What is the first thing you do when you open the control panel in Windows Vista? I always switch it to Classic View and most people I know do the same. Microsoft got it so right with the Classic View and I cannot understand whey they are trying to convince people to move away from [...]

Update On Windows 7 Beta Download Dates. Thanks Jeff
“Final days: We’re just about at the limit for Beta downloads, so act now if you want to try Windows 7.” It is my understanding that it is possible that the download link is capped before the 10th, depending on what [...]

Back at PDC 2004 Microsoft announced Longhorn which eventually became Vista. Those who attended PDC in 2004 got an early build of Vista to play with. Microsoft will continue the tradition and will give an early build of Windows 7 at PDC 2008. As of today you can find screenshots of Windows 7 build [...]

Two senior engineering managers for Windows 7, Jon DeVaan and Steven Sinofsky have started a blog called Engineering Windows 7. I am sure that this will be one of the most watched blogs till other Windows 7 related blogs/sites appear. Reading their first post I get an impression that their blog is an attempt to [...]