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.
Latest Windows 7 video, again featuring Kylie
thanks to @gilly2468 for the tip
Rob
Wow thats quick!!
Video: Phoenix Instant Boot BIOS starts loading Windows in under a second – via Engadget
“Phoenix is showing off a few interesting things at IDF, but the real standout is their new Instant Boot BIOS, a highly optimized UEFI implementation that can start loading an OS in just under a second. Combined with Windows 7's optimized startup procedure, that means you're looking at incredibly short boot times -- we saw a retrofitted Dell Adamo hit the Windows desktop in 20 seconds, while a Lenovo T400s with a fast SSD got there in under 10. It's pretty slick stuff, and it should be out soon..”
More and more Windows 7 Tips this time from Microsoft Technet web site Windows 7: 77 Windows 7 Tips covering
Worth a look
thanks to @markwilsonit for the tip
Thanks to Liveside for the spot, pretty impressive 4.75 year old.
Just a quick post to say that the Windows 7 section on Microsoft Answers has been upgraded since the initial getting ready for Windows 7 section to include a lot more sections
Microsoft Answers is a great place to ask questions to any issue or query you might have with Microsoft products and there are plenty of experts on there who should be able to help you out, there is also a pretty comprehensive FAQ to read as well on how bets to use the forums
Thanks to @adacosta for the reminder
Spotted this great video on the Microsoft Windows UI Automation Blog, if you are at all interested in accessibility topics and Windows 7 then this might be of interest, and it is great to see Microsoft's commitment to accessible and assistive technologies
“Take a look at our latest video on Windows 7 accessibility and how interoperability plays a key role in achieving digital inclusion through both Assistive Technology (AT) and Information Technology (IT). You can see how Microsoft enables users to connect with third-party Assistive Technology products like open source or other commercially available AT products to enhance their computing experience. Did you know that Windows 7 includes an application programming interface called UI Automation (UIA)? This new accessibility framework for the Windows® operating system improves the way the operating system and Windows applications expose information to assistive technologies. UIA was released via the Community Promise to allow anyone to incorporate it into their solutions, making this a fully interoperable interface compatible with platforms other than Windows.”
“Take a look at our latest video on Windows 7 accessibility and how interoperability plays a key role in achieving digital inclusion through both Assistive Technology (AT) and Information Technology (IT). You can see how Microsoft enables users to connect with third-party Assistive Technology products like open source or other commercially available AT products to enhance their computing experience.
Did you know that Windows 7 includes an application programming interface called UI Automation (UIA)? This new accessibility framework for the Windows® operating system improves the way the operating system and Windows applications expose information to assistive technologies. UIA was released via the Community Promise to allow anyone to incorporate it into their solutions, making this a fully interoperable interface compatible with platforms other than Windows.”
The Video can be viewed at http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0909/1001819/Windows7_Accessibility_General_MBR.asx
Following on from the previous announcement about Get Windows 7 for £30 in the UK – Student Offer well the site is now live at http://www.ultimatesteal.co.uk and not only can you get Windows 7 Home Premium / Windows 7 Professional for £30 but also get Office Ultimate 2007 if you are a qualifying student for £38.95*.
Pretty sweet deals on both of those.
* *ERP Estimated Retail Price. The price you pay is determined by the reseller and published at the reseller's site
With great thanks to the team that run all the backend stuff to get all the blogs.msdn and blogs.technet servers running for getting this update sorted.
You should notice that the search box on the left hand side is now a lovely Bing one
It works pretty well too (much better than the previous search on the blog), type in what you are looking for and you get a nice pop out box with all the best matches from this blog, and you can then also toggle the results from the web as well, by pressing the web button
Hope you find it useful and a better experience than the old one.
The download covers:
Download details: Fact Sheets
And if you are interested in the accessibility features of Windows 7 try http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/features/accessibility
Really like what Sony are doing with the We are Windows 7 Fanclub
The Windows 7 Wall is a very nice and easy way to get some User Generated Content, reminiscent of the I’m A PC Campaign web sites we ran a year ago, plus some nice and simple Twitter and Facebook Integration which always goes down well with me.
Plus a competition
“Put your face on our 'Windows® 7 Wall'; and WIN: - an amazing trip to the Microsoft Windows® 7 Announcement Event in London - a VAIO W Series with Windows® 7 pre-installed”
“Put your face on our 'Windows® 7 Wall'; and WIN:
Well worth it for a little effort (Terms & Conditions)