http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tims/archive/2009/05/06/a-developer-s-guide-to-preparing-for-windows-7.aspxAs everyone must know by now, the Windows 7 Release Candidate is broadly released and available for download from the Windows site . The RC build is essentially our dress rehearsal: we’ve hit feature complete, stabilized the release, followed the activeen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tims/archive/2009/05/06/a-developer-s-guide-to-preparing-for-windows-7.aspx#9832686Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:27:13 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9832686CP<p>Really a great post, thanks.</p> <p>I would like to know about APIs mentioned in text below(if you can please direct me)-</p> <p>&quot;Sensors and Location: new APIs that enable suitably-equipped machines to report ambient light, user proximity, accelerometers and even geographic location.&quot; </p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9832686" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tims/archive/2009/05/06/a-developer-s-guide-to-preparing-for-windows-7.aspx#9804442Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:54:22 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9804442klancaster<p>Great article! We have been testing vigorously as well.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9804442" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tims/archive/2009/05/06/a-developer-s-guide-to-preparing-for-windows-7.aspx#9708205Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:47:24 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9708205Felipe Heidrich<p>Thanks for the great post.</p> <p>I wondering why a new API was needed to do 2d graphics and text(Direct2D and DirectWrite). &nbsp;Why not fix GDI+ ?</p> <p>How do these new technologies relate to WPF ? I was under the impression that WPF was the future for GUI in Microsoft.</p> <p>Felipe</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9708205" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tims/archive/2009/05/06/a-developer-s-guide-to-preparing-for-windows-7.aspx#9648691Thu, 28 May 2009 22:43:04 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9648691pstroh<p>I was anticipating the release of Windows 7, at least until I heard about the retiring of Microsoft Agent. We use this technology heavily, so we will have to reconsider our choice of OS platforms.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9648691" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tims/archive/2009/05/06/a-developer-s-guide-to-preparing-for-windows-7.aspx#9625930Mon, 18 May 2009 23:17:36 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9625930Alex<p>Is there any news about the Windows 7 HIG?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9625930" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tims/archive/2009/05/06/a-developer-s-guide-to-preparing-for-windows-7.aspx#9616461Thu, 14 May 2009 19:26:51 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:96164617flavor<p>We too use MS Agent for our internal tutorial guides. Won't the runtime be supported for the lifetime of Windows 7?</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9616461" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tims/archive/2009/05/06/a-developer-s-guide-to-preparing-for-windows-7.aspx#9609289Wed, 13 May 2009 17:03:58 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9609289Miguel Saez<p>&amp;#160; Como saben ya contamos con la versi&#243;n Release Candidate de Windows 7 en la calle. Esto no solo</p> <img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9609289" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tims/archive/2009/05/06/a-developer-s-guide-to-preparing-for-windows-7.aspx#9598993Sat, 09 May 2009 13:49:41 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9598993ComponentGear.com Feed<p>This week on Channel 9, Brian and Dan discuss the top developer news, including: - Windows 7 RC is available</p> <img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9598993" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tims/archive/2009/05/06/a-developer-s-guide-to-preparing-for-windows-7.aspx#9596824Fri, 08 May 2009 15:25:11 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9596824DotNetBurner - Community<p>DotNetBurner - burning hot .net content</p> <img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9596824" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tims/archive/2009/05/06/a-developer-s-guide-to-preparing-for-windows-7.aspx#9596144Fri, 08 May 2009 10:25:17 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9596144Jon Galloway<p>I really like the Windows API Code Pack, but it needs better downlevel support for apps that will light up with Win7 features on Win7 but can still run on Vista. Right now when I run the samples on a Vista machine I get a Fiery Death Exception.</p> <p>I posted a discussion item about that on the Windows API Code Pack site on CodePlex, still waiting on a reply: <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/WindowsAPICodePack/Thread/View.aspx?ThreadId=1667">http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/WindowsAPICodePack/Thread/View.aspx?ThreadId=1667</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9596144" width="1" height="1">