Sean Delaney

Windows 7 is the new Microsoft operating system that will be the successor of Windows Vista. The title is just a codename that is being used during development and Microsoft already confirmed that they will come up with another name once the release of the new operating system draws nearer.

Still a question to most users is why it is called Windows 7. The reason is really simple. It is called Windows 7 because Windows Vista is Windows 6 and Windows XP Windows 5. There is really no other reason behind the choice of the name

Microsoft is concentrating on the development of Windows Vista and is trying its best to keep the information about Windows 7 to a bare minimum to avoid hurting sales of Windows Vista.

Read up more on Windows 7 here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/

http://www.winsupersite.com/faq/windows_7.asp

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081028-first-look-at-windows-7.html

I’m currently using two PC’s in my house to test my work in Internet Explorer 6 and 7. I searched the web and found with a little hacking that you could install and run both versions on the same machine - one of them as standalone. However this only worked for some time before Microsoft stopped it with an IE7 security update.

I then came across this solution which is very easy. Its a program called MultipleIEs. It installs Internet Explorer versions 3, 4.0.1, 5.0.1, 5.5 and 6 onto your PC and enables you to run them simultaneously.

It does’nt effect your installation of IE7 either and you will be fully equipped with the tools and necessary debug scripts and CSS. There are some minor issues tho, so you should be aware of cookies not working in the older versions.

I’m not sure if it will install and run Windows Vista but you can give it a try… check it out here