In: Windows 7 News
24 Apr 2009A number of sources including Neowin have confirmed that the official Windows 7 RC build has been completed at build 7100.
The build string is 7100.0.winmain_win7rc.090421-1700 and compile date is at Tuesday April 21st, 2009. It was reportedly distributed to OEM partners and TAP Gold partners. It’s been two weeks since the last build leak of [...]
In: Windows 7 News
22 Apr 2009The development of Windows 7 has been exciting and, lately, brimming with confusion; this confusion is pegged at eleven with Windows 7’s entry into code escrow and the appearance of Windows 7 build 7106. Build 7106, which first appeared strictly in Chinese, is something of a spanner in the works for people who have followed [...]
In: Windows 7 News
22 Apr 2009Windows Vista’s UAC fiasco left a lasting impression on many as a good reason to just disable UAC or stay away from Vista altogether. The good news is that software developers have had more than three years to make their apps UAC-friendly by not unnecessarily requiring admin privileges, reducing the overall number of UAC prompts.
User [...]
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22 Apr 2009I attended Scott Charney’s keynote this morning at RSA – Moving Towards End to End Trust: A Collaborative Effort. I would assume that many of the readers of this blog are not familiar with the End to End Trust story. In a nutshell, End to End trust is Microsoft’s vision for creating a safer, more [...]
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22 Apr 2009There is a new Windows 7 BETA power management whitepaper available. Key points from the whitepaper include:
Improved idle efficiency - Windows 7 reduces resource utilisation when the system is idle and reduces or eliminates background activity on the system.
Timer Coalescing - for background activity that cannot be reduced, Windows 7 has been modified to defer [...]
RSA is here again, and presents a great opportunity to discuss the security in Windows 7: specifically how certain features in the OS address key security-related enterprise scenarios. In today’s economic times, businesses and their shareholders need to know that when they make an investment in a product, they are doing so responsibly and securely, [...]
Along with 17,000+ other security- minded professionals, I’m at RSA in San Francisco this week. For those who are not familiar with the RSA Conference, it’s the premier information security conference of the year. It attracts the best and brightest security folks from around the world. In addition, it is a great place to keep [...]
In: Windows 7 News
20 Apr 2009Almost anyone who has been following the development of Windows 7 knows that it’s currently kernel version 6.1. But all that could be set to change, at least if an obscure MSDN page is to be believed.
In a page describing device installation with the Windows Driver Kit, the documentation shows “Msft.NT.7.0″ being used as a [...]
In: Windows 7 News
20 Apr 2009According to ihackintosh blog Windows 7 build 7082 can be leak vey sooner. Here is what they says ” Here is the string number 6.1.7082.0.winmain_win7rc.090410-1901. Date for the version of the compiler at 19:01 on April 10 and another on April 9, 13, 14, 15, completed 7081,7083,7084,7085 compiler, Microsoft will be in these pre-RC version [...]
In: Windows 7 News
17 Apr 2009Here comes the news that Windows 7 Build 7111 , Windows 7 Build 7110 and Windows 7 Build 7109 have been compiled.
The Build string on WIndows 7 Build 7109 is 6.1.7109.0.winmain.090413-1552 and of Windows 7 Build 7110 is 6.1.7110.0.winmain.090414-1906.
The latest build is WIndows 7 Build 7111 which was compiled on 15th Apil 2009 with [...]
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