Will Windows 7 be unveiled on 7/7?

There are many websites reporting that Microsoft is going to release the RC version of Windows 7 to the public starting May 5. And I think that it is going to be released on that date!

The thing that nobody noticed (at least on the websites that I visited) is that May 5 is the same as 5/5 in all the World’s countries. Microsoft is using these types of dates for the public to remember them easily.

If the marketing department continues to use these types of dates, there is a great possiblity that Windows 7 will be unveiled on July 7th or 7/7! Imagine the following banner:

Windows 7 coming on 7/7

What a great marketing campaign would it be! Kudos for the marketing department at Microsoft!!

Share Folders/External Drives with CMD

Yesterday we had a problem regarding sharing. We needed to share an encrypted drive to be accessed from other computers. To share a folder or any drive, you would normally

• go to the folder/drive to be shared
• right click
• select properties
• select the “Sharing” tab
• Click “Advanced Sharing”
• Check Share this folder
• Click the “Permissions” button
• Change Permissions as needed

But we had a problem. Encrypted drives or any other External Drives, when removed or a user logs off the system, the sharing properties and any others are lost and defaults are loaded again. So we didn’t want that the user would have to go through all the previous steps to share a drive or folder.

So this is the solution we found!

Download Windows 7 Beta: 32-bit or 64-bit

Update: You can try using the direct downloads for Windows 7 Beta 32-bit or 64-bit versions.

As promised, Windows 7 Beta is officially available to download for the general public. You’ll need a Windows Live email address to be able to download it. You can download the Beta from here where you can either choose between the 32-bit and the 64-bit versions.

I just tried to download the 64-bit version but the server is experiencing “technical difficulties”, in other words, a lot of traffic… who knows why . I’ll be checking in a few more hours. If you are able to download, please let me know.

4 Editions of Windows 7

Apparently, Windows 7 will have 4 different editions, at least according to the Windows 7 Beta installation. When installing, the user can choose one of the following editions to install:

• Windows 7 Home Basic
• Windows 7 Home Premium
• Windows 7 Business
• Windows 7 Ultimate

Windows 7 Beta x64 leaked

A few hours before Steve Ballmer makes his keynote at CES 2009, the Windows 7 Beta 64-bit version has been leaked on the torrents. A few weeks back, the 32-bit version was leaked and things looked pretty good with this version, so i’m hoping that the 64 bit version will perform on the same level, if not even better .

The full file name is said to be 7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD.ISO with a file size of 3.15 Gigabytes.

Click here to download the torrent for Windows 7 Beta x64 edition. If you want to wait for the Windows 7 public beta version it should be released in the coming days, after tonight’s Ballmer’s keynote!

Happy torrenting… if you cannot wait!