1. Windows 7 - What's new and what to expect?
2. About me… Work with the Packaging Team at TI MVP [Setup-Deploy] & STEP Member for Windows 7 Xpertised in Application Setups & Deployment Xtremely passionate about Technology Evangelism Xcited about Cricket and Music Biggiee Fan of Mark Russinovich, Sachin and Rahman.
3. Crazy Disclaimers I am not a Microsoftie ! I do not get paid from Microsoft for Evangelizing Windows Windows is a closed product developed by few product teams at MS. With all this, why do I love Windows 7? – Lets look at this presentation.
4. Agenda Windows 7 Evolution UX Enhancements Kernel Improvements Performance Enhancements Power Enhancements Security Enhancements IT Pro Features
10. Lessons Learnt Awkward Preview pane Complicated Shutdown button Arranging windows Unpleasant User Account Control The ultra-minimalist Defrag utility No-options backup program …………..
11. Areas of Improvement Too many launch surfaces Redundancy Organizing Data VPN Connectivity involves lengthy procedure Too many prompts Arranging windows involves acrobatics
12. UX Enhancements Demo No of Gadgets in right side ? What application do u build that is aware of where u are?? How many Icons in your Sys Tray ?? How do u check the system health ? How do u see the download status without having the window on top ? Minimize all ?? Clicks ?? When was the last time u used MS paint ? How can u open a document right from Start menu ? Set the window on right, Left ?? How do I have many wallpapers how do they change ?? How do I have multi locations shown in same folder ? How do I see / close the program/ document without getting on top? How do u setup Color Calibration ? Action Center ??
13. Significant Enhancement in Windows 7 System Tray Biometric Devices Taskbar Quick Launch Windows Health Center Progress bar No Dock Gadgets Show Desktop Jump List FAST !!! Desktop Slideshow New Paint Aero Snap Smarter UAC Calculator Data Library Backup Superbar Thumbnails Federated Search Easy Networking Ribbon Buttons Enhanced control panel MinWin Home Group Program Grouping Fast Shutdown Display Color Calibration Wizard Aero Shake Credential Manager Aero Peek Overlay Icons Multi Touch ClearType Text Tuner Color Hot Track Improved Search New Installation Process Fast Boot Window Management Action Center Interactive Thumbnails Windows Sensors Location Platform
15. Kernel Enhancements Performance Enhancements Fast Boot Working Set Improvements Triggered Services Power Enhancements Display Dim Core Parking SleepHibernate Improvements Security Enhancements UAC and Virtualization
16. Win Vista – Application Patching Challenges Requirement: Ability to keep the highest version of a shared component when a patch to it is uninstalled Design Change: Application Patches uninstall behavior should consider the global machine state instead of just the product state Install Word Install Outlook Apply a patch to Word Uninstall the patch to Word Word Word Outlook Word Outlook Word Patch Word Outlook Updates Spell Checker to v12.0 Updates Spell Checker to v12.6 Installs Spell Checker v12.0 Installs Spell Checker v12.5
17. Install Word Install Outlook Apply a patch to Word Uninstall the patch to Word Word Word Word Outlook Updates Spell Checker to v12.5 Updates Spell Checker to v12.6 Installs Spell Checker v12.0 Installs Spell Checker v12.5 Outlook Word Patch Spell Checker 12.0 Spell Checker 12.5 Spell Checker 12.6 Spell Checker 12.5 MSI Datastore Word Outlook Word’s cache Outlook’s cache Spell Checker 12.0 Spell Checker 12.5 Win 7 – Application Patching Improvements
18. IT-Pro Enhancements Search Federation Search Connectors Direct Access Bit Locker VHD Enhancements Branch Cache PowerShell V 2.0 for Clients
19. Windows 7 Builds on Windows Vista Few Changes: Most software that runs on Windows Vista will run on Windows 7 - exceptions will be low level code (AV, Firewall, Imaging, etc). Hardware that runs Windows Vista well will run Windows 7 well. Few Changes: Focus on quality and reliability improvements Deep Changes: New models for security, drivers, deployment, and networking
20. Resources Online: Engineering Windows 7 - http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/ Chris Jackson - http://blogs.msdn.com/cjacks/ My Technical Blog - http://www.msigeek.com Follow me on Twitter at “msigeek” Offline Windows Kernel Internals – Edition 6 – Mark Russinovich Speak to us all through the day
Notes de l'éditeur
No of Gadgets in right side ?What application do u build that is aware of where u are??How many Icons in your Sys Tray ??How do u check the system health ?How do u see the download status without having the window on top ?Minimize all ?? Clicks ??When was the last time u used MS paint ?How can u open a document right from Start menu ?Set the window on right, Left ??How do I have many wallpapers how do they change ??How do I have multi locations shown in same folder ?How do I see / close the program/ document without getting on top?How do u setup Color Calibration ?Action Center ??
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