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Now you can finally get your hand on your own copy of Windows 7 . There has been Launch activities going on around the world and soon they will come to you. Until then, you can download a 90-Day Trial version , attend the Virtual Launch Events or check
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As for some of our recent product launches we will have a Virtual Launch for Windows 7 , Windows Server 2008 R2 and Exchange Server 2010 . On September 29th US time, this will kick off with a keynote session by Steve Ballmer. The session will of course
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Keen to try out Windows 7 now when it’s ready? Now you can download a 90 day trial of Windows 7 to play around with so you’re fully prepared and ready by the end of October when it will be available for everyone to buy. For those of you with a TechNet
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I found this very good guide on how to migrate from Windows XP to Windows 7. It include videos and clickable flow chart diagram such as this one:
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I’ve been on vacation so my blog has been more or less dead for some time but now I’m back so expect some updates! First, I saw that Talking About Windows has published a lot more videos than before, among them one with Mikael Nystrom, a Swedish MVP I
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So what does this mean? RTM (Release To Manufacturing) means that it’s time for our OEM partners to get their PCs ready, for software development partners to test their new applications, and for hardware vendors to ready their hardware. On the Windows
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Last week the Springboard team did one of their Virtual Roundtables with Mark Russinovich, this time about Application Compatibility. Below you can see a short version of it and you can download the full one here . All questions and answers will be posted
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MS Learning has come up with a lot of free Learning assets for Windows 7. First you have Learning Snacks; short, interactive presentations with animations and demos. For more deeper understanding I recommend eLearning and there are three free courses
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Are you still on Windows 7 Beta? Then it’s time to move to the Release Candidate since the Beta will expire on August 1st. But already next week on July 1st you will experience issues since the OS will start rebooting every 2 hours. You can download Windows
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Now it’s official, the date when you will be able to buy Windows 7 in stores. Mark your calendar with October 22nd, that’s when it all begins :-) Read the full announcement on the Windows Blog . Windows Server 2008 R2 will also be available on this day,
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Talking About Windows is a new site with lots of videos about Windows 7, both available for streaming and download. Meet people in the Windows product team at Microsoft, like Mark Russinovich talking about things like security but also hear from IT Pros
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You might already have seen the announcement but I’ve been away for a few days so for me this was news! On Thursday (US time so late Thursday in Asia) the Release Candidate of Windows 7 will be available for all MSDN and TechNet Subscribers and the rest
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Last month it was time for one more Springboard Roundtable, this time focusing on Windows 7. Mark Russinovich talks about benefits, features and how to deploy Windows 7 together with a number of external industry experts, MVP’s and Microsoft people. Check
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If you haven’t downloaded the Windows 7 Beta yet, make sure you do so now. The public Beta program will shut down starting on February 10th. Millions of people worldwide have already downloaded and we knew from the beginning that the program would
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In Windows vista we introduced BitLocker as our hard drive encryption mechanism. In Windows 7 you also get the possibility to encrypt USB memory stocks so your information on them is protected. With group policy you will also be able to force users to
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