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	Dive into Windows 7
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Windows Highlights

Windows 7 Test Drive Site is Available
This site enables you to test and assess Windows 7 from your browser through a collection of virtual labs and supporting videos.

Update to Windows API Code Pack is available!
This release includes bug fixes, new APIs to support DirectWrite and Direct2D, additional samples, and documentation improvements.

Microsoft Facebook SDK is available!
The SDK contains resources that enable you to build Facebook applications with Silverlight, WPF, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, and Windows Forms.

Microsoft Blogs

Direct2D and DirectWrite
One of the more interesting aspects of Direct2D is that it cooperates with another API, DirectWrite... more
Friday, Dec 18 by Mark Lawrence

The Windows 7 PDC Boot Camp Recordings Are Online
During PDC, I had the amazing opportunity to join a group of remarkable engineers in presenting pa... more
Wednesday, Dec 16 by Yochay Kiriaty

Windows 7 Debugging Demo: Troubleshooting the Broken Microsoft Time Zone Utility
Earlier today, I received this request from a customer: This (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads... more
Wednesday, Dec 16 by Chris Jackson

MFCopy
MFCopy.exe - This is a command line tool showcasing the Windows 7 Media Foundation source reader and... more
Wednesday, Dec 16 by mfblog

Featured Content

	PDC 2009 Presentations Watch presentations from PDC 2009.
	Cog Stacking Code Sample This code sample integrates Windows Touch with DirectX 10 to enable a touchable game.
	Windows 7 Online Training A set of presentations, hands-on labs, and demos designed to help you build applications that are compatible with and light up on Windows 7.

Other Resources

	Application Compatibility Help, guidance, and tools to help you identify and work through compatibility issues.
	Code Gallery Sample applications, code snippets, and other resorces.
	CodePlex Microsoft's open source project-hosting site.
	MSDN Magazine In-depth articles on Windows development.
	Windows SDK The essential kit for Windows development.