jw0rd.net » Windows 7 RC http://jw0rd.net Archived Tech Knowledge Mon, 18 May 2009 00:09:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Windows 7 RC First Impression http://jw0rd.net/2009/05/11/windows-7-rc-first-impression/ http://jw0rd.net/2009/05/11/windows-7-rc-first-impression/#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 20:21:25 +0000 admin http://jw0rd.net/?p=342 I am pleasantly surprised with what is now available in Windows 7. It has a similar feel to Vista but appears to use less overhead.

All screen shots were taken on a virtual machine running Windows 7 Build 7100 RC.

Desktop:
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Microsoft included Bitlocker, a tool used for full drive encryption. This tool makes it very difficult for common exploits to retrieve data through non Windows services or secondary Operating Systems.

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Also included is a back-up utility with the ability to back-up to a Network Share.

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You can create a full system image or just specific parts. And of course, scheduling.

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And like Vista, IIS7 is available for ASP .NET developers :)

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New to me, PowerShell 2.0. The language reminds me of c#, sorta.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/powershell/default.mspx

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The RC key doesn’t expire until June 10, 2010 so I don’t see this being finalized until at least 2011. I may upgrade my daily desktop shortly, it uses the about the same resources of XP Pro at idle.

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