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Good News! User Account Control Will Be Toned Down In Windows 7

Vista’s User Account Control isn’t as annoying as it first was when Windows Vista was launched because software developers have found ways to get their programs onto machines without UAC trying to put the fear of God into users.  However, UAC still does pop up far too many times for many users liking.
Microsoft are taking [...]

21Oct2008 | Everton | 3 comments | Continued
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Channel 9 To Offer All PDC08 Sessions

The PDC08 (Professional Developer Conference) will start in six days from now and will be packed with Windows 7 related sessions that promise to provide news about the upcoming Microsoft operating system. Not anyone can attend the conference which is held in the Los Angeles Conference Center from October 26 kicking off with a pre-conference [...]

20Oct2008 | Martin | 1 comment | Continued
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How Many Editions Of Windows 7 Will Microsoft Release?

One of the major problems customers face when upgrading to or purchasing a copy of Windows Vista is the so called “edition chaos”. Windows Vista was released in so many editions that it was complicated to find the most suitable edition for one’s needs. Many users fear that Microsoft will continue the trend of releasing [...]

19Oct2008 | Martin | 14 comments | Continued
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Ballmer On Windows 7 And Windows Vista

Companies who have not yet made the switch to Windows Vista are in an awkward position. Windows 7 is supposed to come out in late 2009 which would mean that a company skipping Windows Vista would save lots of money when switching right to Windows 7. The costs for testing and deploying Windows Vista and [...]

17Oct2008 | Martin | 4 comments | Continued
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Public Windows 7 Beta To Be Expected in December

Good news for everyone who cannot wait to get their hands on the upcoming Microsoft operating system. According to Mary-Jo Foley at ZDnet Microsoft is planning to run a public beta test of Windows 7 beta 1 at the end of this year. It was rumored that participants of Microsoft’s two developer conferences in October [...]

16Oct2008 | Martin | 2 comments | Continued
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Where does the 7 come from in Windows 7

The question why the next iteration of the Windows operating system will be called Windows 7 is highly discussed among the technical inclined. The last days saw several posts pop up at various news sites like Cnet or DownloadSquad which all cited a post by Microsoft’s own Mike Nash who tried to explain why Microsoft [...]

15Oct2008 | Martin | 1 comment | Continued
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New Windows 7 Forum

I’ve just added a new forum to the Windows 7 site so that readers can continue discussions from the main site, or even start their own.  It’s fresh and new so we need your help to get it going by registering, kick-starting a few threads and letting us know how we can make the forum [...]

14Oct2008 | Everton | 2 comments | Continued
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Microsoft PDC 2008 Video

Microsoft has created a video announcing their upcoming Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2008 which will be held between October 26 to October 30 in the Los Angeles Convention Center. The most interesting news Windows 7 wise will be the beta version that will be handed out to attending professionals, something that we would love to [...]

14Oct2008 | Martin | 2 comments | Continued
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The name is official: It’s Windows 7

Who would have thought that Microsoft decided to keep the codename of the next operating system instead of giving it a fancy name like they did with Windows Vista and more recently with Windows Mojave? It was just posted over at the official Windows Vista blog that the next name of the next Microsoft operating [...]

13Oct2008 | Martin | 7 comments | Continued
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Windows 7 Wishlist

Our sister site gHacks recently posted a wishlist of of the things they would like to see changed, fixed or included in Windows 7.  Vista was a big step forwards, but I’m hoping that Windows 7 will include some more dramatic fixes such as:
Redesigned/More intelligent Start Menu
Windows’ menus are so big and clunky.  I’m sure [...]

12Oct2008 | Everton | 6 comments | Continued
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