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Windows 8 Path to RTM

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At the Microsoft Build Conference in Anaheim, California today Steven Sinofsky, President of Microsoft’s Windows and Windows Live Divisions anchored the Windows 8 keynote address.  Several details about Windows 8 were shared and demoed including details relating to the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) and General Availability (GA) of Windows 8.

Near the . . .

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IE9 Final Release Resources and Information

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On Monday night Microsoft released the final version of their latest web browser, Internet Explorer 9, and today Microsoft is reporting that it was downloaded 2.35 million times in the first 24 hours – which comes out to 27 times per second!

Some of you may have been just like me and . . .

Read More: IE9 Final Release Resources and Information

Microsoft Office 2010 Release Details

Microsoft Office 2010 is on track for an April RTM and retail availability in June 2010. They are also offering a free upgrade offer if you buy Office 2007 now. . . .

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Windows 7 Upgrade Chart from Microsoft

Thanks to Walt Mossberg from the Mossblog for this one – Deciphering Windows 7 Upgrades- The Official Chart.

I will just let the chart speak for itself – not sure I could add anything at all to it.

Related Posts Upgrading to the Windows 7 Release . . .

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Chkdsk bug in Windows 7 RTM

Looks like there might be a show stopping bug in Windows 7 RTM.  A memory leak has been discovered in the chkdsk process when using the /r command to scan  a non-system disk.

The issue does not appear until stage 4 is reached, at that point the memory leak will cause all of the ram . . .

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Windows 7 Has Released to Manufacturing Today

After all the hype; after all the rumors; after all the rampant blog posts, tweets and other communications avenues over the last few weeks – Windows 7 has been signed off on for real and the code is gold for RTM. It was apparently signed off at 9:56 AM (PST)this . . .

Read More: Windows 7 Has Released to Manufacturing Today