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'''Windows 7''' (previously known as "Vienna" and before that, "Blackcomb") is the name for the version of [[Microsoft|Microsoft's]] [[Windows (operating system)|Windows]] [[operating system]] preceding [[Windows 8]], originally announced in February 2000, but was subject to major delays such as [[Windows XP|Windows XP SP2]] and [[Vista (operating system)|Windows Vista]] (which was also delayed by XP SP2). "Seven" was released on October 22, 2009. Work on Windows 7 began right after Windows Vista was released.  

'''Windows 7''' (previously known as "Vienna" and before that, "Blackcomb") is the name for the version of [[Microsoft|Microsoft's]] [[Windows (operating system)|Windows]] [[operating system]] preceding [[Windows 8]], which was originally announced in February 2000, but was subject to major delays like [[Windows XP]] and [[Vista (operating system)|Windows Vista]] (which was also delayed by XP SP2). "Seven" was released on October 22, 2009. Work on Windows 7 began right after Windows Vista was released. Some early details of a few core operating system features surfaced at developer conferences such as WHEC in 2006.

Some early details of a few core operating system features surfaced at developer conferences such as WHEC in 2006.

== History & Development ==

== History & Development ==

Microsoft released Windows 7 at the end of 2009.

Microsoft released Windows 7 at the end of 2009.

Microsoft originally had planned for Vista to include a number of big changes to Windows, including a new file system ([[WinFS]]) and a completely new user interface, but after Windows XP was hit by huge worm outbreaks in 2003, Microsoft moved almost all of its entire engineering team to locking down Windows with the XP SP2 release.

Microsoft originally had planned for Vista to include a number of big changes to Windows, including a new file system ([[WinFS]]) and a completely new user interface, but after Windows XP was hit by huge [[Worm (malware)|worm]] outbreaks in 2003, Microsoft moved almost all of its entire engineering team to locking down Windows with the XP SP2 release.

"We put Longhorn on the back burner for awhile," Fathi said. "Then when we came back to it, we realized that there were incremental things that we wanted to do, and significant improvements that we wanted to make in Vista that we couldn't deliver in one release."

"We put Longhorn on the back burner for awhile," Fathi said. "Then when we came back to it, we realized that there were incremental things that we wanted to do, and significant improvements that we wanted to make in Vista that we couldn't deliver in one release."

== Features ==

== Features ==

Windows 7 includes many new features, such as support for touch screen interfaces<ref name="cnet">https://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/22/windows.seven/index.html</ref> which lets users draw on the computer screen like a piece of paper.<ref>https://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/tabletpc/russel_03january20.mspx</ref>  Unlike in previous operating systems, Microsoft decided on many of these new features in conjunction with major computer manufacturers.<ref name="cnet" /> Microsoft also redesigned the user interface in many applications, including Paint and Wordpad, which now sport the ribbon interface that Microsoft first introduced in several Office 2007 applications.  

Windows 7 includes many new features, such as support for touch screen interfaces<ref name="cnet">https://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/22/windows.seven/index.html</ref> which lets users draw on the computer screen like a piece of paper.<ref>https://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/tabletpc/russel_03january20.mspx</ref>  Unlike in previous operating systems, Microsoft decided on many of these new features in conjunction with major computer manufacturers.<ref name="cnet" /> Microsoft also redesigned the user interface in many applications, including Paint and Wordpad, which now sport the ribbon interface that Microsoft first introduced in several Office 2007 applications.  

== Undocumented Features ==

== Undocumented features ==

 

Software developers are given a shortcut to various internal settings, much like control panel. Dubbed "GodMode" by bloggers; it was not something Microsoft used internally to refer to the undocumented settings folders.  Apparently, it has been included since Windows Vista but never discussed by Microsoft until bloggers stumbled upon it.<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10426627-56.html Windows 7 has lots of 'GodModes' (exclusive), CNET.com, January 6, 2010]</ref> This did not circumvent any account or other security limitations, so it was not considered a to be a problem.<br />

Software developers are given a shortcut to various internal settings. Dubbed "GodMode" by bloggers; it was not something Microsoft used internally to refer to the undocumented settings folders.  Apparently, it has been included since Windows Vista but never discussed by Microsoft until bloggers stumbled upon it.<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10426627-56.html Windows 7 has lots of 'GodModes' (exclusive), CNET.com, January 6, 2010]</ref>

==See also==

==See also==

*[[Windows Vista]]

*[[Windows Vista]]

*[[Windows 8]]

*[[Windows 8]]

   

   

== References ==

== References ==