Windows Vista Service Pack 2 -SP2 Beta Standalone DVD ISO
As of December 2, 2008, Microsoft made available for download the first fully-fledged Beta of Windows Vista Service Pack 2, via MSDN and TechNet subscribers.
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5.12.2008 Windows 7 Beta 1 Build 7000 DVD ISO Image Torrent and NamiPan Download
f indeed the Windows 7 initial first beta release will have the build version number of 7000, the DVD ISO image of the 32-bit (x86) Windows 7 6.1.7000.0, 7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULFRE_EN_DVD.iso, has been leaked to Internet.
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26.12.2008 Installing Vista Beta 1 (x86) without DVD media
I know, I know - Everyone should have a DVD burner these days... but I don't. Here's a rough guide on getting Vista Beta 1 (x86) installed without the use of DVD media. I am not responsible for lost partitions, data, etc!
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Recover Files from Damaged or Corrupted CD,DVD,HD DVD,Blu-Ray Disks
CD/DVD are optical storage media easily gets corrupted or damaged. CD & DVD discs have low durability and single scratch on CD/DVD will permanently damage your data.
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4.9.2009 Download 64-bit Windows 7 6801 Pre-Beta ISO Microsoft.Windows.7 64Bit.Build.6801.DVD-WinBeta Torrent
Other than 32-bit edition of Windows 7 Pre-Beta build version 6801 that has been leaked to the Web for free download via torrent, the 64-bit edition of Windows 7 Pre-Beta with build tag 6801, which is also been distributed to attendees during the PDC 2008, has been leaked to Internet, and can be downloaded via fully seeded torrent.
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30.10.2008 Windows 7 DVD Covers
Inspired by the Windows 7 Ultimate Box Art DVD Cover which I posted about a week ago, Michel of MyDigitalLife forums has created a complete set of DVD Covers for Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Professional editions.
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16.8.2009 How To Burn Downloaded Windows Vista to DVD
OK, you've just purchased Windows Vista from Windows Marketplace and you selected "Digital Locker Download" instead of "Buy and Ship".
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20.4.2007 Windows 7 Ultimate Box Art DVD Cover
Windows 7 has already been RTM’d and is now officially available to Connect, MSDN and TechNet Plus subscribers.
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7.8.2009 Windows 7 RTM USB/DVD Download Tool Available
Microsoft is offering a free tool designed to streamline the creation of bootable Windows 7 RTM DVDs or USBs.
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23.10.2009 Windows Vista Retailing: All versions On 1 DVD: Color Coded
As you may have heard there are going to be a “few” versions of Microsoft Vista when it is finally released. Redmond this week start to lift some of the details for retailers. Some interesting ones to note are that all versions of Vista will be on the same DVD.
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18.9.2006 Microsoft Windows 7 Build 6801 DVD 32-Bit
Windows 7 is designed to make everyday tasks faster and easier, and make new things possible for end users.
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31.10.2008 Pre-Activated Windows 7 RTM DVD Kit v2.1
Pre-Activated Windows 7 RTM DVD Kit v2.1 Windows 7 RTM Ultimate only Any language
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21.9.2009 Burn your Windows Vista DVD ISO's slowly, warns Microsoft
Microsoft is advising Vista beta testers to burn their downloaded ISOs as slowly as 1X or 2X to avoid corrupted media.
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10.7.2006 Download Windows Vista SP1 RTM Standalone DVD ISO
Over two months since Windows Vista SP1 was released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, and almost a month since it became available to the general public on March 18, the first service pack for the latest Windows client is once again available for download.
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15.4.2008 Free Windows 7 RTM USB and DVD Download Tool Pulled Down
Microsoft has yanked a tool designed to streamline the creation of bootable Windows 7 RTM DVDs and USBs from its online commerce outlet.
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11.11.2009 Windows Vista with SP2 RTM Slipstreamed/Integrated DVD ISO Image
Microsoft has finalized the Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, which has been RTMed as version 6.0.6002.18005.
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27.5.2009 Windows 7 E (Europe) Build 7264 Win7 RTM x64 English DVD
Microsoft Windows 7 E Build 7264 Win7 RTM x64 English DVD
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8.7.2009 Vista says NO to old DVD drives
Windows Vista will no longer support DVD-ROM drives that do not handle region coding in hardware (RPC1 drives) - thus preventing playback of DVDs that are region/CSS encoded with those drives.
Not a big problem, as RPC1 drives haven't been officially manufactured since 2000 (and Microsoft claims their drives are all broken), but for those with hacked drives (RPC2 with RPC1 firmware), or move the RPC1 drive to new computers, well, no more DVD movies for you!
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2.1.2006 Windows 7 RTM Build 7600 x86 EN Final Untouched DVD.iso
Windows 7 Build 7600.16385.win7_rtm.090713-1255 Final "Exclusive".
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16.7.2009 HD DVD Addon is for Movies Only
You may have heard recent rumors regarding Microsoft publishing Xbox 360 games on HD DVD discs (and in turn meaning that you would need the upcoming HD DVD add on to play them). Microsoft has officially responded.
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16.8.2006 HD DVD Encryption cracked?
A thread on the Doom9 forum contains links posted by user Muslix64. They lead to a YouTube video and source download for a piece of java code to be employed in the breaking of Advanced Access Content System (AACS) encoded video.
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28.12.2006 Is Microsoft Cracking Down on DVD Ripping?
Is Microsoft trying to thwart DVD-ripping on PCs using Windows Vista with the new beta of Vista Service Pack 1?
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19.1.2008 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 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 Microsoft and Intel to Support HD-DVD
Microsoft and Intel on Tuesday pledged their support for HD-DVD, the next-generation DVD format created by Toshiba. Microsoft had previously remained neutral in the standards war between HD-DVD and Sony-backed Blu-ray, as the company's VC-1 Windows Media Video codec will be included with both formats.
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Holographic DVD to Hold 1.6 Terabytes next year!
Move over HD DVD and Blu-ray. Bell Labs spin-off InPhase Technologies and Hitachi Maxell are currently working on a computer disc about the size of a DVD that could hold up to sixty times the data. The companies hope to have the disc and compatible drives on the market by the end of next year.
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27.11.2005 Microsoft Fully Commited to HD-DVD
Microsoft's Peter Moore sparked a wave of interest at CES when he indicated that the Xbox 360 might be blessed with an external Blu-Ray drive at some point in the future. The only trouble is, his bosses say it won't.
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19.1.2006 Vista Retail DVD on Pirate Websites
Copies of Windows Vista Retail DVE have been ripped and made available for download free of charge on pirate websites and peer-to-peer networks.
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7.2.2007 Hack to Turn Off and Disable Windows 7 CD or DVD Writer Burning and Auto Tray Ejection Feature
Windows 7 inherits the capability to burn or write to CD and DVD burner or writer, with additional support to directly burn ISO and IMG disc images with Windows 7 Explorer.
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18.8.2009 Microsoft shows off HD DVD drive for Xbox
Microsoft on Monday offered the first glimpse of an external HD DVD drive built for the Xbox 360 game console.
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8.8.2006Hacking a Media Center DVD Library
Max Zuckerman: If you're like me, one of the inputs on your TV is your desktop or laptop computer. It's one of the best ways to surf the web or
share pictures and videos with others.
But my favorite feature, hands down, is the ability to have my entire DVD collection
available to me in a very intuitive and slick-looking interface all on my TV. The best part is I don't have to physically insert a DVD every time I
want to watch one. I can just browse my collection very easily all on my TV/monitor and hit "play!"
See how I set this all up
in
my tutorial on
Channel 8.
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07.12.2007Windows Live Messenger Library Beta Released
The Windows Live Messenger Library allows third parties to securely provide web based
instant messaging to their users. The WLML is a JavaScript client library; thirdparty.com has full control over the user experience. The library
exposes the core text-based messaging functionality, contact list and presence management. WLML works cross browser and cross platform on Windows and
Macs.
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28.02.2008Want Windows 7 Beta 1? Here's what you have to do...
PDC attendees got the Windows 7 pre-beta build, and Microsoft told them that a public beta would be available in early 2009. But you don't want to
wait until then, right? You want Beta 1, right now. Well, I can't give you that, but I can tell you how you can get your hands on a physical copy
of the Windows 7 Beta 1 DVD. You'll need $100 and a desire to visit one of the upcoming episodes of the MSDN Developer Conference (MDC).
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04.12.2008First full beta of Windows 7 may be handed out next Tuesday
As Microsoft's annual MSDN Developers' Conference nationwide tour begins next week, attendees will be among the first to receive a DVD of Windows 7
Beta 1, according to an online invitation the company posted yesterday...
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03.12.2008Warner Files for Hybrid HD
Disc Patent
Last month, three optical disc
engineers now identified as
working for Warner Bros.
applied for a U.S. patent for
a three-layer optical disc,
which would be capable of
potentially enabling DVD,
Blu-ray and HD DVD content to
co-exist...
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20.09.2006Lionsgate Sweetens CinemaNow Burn to DVD Offering
Following Universal, Lionsgate
said Wednesday it will add
"day-and-date"
releases to CinemaNow's Burn
to DVD service. Additionally,
this week the studio would add
select movies from its catalog
to the service's library...
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25.10.2006Last.fm's free, on-demand music could reshape all of radio
In what may later be recorded as a milestone development in the music industry, CBS-owned Last.fm has reached a deal with record labels enabling it to
stream music of the listener's choice, from its entire library...
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25.01.2008Windows 7 Beta - When will it arrive?
Still a few hours away for CES, it is known that Microsoft is going unveil the Windows 7 Beta at CES. But it is still unsure when would users be able
to download it officially. Mary-Jo Foley reports that public betas of Windows 7 would hit this week along with the private beta. Now, there is some
information available from this Microsoft blog: Attend an upcoming MSDN Developer Conference and you will receive a Windows 7 Beta 1 DVD - and that
immediate upcoming MSDN Developer Conference is on January 13th, which is next Tuesday! At the worst, expect a public beta release next week as the
private beta testers would get priority even if its released earlier.
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07.01.2009Windows Mobile Technical Library now LIVE on Technet
Jason Langridge: The Windows Mobile Technical Library is now LIVE on TechNet!
The Technical Library is the first place many
ITPros look for answers to help learn about products and solutions from Microsoft as well as deploy technologies.
Windows Mobile
has now been added to that Technical Library!
Check it out!!
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13.03.2008How To Create a Bootable DVD for Windows Vista (or any Windows for that matter)
If it's been a while since you've needed a boot disk for your Windows machine, you may just be struggling with how exactly to do it. It's not like
the old Windows 98 boot floppy where I could just go into Windows Explorer and make one with a couple of quick clicks of the mouse. However, you need
not worry, since the current process is surprisingly well documented by Microsoft.
What may seem, at first, to be a complex task
is actually fairly simple. There are essentially seven steps to create a bootable DVD or bootable UFD (USB Flash Drive), all of which are command line
based. While the seven steps are relatively straightforward, the Microsoft article outlining those steps has a slightly obscure title: "
Walkthrough:
Create a Custom Windows PE Image." Anyway, this Walkthrough, for all intents and purposes, is a step-by-step how-to for creating a bootable DVD
disk.
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11.12.2007Amazon opens beta of its video-on-demand service
The latest project from the leading online retailer allows movies to be streamed directly to PCs. Built upon Amazon's library of Unbox titles, beta
testers get a $5 rental credit to check out the streams...
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17.07.2008Windows SteadyState 2.5 Beta Available
The Windows SteadyState 2.5 Beta supporting Windows Vista is now available for testing. Whether you manage computers in a school computer lab or an
Internet cafe, a library, or even in your home, Windows SteadyState helps make it easy for you to keep your computers running the way you want them
to.
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16.11.2007Google to Digitize Madrid
Library
Complutense University in
Madrid has signed an agreement
with Google to enable the
search giant to scan its
library of 3 million works,
becoming the first non-english
library to join the Google
Book Project. Spanish-language
books including those from
Cervantes and Sor Juana Ines
will be digitized...
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27.09.2006Amazon EC2 exits beta, offers WS2K3 in the cloud
Beginning today, customers can implement instances of Windows Server 2003 (licensed to and purchased by them) in Amazon's cloud, enabling businesses
to deploy sophisticated Internet applications without their own servers...
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24.10.2008Messenger Library V2.0 available now
Keiji Kanazawa: We are happy to announce that Windows Live Messenger Library 2.0 (WLML 2.0) is available immediately. We encourage everyone to try it
out. WLML 2.0 is backward compatible with WLML 1.0. In addition, the V1.0 API continues to be available with no changes.
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01.08.2008Movielink to Enable DVD
Burning
Movie download service
Movielink has taken the first
step in enabling its customers
to copy their flicks onto DVDs
by licensing burning
technology from Sonic
Solutions. However, it's not
clear if the feature has the
backing of any Hollywood
studios, or when it would
launch...
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17.07.2006Survey: 47% Interested in
Hi-Def DVD
Calling it "the old beta
versus VHS dilemma,"
Blockbuster Online said
Thursday it will carry both HD
DVD and Blu-ray
high-definition movies when
they begin to ship next month.
Subscribers can begin adding
HD DVD films to their rental
queues on April 18, and
Blu-ray titles are set to be
available on May 23...
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13.04.2006Google Donates $3M to Digitize
Docs
Google on Tuesday announced
that it would be making a $3
million donation to the
Library of Congress to begin
an effort to create digital
copies of rare documents from
around the globe, called the
"World Digital
Library." The Library of
Congress is also inviting
other contributors to chip in...
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22.11.2005Microsoft Anti-Cross Site Scripting Library V3.0 Beta
The Microsoft Anti-Cross Site Scripting Library V3.0 (Anti-XSS V3.0) is an encoding library designed to help developers protect their ASP.NET
web-based applications from XSS attacks.
It differs from most encoding libraries in that it uses the white-listing technique --
sometimes referred to as the principle of inclusions -- to provide protection against XSS attacks. This approach works by first defining a valid or
allowable set of characters, and encodes anything outside this set (invalid characters or potential attacks). The white-listing approach provides
several advantages over other encoding schemes. New features in this version of the Microsoft Anti-Cross Site Scripting Library include: - An expanded
white list that supports more languages - Performance improvements - Performance data sheets (in the online help) - Support for Shift_JIS encoding for
mobile browsers - A sample application - Security Runtime Engine (SRE) HTTP module
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14.12.2008Three-Layer 51 GB HD DVD Apparently Approved by DVD Forum
News is only now leaking out that the three-layer, single sided format for HD DVD engineered by Toshiba was given the green light by the DVD Forum,
official backer of HD DVD, on August 31...
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