Windows Live Messenger - General Availability
Windows Live Messenger will be made available to the public in 8 days, Friday 16th June 2006. The successor to MSN Messenger 7.5
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8.6.2006 Windows Vista RC1 Availability Update
Microsoft employee Nick White has posted some information on the Windows Vista team blog regarding the availability of RC1.
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11.8.2006 Vista Won't End Windows XP Availability
I can't count how many times people have asked me if Windows XP would be available on new PCs following Vista's release.
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25.12.2006 Windows 7 Pre-Beta Availability Confirmed
Microsoft is making headway with the building process of Windows 7, the next iteration of the Windows client, and is gearing up to release a development milestone of the operating system at the end of next month.
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24.9.2008 General availability for the Windows 7 Beta to end
First off: thank you for your interest in beta testing Windows 7! As we near January 24th, we wanted to update everyone again on the next steps for the Windows 7 Beta.
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25.1.2009 General availability for the Windows 7 Beta to end
First off: thank you for your interest in beta testing Windows 7! As we near January 24th, we wanted to update everyone again on the next steps for the Windows 7 Beta.
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26.1.2009 Windows 7 Volume License and Trial Availability
Last month we made Windows 7 available to customers with Software Assurance and to MSDN and TechNet Subscribers. Today I am happy to announce two more ways for businesses to get Windows 7 for their deployment and evaluation.
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3.9.2009 Microsoft announces availability of Windows phones
Today can be marked as the last day of the "Windows Mobile" device brand as Microsoft has announced the availability of Windows Phones worldwide at an exclusive event in NYC hosted by Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division.
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6.10.2009 XP Availability Extended Despite Vista SP2 and Windows 7
While it is cooking Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows 7, Microsoft has also managed to further extend the availability of Windows XP. With the 32-bit version of Vista's precursor at Service Pack 3, and at SP2 for the 64-bit flavor, Windows XP will now live until June 2009.
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22.12.2008 Windows 7 RTM Availability Time-Line Update
Almost everybody who care about Windows 7 probably already knew that Windows 7 RTM General Availability (GA) is scheduled on October 22nd, 2009.
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22.7.2009 Windows Vista Build 5728 Availability Window Closing Soon
Nick White has posted this on the Vista team blog yesterday, thought I'd give everyone who is interested in testing the latest build of Vista a heads up on the limited availability.
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26.9.2006 Windows 7 Beta Bots Caused the Build 7000 Availability Delay
Microsoft offered the first taste of Windows 7 to the general public at the start of January 2009.
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12.11.2009 Microsoft Announces the Availability of Vista SP1, XP SP3 and Windows Home Server
Microsoft is currently hard at work cooking the first service pack for Windows Vista and the third and final service pack for Windows XP. On top of these two refreshes for its last releases of the Windows client, Microsoft has also debuted in the area of home servers in July 2007, with the RTM of Windows Home Server.
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9.10.2007 Announcing Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 General Availability
BOSTON ? June 12, 2006 ? At the Tech?Ed 2006 conference, Microsoft Corp. today announced the general availability of Microsoft Dynamics? AX 4.0, an adaptable, global business-management solution that works like and with familiar Microsoft? software and helps organizations gain a competitive advantage. Through the use of Web services and other enhancements, the highly anticipated new release delivers a complete enterprise resource planning (ERP) package to automate and streamline processes across a company?s financials, customer relationships, business services, human resources and the supply chain.
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12.6.2006 Microsoft Announces Availability of New Zune Accessories at Retail
Zune unveils an expanded list of accessory partners to offer existing and new Zune users a wider selection.
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30.10.2007 Microsoft clears up Zune 80 availability issues
Those of you searching in vain for a Zune 80 may not have longer to wait.
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22.11.2007 Vista SP2 RTM General Availability Just Around the Corner
The general availability of the second service pack for Windows Vista is just around the corner.
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26.5.2009 Microsoft announces Exchange Server 2010 availability
Today at the Microsoft Tech-Ed Europe 2009 conference in Germany, Microsoft Business Division President Stephen Elop announced that Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 is now available worldwide.
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9.11.2009 Bill Gates Celebrates Worldwide General Availability of Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System
From Times Square in New York City, join Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates for a live webcast celebrating the worldwide launch of Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System.
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28.1.2007 Russian antitrust unit targets Microsoft over XP availability
The antitrust police are after Microsoft again, but this time in Russia. Unlike other antitrust investigations involving Windows, the Russian case is focusing on Microsofts phase-out of XP, rather than bundling of various components into the base operating system.
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4.6.2009 Update on Win 7 RTM availability, MSDN and TechNet August 6
Microsoft has just sent word that MSDN and TechNet customers will be able to get hold of Windows 7 RTM on August 6.
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21.7.2009 Windows 7 RTM and MSDN Academic Alliance MSDN AA Availability Update
At the start of this week, I posted an article informing users of the fact that Windows 7 RTM was available for download via MSDN Academic Alliance (MSDN AA). Looking at the comments that have been piling up I think that an update is necessary to clarify some aspects.
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14.8.2009 Windows 7 Migration Tool to Move From Windows XP to Windows 7
In past we had covered guide on upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7. Unfortunately there is no direct upgrade path from Windows Xp to Windows 7 and you have to use Windows Easy Transfer utility if you want to move your user and program files from XP to Windows 7.
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22.11.2009 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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Availability for Windows 7 beta extended
Microsoft Windows Communications Manager, Brandon LeBlanc, has announced that availability for the Windows 7 beta download has been extended until
February 10th, 2009. Microsoft noted that they have extended the availability as "enthusiasm continues to be so high for the Windows 7 Beta and we
don't want anyone to miss out we will keep the Beta downloads open through February 10th". If you haven't started downloading the beta, you
only have a few weeks left. The company announced that it's plan to end availability will be the result of a three phase strategy.
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24.01.2009Five More Months Tacked Onto XP Availability Roadmap
Apparently bending to pressure from partner OEMs who continue to report customers continuing to demand Windows XP, Microsoft decided this morning to
extend the availability of the older operating system series to the retail channel and to partners from January to June 2008, as it maintains
availability to system builders clear through to January 2009...
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28.09.2007Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM and general Availability
You may have seen some of the recent news articles that have started to roll out around the RTM and General availability dates of Windows 7. As
Windows Server 2008 R2 is a joint development effort with Windows 7 we are aligned with the same RTM and General Availability (GA) dates.
With that Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM code is on track to be available to our partners sometime in the 2nd half of July. Windows Server
2008 R2 will also be broadly available about the same time as the Windows 7 GA date of Oct 22.
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03.06.2009Microsoft announces availability of Windows phones worldwide
Today can be marked as the last day of the "Windows Mobile" device brand as Microsoft has announced the availability of Windows Phones worldwide at
an exclusive event in NYC hosted by Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division. The devices announced today ship
with Windows Mobile 6.5, which has been a long time coming. So what is a "Windows Phone" one might ask? "Our lives increasingly have become
this complex mash-up of our professional and personal worlds, so we need a better way to connect to the people we care about and an easier way to
connect to the information that matters to us," Bach said during his welcome at the Open House.
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06.10.2009Windows Embedded Standard 2011 CTP now available
Microsoft confirmed today that it has released the Windows 7-based Windows Embedded Standard 2011 as a Community Technology Preview (CTP). "The
availability of the Windows Embedded Standard 2011 CTP empowers our worldwide ecosystem of OEMs, partners and developers to take advantage of the
next-generation platform's enhanced Windows 7-based features and provide feedback prior to its general release to manufacturing. We encourage the
embedded community to take full advantage of the CTP's availability and join in our excitement as we look ahead to the future availability of
Windows Embedded platforms incorporating Windows 7 technologies" said Kevin Dallas, general manager of the Windows Embedded Business at Microsoft.
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01.09.2009Windows 7 Volume License and Trial Availability
Gavriella Schuster: Last month we made Windows 7 available to customers with Software Assurance and to MSDN and TechNet Subscribers. Today I am happy
to announce two more ways for businesses to get Windows 7 for their deployment and evaluation...
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02.09.2009Microsoft Announces Availability of Internet Explorer 8
As Neowin mentioned earlier, Microsoft today announced the availability of Windows Internet Explorer 8, the new Web browser that offers the best
solution for how people use the Web today. It can be downloaded in 25 languages here starting at noon EDT on March 19. As a side note, this release
is not available for the current Windows 7 beta users and is only available for previous versions of Windows. Keep an eye on this space for more info
as the MIX09 Day 2 Keynote by Dean Hachamovitch, General Manager of Internet Explorer team, kicks off tomorrow
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19.03.2009Windows Server 2008 High-Availability Clusters
Giovanni Marchetti: It is no secret that HPC Server 2008 will offer the option to make the head node of a HPC cluster highly available. This feature
is not in beta 1, but it is being developed. It will exploit fail-over mechanisms provided by Server 2008 (enterprise edition or better), so I thought
I'd mention some highlights in this area too.
High-availability clusters are difficult to set up and troubleshoot on several
platforms. With Windows Server 2003 we made progress in simplifying them, but limitations are still significant...
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23.01.2008Internet Explorer 7 to be distributed via WSUS February 12, 2008
On February 12, 2008 Microsoft will release the Windows Internet Explorer 7 Installation and Availability update to Windows Server Update Services
(WSUS) marked as an Update Rollup package. Windows Internet Explorer 7 Installation and Availability Update is a complete installation package that
will upgrade machines running Internet Explorer 6 to Windows Internet Explorer 7. Microsoft Knowledge Base article 940767 contains more information on
the Windows Internet Explorer 7 Installation and Availability Update. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
940767 Description of the Windows
Internet Explorer 7 Installation and Availability update
Since the download center and Microsoft Update describe the Windows Internet
Explorer 7 Installation and Availability Update as Windows Internet Explorer 7, the remainder of this article will simply use Windows Internet
Explorer 7.
If you want to install Windows Internet Explorer 7 using WSUS today, you can import this package from the Microsoft
Update catalog site by following the instructions in the section titled "Deploying Windows Internet Explorer 7 using WSUS."
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15.01.2008Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC Refresh Public Availability Program
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC Refresh is available to Beta testers through Windows Update. Experience the WU installation path for Windows Vista SP1
by following these simple steps and give us your feedback to improve our quality.
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12.01.2008Windows Vista SP1 availability for technical customers
Mike Nash: On Monday (February 4th), we announced the release to manufacturing (RTM) of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1). Overall, people are
excited to hear that we have reached this milestone, but some are disappointed they are not able to immediately download it.
<...> We've heard the feedback and I want to update you on our plans and progress for making SP1 available to our beta participants, our Volume
Licensing customers, and our MSDN/TechNet Plus subscribers:
- Late Friday we made SP1 RTM available to individuals and companies
who participated in the SP1 beta program
- At the end of this week we will be making the English version of Windows Vista SP1 available to
Volume Licensing customers. Other languages will follow soon after
- Later this month, SP1 will be available to MSDN and TechNet Plus
subscribers
For broad availability, we are still planning to release in mid-March, since we want to be sure that everyone has the
smoothest experience possible.
I want to be super-clear on one point: Windows Vista SP1 is final. It has been fully released to
manufacturing and we do not plan to make any changes to the SP1 code prior to public availability. We are confident in the quality of Windows Vista
SP1 and know that it will help improve our customers' experiences with Windows Vista.
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11.02.2008Windows Update posts 100% uptime, beats Apple, Ubuntu
Royal Pingdom has posted the results of a short study that looked at the availability of the software update services for three popular operating
systems: Windows, Mac OS X, and Ubuntu.
Pingdom's uptime monitoring service performed a test once every five minutes and if downtime was
found, it was confirmed from two different locations and was counted for however long it lasted. The results were then tabulated in a graph:
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16.07.2008XP or Vista - Which is more at risk from Windows 7?
Its been around 30 months since Windows Vista hit the General Availability milestone, and in that time the OS has only managed to claw some 18% of the
OS market share. Compare that weak market share to the aging Windows XP, which even today commands an impressive 73% market share. With Windows 7 now
only a few weeks away from the General Availability milestone, its interesting to wonder what effect 7 will have on XP and Vista market share.
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11.08.2009Update on Win 7 RTM availability, MSDN and TechNet August 6
Microsoft has just sent word that MSDN and TechNet customers will be able to get hold of Windows 7 RTM on August 6. Windows 7 RTM will initially be
available in English on August 6th and remaining languages by October 1st for both MSDN and TechNet customers. Microsoft has released a time-line for
RTM availability, English will be first followed by other languages:ISV/IHV - ISV (Independent software vendor) and IHV (Independent hardware vendor)
Partners will be able to download Windows 7 RTM from Microsoft Connect or MSDN on August 6th.Partner Program Gold/Certified Members - August 16th. By
October 1st, the remaining languages will become available to download.Action Pack Subscribers - August 23rd.
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22.07.2009Apple alters world map to show better iPhone 3G availability
Those who paid attention to Apple's recent press event may have noticed something a bit dodgy about the world map portraying the availability of
the iPhone 3G. The company announced the availability of the iPhone 3G in 80 countries now, but apparently some of those who don't have it
didn't show up on the world map. The news comes from The Inquirer, or specifically, a reader of the website named Baldvin Mar Smárason. He
said, "Apple removed two countries from the world map in iPhone 3.0 promo.
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21.03.2009Microsoft Announces Availability of Bloomberg on Windows Mobile Phones
Responding to increased demands of financial professionals for on-the-go access to critical market news, data and other resources, Microsoft Corp.
today announced at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) 28th Annual Technology Management Conference & Exhibit the broad
availability of Bloomberg for Windows Mobile-based phones.
Bloomberg the premier real-time financial information network
provides business and financial professionals with comprehensive tools and data on the all-inclusive BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL® service. With the
availability of Bloomberg on Windows Mobile phones, Bloomberg users will access economic data, pricing, the latest financial and world news, Bloomberg
messaging, alerts, personalized market monitors, and other Bloomberg functions from virtually any phone running Windows Mobile 6.
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10.06.2008Recognizing Improvements in Windows 7 Handwriting
Steven Sinofsky: Microsoft has been working on handwriting recognition for over 15 years going back to the Pen extensions for Windows 3.0. With the
increased integration and broad availability of the handwriting components present in Windows Vista we continue to see increased use of handwriting
with Windows PCs. We see many customers using handwriting across a wide variety of applications including schools, hospitals, banking, insurance,
government, and more. It is exciting to see this natural form of interaction used in new scenarios. Of course one thing we need to continue to do is
improve the quality of recognition as well as the availability of recognizers in more languages around the world. In this post, Yvonne, a Program
Manager on our User Interface Platform team, provides a perspective on engineering new recognizers and recognition improvements in Windows 7.
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10.02.2009Microsoft Announces Extended Availability of Windows XP Home for ULCPCs
Q&A: Michael Dix, General Manager of Windows Client Product Management, discusses Microsofts commitment to deliver Windows to customers for a new
category of devices known as ultra low-cost personal computers (ULCPCs)...
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03.04.2008Windows Home Server, officially available August 27
If theres one computing server
product every enthusiast and
home-user should be excited
about, that would not be
Windows Server 2003 Datacenter
Edition for Itanium-Based
Systems, instead it should be
Windows Home Server - codename
Q. Last month, WHS was
released to manufacturing
aiming for distribution in
the next couple of months and
retail availability this
fall. The official
availability date is now most
likely Monday, August 27th
2007.
On
the
Microsoft
Support Lifecycle website,
a listing for Windows Home
Server states the general
availability date as
8/27/2007, and mainstream
support retirement date as
10/9/2012. This however does
not suggest OEM products such
as those from HP will ship
then - still expected to come
fall (September).
In this case,
general availability most
likely refers to the DVD
package for system builders
and other OEM channels. If
youre one of those people who
want to build your own Home
Server, then you should
consider bugging your local
computer shop for a copy from
August 27. Alternatively start
your own OEM business.
For those
who are looking for a more
buy-one-and-it-works package,
hold on to your horses and
DVDRip movies for just a
little bit longer as complete
systems are still on-track for
a September release.
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17.08.2007Vista Won't End Windows XP Availability
I can't count how many times
people have asked me if
Windows XP would be available
on new PCs following Vista's
release.
In the
near term, the answer is as
much a factor of user demand
and OEM and system builder
policies. That said, Microsoft
will make Windows XP available
from 12 to 24 months after
Vista's general availability,
depending on the sales
channel.
According to Life-Cycle
Policy Website, Windows XP
Home, Professional, Tablet PC,
Media Center and 64-bit
editions would be available in
direct OEM and retail licenses
for 12 months following
Windows Vista's general
availability, which is
scheduled to be Jan. 30, 2007.
System builder licenses would
be available for another
12--or total 24--months from
Vista's general availability.
License
availability doesn't
necessarily mean operating
system availability. I presume
Microsoft will get Windows XP
off retail shelves as quickly
as possible after Vista ships.
OEMs are another matter. While
I generally like Windows
Vista, I agree with some users
of the "gold" code that say
the operating system feels
unfinished, like a work in
progress. Some customers
choosing to wait may ask OEMs
or system builders for Windows
XP.
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