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One of the new features that will be introduced in certain skews of Windows 7 is an application knows as XP Mode, a virtualized install of (generally) Windows XP that allows users to run Windows XP apps side by side with programs running on Windows 7.   This seemingly opens up a whole new world of potential when it comes to using virtualization as security.  Having a program running streamline with your main operating system while being completely isolated from the system itself would be quite a boon.  Unfortunately, however, Microsoft may come through and chose convenience over security and leave a few holes open.

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Windows 7

Microsoft has updated their Windows 7 development blog today with some depressing information about how they plan to allow users to migrate from the Beta version of Windows 7 to the Release Candidate – they want us to *shudder* DOWNGRADE to Vista then re-upgrade to the RC!  Of course, they do provide a separate option that will allow users to do a direct upgrade, but the steps they list seem unnecessarily difficult and convoluted when compared to running the upgrade from Vista to 7

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MG_Chris Windows, technology beta, microsoft, operating system, RC, software, upgrade, Windows 7