Poll reveals user love for Windows 7

44% are ‘very satisfied’ with the beta, compares with 10% of early Vista users. More »

Is Windows 7 reliable enough to release now? | Ed Bott’s Microsoft Report | ZDNet.com

Ed talks about how reliable Windows 7 is proving to be, and the performance is good as well.
Is Windows 7 reliable enough to release now? | Ed Bott’s Microsoft Report | ZDNet.com.

Windows 7: New Windows 7 Build 7057 Hits BitTorrent

The latest build of Windows 7 (7057) includes UAC fixes, improved superbar resizing, user interface updates like new user icons, wallpapers, and a new logon and shutdown dialog. More »

Microsoft: Here are some of the Win 7 changes coming in the next build | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com

Microsoft is changing some of the changes it’s making before the RC release, which include task bar, Media Player, networking, touch, the Windows Explorer and overall performance. More »

Windows 7: Beta testers, not Microsoft, need more feedback | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com

Mary Jo questions whether the ‘one way’ feedback system that Windows 7 Beta employs works. More »

Engineering Windows 7 : Feedback and Engineering Windows 7

A very long post that talks about how Microsoft uses the Windows 7 Beta feedback that users give them. More »

Get your Windows 7 Beta DVD here – istartedsomething

Need Windows 7 Beta but can’t download it anymore? Long has some DVDs to give away! More »

What do Windows 7 beta testers really want? | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com

Mary Jo notes that the feedback process for the Windows 7 beta is a one way street, and users aren’t kept in the loop of what’s going on, making them feel that the process isn’t working. More »

TechBlog: Windows 7 beta users to get updates that aren’t updates

Microsoft is testing the update feature in Windows 7 be sending ‘blank’ updates that don’t actually add new features or fixes. More »

KB967213

Consider the following scenario. You use Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 on a Windows 7 Beta (build 7000)-based computer. Additionally, you connect to an Microsoft Exchange Online mailbox as part of the Microsoft Business Productivity Online service. In this scenario, the following Outlook 2007 features do not work:

• The Autodiscover service
• The Out of Office Assistant
• Offline Address Book downloads
• Free or busy scheduling information