Love Windows 7

Top lists that cover various aspects of the Windows 7 operating system seem to be in high demand lately. Everton just linked to an article that contained 70 useful Windows 7 Tips and Tricks which is definitely worth the read. The next top list has been compiled by Tech Republic. It is called 10 Cool [...]

Microsoft have reported that 40% of PC users in the Gulf have downloaded and are running the windows 7 Release Candidate, and that by the time the product launches 80% of Windows users will have tried at least one build.
“According to our estimates approximately 40 per cent of our customers - including enterprise, mid-market and [...]

The Windows 7 Beta program has been the strongest I’ve ever seen.  The Windows 7 RC1 is so good I have to remind myself that it’s not a full release, and that it’s supposed to contain bugs.  I’m now running it on all of my PCs, and will probably do so well beyond the official [...]

Here are some of the public evaluation product keys given out by Microsoft:
Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate Product Keys for Evaluation
Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate Enterprise
Product Code : Q7Y83-W4FVQ-6MC6C-6QQTD-TPM88
Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate Standard
Product Code : V4KRB-QDWK2-GVT4X-BV4XG-34TV4
Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate Datacenter
Product Code : WXGKX-XXW8X-P8KTJ-PFX7T-DPYYW
Windows Web Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate
Product [...]

A hot topic in the last days has been the new Windows 7 logo that appeared on various websites, groups and boxshots lately. While the new logo has not been confirmed by Microsoft yet it has been used in several official Microsoft documents and presentations. The last appearance has been documented by Stephen over at [...]

I have 3 media centers in my home and I converted the main rig in my living room to Windows 7 Release Candidate at the start of the month.  Overall the experience has been fantastic, but one problem that was bugging me was that whenever I played a mkv file i.e. a HD file, I [...]

The average selling price for Windows 7 when it launches is expected to be more than both Windows XP and Windows Vista when they were launched.  In the current recession many of us are having to justify purchases that in the past we would have just made automatically, and are probably questioning whether upgrading to [...]

Microsoft is sending out emails to users who have downloaded the Windows 7 Beta from the official download site. The emails contain information about the expiration date of the Windows 7 Beta and links to downloads of the release candidate.
The expiration date of Windows 7 Beta is August 1, 2009 but problems will start to [...]

Action Center is a new Windows 7 feature that displays system notifications to the user from its icon in the Windows 7 taskbar. The service will monitor certain Windows applications and functions and display problem reports to the user. The majority of problems that can be discovered are security or maintenance related, for example that [...]

input.microsoft.com - Here’s your chance to help improve Microsoft products by submitting feedback that will be sent directly to the folks working on the features. 
The following feedback programs are currently open:

Network Monitor 3.3 - Provide feedback on Network Monitor 3.3 scenarios
Windows 7 Enterprise Scenarios - Windows 7 scenarios for the Enterprise
Windows 7 Scenarios - Provide [...]