Windows 7 - What we still don’t know …
With today’s release of the public beta of Windows 7, there are still plenty of unanswered questions related to Microsoft’s new OS. Let’s examine some of them here.
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11.1.2009 Thunderbird 3 beta 4 available for download
Mozilla's popular email client 'Thunderbird' is progressing nicely, having hit the beta 4 milestone of version 3 just earlier, bringing some nice new changes and improvements with it according to the guys over at ghacks.
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22.9.2009 Mozilla accepts, will work with Microsoft to see Firefox, Thunderbird work on Vista
Mozilla has accepted Microsoft's offer for the two competitors to work together to ensure Mozilla's Firefox web browser and Thunderbird email suite work more seamlessly on Redmond's upcoming Windows Vista operating system (OS).
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25.8.2006 Microsoft plans to issue non-update update for Win 7
Microsoft will spit out dummy updates for Windows 7 beta testers next week that will probe the forthcoming operating system’s updating abilities.
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20.2.2009 Windows Update versus Ubuntu Update
A few months ago, Steve Ballmer publicly noted that Windows Vista was “a work in progress.” That inspired a predictable outpouring of Vista-bashing.
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15.7.2008 Windows Update Blocker Tool Kit - Block Automatic Windows Vista SP2 Update
After availability of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 for public download I am sure many users would have already installed Vista Service Pack 2 to see the performance improvements and its advisable to install Windows Vista sp2 as it has many noticeable changes and also includes all the fixes released after Vista sp1.
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27.5.2009 An Update For Windows Update
An infrastructure update has been planned for Windows Update client. The gradual roll-out of this update will begin in late July.
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6.7.2008 Origami update
OK, so the Origami website has been updated this week. It gives us little new information and says more will be released in 7 days time (9th March 2006). The mystery continues...right!
If you have time,
check it out here, but it's basically exactly the same as last week.
I really thought Microsoft would have given us more information this week, especially considering the heart of the story was revealed last week.
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2.3.2006 You Don't Want This Windows Update
Today, I got an e-mail warning of a new Windows virus and where to get the update to protect against it. Oh, those wicked phishers.
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19.2.2009 You Don't Want This Windows Update
Today, I got an e-mail warning of a new Windows virus and where to get the update to protect against it. Oh, those wicked phishers.
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21.2.2009 Update for Windows (KB913538)
Install this update to prevent Windows Management Instrumentation enumerations from being canceled before the client computer can finish using the enumerations. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.
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22.2.2006 Update for WLM version
Windows Live Messenger v8.0.0562 was released exclusively to selected Beta-testers earlier this month. Fortunately for WLM users (including invitees) a new build very similar to 0562 is now imminent.
It could've been released already, if it wasn't for weather-inflicted damage to many offices in Redmond last weekend. So, if you're currently using Windows Live Messenger 8.0.0365, expect an auto-update prompt in one of the next couple of days.
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25.2.2006 Critical Office update on the way
Microsoft plans to release a "critical" security update for Office next week, one of three bulletins it will distribute as part of its monthly patch cycle.
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11.9.2006 Google Groups gets an Update
Google Groups is all about helping users connect with people, access information, and communicate effectively over email and on the web. Now there's a new version on the block.
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24.1.2007 Do not update cracked Vista
Some our members report in
our forum that they have problems after updatimg cracked or patched Vista.
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30.1.2007 WGA Update Goes Phishing
The message uses a little Windows Genuine Advantage fear mongering to cajole end users to download a fake update that realy is a backdoor Trojan. The message warns: "Please update your P.C. in maximum 12 hours otherwise your Windows will be Expired."
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22.1.2008 Microsoft Update now works with IE7
When
Internet Explorer 7 Beta released to testers it left testers with a broken Windows Update that wouldn't load properly, disabling the ability to update Windows with critical patches that have been released since the end of July. This seems to of been fixed and on my PC it even redirects to Microsoft Update before my chosen homepage is loaded.
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Windows update without Microsoft Genuine 2
Not only will it keep you up to date with the latest updates from Microsoft, it will also keep software and drivers from other vendors updated. However, that functionality is currently missing.
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Update for Windows XP (KB900485)
Install this update to resolve an issue in which you receive a ?stop 0x7e in aec.sys? error message on a computer that is running Windows XP Service Pack 2. The error may occur during startup, or after the system has started. AEC.SYS is the acoustic echo canceling driver. After you install this update, you may have to restart your computer.
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9.1.2006 Security Update for Windows Vista
A remote code execution security issue has been identified in the Graphics Rendering Engine that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it.
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16.1.2006 Microsoft Update SP1 invites sent out
Microsoft has selected testers to help with scenarios on a Service Pack 1 update for Microsoft Update. The beta is only expected to last until the end of January. Microsoft released the Update service last year after extensive testing that brought together Windows and Office Updates on one page.
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19.1.2006 Internet Explorer ActiveX update
Microsoft is releasing a software update to Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 for Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) and for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1).
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4.4.2006 Windows Defender Beta 2 Update
Microsoft released a new Windows Defender 2, yesterday. Used to check for spyware mainly, Windows Defender is the succesor of Windows Antispyware.
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13.4.2006 How to recover from the Vista Validation update
Well, I wasn't paying attention and installed the validaton update. Oops.
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17.12.2006 Will the new firmware update save the PS3?
The latest firmware update transforms the PS3’s media capabilities by adding great features – but will it be enough to spur sales without a price cut?
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26.5.2007 Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Gets an Update
Today, users running Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta were greeted with an update entitled "Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta 1 Update 1" via Windows Update.
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22.6.2007 Confirmation of stealth Windows Update
I can now confirm that the stealth Windows Update that I blogged about yesterday actually exists - because I’ve detected its presence on a machine at the PC Doc HQ.
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14.9.2007 Microsoft apologizes for update blunder
Microsoft has apologized for a Windows Server update that automatically installed the Windows Desktop Search (WDS) tool on users' desktops without approval
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30.10.2007 Another Vista Reliability & Performance Update
Vista’s performance is one of those topics that won’t be exhausted until Windows Seven hits RTM. It all comes down to trade-offs.
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12.12.2007 The First Update for XP SP3 RTM
Although it was released to manufacturing on April 21, 2008, the third and last service pack for Windows XP has yet to make it to end users. Despite this, Microsoft has already made available the first update tailored on XP SP3.
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22.4.2008Mozilla Delivers New Thunderbird Beta
Mozilla earlier this week
issued a public beta of the
next version of its
Thunderbird e-mail client. In
addition, it said it was
delaying a planned security
update to Firefox for
unspecified reasons...
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14.12.2006Thunderbird to Get Calendar
Add-in
It looks as if Mozilla
developers are attempting to
make their Thunderbird e-mail
client more competitive with
Microsoft's Outlook. A
roadmap to integrate a
calendar application with
Thunderbird was posted
recently, which details the
project known as
"Lightning."..
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28.09.2005Next-generation Mozilla Thunderbird in Alpha 1, called 'Shredder'
A developer preview release of Mozilla's next version of the Thunderbird e-mail client has been made available to the developer and tester community...
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16.05.2008Key Thunderbird Devs Leave Mozilla
Without providing any public reason, two of the chief developers behind Mozilla's Thunderbird client announced their intentions to leave ahead of the
e-mail client's split from the company...
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08.10.2007Mozilla Rolls Out Thunderbird 2.0 RC1
Mozilla on Friday took the
wraps off of the first release
candidate of its upcoming
Thunderbird 2.0 release, aimed
at making organization of
e-mail easier for its users...
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07.04.2007Mozilla Weighs Options for Thunderbird
Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker
suggested Thursday that its
Thunderbird e-mail client be
spun off, but is soliciting
the opinions of users before
making any final decision. By
spinning it off, she believes
that the project would allow
the application to thrive...
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27.07.2007Mozilla Rolls Out Thunderbird
1.5
Mozilla on Thursday launched
version 1.5 of its popular
Thunderbird e-mail client. The
release focuses on improving
spam filtering technology,
easing the software upgrade
process, enhancing RSS and
podcasting support, and
improving overall
productivity...
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13.01.2006Mozilla Patches Firefox,
Thunderbird
Mozilla has pushed to users
minor upgrades to both Firefox
and the Thunderbird e-mail
client, with both including
seven security patches each
and improvements to product
stability...
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16.09.2006Mozilla may separate from Thunderbird to focus on Firefox
The Mozilla Foundation is
thinking about creating a
separate organization to take
control of its Thunderbird
e-mail application, allowing
it to concentrate on
development of the Firefox Web
browser.
In a
blog
posting Wednesday,
Mitchell Baker, CEO of
Mozilla, a subsidiary of the
Mozilla Foundation, called for
a new structure to allow "the
Thunderbird community to
determine its own destiny"
and asked the open-source
community for input.
Baker said Mozilla's
Thunderbird effort "is
dwarfed" by the energy it
spends on the Firebox browser
and the ecosystem around
it.
"Mozilla
doesn't focus on Thunderbird
as much as we do ... on
Firefox and we don't expect
this to change in the
foreseeable future," she
wrote. A separate organization
focused on the maintenance and
further development of the
e-mail client, she added,
would be able to move
independently and thus deepen
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26.07.2007Mozilla patched a remote code execution flaw in Thunderbird
Mozilla has released
Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 which fixes a remote
exploitation of a vulnerability that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on Linux and Windows.
The vulnerability exists when
parsing an e-mail if the "Preview" pane is turned on, which is the default. Then all a targeted user has to do is select the message in the browsing
pane. Once the message is previewed, the vulnerability will be triggered, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the
current user.
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27.02.2008Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.9
Simple to use, powerful, and
customizable, Thunderbird is a
full-featured email
application. Thunderbird
supports IMAP and POP mail
protocols, as well as HTML
mail formatting. Easily import
your existing email accounts
and messages. Built-in RSS
capabilities, powerful quick
search, spell check as you
type, global inbox, deleting
attachments and advanced
message filtering round out
Thunderbird's modern feature
set.
Despite not
being featured on the
Thunderbird homepage the files
have all been uploaded to the
Mozilla FTP site.
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Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.8
Thunderbird is a full-featured
email application. Thunderbird
supports IMAP and POP mail
protocols, as well as HTML
mail formatting. Easily import
your existing email accounts
and messages. Built-in RSS
capabilities, powerful quick
search, spell check as you
type, global inbox, deleting
attachments and advanced
message filtering round out
Thunderbird's modern
feature set.
Thunderbird 1.5.0.8
maintenance release is now
available for the general
public.
neowin.net - 08.11.2006
Mozilla Splits Thunderbird as Seperate subsidiary
Similar to what it did with Firefox a couple of years ago, the Mozilla Foundation has decided to spin Thunderbird off as a separate subsidiary. The
as-of-yet-unnamed subsidiary will be given $3 million in seed funding and the sole task of shepherding Thunderbird's development.
Thunderbird hit the 2.0 milestone earlier this year and is available in over 35 languages on all the major platforms: Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
But in contrast to Firefox, which has seen its market share soar since its 1.0 release, Thunderbird has struggled to catch the attention of PC users
around the world in the same way that Firefox has. Although Thunderbird is a solid, full-featured client, it faces competition from both free e-mail
clients available from Microsoft and Apple as well as from webmail apps.
Mozilla Foundation CEO Mitchell Baker first hinted at her plans
for Thunderbird in July. With the announcement, the Foundation hopes to energize Thunderbird development and adoption by giving it its own home within
the Foundation. In a post on her blog, Baker says that the seed funding will be used primarily to attract talented people "who are passionate about
e-mail and Internet communications."
neowin.net - 19.09.2007
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0: New calendar, better search
A new Mozilla Foundation effort to improve its
Thunderbird open-source e-mail software now has an official name--and its first public goals.
Thunderbird 3.0 is due to ship
by the end of the year with a more comprehensive search feature and official integration of the Lightning calendar add-on, said David Ascher, chief executive of the newly named
Mozilla Messaging subsidiary. The first alpha release will come sooner, though, for those who want to test the software.
winbeta.org - 19.02.2008
Mozilla fixes nine flaws in Thunderbird
Mozilla Messaging patched nine security vulnerabilities in Thunderbird Wednesday, the first time it's plugged holes in the e-mail software since
early May. Thunderbird 2.0.0.16, which was added to Mozilla's download servers late Wednesday, quashes nine bugs, including one that was patched
last week in Firefox , the company's open-source browser. The remainder fix flaws that were first addressed in early July when Mozilla updated
Firefox to version 2.0.0.15.
It's not unusual for Thunderbird security updates to lag behind those released for Firefox. Seven of the
nine bugs were rated "moderate" by Mozilla, the second-lowest of the four rankings in its threat system. The other two were pegged as "low."
neowin.net - 25.07.2008
Thunderbird developers quit Mozilla
Just three weeks after Mozilla Corp. spun off its Thunderbird to a new subsidiary, the only two paid developers working on the e-mail client said they
were quitting the company.
Both Scott McGregor and David Bienvenu used terse blog posts last week to announce that their last day
with Mozilla will be Friday.
"I plan to continue on, as a volunteer, with my role as a module owner for the Thunderbird
project," said McGregor, who started the Thunderbird project in February 2003.
"I wish the Mozilla Corporation and the new Thunderbird Mail Corporation luck in their future endeavors," he added. Bienvenu posted a similar message on his blog Friday.
Mozilla did not respond to questions and a request for comment on the departure of the two developers, who led the largely volunteer
effort.
winbeta.org - 09.10.2007
Thunderbird 3 release has wings clipped
Mozilla has pushed back its development schedule for Thunderbird 3, the next version of its email client. A planned beta of the package will now be
described as a third alpha build. The first beta of Thunderbird 3 was due to come out at the end of September. It would have been followed by a second
in November and a release candidate sometime towards the back end of January, according to a preliminary release schedule. This date is now likely to
be pushed back, given that several features are not yet in place, but by how long remains unclear. The cross-platform email client has been available
as an alpha for several months.
The revised description is intended to avoid raising the profile of the release when neither the product
nor Mozilla Messaging are ready, according to a blog posting by Mozilla developer Dan Mosedale.
neowin.net - 03.10.2008
Shutdown Windows With a Text Message, Thunderbird Edition
Adam Pash: We've already shown you how to shutdown Windows via SMS with Outlook and
how to do the same on a Mac using Mail.app, but a user on the Hak5 forums demonstrates how to setup a similar SMS shutdown using
the venerable Thunderbird email client.
winbeta.org - 03.05.2008
Why installing Vista SP1 might fail via Windows Update
When you try to install Windows Vista SP1 via Windows Update you can get error: Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is not available for installation from
Windows Update and is not offered by Automatic Updates.
To help ensure a positive update experience, Windows Update will temporarily not
offer Windows Vista SP1 to systems that have the following device drivers. In some cases, these device drivers are problematic on Windows Vista-based
computers when you update to Windows Vista SP1. By installing updated device drivers, you will resolve the issue and enable Windows Update to offer
Windows Vista SP1.
Click read more to view a list of drivers that don't work well with Vista SP1:
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neowin.net - 20.03.2008
Microsoft release Windows 7 application compatibility update
Following on from the Internet Explorer 8 update that Microsoft released for Windows 7 Beta a day ago, another update has been released targeting
application compatibility. Judging by these two updates released, Microsoft is progressing nicely, and the most recent update targets mainly games
that did not run before hand, or had to be opened via compatibility-mode. Interestingly, Microsoft didn't state which applications were targeted
in this update, but it is of no doubt that users will find out soon enough. If you're currently having problems with gaming, or have had problems
with it, in the Windows 7 Beta, install these updates and post in the comments to show which games now work, or still don't.
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