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windowsteamblog.com - 2/10/2009

Reminder: General Availability for Windows 7 Beta Ending This Week

— windowsteamblog.com — I wanted to quickly remind everyone that this week general availability for the Windows 7 Beta will... be ending: February 10 th : Starting at 12am Pacific Time , no new downloads will be available. If you have already begun downloading the Windows 7 ... (more) Reminder: General Availability for Windows 7 Beta Ending ...

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news.cnet.com - 2/12/2009

Sources: Windows 7 moving toward 2009 release

— news.cnet.com — Microsoft is moving forward with plans to launch Windows 7 this year, although the company still refuses... to publicly commit to that goal. PC industry sources in Asia and the U.S. tell CNET News that they have heard things are on track to ... (more) Sources: Windows 7 moving toward 2009 release

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pcworld.com - 2/11/2009

HP Says Its Netbooks Likely Will Run 3 Versions of Windows 7

— pcworld.com — In a vote of confidence for Windows 7 's suitability for use on netbook PCs, Hewlett-Packard Co.... says it likely will offer at least three different editions of the upcoming operating system on future models of its Mini netbooks. That includes the ... (more) HP Says Its Netbooks Likely Will Run 3 Versions of ...

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Microsoft warns businesses of risk in moving from XP to 7
The Microsoft Blog — Microsoft's advice to corporate customers considering a migration from Windows XP directly to the forthcoming Windows 7 operating system: Think about Windows Vista instead. On Wednesday, Microsoft outlined its first official guidance for enterprises looking at moving to Windows 7, the company's new operating system, which is due out by early next year. The guidance was heavy on warning about the risks in skipping Vista in order to move directly from XP to Windows 7. "If they feel confident, that's great," said Gavriella Schuster, senior director of Windows Product Management ...

Microsoft pushing businesses to dump XP now, not wait for Windows 7
The Seattle Times: Microsoft Pri0 — ... Microsoft today urged its business customers currently using Windows XP -- and there are a lot of them -- to consider "the risk of skipping Windows Vista." Deploying Vista now "will make the future transition to Windows 7 easier," Gavriella Schuster, a Microsoft senior director, wrote on a new Windows for your Business Blog. ...

Windows deployment guidance for business customers
D' Technology Weblog — ... deployment & testing time, plus the strains from today’s economy: 1. Take an inventory of how many applications you manage in your current enterprise environment – here is guidance that can help. 2. Talk to your application vendors to find out how long they intend to provide support for their application running in Windows XP and when they plan to support their application running in Windows 7.[…] Full Article ...

Linkpost | 2.12.2009
TechBlog — ... are lucky if they can get high-speed Internet in many locations. • Fennec Milestone Release for Windows Mobile - The initial release of Mozilla's mobile browser is out, but it's "pre-alpha" and only for the HTC Touch Pro. • The Microsoft Windows 7 Upgrade Program - TechArp says it has obtained details about Vista-to-Win7 upgrades. Program date starts July 1, according to this document. • Vista or Windows 7? Just get rid of XP, Microsoft tells users and Guidance on Windows Deployments for Business Customers • 50 seriously useful Windows 7 tips ...

Microsoft Terrified Companies Won't Upgrade To Windows 7
Silicon Alley Insider — ... But we credit Microsoft this: Once the company has a plan, it doesn't back down. Over on the Microsoft Windows Blog, the company is debuting a new set of tools to help corporate clients plan their upgrade. And in a stunning display of chutzpah, Microsoft is urging their customers still on XP to upgrade to Vista (which they've avoided all along) first: ...

Microsoft Terrified The Enterprise Will Stick With XP
Silicon Alley Insider — ... But we credit Microsoft this: Once the company has a plan, it doesn't back down. Over on the Microsoft Windows Blog, the company is debuting a new set of tools to help corporate clients plan their upgrade. And in a stunning display of chutzpah, Microsoft is urging their customers still on XP to upgrade to Vista (which they've avoided all along) first: ...

Windows Vista SP2 RTM + Windows Vista SP1 Blocker Tool Removed
Official Windows Magazine | Home — ... will be significantly more straightforward due to the high degree of compatibility between Windows Vista and Windows 7. If your Windows Vista SP1 deployment is already underway we recommend you continue with SP1 as planned. Then you can deploy SP2 using your systems management infrastructure.  If you are in the early stages of deployment or still planning Windows Vista deployment our best advice is that you plan on testing and deploying Windows Vista SP2. For more, I suggest reading this blog post from Gavriella Schuster in regards to guidance on Windows deployments. We ...

Get ready for Vista and Win2k8 SP2!
Bink.nu — ... ·         For help with deployment related questions, you should read this blog post on the Windows team blog. ...