Windows 7

MSDN subscribers – early access to Windows 7

August 7, 2009

August 6th, the first public release of Windows 7 was made available to MSDN Subscribers. 893 different images are being released to MSDN Subscriber Downloads in three waves through August 21st to support the variety of languages and builds. Wave 1 (August 6th): All Windows 7 Client (x86 and x64) Retail and VL Editions – [...]

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ESET Smart Security and Windows 7 upgrades

August 3, 2009

ESET Technical Alert Microsoft has notified software developers that some of the technologies used by security, backup, disk utility and network management programs are incompatible with the Windows Vista to Windows 7 upgrade process. This is a direct result of Microsoft’s design decisions and impacts most antivirus solutions that scan network data. ESET has verified [...]

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Windows 7 RTM

July 22, 2009

It’s official. Brandon LeBlanc just announced on The Windows Blog that Windows 7 “Has Been Released to Manufacturing”. If you want to know when you’ll be able to get RTM of Windows 7, click here to read my post from yesterday outlining which audiences will get access to the RTM bits.

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Windows 7 pre-order offer

June 27, 2009

Windows 7 is coming on October 22, 2009. Pre-order a Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade for $49** or a Windows 7 Professional Upgrade for $99.** through participating retailers and save money. Links here The offer begins on June 26, 2009 and will continue while supplies last, or until July 11, 2009, whichever comes first. Retailer [...]

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Windows 7 and Netbooks

May 30, 2009

Brandon LeBlanc likes his Dell Mini 9 netbook as much as I do mine, Santa brought me a netbook At the Windows Blog he writes, For the first time, we will be making Windows 7 Starter available worldwide on small notebook PCs. We are also going to enable Windows 7 Starter customers the ability to [...]

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Parental Controls-Windows 7

May 27, 2009

Engineering Windows 7 Vladimir Rovinsky, a program manager on the Safety Team, details the features in Windows 7 specifically around Parental Controls. Today, children are exposed to digital hazards more easily than any time in the past. Especially with the help of powerful search tools, convenient social networking applications, low cost tools and services for [...]

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Pirated Windows 7 RC has malware

May 15, 2009

According to Tripp Cox, VP of engineering at security firm Damballa, a pirated version of Windows 7 Release Candidate is infected with a Trojan horse which has created a botnet with tens of thousands of bots under its control. Apprantly the software is primarily designed to download and install malicious packages under a “pay-per-install” scheme. [...]

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Windows 7 RC available to the general public

May 4, 2009

Windows 7 Release Candidate can be downloaded at least through July 2009 and Microsoft is not limiting the number of product keys. Instructions and what you need to know. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/download.aspx

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AutoRun changes in Windows 7

May 1, 2009

Good news in the fight against Malware infections. In order to help prevent malware from spreading (such as Conficker) using the AutoRun mechanism, the Windows 7 engineering team made two important changes to the product: 1. AutoPlay will no longer support the AutoRun functionality for non-optical removable media. In other words, AutoPlay will still work [...]

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Windows 7 RC available for TechNet and MSDN subscribers

April 30, 2009

We are pleased to announce that the Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) is available for immediate download to our TechNet and MSDN subscribers. If you’re not a TechNet Plus subscriber, please click here to learn about the benefits of becoming one. Windows 7 RC will be made available to the general public on May 5, [...]

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