In a video released Danny Beck, senior enterprise product marketing manager for the Windows Business Group talks about t Windows 7 and what this means to Partners and also talks about the release dates of Windows 7.

Here is what actually he said in the video
“In a couple of months time we’re going to move to, what we call the Release Candidate and That’s the next iteration, it’s a little bit more stable, less bugs in there. And then at some point over the six to 12 months potentially, if all …

With Windows 7, the likely reason that Redmond didn’t support an XP upgrade is due to the amount of validation and testing required to support it to Microsoft’s standards.  With such an aggressive schedule, my opinion is that those testing hours can be better utilized for other things like compatibility and performance.  Nevertheless, IT admins aren’t completely out of options.
Vista had many way to be deployed and in-place XP upgrades were one of them.  Because of the small number of core differences between Vista and Windows 7, it makes sense …

Tip 13: Use Windows PowerShell 2.0 to Get Reliability Data from Remote PCs
Windows Vista introduced Reliability Monitor, which accessed system stability data from the Reliability Analysis Component (RAC) database in a graphical manner. This tool allows IT professionals to view the system stability trend and associated events that may have affected that stability. In Windows 7, RAC database is accessible via WMI, enabling IT pros to view and use this data more flexibly.
Windows 7 includes Windows PowerShell 2.0, which provides remote scripting capabilities, including access to WMI. Combining these technologies, …

After all the rumors and buzz about the Windows 7 build 7048,then being declared that it actually doesn’t exist, the Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky with an email conversation with geeksmack confirmed that the latest build on which they are working is Windows 7 build 7046.Here is what he wrote
Recently we’ve seen people talk about “RC Builds” and the like.  First, all builds since the beta are RC builds since by definition that is the next milestone.  But by far the most humorous element has been that the build numbers blogged about …

Geeksmack is now reporting that Windows 7 build 7048  that was compiled on February 11doesn’t exist and was actually 7041.The site further adds that the build was 7041.The site reports that they don’t know the exact build number.The site is reporting the build as 7041.winmain.090211-xxxx.
Ars Technica further adds that they have confirmed from the Microsoft employee that the build 7048 doesn’t exist and even Microsoft hasn’t start working on the RC build.The site adds that the latest build was 7046 which was actually compiled yesterday.
WinFuture.de also reported that RC1 …

Tip 12: Install Windows 7 Alongside Windows Vista for a Dual Boot System
It’s always a bit tricky to beta test a new operating system. Most of us don’t have an abundance of extra hardware just sitting around, and it can be both time consuming and risky to rebuild your production machine with a pre-release version of the next OS.
But with Windows 7, it’s pretty easy to beta test on the machine you’ve already got. Hard drives have gotten much larger and much less expensive, and if you’re running Windows …

Microsoft is apparently working on the Release Candidate version of Windows 7.
Geeksmack reports through the unnamed sources that the Windows 7 RC build has already been compiled by Microsoft. The Build number is 7048 and the complete build string is 7048.winmain_win7rc1.090211-1625 which clearly states that the build is RC 1 and was compiled on 9th Feb 2009 .
If the information from the source is correct then we could see the public version of Windows 7 RC soon.We already knew that Microsoft has already working on Windows 7 Build …

The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit team blog has posted that the new version of MAP toolkit is compatible with Windows 7.
Here is what the blogpost reads
Due to popular demand of the Windows 7 Beta Program, our team has just released a new version of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 3.2 (Build 2315) that now gives you the newly-added capability of running this MAP Toolkit on Windows 7 Beta machines.
We previously block the installation of the MAP Toolkit 3.2 on "beta versions" of any operating system.  Build 2315 …

In a recent briefing with Paul Thurrott,  Bill Veghte revealed the editions of Windows 7 that will be shipping in.
Here is what his post reads
"At a macro level, there are a couple of niches that are important to us, and we are a global business after all, so there are certain market dynamics that we need to address," Veghte said. These niches will be addressed by OEM-only Windows 7 product editions, which is to say that these products will be sold only with new PCs. The first is Starter …

Mike Swanson,a MS employee has created a theme pack for Windows 7.Here is what his blog post reads-
Windows 7 introduces theme packs, which are .cab files that contain all of the necessary assets to implement a theme, including sound files and images. You can find a bunch of theme packs on the Windows 7 site, and Paul Thurrott covers the basics and includes his own theme packs in his article, Windows 7 Feature Focus: Styles and Desktop Slide Shows.
As an experiment, I’ve created a theme pack based on my …