Ballmer to headline Windows 7 launch in New York City | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will kick off the Windows 7 launch at an event in New York City on October 22, according to an invitation Microsoft has sent to various media members and bloggers. More »

Will Austin About His Trip to the Desktop of Millions | Windows 7 Tutorials

An interview with one of the photographers of the Windows 7 desktops, and a bonus desktop for you to download! More »

Windows 7 customers still paying for Microsoft’s Ultimate mistakes | Ed Bott’s Microsoft Report | ZDNet.com

Ed mentions how all of you Vista Ultimate owners will need to do a manual upgrade if you move down to Windows 7 Premium, no supported ‘downgrade’ path. More »

Windows 7 RTM Now Available for MSDN and TechNet Subscribers – windows 7 – Lifehacker

I’m downloading mine now, go get yours! More »

Microsoft blunders with a confusing Windows 7 upgrade chart | Ed Bott’s Microsoft Report | ZDNet.com

Ed cleans up a horrible Microsoft chart into something that can be understood. More »

A killer Windows 7 bug? Sorry, no | Ed Bott’s Microsoft Report | ZDNet.com

Ed says a supposed “show stopper” chkdsk bug is no big deal. More »

MSDN, TechNet users to get Windows 7 tomorrow | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com

As Microsoft announced last month, the company is making the final version of Windows 7, which was released to manufacturing at the end of July, available to the following groups of customers on Thursday:

• TechNet subscribers (English only, downloadable via Microsoft Connect or TechNet Downloads)
• MSDN subscribers (English only, downloadable via Microsoft Connect or MSDN)
• Independent software vendors/Independent hardware vendors (English only via Microsoft Connect or MSDN)

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Microsoft delivers near-final test build of Windows 7 XP Mode | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com

On August 4, Microsoft is making available to any and all interested testers the Release Candidate (RC) test build of Windows 7’s XP Mode add-on. More »