Microsoft To Extend Windows XP Deadline For OEMs
Microsoft will announce later today that it will give OEMs six additional months to sell PCs with Windows XP installed, CRN has learned.
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27.9.2007 Extend Laptop/Notebook Battery Life on Windows 7 & Vista with Aerofoil
In past we have covered Battery4life & Imtec Battery Mark tools for laptop battery. Now here is one more extremely useful tool Aerofoil which helps you to extend & improve Laptop battery life when you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7 as your OS.
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25.10.2009 As Windows XP Deadline Looms, OEMs Turn To Vista Downgrade Rights
Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) may be preparing to discontinue sales of Windows XP, but some OEMs have found a way to circumvent the software giant's June 30 deadline.
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25.4.2008 Rearm and Extend Activation Grace Period in Windows Vista and Server 2008
Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 has free activation grace period which allows user to install and use the operating system for 120 days and 240 days without product key or product activation completed.
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8.6.2008 Top OEMs plan to sell systems with Windows XP right up to June 30 deadline
Three of the top four PC sellers worldwide plan to sell systems with Windows XP right up to the Microsoft-mandated deadline of June 30.
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13.6.2008 How to Rearm and Extend Free Usage Activation Grace Period of Windows 7 to 120 Days
Windows 7 (SeVeN) is probably going to continue the trial software trend that starts with Windows Vista’s rearm, that user can install Windows 7 without any product key for free usage of 30 days as evaluation period.
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5.11.2008 Microsoft Gives Developers 60-Day Deadline IE Extension
Microsoft is moving toward permanently modifying the way Internet Explorer renders multimedia content on Web pages, as part of the terms of its patent settlement with Eolas.
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29.3.2006 Microsoft CEO sets deadline for Yahoo deal
Yahoo Inc has three weeks to accept Microsoft Corp's $31-a-share cash-and-stock offer or Microsoft may lower its bid and take its offer to Yahoo investors, Microsoft said on Saturday
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6.4.2008 How to Rearm and Extend Office 2010 Activation Grace Period for Free 180 Days Usage
Microsoft has implemented product activation scheme named Office Protection Platformm (OPP) that similar with Windows Product Activation (WPA) and Software Protection Platform (SPP) for Windows Vista and Windows Activation Technologies (WAT) Windows 7 in Microsoft Office 2010, where all copy of Office 2010 installed has to be activated, with 30 days activation grace period.
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3.9.2009 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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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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14.1.2008Please leave the DTV deadline at February 17, begs Qualcomm
Qualcomm may now be a key industry holdout against a proposal to extend the digital television switchover deadline from February 17, potentially to
June 12...
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21.01.2009Japan FTC: Intel Docs Will Be
Delayed
Japan's Fair Trade Commission
plans to ask a district court
in the country to extend a
deadline to hand over
documents gathered in its case
against Intel. According to
sources within the agency,
more time is needed to sort
through the multitude of data
collected...
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17.03.2006Hearings on ICANN
Privatization Set
The U.S. Commerce Department
has scheduled a hearing for
Wednesday to discuss the
progress toward privatization
of ICANN. A transition has
been set for September 30,
although the government has
the option to extend the
deadline...
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26.07.2006US Gov't Looks to Extend MS
Oversight
The U.S. government asked a
federal judge Wednesday to
extend its oversight of
Microsoft by an additional two
years, with the option to
further extend it through 2012
if necessary. Both parties
have come to an agreement that
progress on portions of the
deal has come too slowly...
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31.08.2006FCC Pulls Back on VoIP 911
Policy
The FCC late Tuesday agreed to
extend the deadline for VoIP
providers by another month,
acknowledging the work many of
the providers had already done
to inform their customers of
the limitations of 911 over
VoIP. Another status report
will be due October 25...
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28.09.2005Source: Windows XP to get reprieve for low-cost laptops
Microsoft plans to extend the availability of
Windows XP for low-cost
laptops beyond June 30, with an announcement expected later this week, according to a source familiar with the situation.
June 30 is the date when Microsoft plans to stop selling most Windows XP licenses. The announcement that Microsoft will extend this deadline for
low-cost laptops is expected to be made in the U.S., although it appears timed to coincide with the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) being held in Shanghai
on Wednesday and Thursday.
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01.04.2008Microsoft to Comply with EU
Deadline
Microsoft confirmed Tuesday
that it would respond to a
midnight Wednesday deadline to
prove that it is complying
with the European Union's
March 2004 ruling against it.
The EU has threatened to fine
Microsoft 2 million euros per
day if it does not comply...
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15.02.2006FCC Extends VOIP 911 Deadline
The FCC has granted a 30-day reprieve for VOIP operators to comply with regulations that require them to inform customers of the limitations of 911 calling from a Internet-based phone. The latest ruling now extends the deadline to September 28...
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27.08.2005Sugar Labs founded to extend OLPC Linux software to more laptops
Now that One Laptop Per Child has unveiled the Windows XP edition of its XO laptop, a top official of the nonprofit group is leaving to form an
organization that will extend the reach of the OLPC's original Linux-based platform, Sugar...
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21.05.2008Microsoft To Extend Windows XP Deadline For OEMs
Long live XP!
Microsoft will announce later today that it will give OEMs six additional months to sell PCs with Windows XP
installed, CRN has learned.
Microsoft is extending the deadline for sales of new direct OEM PCs with Windows XP installed from
January 31, 2008 to June 30, 2008, according to sources close to the company.
"The named accounts, the ones that have volume,
have complained about the end of life for XP, and that's because adoption of Windows Vista has been slow," said one Microsoft partner who requested
anonymity. "This is a pretty important development for larger partners, and it's also somewhat surprising because it shows that they've been
listening to us."
The move comes as little surprise to VARs and system builders who have been ripping Windows Vista off the
desktops and notebooks they sell and replacing it with Windows XP ever since the next generation operating system debuted in January.
"We don't really do anything with Vista right now, the requests are few and far between," said Douglas Lee, CFO and director of business
development at BostonTech Partners, a Canton, Mass., solution provider.
Microsoft, for its part, claims demand is strong for
Vista and its momentum is unprecedented. However, the fact that Microsoft has been working on a third service pack for Windows XP, currently slated
for release in the first half of 2008, is a reflection of the still-strong demand for the OS, according to system builders.
"The
problem is that XP is too good of a product," said one Microsoft system builder partner who requested anonymity. "XP has become so embedded in
peoples' environments, it's extremely difficult to get them to switch to Vista."
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28.09.2007Microsoft Extends XP Availability For Distributors
Microsoft system builder partners who've been feeling queasy about the impending Jan. 31, 2009, deadline for selling PCs with Windows XP
pre-installed can now breathe a bit easier, as Microsoft is giving them a way to obtain XP licenses through distribution after the deadline.
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21.12.2008As Windows XP Deadline Looms, OEMs Turn To Vista Downgrade Rights
Microsoft may be preparing to discontinue sales of Windows XP, but some OEMs have found a way to circumvent the software giant's June 30 deadline.
In yet another sign of the market's resistance to Windows Vista, Dell Computer, Hewlett Packard, and Sony on Wednesday all
confirmed plans to exercise the downgrade rights Microsoft offers with OEM versions of Windows Vista Business and Vista Ultimate in order to continue
offering XP-equipped PCs to their customers.
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24.04.2008Nuvio Wants VoIP 911 Deadline Delayed
VoIP phone provider Nuvio will challenge the rules making 911 emergency calling services mandatory for Internet phone providers by November 28 of this year, the company said on Monday. Nuvio is arguing that the deadline is unreasonable and traditional telcos and wireless providers had years to develop their services...
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16.08.2005Microsoft Extends Life of Windows XP
Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it will keep selling a version of Windows XP for use on a new breed of low-cost computers for at least two years longer
than the older operating system will be available on mainstream PCs.
The software maker said Windows XP Home will be available through June
2010, or for a year beyond the release of the next version of Windows, for computers like Intel Corp.'s Classmate PC and ASUSTek Computer
Inc.'s Eee PC. Those machines have smaller hard drives, less memory and slower processors than most Windows computers sold today, and most would
have a hard time running the bulkier Windows Vista.
Microsoft had planned to stop selling most versions of XP at the end of June 2008, with
exceptions for small computer-building shops and PCs sold in developing countries. But surprising demand in developed countries for what it calls
ultra-low-cost personal computers prompted Redmond-based Microsoft to extend that deadline.
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04.04.2008Microsoft Extends Deadline for Outlook Link to Hotmail
Microsoft has extended the deadline for being able to
download Hotmail email through Outlook Express using the DAV protocol, previously it said that this wouldn't be possible after June 30th, when it
planned to remove the link altogether.
The following notice was added to the Windows Live Hotmail Teams Blog on the 5th of May:
"Recently, many customers received notification regarding Microsoft’s plan to disable the DAV protocol, which allows you to access your Windows
Live Hotmail inbox from Outlook Express. From the feedback we received, it became clear that you needed additional time to evaluate alternative
solutions and with this in mind, we are postponing the transition deadline previously announced. This means that you will continue to be able to
access your Windows Live Hotmail accounts from Outlook Express beyond the June 30 transition deadline.
As Microsoft continues to evolve its
products to meet your needs, we appreciate your feedback. This change to Outlook Express protocol is one such evolution and will allow for managing of
multiple accounts and today’s large inboxes. We will update you on expected future changes and alternatives with enough advance notice to ensure
a smooth transition."
They have yet to announce a new date when the DAV protocol will eventually be phased out.
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07.05.2008No Break in the Standoff of Microsoft and Yahoo
The deadline that Microsoft imposed on Yahoo to reach a negotiated merger agreement passed three days ago, and the two companies are still not
talking.
At a conference at Microsofts headquarters in Redmond, Wash., its general counsel, Bradford L. Smith, said no meetings
had been scheduled between the two companies.
Now all eyes are focused on Microsofts next move. The company warned this month
that if its April 26 deadline was not met, it would seek to oust Yahoos board and take its offer directly to shareholders, perhaps at a lower price.
The deadline passed Saturday with no sign that the two sides were negotiating.
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29.04.2008'Windows 7' product deadline may or may not be 2010
Reports yesterday and today stating Microsoft confirmed its Windows 7 release date for 2010 appear to be very premature, as the statement those
reports were based on is the same boilerplate language the company has produced for months...
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14.03.2008DTV deadline is June 12, still people are unprepared
After years of early warning to all U.S. citizens, and dozens of TV stations broadcasting the deadline to switch from analog signal to full digital
signal for TV, millions of Americans will be left out in the dark. The original date was scheduled for February 17, 2009, but days before the
conversion, President Obama pushed to delay the changeover forward to June 12, 2009. Even with months of advance warning, millions of Americans
waited till the last minute to update their dated television sets to add a digital box. Analysts still predict that millions of Americans still use
analog signal and are unprepared for the changeover.
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12.06.2009As WinXP Deadline Looms, OEMs Turn To Vista Downgrade Rights
Microsoft may be preparing to discontinue sales of Windows XP, but some OEMs have found a way to circumvent the software giant's June 30
deadline.
In yet another sign of the market's resistance to Windows Vista, Dell Computer, Hewlett Packard (NYSE:HPQ), and Sony on
Wednesday all confirmed plans to exercise the downgrade rights Microsoft offers with OEM versions of Windows Vista Business and Vista Ultimate in
order to continue offering XP-equipped PCs to their customers.
Downgrade rights, which Microsoft also offers to volume licensing customers,
give users the ability to roll back to the previous version of the product they're using. Downgrade rights have existed since 2001 for Windows,
but many Microsoft partners say they've been seeing a recent uptick in the number of customers exercising downgrade rights to roll Vista back to
XP Professional.
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25.04.2008European Commission deadline looms over Apple
The European Commission said
this week that Apple has yet
to respond to its concerns
over anti-competitive pricing
of songs on its iTunes Store,
despite a midnight deadline on
Monday.
At the heart
of the executive body's
complaint, which was lodged
back on April 3rd, was the
nationalized approach to the
online music shops that are
restricted only to buyers who
hold accounts in given
countries.
Shoppers
are often forced to buy only
from their home store,
preventing them from earning
the best rate. British
shoppers are particularly hurt
by this, the European
Commission said, as the 79p
song downloads were the most
expensive across the whole
region...
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