Windows 7 will run on hardware for Windows Vista

Life cycle OS Windows Vista is far from complete, but Microsoft is beginning to slowly open up some details about the upcoming Windows OS 7. Chris Flores, Director of Communications command Microsoft Windows, laid for the general public, some spicy details about Windows 7 in his blog. Chris Flor explained that Windows 7 received quite a different approach in developing and emerging marketing than Windows Vista. “We know that when we talk about his plans for the next OS release, Windows, people do not remain indifferent. As a result, we can significantly influence our partners and our customers. Razrabatyvaya Windows 7, we are trying to more carefully plan the way to share information with our customers and partners. And it means that disclosure of specific information at the right time depends on the needs of the public” – explains Flor.

According to the information provided, Windows 7 will be built on the former nucleus of Windows Vista, which in turn was built on the base kernel Windows Server 2003, but it will be slightly improved. Flor assured that the change in strategy will not adversely affect the users themselves. It will make Microsoft engineers focused on six quality of future OS: compatible devices and applications, reliability, productivity, the life of the battery, and security.

Microsoft confirms its readiness to Windows 7 by 2010

Windows 7, which is known under the codename “Blackcomb” or “Vienna” was the next priority OS itself among the family corporation for Microsoft Windows Microsoft. She confirmed that the possible time frame for developing a new OS – 2 or 3 years. Release Windows 7 is scheduled for 2010 – the year. The client version of OS will be released in two editions – x86 and x64. As it became known, a server version, called Windows Server 7 also are under active development.

Microsoft’s policy of silence around Windows 7, as well as its marketing plans are now focused on promoting Windows Vista. Also, the corporation is not readily circulate rumors about the new OS yet because of the fact that she does not want to promise users some new features, and then be unable to implement them on time. As a result, we now know little about the capabilities of the new OS.

Microsoft demonstrates the touch screen for Windows 7

Microsoft Corporation has demonstrated a new touch interface for its future Windows OS 7. This technology allows users to interact more effectively with their computers. Using technology “sensors”, which was demonstrated Corporation a year ago, multi-screen allows users tach amazing control and interact with their computers.

Chris Flors (Chris Flores), Director of Communications command Microsoft Windows, confirmed the intention to introduce new technology corporation in 7 to Windows 2010.

“Touching quickly become a popular way of direct interaction with the software, as well as devices. Sensory surface appear everywhere, including sensory laptops, cell phones, remote controls, GPS devices, and much more” – said Flors in command blog Windows Vista.

Here you can see a demonstration of the new Windows interface sensory 7.

Meet Microsoft IE 8 Beta 2! And your Web site ready for a new browser?

Microsoft Corporation is going to issue a continuation of its ruler web browsers, namely – Internet Explorer 8 (IE8), which will focus mainly on the compatibility of all network standards. This will be the top priority of new software product.

However, looking at the new World Wide Web browser, users can see it slightly different content, especially when a webpage was written for an older version of a web browser. This fact should encourage owners of Web sites to make sure that their current Web page will appear correctly in the latest version of the browser IE8. In order to ensure even greater compatibility, Microsoft introduced a special “fingerprint” – meta-tag. They can be used on every page, and will be “forced” IE8 display web content, just as it makes its seventh version, without any modification.

Microsoft Corporation advises all administrators to check their web sites for compatibility with the new version of the browser – IE8, as it prepares public beta version of the browser for the third quarter of this year.

This link administrators will be able to look in more detail with all the nuances use IE8.

Windows 7 will receive native support for virtual hard drives

On the basis of how little we know about the next version of Windows from Microsoft, this possibility seems very interesting. Microsoft Corporation employs a group of developers who will have to work hard to add native support for Windows 7 virtual hard disks (Virtual Hard Disks, VHD).

In Windows 7, the group will be responsible for the creation, installation, implementation of input-output, and the dismantling of virtual hard disks. With this technology will be possible to connect VHD on any Windows machine to produce the required autonomous maintenance, and then boot from the same VHD.

Microsoft updates the package Desktop Virtualization

Microsoft said on Friday that the package will update its popular Desktop Optimization Pack additional software developer after the successful purchase of virtualization technologies – private enterprise Kidaro. Kidaro The software enables users to run multiple versions of Windows and applications simultaneously, the need to open several sessions of virtual machines. Microsoft Corporation has made rebranding ON Kidaro, and now it is called Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization, which should go in the first half of 2009.

Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, or MDOP is specifically designed to help IT administrators to manage multiple desktops Windows. It includes such components as: Application Virtualization, Asset Inventory Service, System Center Desktop Error Monitoring, Advanced Group Policy Management (APGM), as well as tools for diagnosis and rebuilding the entire system.

Vista is strengthened by the business sector

According to some observers, the Windows Vista operating system slowly beginning to turn its attention IT managers of large business companies. Microsoft acknowledges that Vista uses about 5% of all large business companies (and even that information can be very optimistic, according to some analysts), but a combination of hardware readiness, recent additions to Vista and software compatibility – all this makes the latest client OS from Microsoft is appealing to the public. At the conference, round table with the media John Kerran (John Curran), head of the British group in Windows Microsoft, said that “the adoption of Vista is increasing pace, especially now when we have SP1″.

John Kerran also said to support the reputation of Vista, that she broke the mark in sales of 140 million licensed copies, and is “the fastest sell OS in history.” And all the negative emotions that connect users with OS resemble that of the fact that some of them experienced Windows Vista still at a very early stage, in the first days of its launch. Now OS has become much better.

Release Microsoft SQL Server 2008 has been postponed again?

Microsoft previously announced that it intends to release SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 (SP3) this summer. In turn, raises the question: What then is the status of SQL Server 2008? Officially, he is still on the way to release (has the status of RTM) in the third quarter of this year, and Microsoft itself says that nothing can change this event. But some people say that would not be surprised if the status of RTM (Release To Manufacturing) perenesut again for the fourth quarter of this year.

“Rumours that go before me, talking about August or September” – said Endryu Brust (Andrew Brust). Brust founder of the user group NYC. NET, and the leader of the “New Technology”. He also added that his intuition based on the stability of the last CTP (connectionless transport protocol) – its production is extended for another quarter.

Brust – author of “Programming Microsoft SQL Server 2005″ (Published by Microsoft, 2006), and currently writes continued “Programming Microsoft SQL Sever 2008″ with his colleague Leonard Lobelem (Leonard Lobel). “This is just an assumption, but I really think that they will do it this year.’s Name corporations will force them to do this” – said Brust group of 100 developers.

Microsoft: Vista user accounts are in need of refinement

Scott Czerny (Scott Charney), the head of one of the units of Microsoft, said this week that the custom control accounts (UAC) in the Windows Vista operating system is not intuitive to users. In his video interview, together with ZDNet.com.au at AusCERT 2008 conference, held this week, Czerny said that Microsoft must improve UAC.

“It is clear that much work must be done to improve the UAC, especially at the point where users get a lot of queries that they may not expect, and this is not a good example intuitively. If you give people a lot of queries in too many situations They simply will not be able to make a scheduled job, because all begin to click on a row – said Scott Czerny. He also said that messages that are displayed at the request of users, is also confusing them with somebody.

“We gave them dialogues and requests that do not help users make the right decisions as often as we would like. You can wandering on the internet, and suddenly see a warning that this site is no longer under the control of another site, or you may be transmit data to another site. What users should do with the information provided to them? “