I am Microsoftie 4 ever (18+ years) working in Windows Services and Content team in the UK, my blog is mainly focused on the Windows family of products and trying to provide help pointers and resources for customers on our products.
Download Documentation for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (KB976932)
Includes:
Deployment Guide for Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1 and Windows 7 with SP1 Hotfixes and Security Updates included in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Installing Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1 (“readme”) Release Notes for Windows 7 with SP1 Release Notes for Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1
For additional information (including how to deploy the service pack), please see http://technet.microsoft.com/evalcenter/ff183870.aspx. Support URLs: http://technet.microsoft.com/evalcenter/ff183870.aspx
Rob
Thanks to my French colleague JP for pointing out this new Microsoft Fix it
“Automatically repair Windows Media Player problems when the player doesn’t start, streaming doesn’t work or when you cannot browse or search for media”
translated as ‘your emotions fullscreen’ click the image to go to the video
Really simple and and easy to use tool that can help estimate the benefits of upgrading to Windows 7 Professional for your organisation.
ROI Calculator -
Simply fill in the 8 boxes with how many users, PC’s etc. you have and the tool will give you an estimated result of things such as
The great thing is that you can easily change your currency and there is an inbuilt currency converter as well.
You can also get a more detail report in Word once you have completed the above step which gives detail such as the below data.
Go to the ROI Calculator for Upgrading to Windows 7 Professional.
If you want to know more about Windows 7 Professional try our Why buy Windows 7 Professional? guide and if you are a small business in the UK check out our Small Business Centre detail about Windows 7 professional
Computer/Processor
Computer with a 1 gigahertz (GHz) 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor.
Operating System
Windows Vista 32-bit with Service Pack 2 (SP2) or higher
Windows Vista 64-bit with Service Pack 2 (SP2) or higher
Windows 7 32-bit or higher
Windows 7 64-bit or higher
Windows Server 2008 32-bit with Service Pack 2 (SP2) or higher
Windows Server 2008 64-bit with Service Pack 2 (SP2) or higher
Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit
Memory
Windows Vista 32-bit – 512 megabytes (MB)
Windows Vista 64-bit – 512 MB
Windows 7 32-bit – 512 MB
Windows 7 64-bit – 512 MB
Windows Server 2008 32-bit – 512 MB
Windows Server 2008 64-bit – 512 MB
Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit – 512 MB
Hard Drive Space
Windows Vista 32-bit – 70 MB
Windows Vista 64-bit – 120 MB
Windows 7 32-bit – 70 MB
Windows 7 64-bit – 120 MB
Windows Server 2008 32-bit – 150 MB
Windows Server 2008 64-bit – 200 MB
Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit – 200 MB
Drive
CD-ROM drive (if installation is done from a CD-ROM)
Display
Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution monitor with 256 colours
Peripherals
Modem or Internet connection
Microsoft Mouse, Microsoft IntelliMouse, or compatible pointing device
Find out if Internet 9 RC is right for you, and if it is download IE9 RC today.
Just highlighting some additional Internet Explorer 9 Release candidate resources that you may find useful:
Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate Product Guide
“With Windows® Internet Explorer® 9, your websites look and perform as if they were native to Microsoft® Windows. Today’s websites and browsers only use ten percent of what your PC offers, but with Internet Explorer 9 you can tap into the power of your whole PC so your websites shine. You can take full advantage of your PC’s hardware through Windows, and enjoy graphically rich and immersive experiences that are as fast and responsive as native applications installed on your PC. With a new, streamlined experience, you can focus on the websites you love with a clean look that integrates seamlessly with Windows 7. A robust set of built-in security, privacy, and reliability technologies keeps you safer and your browsing experience uninterrupted. Web developers also get support for HTML5 and modern web standards that take advantage of the graphics processing unit (GPU) means that the same markup not only works across the web, but runs faster and delivers a richer experience through Windows and Internet Explorer 9. This guide describes new features in Internet Explorer 9, highlighting the top IT professionals. Read on to learn more about how Internet Explorer 9 unlocks the Beauty of the Web (www.beautyoftheweb.com)..”
Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate – New Features Summary
“Summary of the updates made in Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate since the Internet Explorer 9 Beta.”
Internet Explorer Standards Documentation
“This documentation describes how Internet Explorer implements certain final approved web standards and how the standards in this system interact. It does not restate variations, extensions and other details that are specific for each standard. This documentation details the variations and extensions from HTML 4.01, CSS 1.0, CSS 2.1, and other final approved web standards published by W3C (as “W3C Recommendations”), ECMA (as “Standards”), or ISO (as “International Standards”) as implemented by Internet Explorer.This documentation is intended for use in conjunction with the Microsoft standards support documents, publicly available standard specifications, network programming art, and Microsoft Windows distributed systems concepts. It assumes that the reader is either familiar with the aforementioned material or has immediate access to it.”
Internet Explorer Administration Kit 9 Release Candidate
“Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK) 9 enables the most efficient way to deploy Internet Explorer 9 and manage Web-based solutions. Learn how to tailor a custom browser to meet your customers' needs.”
Toolkit to Disable Automatic Delivery of Internet Explorer 9
“The Internet Explorer 9 Blocker Toolkit enables IT Administrators to disable automatic delivery of Internet Explorer 9 as an important class update via Automatic Updates and the Windows Update and Microsoft Update sites.”
Of course don’t forget you can download Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate now
From Arabic (العربية) to Ukranian (Українська) you can download Internet Explorer 9 release candidate in 36 languages
Download different language versions of Internet Explorer 9 (RC)
“You can download Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate in the language that matches your version of Windows or choose the English version, which works with all versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7. For additional information, see How do I install or uninstall Internet Explorer 9? If you need help finding out which version of Windows you're running, see Is my PC running the 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows?”
“You can download Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate in the language that matches your version of Windows or choose the English version, which works with all versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7. For additional information, see How do I install or uninstall Internet Explorer 9?
If you need help finding out which version of Windows you're running, see Is my PC running the 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows?”
There are also 4 additional display languages available (Catalan, Hindi, Indonesian & Vietnamese)
I remember IE1.0 do you, things really have come a long way since then…
A history of Internet Explorer is a new article we have describing the history of the product as well as some nice geek trivia thrown in for good measure
The time line for Internet Explorer versions is
November 1995 – Internet Explorer 2.0
August 1996 – Internet Explorer 3.0
October 1997 – Internet Explorer 4.0
March 1999 – Internet Explorer 5.0
August 2001 – Internet Explorer 6.0
October 2006 – Internet Explorer 7.0
March 2009 – Internet Explorer 8.0
September 2010 – Internet Explorer 9.0 Beta
Get information and download Internet Explorer 8 or Internet Explorer 9.0 (beta)
Just wanted to point you to a new website http://www.microsoft.com/showcase/en/gb/channels/windows7 showing some great Windows 7 videos, this include some of our adverts, how to type videos plus more
Please do rate and comment on our videos as well as sharing with your friends or embedding them on your own web site.
Over on the personalization gallery we have 6 new great backgrounds/wallpapers that you can use on your Windows PC
The sharp eyed amongst you will recognise these from some of the latest theme packs we have released.