Windows 7 News: Software, Virus Protection

For more information on the beta, please stay tuned to http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7 which is where we will post information about participation.
This post is about a Windows 7 feature that covers a lot of territory—it is about networking, user interface, sharing, media, printing, storage, search, and more.  HomeGroup is a way of bringing all these features together in a way that makes it possible for a new level of coolness in a home with multiple PCs running Windows 7.  A lot of us are the sysadmins for our own homes and for …

This white paper provides information about the Windows Biometric Framework (WBF) for the Windows 7 operating system. It provides an introduction to WBF, together with guidelines that independent hardware vendors (IHVs), independent software vendors (ISVs,) and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) should follow when they integrate fingerprint biometric devices with the Windows 7 platform.
WBF is discussed in detail, including the following: • An overview of WBF and its components. • An overview of the biometric user experience that WBF provides. • Guidelines for …

As Windows 7 Beta Build 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400 has already been leaked on various torrent sites and forums,Microsoft is getting ready to make it available to the TechNet and the MSDN subscribers.
This leaked beta version of Windows 7 has links pointing to the following  TechNet and MSDN pages
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/downloads/details/default.aspx?pm=p:350 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/subscriptions/downloads/details/default.aspx?pm=p:350
However the links are no more live.Still thanks to the Google and Windows Live Search the cache of these pages are still available.

 
A message from the cached page reads as-
 You must be signed in to Windows Live ID to access product keys and …

The 64-bit versions of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 support more than 64 Logical Processors (LP) on a single computer. New processors are now appearing that leverage non-uniform memory access (NUMA) architectures. Within the near future, a system with 4 CPU sockets, 8 processor-cores per socket and with Simultaneious Multi-Threading (SMT) enabled per core, will achieve 64 Logical Processors. Many server-class solutions will need to be architected with NUMA awareness in order to achieve linear performance scaling on 64+ LP systems.
Check more about it here
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  The First and probably the only beta version of Windows 7 that was released to the selected group of testers,the previous weak has been leaked on the net.The build version of the leak is 7000.0.081212-1400.The release has been made available on many different torrent sites.Probably again it was the chinese site bbs.pcbeta.com which leaked this version and now it is available on different forums for download.The torrent is available as an ISO file contrary to the previous leak build 6956 which was available as the VHD file.The torrent  states …

The microsoft partners have received the latest version of Windows 7 beta 1 probably the one and the only beta of Windows 7 while the public release of Windows 7 is expected to be in the first week of january.
The images of the Windows 7 Beta Build 7000, as reported earlier as 7000.0.081212-1400 build shows not much change in the images shown in PDC 2008 which was reported to be Build 6936 and that of the Build 6956 which was leaked during the WinHEC 2008 in Beijing.
Microsoft specially has worked …

One thing you don’t see very often on corporate PCs and laptops: Windows Vista.
Nearly two years after introducing Vista, Microsoft is grappling with an unanticipated phenomenon: The latest version of its flagship Windows computer operating system remains a rarity in corporate settings. As a result, the software giant finds itself under acute pressure to stay on track with plans to replace Vista with the next version of Windows, code-named Windows 7, perhaps as soon as late 2009.
With the global economy stalling out — and with Apple Macs increasingly replacing Windows …

MyDrivers.com reports that on December 10, Microsoft has released a report to all OEM partners on Windows 7 technical support for the draft plan,so that the OEM partners could give feedback regarding  this to the company by January 10 which would be the release date of the official program of the project.
The plan is designed to help Microsoft’s OEM partners who have been selling pre-installed Vista as a  brand, because many end users would be waiting for the release of Windows 7 and delay the purchase of a computer.The plan …

The Windows 7 site has been updated today by Microsoft and it shows the download link for Windows 7

As reported by us yesterday,that the Windows 7 would be releasing on 7th January,2009 it seems that the Microsoft are in a hurry to release the beta version of Windows 7 as soon as possible.According to the sources the the Windows 7 Beta was going to be released to the TAP users today,but the public link seems to say a different story.
We are keeping a look on the link and other sites …

With Windows 7, Microsoft releases a Windows-based environment that is more touch friendly and easier to use than ever before. The new platform creates challenges and opportunities for hardware and device manufacturers. This paper describes areas that enable you to build hardware that affords rich, immersive, and captivating experiences that make the next wave of Windows 7 applications not only unique, but fun!
This information applies for the following operating systems: Windows 7 Windows Touch
Included in this paper:
•Touch enhancements to your form factors and …