What's a Vista business user to do?The Scarlet V

Windows 7 has been released to manufacturing and is obviously the operating system that Microsoft and its partners will be pushing for the next two-plus years. If you’re one of those business users who is in the midst of deploying Vista, what should you do?

But in May, around the time Microsoft delivered the near-final Release Candidate (RC) test build of Windows 7, Windows execs stopped saying much at all about Vista. In fact, it was like pulling teeth to get them to talk about Vista Service Pack (SP) 2, in terms of discussing features, fixes and/or availability. At the company’s recent Worldwide Partner Conference, the message was clear: As of May, any marketing campaigns that had been using the word “Vista” should be switched to refer to “Windows.”

Mike Angiulo, General Manager of Microsoft’s Planning and PC Ecosystem team, said Microsoft is not casting off its Vista users.

“We are not abandoning our existing Vista customers,” Angiulo said. “A three-year cycle is the right amount of time” for the delivery of a new client operating system release to users, and that’s just about how long it will be by the time it makes Windows 7 generally available, he said.

“A year ago, 87 percent of our commercial customers were on XP. Many are looking to skip a generation and go straight to Vista, Windows 7″ said Jim Ginger, Global Lead of Dell’s End User Services Computing Practice. (Sorry: my mistake on that one… MJF)

But like Microsoft, Dell is insisting that the Windows 7 push won’t mean that Vista users get left behind.

“They can continue with Vista or start rolling out (Windows) 7. The two are similar enough that they will work harmoniously together” so having a mixed Vista/Windows 7 environment shouldn’t be an issue, he said.

The Air Force, as of April of this year, had deployed 90,000 Vista laptops and desktops, according to one of my sources who has knowledge of the details of the contract. The Air Force evaluated and tested Vista between December 2006 to June 2008 and initially deployed the operating system among select bases to about 10,000 users before going further. The Air Force moved to Vista because of the security assurances it offered over XP, according to my source.

10 cool tools in Windows 7

1: Action Center

The central administration is the name of the game today, and Windows 7, and gives you shopping in one place where you can go in addressing the issues of security, troubleshooting and recovery, but to search for all applications. It combines all the easy-to-use Control Panel Applet and, if maintaining the security of information, you can view the data on their effectiveness, to change the settings in the companion more.

2: the problem of registration steps

One of the finest and Windows 7 steps to the problem of registration (SSR) - especially for those of us who provide technical support for users of Windows. Whatever they tried, and users often problems in the accurate description of the problem, and found that the actions taken or before or after. Of course, it is not possible to provide assistance after an accident in such cases. But you can not always be in contact with the user's computer in real time. It is when the SSR.
This is, in fact, the type of screen capture programs that record every activity - Keystrokes, mouse clicks, and so on - and stores the sequence of events MHTML page document every step of the user is taking a snapshot of the screen. PSR psr.exe begin typing in the search box or the Start menu command the International Organization for Standardization prompt.3 burner

ISO image of the type of archive file, which is often used to distribute programs. Microsoft Windows 7 to resolve what is a list of the wishes of many users for a long time: You do not have to download and install a third party to the International Organization for Standardization burning the file to disk.

This is a simple process: Once the download. International Organization for Standardization on the hard disk, and then click only twice, and Windows 7 will open the dialog box to save images to disk box.
4: biometric device management

In previous versions of Windows and biometric authentication, and management of biometric devices (fingerprint sensors) required third party software that may or may not be able to integrate well with the operating system. Now it is built in Windows 7 are included in the program and Windows biometrics, which provides the API developers can use to create applications of biometrics. Makers fingerprint sensors, such as AuthenTec and upeklo, and worked with Microsoft to develop. Biometric devices, which are managed through the control panel applet.5: credential management

Credentials of another new feature of Windows and the 7th in a manner similar to a password management feature of Vista, User Accounts Applet, but it is more complicated than that. You can manage the credentials and Windows PCs on different incomes, and to testify on the basis of credentials, and other types of credentials (e-mail accounts, Internet, etc.) .. These are stored, by default, in Windows Vault.
6: Display the Windows Mobility Center

If you give the parties and presentations, which will receive a new tool for Windows 7 that makes it easier for you to show Windows 7 on the desktop of a laptop display. Once the pressure on the Windows logo key + R and you'll see a pop-up window box.
7: Text color calibration and control

The computer does not work, but the screen is what you will see every day. If it does not look good and get more from the experience of your computer, and can actually strain your eyes. Windows 7 includes two of the main tools to adjust to fit your screen preferences.
8: the reform of the system disk

With Windows Vista SP1 Betas include the new feature makes it easy to create a CD-friendly reform of the graphical interface, but they canceled the final release of SP1. Windows 7 and the restoration of function. Simply click Start, and type of repair system in the search box. Click on the establishment of the reform of the CD. This opens the dialogue box.
9: improving backup facilities

Of course, previous versions of Windows, including support facilities, but this tool to a large extent and 7th Windows Vista support the program easy to use, but not very flexible. Windows 7 gives you more granular control over what you want of support.

You can use the backup and restore the Applet from the control panel, and backup, or write in the search box on the Start menu. You can make a backup of the files on the local hard disk and removable disk, DVD, or other computer networks. (You may need to provide credentials to access the Web site.) Now you can choose to support the individual libraries or folders.
10: PowerShell v2

Windows PowerShell (Figure P) is a command line interface shell and scenario tool simplifies Windows administrators to automate tasks using the cmdlets which teams carry out their tasks, as well as text, which consists of a series of cmdlets complex, multi-step tasks.