Vista SP1, and then Windows 7, Windows 8 and Non-Windows Midori
2008 saw the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Server 2008, but Microsoft's journey on the Windows path is far from over.
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5.8.2008 Windows 7 RC Brings Windows XP Mode Beta and Windows Virtual PC Beta
The Release Candidate of Windows 7 will bring with it the first Beta development milestones for Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC.
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29.4.2009 Windows Reactivator 2.0 - Backup & Restore Activation Status of Windows XP with Windows Reactivator
Every time you reinstall your windows XP you need to reactivate it online using your product key & worst if you lost your Windows XP product key.
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3.6.2009 Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2
Feb 26th, 2008. Principled Technologies has released two Microsoft commissioned reports on Windows Vista SP1 performance. In these tests, Principled Technologies measured responsiveness of Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2 when performing a set of common business and home tasks.
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28.2.2008 Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9 – 1 Billion and Counting
Is Windows dead? Or, at least, is this the beginning of the end for Microsoft's proprietary operating system?
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15.9.2008 Week in Microsoft: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9
This week in Microsoft, we covered 128-bit support possibly coming to Windows 8 and Windows 9, Windows 7, Windows Mobile 6.5, Bill Gates, Office 2010 Starter, Microsoft MVP status, Windows Live Hotmail, the EU, and Microsoft Security Essentials.
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10.10.2009 Windows Vista Build 5231 and Windows Media Player 11 Leaks!
Windows Vista Build 5231 has leaked to the web. The new build is said to include Windows Media Player 11 included. View the screenshots below! This is a Main branch build that was released on September 12th, 2005 at 8:20PM.
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Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3: Official Release Dates
A French website, PC Inpact, has posted the official Microsoft product change request forms for Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3.
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6.2.2008 Download Free Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2 Straight from Microsoft
Via the Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image. That's right! Microsoft is offering access to free downloads of Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2.
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6.3.2008 Windows Vista SP1 outperforms Windows XP SP2 in file copy
"Its interesting that people seem to think that Vista under performs in every area of the system which is quite an incorrect perception.
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27.5.2008 Windows Fiji Has RTMd as Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008
Microsoft officially confirmed that Windows Fiji has been released to manufacturing.
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18.7.2008 Windows 7 Beta Doesn't Play Nice with Windows Azure Cloud OS Tools
The promise for Windows 7 is that it will deliver an evolution when it will come down to stretching into the Cloud compared to its precursor, Windows Vista.
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16.1.2009 Internet Explorer 8 MUI packs for Windows XP, Windows Server 03
As detailed in our previous blog post, the following Internet Explorer MUI packs shipped today.
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17.5.2009 Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta adds Windows 7 support
Microsoft announced the release of Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta, along with news that it will feature Windows 7 support.
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20.7.2009 Check for RAM Error or Defect in Windows 7 and Vista with Windows Memory Diagnostic
Memory or RAM is one of the most important electronic hardware component on a computer systems, not only in term of speed or clock frequency and size, but also the reliability of hardware ecosystem of the RAM sticks or memory modules and its subsystem.
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1.10.2009 The Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 98 Threat Mitigation Guide
Well, Microsoft still puts effort in old Windows versions...
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31.3.2006 Windows Vista comes with 19,500 drivers on DVD – more on Windows Update
Ever needed to find a driver for a product and wished Windows would either just have the driver in it, or that their Windows Update service could provide it? With Vista, it can – and new features and updates will be forthcoming too. It’s about time!
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20.11.2006 Windows XP Home No Longer Qualifies for Windows Vista Upgrades
Windows XP Home Edition no longer qualifies for Windows Vista Business Upgrade or Upgrade + SA through Volume Licensing.
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17.10.2007 Microsoft Offers a Complex Windows Vista vs. Windows XP Perspective
A new standard of security is an integer aspect of the evolution puzzle represented by the move from Windows XP to Windows Vista.
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3.11.2007 Windows XP SP3 to Drop Concomitantly with Windows Vista SP1?
Yes, it's time for every Windows user's favorite obsession: Windows XP Service Pack 3. The third and final service pack for Windows XP has been quite elusive for the past three years.
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25.11.2007 Windows Vista vs. Windows 9x/Me, NT Server, 2000 and XP
If at just a couple of weeks short of the first anniversary since Windows Vista hit the shelves you are still looking for reasons to upgrade to the latest Windows client, then Biplab Paul, Partner Technical Consultant with Microsoft India, has an impressive, and exhaustive list of features that are bound to tilt the balance in Vista's favor.
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14.1.2008 Free Windows Vista Business and Windows XP SP2 on Parade
Free Windows... Not a concept you would expect from Microsoft. With a business strategy focused on proprietary software, the Redmond company is by all means at the opposite technology spectrum from open source and free software.
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9.3.2008 Microsoft Presents the Lost Comparison: Windows Vista vs. Windows XP
With both Windows XP and Windows Vista being available concomitantly on the market, Microsoft is doing nothing more than inviting the consumers to compare the two operating systems.
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20.4.2008 Windows Server 2008 = Windows Vista SP1 Minus the Pain
Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn, is essentially intimately connected with Windows Vista Service Pack 1, to the level in which the RTM version of Microsoft's latest server operating system features the
SP1 label
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6.5.2008 Windows Embedded NavReady 2009 - Latest Windows Platform from Microsoft
The latest Windows operating system is available for download as of June 16, 2008. And no, it's not a new release of Windows 7, nor the first taste of Windows 7 Server.
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16.6.2008 Free Windows for Supercomputers Available for Download - Windows HPC Server 2008
Microsoft made the latest iteration of its Windows operating system for supercomputers available as a free download.
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23.9.2008 How to Install Windows 7 or Windows Vista on Physical Machine Without DVD Media
A lot of Windows Vista and Windows 7 license has been sold media-less nowadays, where buyers only receive a piece of authenticated certificate with a genuine and legitimate product key printed on it.
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23.12.2008 Windows 7 beta testers find critical Windows Installer Bug
Mary Jo reports that a number of Windows 7 Beta testers have come across a bug that crashes the system randomly whenever they try to start a Windows Update or install anything using Microsoft's MSI installer.
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19.1.2009 AeroBar: Show Titlebar Text in Explorer Windows Under Windows Vista
Have you ever wondered why Explorer Windows don't show titles in Windows Vista?
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13.2.2009 Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 SP2 reaches RTM
Microsoft has finally finished and compiled the RTM version of Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008. The full version string being 6.0.6006.18005, which company officials have confirmed is the final RTM version of SP2.
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28.4.2009OLPC achieves 2km range in 802.11s tests
A tester for the One
Laptop Per Child (OLPC)
project has tested wireless
technology using the 802.11s
'mesh networking' pre-draft
in Australia's outback and
achieved distances of
2km.
In a
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video interview with ZDNet
Australia at the AusCERT 2007
conference in Queensland last
week, OLPC's director of
security architecture Ivan
Krstić said the Outback
provided "close to perfect
conditions".
Krstić
said OLPC decided to go with
the pre-draft 802.11s
technology because it made the
most sense for the project...
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29.05.2007The future of wireless networking in Windows 7
Long Zheng: Its rare for a week to go by
without a few interesting Microsoft job advertisements. One of which
posted last week provides a pretty good idea at how the next version of Windows will improve the wireless
networking experience.
Vista was about making Wi-Fi connections as seamless, manageable and secure as wired networks.
The next Windows version is really about taking Wireless networking to the next level by enabling new complete end to end scenarios and
experiences that are going to change how windows PCs interact with each other and other devices and nodes over a wireless network.
As a part of the Windows Networking Ecosystem Technologies team, you will be working on scenarios around virtualizing Wireless to allow
connections to multiple networks simultaneously. You will be working on enabling new windows to windows connectivity paths within a wireless network
to improve wireless throughput and latency. You will be working on wireless-only office and mesh networking scenarios that will make setup and
management of wireless networks quick and inexpensive with the goal to reduce TCO for centrally controlled and secured deployments by improving
manageability, performance and reliability.
As a part of this work, you will be working closely on existing and in-works wireless
standards such as IEEE 802.11s, 802.11k, 802.11r, 802.11w. This position will provide you the unique opportunity of working on core wireless
areas as well as collaborating with several other key Windows technologies to deliver a complete functional end to end scenario. The work will be in
both the Windows kernel and user space.
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04.11.2007Mobile WiMax spec becomes a
standard
IEEE approves
802.16e
The IEEE this week formally
ratified the mobile version of
the WiMax wireless broadband
system as a
standard.
Known as 802.16e, the mobile
standard now officially
extends the already ratified
802.16-2004 - aka 802.11d -
specification, which details
connections between fixed
locations. The 802.16e
standard allows a base-station
to communicate with a moving
device.
The two
versions of WiMax are not
compatible, but both are
expected to be ultimately
implemented in dual-mode
base-stations, allowing a
single antenna to talk to
transceivers mounted on the
side of buildings and to
devices carried by cars,
trains and
pedestrians.
By the
end of 2005, 802.16-2004 and
802.16e should have been
merged into a single IEEE
document, 802.16e-2005...
winbeta.org - 08.12.2005
D-Link Preps First 802.11n
Products
D-Link on Wednesday said it
planned to deliver its first
802.11n capable wireless
devices by the end of April,
heralding the arrival of the
next-generation wireless
standard. Although 802.11n has
not yet been finalized,
hardware manufacturers are
using draft specifications
with ratification expected
soon...
betanews.com - 05.04.2006
Could the 802.11n Logjam Finally Be Broken?
Last Friday, in a vote even
some veteran observers of the
networking industry weren't
expecting, members of the IEEE
802.11 Working Group voted
unanimously to advance what's
currently being called Draft
1.1 of the 802.11n high-speed
WiFi standard. A subsequent
vote in the spring could move
the draft to 2.0 status...
betanews.com - 24.01.2007
Beware the 802.11n 'power' play
Next-generation 802.11n systems promise to considerably improve WLAN performance. But the processing required for the boost sucks up more power than
the older 802.11a/b/g networks. Still, many enterprise-class Wi-Fi vendors claim to deliver full 802.11n capabilities without enterprise customers
having to touch their power infrastructures. So what gives?
Power is just one issue for which youll have to don your detectives
hat when exploring the comparative performance, range, and upgrade issues associated with a move to 802.11n. But Siemens announcement last week that
it had śsolved the power problem for 802.11nť with its HiPath Wireless 802.11n product set, due to ship in March, set me on an investigative path to
find out what the various suppliers are offering and what their recommended approaches to powering 802.11n networks are.
winbeta.org - 29.01.2008
First Draft of 802.11n Spec
Rejected
A draft version of the
proposed 802.11n wireless
networking standard failed to
pass Tuesday, leading some to
criticize
"pre-802.11n" products
that have begun to flood the
market. Only 46 percent of
voters approved the draft, far
short of the 75 percent needed
for ratification...
betanews.com - 04.05.2006
Next gen iPhone / Touch to have 802.11n and FM radio
As reported by AppleInsider, the next generation of iPhone and iPod Touch, rumored to be released in June or July, roughly the same date as the iPhone
firmware 3.0 releases, will include many new enhancements over previous iPhones. The next generation iPhone and iPod Touch are rumored to support
wireless 802.11n, previously only supports 5Ghz 802.11a and 2.4 802.11b/g networks. The upgrade will allow low-power 802.11n networks to be utilized
for speed, where all MacBook's currently support 802.11n. The next generation iPhone and iPod Touch are also rumored to support FM radio signals,
to both receive and transmit capabilities.
Read full story.....
neowin.net - 06.04.2009
Broadcom: 802.11n unlikely to replace 802.11g
Broadcom has revised its outlook for 802.11n chips, envisioning that 802.11n is unlikely to replace 802.11g as the mainstream technology standard for
the WLAN market, according to Michael Hurlston, vice president and general manager of Broadcom's WLAN business unit. The price difference between
802.11n and 802.11g solutions was a fundamental factor in Broadcom's shift in outlook for 802.11n chips, Hurlston added. Since the manufacture of
802.11g chips is mature and the prices for 802.11g devices are very competitive, 802.11g will continue to be the mainstream for the industry, Hurlston
stated.
neowin.net - 05.09.2007
Motorola Says No To 802.11 Draft Devices
Motorola is taking a pass on
producing 802.11n products
until the standard is fully
ratified, the company told
ZDNet UK on Friday. Officials
say they would rather wait for
the final standard to be
worked out...
betanews.com - 26.05.2007
While World Waits for 802.11n, Broadcom Advances 11g
This morning, Broadcom
announced it has miniaturized
its 802.11g chipsets for use
in very small networking
devices. The goal is to
empower not only handsets but
smaller components still, with
the capability to receive 54
Mbps...
betanews.com - 24.10.2006
Interop panel: Finally finalizing 802.11n
You may think the 802.11n Wi-Fi networking standard is already here. The fact is, equipment manufacturers have been relying on drafts. At last, the
final draft is on its way, and an Interop panel discussed its implications Wednesday...
betanews.com - 18.09.2008
Apple Offers $1.99 802.11n Upgrade
Apple has begun offering a
$1.99 USD software patch that
would enable use of 802.11n
wireless networking on select
Intel-based Mac models.
However, the update has not
come without controversy...
betanews.com - 30.01.2007
How to deploy XP SP3 in an existing wired 802.1x environment
Clay Seymour: Prior to SP3, the 802.1x service for XP is the Wireless Zero Configuration Service. This service handles the 802.1x needs for both
wired and wireless connections. This has been problematic since not everyone uses wired 802.1x. Also, because the wired 802.1x engine listens
passively for EAP Identity traffic, we are not fully compliant with the IEEE spec, which state the client should initiate authentication by sending an
EAPOL-Start frame.
With SP3, we have separated the wireless service from the wired service and created a new Dot3Svc (Wired
AutoConfig). This service is set as a manual start as opposed to being automatic. The default behavior of the Dot3Svc is now compliant with the IEEE
specification.
winbeta.org - 23.05.2008
New certification process to ignite sales of 802.11n Draft 2
The Wi-Fi Alliance's recent
announcement that it will
begin certifying products
using the 802.11n Draft 2.0
specification starting in June
is expected to help enhance
customer confidence over pre-N
products and therefore boost
sales of 802.11n devices and
help the industry migrate to
802.11n from 802.11g.
This statement is reasonable
since the alliance has
certified products for all of
the preceding 802.11
standards, including 802.11a,
802.11b and 802.11g, and
customers have trusted the
alliance's certification
marks and have purchased Wi-Fi
products accordingly. When the
802.11n Draft 1.0 standard was
unveiled in March 2006,
related chipmakers and
network-equipment makers,
especially those based in
Taiwan, had hoped that the new
standard would significantly
help drive sales for the
industry.
neowin.net - 08.06.2007
D-Link Upgrades 802.11n Hardware
Although networking companies
have for a year been selling
802.11n branded gear, which
promises much faster speeds
and less interference at
longer distances, the standard
is not yet set in stone. Thus,
companies are now rolling out
updates based on the 2.0 draft
of the standard...
betanews.com - 09.05.2007
Second Draft of 802.11n Moves Forward
802.11n wireless networking
came closer to becoming an
actual standard on Tuesday, as
the IEEE said that 'Draft
2.0' received more than the
required 75 percent
supermajority required for the
process to move forward...
betanews.com - 14.03.2007
Companies Push 802.11n Forward
27 companies announced on
Monday that they would be
joining forces to promote the
next generation of wireless
networking technology. The
group would be known as the
Enhanced Wireless Consortium
and will push for the
ratification of 802.11n, which
promises connection speeds of
up to 600 Mbps...
betanews.com - 11.10.2005
802.11r now a published IEEE standard
The newest Wi-Fi protocol, 802.11r, which has become the de facto "Wireless VoIP standard", received final approval this morning by the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) standards board...
betanews.com - 30.08.2008
802.11n Standard Unlikely
Until 2008
A backlog of almost 12,000
comments on the first draft of
the proposed 802.11n standard
is pushing back the second
draft, originally planned for
late fall of this year. The
delay means that the final
standard may not be approved
until 2008...
betanews.com - 15.08.2006
