A firm believer and supporter of Microsoft, I’d come up with an idea to have a test of how Windows 7 upgrades itself in versions. An interesting look at Windows Vista was done by me years ago, but I didn’t keep any blog then, so the project went lost in record. This time, let’s make [...]
A final step towards Windows 7 general availability is done today when Microsoft released Windows XP Mode to MSDN. Just last week, Microsoft released their latest attempt on securing the Windows platform, Microsoft Security Essentials, to general public. Today’s release of Windows Virtual PC is viewed as the final mark of the whole development of [...]
It’s there! For those of you who have MSDNAA accounts, go ahead to get it! Inheriting the habit for MSDNAA, Microsoft released Windows 7 Professional there, in both x86 and x64 versions, thus providing two different product keys for you guys to enjoy! Well, I don’t have any MSDNAA account, so I couldn’t check further. [...]
Well, I’m not a news guy apparently. I think you all knew it. Yep, the waiting was over. Microsoft released Windows 7 just on time at PCT 10:00 AM on August 6th. Usually Microsoft’s servers for subscription logon validations and key generations would crash a lot, but not this time thanks to Microsoft’s decision to [...]
[From sevenforums.com] Windows 7 RTM will be available to all MSDN Subscribers on August 6 Summary On August 6th, the first public release of Windows 7 will be to MSDN Subscribers, which is over two months ahead of the general availability date of October 22nd for retail and OEM customers. To support the variety of [...]
Today is the day! July 22nd, 2009. Historical! No more words needed to say. Just wait and see the glory of Windows NT 6 family:-)
Microsoft had been responsive to customers more than ever since the public testing of the upcoming flagship OS, Windows 7. Just when the Internet is filled with info around the leaked builds of Windows 7 RTM and all kinds of guesses and rumors on the OS availability, Microsoft published another official Q&A on Windows 7 [...]
The idea of Windows XP Mode is generally welcomed by the industry and millions of Windows 7 RC users around the world. Amid the good reception, some people complaint about the lacking of freedom over control of the whole virtualized Windows XP, the most fierce one of them being the lack of settings to change [...]
Windows XP Mode works quite fine within Windows Virtual PC Beta release recently with the rolling out of Windows 7 Release Candidate. A fully licensed Windows XP Professional with SP3 is more than generous for people who in hesitation of transiting their business OS. Well, many people found themselves in bewilderment when they want to [...]
Back when Windows 7 Beta was rolled out in January, there is one specific function in it that caught lots of people’s attention, that is the feedback tool, which can record users’ problems in video, compress them and send back to Microsoft for engineers’ analysis. Later on, with all those leaked builds of Windows 7, [...]