The Network Administrator

This tool checks your computer for infection by specific, prevalent malicious software (including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom) and helps to remove the infection if it is found. Microsoft will release an updated version of this tool on the second Tuesday of each month

If you havent installed this I would recommend doing so. You may already have it, in that case select start run type mrt.  

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=AD724AE0-E72D-4F54-9AB3-75B8EB148356&displaylang=en

Nero offers you the chance to enjoy Nero’s world-renowned data disc burning and copying features for an unlimited time, absolutely FREE!

http://www.nero.com/eng/downloads-nero9-free.php

Many of us including me have at least two or three computers, Not counting servers ofcourse Microsoft has confirmed that there will be a Windows 7 Family Pack. You will be able to install Windows 7 on three computers however the price is not yet available.

http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/06/23/engineering-changes-to-cleartype-in-windows-7.aspx

This is really cool, it gives end users the ability to easily fix many common problems without having to jump in too deep.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/fixit#tab0

There are really two ways to handle this issue.
One involves running ngen synchronously, at a higher priority one would suppose. Windows\Microsoft.Net\Framework\[dotNetVersion] folder and run “ngen executeQueuedItems“.

An alternative is to simply disable the CLR Optimization Service that is responsible for running mscorsvw.exe. The CLR Optimization Service is a new thing in .Net 2.0 that (generates native binary versions of your .Net code) assemblies in the background.

To disable the service, start, run, type services.msc … and choose .Net Runtime Optimization Service, right click and select Stop. To permanently stop it, right click, go to Properties, under Startup Type select Disabled.

For more information http://blogs.msdn.com/davidnotario/archive/2005/04/27/412838.aspx

I have been using Windows 7 beta at home for some time and it has been stable, but I have to say my overall impressions of Windows 7 RC are excellent. Compared with Windows XP or Windows Vista Sp1, windows 7 is simple, clean, crisp and fast. As an example with Windows Vista there must be five or six steps to setup networking or changing desktop settings, whereas Windows 7 there are one or two. The search functionality is even better than Vista and Vista search was great. From what we were told, windows 7  release to manufacture will happen Oct 22, 2009, and it will be available via Software assurance about two weeks after that. I have asked for the PowerPoint slides that were used in the presentation, I will pass those along when I get them.

Some of the technology we may want to explore with Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2.

1.       Federated searching

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  Windows 7 along with the desktop search, introduces Federated Search in which the scope of the search goes beyond your PC. You can now search for items in remote repositories from your PC. It is based on OpenSearch and the RSS format. Since it is based on open standards, it becomes very simple to create custom ‘search connectors’ for your own remote repositories. For example, you can search Flickr or Twitter from within explorer.
  There are already few search connectors available for download:

I.      Flickr Search Connector

II.     YouTube Search Connector

III.    Google News Search Connector

IV.     Google Blogs Search Connector

V.      Twitter Search Connector

VI.     MSN Search

VII.    Deviant Art Search

2.      Direct Access

I.      Direct Access is a new feature in Windows 7, a new feature that allows users to securely access corporate servers from outside the network…without a VPN.

3.      Branch Cache

I.      BranchCache in Windows 7 helps increase network responsiveness of applications, giving users in remote offices an experience more like working in the head office. When accessing content stored on Windows Server 2008 R2, users in a branch office don’t need to wait as long to download files from headquarters. When IT enables BranchCache, a copy of data accessed from an intranet web site or a file server is cached locally within the branch office. When another user on the same network requests the file, the user gets access to the content almost immediately as it is downloaded from the local cache rather than over a limited bandwidth connection back to headquarters.

4.      Bitlocker to Go

5.      Applocker

Known Software that may not be compatible with Windows 7 initially.

1.      Lotus Notes