Microsoft has released a second beta of the Windows 7 Software Logo Toolkit (build 1.0.7112.100) for download. Beta 2 adds a graphical user interface that makes the toolkit easier to use.

Microsoft has released a beta of the Windows 7 Software Logo Toolkit (1.0.7112.36) for download. Companies can use the toolkit to verify an application's compliance against the requirements of the ...

I've been living with Windows 7 for some time now. ... (Our newsroom USB modem didn't work with the beta of Windows 7.) With the release candidate, I was finally able to take the complete plunge.

In the Windows 7 beta it was impossible to separate desktop icons from gadgets under the View setting available by right-clicking on the desktop. Now there is the option to hide just your gadgets ...

Microsoft's Engineering Windows 7 weblog highlights the changes users can expect between Windows 7 Beta and the hotly anticipated Windows 7 Release Candidate. Many are "under the hood," but you ...

Microsoft sent to a select group of testers on December 16 invitations to participate in Windows 7 Beta 1. Individuals who received the invites are considered "tech beta testers." Here is part of ...

So let it be written, so let it be done. During Steve Ballmer’s decidedly humdrum keynote yesterday evening, the Microsoft CEO made several announcements that … ...

Attempts, however, to upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7 beta 1 are not allowed. It's not clear whether Microsoft will allow those upgrades upon general availability of Windows 7 later this year.

The first official beta of Microsoft’s knight in shining GUI will soon be issued but reviews are already beginning to pop up around the internet. … ...

The final RTM version of Windows 7 would be released about a year later, and this old beta build includes some of the changes customers experienced with the OS on their 2009 PC.