Windows 7 News

The Latest Microsoft Windows 7 News, Milestone, Screenshots & Rumours

Feature Article #1

Windows 7 Multi-touch demo at D6 Conference

We announced a few days ago that Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer will make an appearance at the D6 Conference demonstrating the new user interface of Windows 7.

Martin | May 28th, 2008 | Continued

Feature Article #2

Microsoft: Why we are not talking about Windows 7 yet

It is clear since day one that Microsoft is using a different approach to communicating Windows 7. One could say they are extremely tight-lipped and do not reveal more than necessary to the public which includes online and offline press. The approach is not without risks and one of the greatest is that not saying [...]

Martin | May 27th, 2008 | Continued

Feature Article #3

Windows 7 To Break Backwards Compatibility

Previous versions of Windows provided backwards compatibility with older versions of windows, making it easy for users to upgrades as their favorite programs would still work.
However, with Windows 7 Microsoft are approaching backwards compatibility differently, and Windows 7 will not be binary compatible with older versions. This won’t mean that older programs won’t run, [...]

Everton | May 23rd, 2008 | Continued

Feature Article #4

Poll: When Will Windows 7 Launch?

We are running our first poll on the site. The poll asks ‘When Will Windows 7 Launch?’. Not the most imaginative of titles, but it’s the question that most readers on this site are asking.
If you haven’t voted yet then cast your vote now below. You can vote below or in the [...]

Everton | May 20th, 2008 | Continued

Feature Article #5

Bill Gates reveals information about Windows 7

Bill Gates revealed some exciting new information about the upcoming next Microsoft operating system codenamed Windows 7. He spoke at the Windows Digital Lifestyle Consortium in Tokyo and had the following to say about Windows 7.
We’re hard at work, I would say, on the next version, which we call Windows 7. I’m very excited about [...]

Martin | May 14th, 2008 | Continued

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Windows 7 End user license agreement

Is it news to report that Microsoft has created an almost blank page that will contain the Windows 7 End user license agreement? The page at Microsoft.com states that pages about the Windows 7 Eula, Windows 7 Privacy Statement, Windows Media Player, Activation and Validation are coming soon.
I think that it will definitely be interesting [...]

5Aug2008 | Martin | 0 comments | Continued

Windows 7 right on track

Microsoft has once again confirmed that Windows 7 is right on track and that they are still aiming for a release date that comes close to three years after the deployment of Windows Vista. Bill Veghte, Senior Vice President, Online Services & Windows Business Group, said on Thursday that Windows 7 remains on track according [...]

25Jul2008 | Martin | 10 comments | Continued

Windows 7 Server

Windows 7 Server is another product that we can expect to be released approximately at the same time that Windows 7 will hit the streets. A first announcement, or shall we say Hello World, message has been posted at Brian Puhl’s website. Brian is an Active Directory engineer for Microsoft’s IT department and he published [...]

20Jul2008 | Martin | 2 comments | Continued

Windows 7 Expectations

When Microsoft announced Windows Vista everyone had high expectations for that Microsoft operating system and it’s pretty safe to say that Windows Vista could not live up to those expectations in many areas. Expectations for Windows 7 are therefor directly related to those that Windows Vista was not able to deliver.
Windows Vista was not a [...]

10Jul2008 | Martin | 41 comments | Continued

An Update on the Windows Roadmap

A letter from Microsoft to Windows customers -that is business partners- , that has not happened a lot in the past. The letter gives Windows customers an update on three interesting core issues: The plans for Windows XP, the progress in Windows Vista and the view on Windows 7. The last part is obviously the [...]

26Jun2008 | Martin | 11 comments | Continued

Windows Sensors

Two screenshots of the Windows 7 control panel popped up recently which were showing a new function called Windows Sensors. The current menus unfortunately offer no real clues about this new feature, the help simply states: Programs on your computer can communicate with your Windows compatible sensors.

Listed in the same menu are Windows Media Player [...]

21Jun2008 | Martin | 2 comments | Continued

German Computer Mag Chip Windows 7 review

German computer magazine Chip reviewed Build 5619 of Windows 7. The article which is available online contains an extensive set of screenshots of the new operating system and a short German article detailing some of the changes of the new Microsoft operating system.
Their first impression was that the interface and design looked pretty much like [...]

20Jun2008 | Martin | 4 comments | Continued

Windows 7 Milestone 1 Build 6519 Leaked

It was clear that a release of Windows 7 would sooner or later make its way into the dark side of the Internet. Windows 7 Milestone 1 with the buld number 6519 was released on June 11th by a group calling themselves The Microsoft Beta Project. The nfo file, a sort of readme text file [...]

13Jun2008 | Martin | 13 comments | Continued

Windows 7 Theme for Windows XP

If you cannot wait anymore until the release of Windows 7 the Windows 7 theme for Windows XP might ease the pain of waiting another year or so until the new operating system is released to the public. The theme can be installed on any Windows XP version that has a patched uxtheme.dll file. If [...]

6Jun2008 | Martin | 12 comments | Continued

Multi-Touch LCDs: Will they be ready when Windows 7 is released ?

The demonstration of the Windows 7 multi-touch feature was interesting but I think most users have asked themselves how likely it would be that they would be having a multi-touch LCD monitor in their homes at the time Windows 7 is released to the public. If you currently look at hardware retailers you notice that [...]

4Jun2008 | Martin | 12 comments | Continued