta is going to be available download-only and available for a limited time to the first 2.5 million people who download the beta.
I installed windows 7 day before yesterday and I am posting this from IE running on windows 7 
. To be honest I am not the right person to write a review for 2 reasons. Firstly I have not used Vista more than a week (Yeah! I use Vista for just 1 week). So I cannot compare Vista with Windows 7.
Secondly windows 7 is still under Beta and I feel there is still time for a review to be made.
At the first look I liked W7 more than Vista. The best part is that I was able to install my Vista drivers in W7. I was able to to install Google talk, Office and some other applications.
Vista was the worst OS Microsoft ever released. I am eagerly waiting for this baby to come out
Have you installed Windows 7? How did you feel about it? You can also read more about Windows 7 here and here .
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What if Microsoft waved a magic wand and everything people hated about Windows Vista went away? You might have an operating system that you liked–and that’s what Microsoft appears to be striving for with Windows 7. We checked out an early beta of the future OS, and though at this point many features are either missing or works in progress, the improvements to everything from user interface to memory management look highly promising.
Along with several dozen other reviewers and analysts, we got our first real look at the OS, preinstalled on loaner notebooks, over the weekend at a workshop on the eve of the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference. Microsoft planned to hand out installation discs later Tuesday, after the head of engineering for Windows and Windows Live, Steven Sinofsky, delivers his scheduled keynote formally introducing Windows 7 to PDC attendees. (We’ll report on our experiences upgrading PCs from Vista to 7 later on.)
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