Readyboost now is able to support USB thumbdrive up to 8GB. To do so, simply
- Open Windows Explorer and navigate to Computer.
- Right click on the removable drive to be used for Readyboost and select Format.
- In the format window, select NTFS for File system and Default allocation size for Allocation unit size.
- Click on Start
- When done, right click on the removable drive again and select Properties.
- Select Readyboost tab followed by Dedicate this device to Readyboost.
- Click on OK.
A quick seach on mininova shows that the new build 7068 is out for grab, both x86 and x64 version. However, news is that that is a fake build and is infact build 7057. On the other hand, there is evident supporting that the build actually existed.
A post on the Windows 7 blog by Steven Sinofsky, senior VP for the Windows engineering group, has detailed the latest changes made to Windows 7 RC.
Quite some changes had been made on the user interface, due to strong demand during the beta feedback.
MICROSOFT TECHIE Mark Russinovich has dropped the biggest hint yet that Windows 7 will be available at retail by Christmas this year.
source: the inquirer
And hopefully they would. I have been using it on my laptop and certainly love it.
It was only 2 years since Vista got RTM, now I am getting my hands dirty with Windows 7 already. While build 6803 may not be anywhere near the actual product, it has already shown us some of the (huge) changes that has been made after Vista.
Installation of Windows 7 is almost identical to Vista. First you select the language, agree to the UCLA, select the disk to install Windows 7 and the installation begins.
No detailed walkthrough will be mentioned. I will be posting screenshots follow by screenshots and maybe more screenshots.
Windows 7 startup screen
Creation of first user
Gadgets, where the sidebar is history. I actually liked the sidebar alot.
Windows 7 Ultimate
The start menu. There isn’t much changes as compared to Vista. However, the latest build inside Microsoft lab actually looks slightly different.
New look for Windows Explorer
PowerShell ver2 come by default!
And it comes with a simple GUI editor as well, known as the Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment.
Paint after a makeover? Ribbons has been added. When was the last time Paint got a major change anyway?
Calc on steriods. There are 4 modes, Standard, Scientific, Programmer and Statistic.
Windows Media Player is now 12
That’s all for now.
Windows Vienna, formerly known as Windows Blackcomb, was given a new name again. “Windows 7″ that is, seems like Microsoft is intending to follow the naming convention as the Microsoft Office Suite, now known as “Office 14″.
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