Windows 7 release candidate feels a bit more like a proper version of Windows – it says “Windows 7 Ultimate” on it and everything. However, it’s back to the naughty step with Microsoft, as it overwrote the MBR.

Now to be fair it is a 64-bit OS overwriting a 32-bit OS. But an “overwrite MBR” prompt would be nice. (more…)

Betas for Visual Studio 2010 and .Net framework 4 are publicly available. I’m intening to rebuild my Windows 7 beta with the release candidate, so they will go straight on there. More as I find it out

I was re-organising my bookmarks the other day, and came across this little gem. Anyone else remember Windows Millennium? Enjoy…

Microsoft’s Small Basic, currently at version 0.4, looks interesting. As well as being a very small variant of Basic (14 keywords), it sounds like a nice easy way for the beginner-to-average (not to mention less than occasional) programmer to knock together some .Net applications. I might have a look myself and get back to you on it…

I’ve installed Microsoft Office 97 on Windows 7 (and just leeched that spiffy download page I found on the MS website…). I suspect this may be the longest lived version of Office, working as far back as NT 3.51, Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, and now Win7. I never install that accursed paper clip though…