Whether you want to set up a dual-boot system, you're ready to migrate all the way to Windows 7 RC from XP, or something in between, here's what you need to know. http://lifehacker.com/5240931/lifehackers-guide-to-upgrading-to-windows-7-rc

Download Windows XP Mode for Windows 7 now - http://tinyurl.com/c8274e [Thanks to Sean Gephardt]

From the Things-we-didn't-expect-to-see Dept.: It's oh-so-amusing to see that the "Hero Hack Pack" and "More Heroes" links on the {Open Source} Heroes Happen Here page don't work in Internet Explorer 8 RC (native mode), but open as expected when using Mozilla Firefox and every other non-Microsoft browser...

The TechNet page that briefly provided links to the public beta release of Windows 7 before "server too busy" errors took the site down finally returned , but not until, well, just about everybody began circulating direct links to Windows 7 downloads. Unfortunately, these direct links no longer work...

On the Windows Vista Team Blog , Mike Nash reports, "We've decided to officially call the next version of Windows, 'Windows 7.'" Read about the thinking behind the decision .

Check out the beta of Sysinternals Live, a service that enables you to execute Sysinternals tools directly from the Web without hunting for and manually downloading them. Simply enter a tool’s Sysinternals Live path into Windows Explorer or a command prompt as \\live.sysinternals.com\tools\<toolname...

There's a new official name for the guidance formerly known as the BDD—the Business Desktop Deployment Solution Accelerator. Henceforth, it shall be named "Microsoft Deployment." The new name was announced on October 19 th with the release of Microsoft Deployment RC1 on Microsoft Connect. The official...

Hear Mike Nash, Corporate Vice President in charge of Windows Client operating systems product management, talk candidly about SP1 , which was made available to a limited group of beta testers o n September 24. ( A later pre-release version of SP1 will be available to a larger group of testers .) For...

Deployment 4 is the code name for the next version of Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) 2007. Deployment 4 unifies the tools and processes required for desktop and server deployment into a common deployment console and collection of guidance. For the thousands of IT professionals already trained on BDD...

The 2007 Microsoft Office Security Guide is an indispensable tool for IT professionals in midsize and enterprise-level organizations. When released this Fall, the guide will provide best practices, preconfigured security settings, and automation tools to help you quickly and easily deploy security configurations...