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Photos: Taking the wraps off Windows 7

Prebeta unveiled

Tags: windows 7, vista, microsoft

By Robert Vamosi

Published: 29 October 2008 16:43 GMT

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Booting up is much faster in Windows 7. Instead of being greeted by Vista's Welcome Center, users are taken to a Windows Live Messenger sign-in page.

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