Windows 7 TalkZ

A recent blog post from the product manager of the Windows Update team might have given us some incite into what to expect in the next versions of Windows. In his blog post (that has now be withdrawn) he make some interesting comments.

next version will be something completly different from what folks usually expect

The article also goes on to say that internally at Microsoft they are NOT refereeing to the next version of windows as Windows 8 but instead they call it

Windows.Next

This could be the best indication so far that the next version of Windows will be based on the Midori OS project that Microsoft have been working on since 2003. Midori has a completely re-written kernel from the ground up that is suppose to be a written almost entirely in managed code.

While this should not mean much to end users it means that Microsoft will be able to make a complete break from the legacy code that has been in Windows for the past 2 decades. The importance for this break with legacy code recently became highlighted when Microsoft recently released a patch to fix a security issues that was 17 years old.

Previously such a big changes the OS was not possible but with the release of XP Mode and other virtualisation technologies with Windows 7 backwards compatibility may no longer be an issues.

What ever the new version of Windows will be like it is unlikely that we will get any official confirmation until Microsoft are really sure they can deliver what they promise.

See the cached version of the post here (via TheWindowsClub )

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It has been 9 months since Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) was released and now the free ride from Microsoft is almost over.

As of February 15th 2010 Windows 7 RC will start Phase 1  “reminders” that you will have to upgrade to the final version. Doesn’t sound so bad hey… Well on March 1st 2010 Phase 2 will starts when Windows 7 RC will continue to notify users that they need to upgrade, but then their computers will also start to restart every two hours (without notice).

Then on June 1st 2010 Microsoft steps it up a notch and the desktop background will be changed to black. (Like the reboots every two hours are annoying enough.)

If you are still were one of those 1% of users worldwide that install Windows 7 RC and you are still running it then you can check out Microsoft  Install, reinstall or uninstall Windows article for more help.

Just in case you were wondering, the Windows 7 Beta expired on August 1st 2009 so needless to say you probably not running that any more.

For more information on the expiry dates check out http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971767

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