Farewell Vista, Hello XP
How to make the switch back and deal with the gnarly problem of transferring your Vista e-mail, contacts, and user data back to the old standby operating system.
windows -
comments -
10.12.2007 Windows XP Departs: Good Riddance or Sad Farewell?
Two of PC World's most opinionated editors weigh in on whether Microsoft Windows XP's departure is bad for PC users or the best thing that could happen to computing.
windows -
comments -
27.6.2008 First Microsoft Genuine Office Validation Download on Download Center
Microsoft has posted the first Office download which has Genuine Office Validation (not required yet). It is sounds.exe the download enables sound in Office 2000,XP and 2003.
microsoft -
comments -
28.4.2006 Download Windows 7 MUI Language Packs - Official 32-bit and 64-bit Direct Download Links
Microsoft has released MUI (Multilingual User Interface) language packs for Windows 7 RTM. The Windows 7 language packs is available via Windows Update as optional update for Windows 7 Ultimate and Enterprise editions only.
download -
comments -
28.8.2009 Would you (legally) download Vista?
If Microsoft made Vista available for legal retail download, would the masses come? Looks like we'll soon find out.
windows -
comments -
18.1.2007 DOWNLOAD Windows Vista Beta 1
links updated
This is Unofficial Download page of Windows Vista Beta 1. Windows Vista codename Longhorn, the next generation OS from Microsoft
This is Beta 1. Build 5112 for those inclined to such information.
Please post this on other forums and sumbit this to other news sites to help us. It will increase the traffic to the page dramatically!
download -
comments -
Vista Transformation Pack 4.0 download
Today, a new version of the well known Vista Transformation Pack was released. Version 4.0 features many exciting updates, and UI tweaks since version 3.0.
download -
comments -
20.5.2006 Windows Vista X Download Site
Complex download pack for Windows vista, MS office 2007, MS Messenger, Windows Media Player 11, Vista Tweaks, Direct X 9c .....
download -
comments -
13.5.2006 Windows Vista beta 2 DOWNLOAD
The Vista Beta 2 x86 DVD is 3,200.15 MB. The package contains Ultimate, Home Basic, Home Premium, and Business binaries. As ever, the key used is what determines what SKU you see.
download -
comments -
24.5.2006 Windows Vista RC1 DOWNLOAD
Windows Vista RC1 (build 5600) was just posted on Microsoft Connect. (~2:45 EST).
download -
comments -
2.9.2006 vLite 0.6 - Vista Lite Download
Windows Vista from Microsoft takes a lot of resources, we all know that. So here is the tool for easy removal of the unwanted components in order to make Vista run faster and to your liking.
download -
comments -
9.12.2006 Windows Vista Ultimate download
This is the final version of Vindows Vista.
download -
comments -
8.2.2007 Vista SP1 RTM Is Available for Download
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RTM has been made available for download after the bits went gold on February 4, 2008.
windows -
comments -
12.2.2008 Windows Vista UX Guidelines Available for Download
Microsoft have made available a preliminary draft of the Windows Vista User Experience Guidelines (or ???UX Guide??? for short). These guidelines contain information on What???s New in Windows Vista, design principles, guidelines for controls, text, windows, and aesthetics.
download -
comments -
Windows Vista build 5308 Download
Microsoft has announced the arrival of the February Windows Vista CTP, which was renamed to "Enterprise CTP" as the company moves from monthly to audience specific naming. The release means Windows Vista is now "feature complete," offering the first glimpse at the Windows Sidebar.
In a conference call Wednesday, General Manager of Windows Client Product Management Brad Goldberg heralded the Enterprise CTP -- numbered build 5308 -- as a "call to action for businesses." Microsoft is encouraging enterprises to begin testing out new features starting today.
download -
comments -
24.2.2006 DOWNLOAD of Windows Vista build 5342
As expected Microsoft released Windows Vista Build 5342 to testers. Downloading now at 1985 KB/sec ! 2859 MB in 25 minutes !!!
Windows Vista codename Longhorn, the next generation OS from Microsoft This is Windows Vista build 5342 for those inclined to such information.
download -
comments -
25.3.2006 DOWNLOAD of Windows Vista build 5365
As expected Microsoft released Windows Vista Build 5365 to testers.
This package contains the following ISO. There will be no other SKUs or platforms available for this release nor is physical media available for this release.
download -
comments -
23.4.2006 DOWNLOAD of Windows Vista build 5381
As expected Microsoft released Windows Vista Build 5381 to testers.
This package contains the following ISO. There will be no other SKUs or platforms available for this release nor is physical media available for this release.
download -
comments -
9.5.2006 Windows Vista Beta 2 Public Download Available Soon
This was posted to the Windows Vista Newsgroups!
windows -
comments -
7.6.2006 FREE DOWNLOAD of Windows Vista RC1 now
Windows Vista RC1 introduces a breakthrough user experience and is designed to help you feel confident in your ability to view, find, and organize information and to control your computing experience.
download -
comments -
6.9.2006 Windows Vista RTM Crack download
Thank to dl.phazeddl.com for this article. Version from setup (6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205)) proves this is the real deal.
download -
comments -
11.11.2006 Windows Vista VHD - Free Download
Thanks to odeeee for this download links. Windows Vista Enterprise is now available for IT professionals and developers with MSDN and TechNet subscriptions. In the coming weeks, Microsoft will start the Windows Vista Customer Preview Program (CPP) for developers and IT professionals who are not members of the subscription services.
download -
comments -
24.5.2007 Download Free Windows Vista Enterprise
Microsoft is offering Windows Vista Enterprise as a free download in combination with the Office 2007 Professional System.
download -
comments -
7.11.2007 Vista SP2 RTM Already Leaked and Available for download soon
Microsoft was yet to announce the releasing to manufacturing of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 that the bits had already been leaked to torrent trackers. On April 28, the Redmond company indicated that Vista SP2 (a package that also contains Windows Server 2008 SP2) had RTM'd.
windows -
comments -
29.4.2009 Download ForceWare 77.52 Windows Vista
Windows Vista Beta drivers (32-bit) distributed with the unreleased Windows Vista (codename Longhorn). Windows 2000/XP compatible also.
These drivers are distributed with the Windows Vista Beta DVD release.
download -
comments -
HTTP DOWNLOAD of Windows Vista build 5270
Windows Vista codename Longhorn, the next generation OS from Microsoft This is Windows Vista build 5270 for those inclined to such information.
download -
comments -
28.12.2005 Download Vista Transformation Pack 3.0 (Extreme 5270)
Well, this is another very big update. In this release, you'll get bunches of stuff you've never seen before in this pack such as Windows Media Player skins, WindowBlinds skin, new stuffs, etc. And bugs I've found are all fixed with 5270 additions. I don't know how should I explain it so see screenshot and consider yourself for it.
download -
comments -
1.1.2006 Download Windows Vista Official 113 Icons
This site will soon offer a large database of free vista icons (.ico) so you can customize your desktop and OS icons. More free Vista Icons coming soon.
download -
comments -
2.1.2006 Windows Vista RC2 build 5744 DOWNLOAD
This new build of Windows Vista offers users a higher level of performance and stability – improving what was established in Windows Vista RC1. We were able to also fix many of your bugs reported from RC1 and implement them for RC2 build 5744. Thank you to our beta testers for the bugs and feedback you submitted for RC1.
First screenshot available.
download -
comments -
6.10.2006 Microsoft Pulls Vista RC2 Public Download
On Monday, just two days after making the Release Candidate 2 (RC2) version of Windows Vista available to the public via the Customer Preview Program (CPP), Microsoft pulled the download, confounding users who were hoping to get the last public pre-release version of the product.
windows -
comments -
12.10.2006Windows XP Departs: Good Riddance or Sad Farewell?
The forced retirement of Microsoft's Windows XP is set--with some exceptions--for Monday. To quell XP separation anxiety and the rancor of
seething Vista haters, Microsoft has agreed to offer Windows XP updates and security patches until April 2014.
However, PC retailers such
as Dell have pretty much stopped selling computers preloaded with the venerable OS. XP's disappearance has stirred much conversation. In fact,
more than 200,000 people signed a petition to keep XP--a campaign championed by our sibling publication InfoWorld. In the long run, though, Microsoft
refused to yield to the entreaties of XP-philes.
neowin.net -
27.06.2008A fond farewell to Computer Shopper in print
Before the Internet, in the era when information was delivered in packages and envelopes and crates, there was Computer Shopper .
..
betanews.com -
28.02.2009Bill Gates bids farewell in Tech·Ed keynote
In his farewell Tech·Ed keynote, the last as Microsoft chairman, Bill Gates today announced a Go Live edition of Silverlight 2, a new data caching
technology and a partnership with IBM.
Silverlight 2 beta
2 was released with a Go Live licensepermitting customers to use the prerelease software in productionshortly after the keynote had ended. The
second beta of the Silverlight 2 tools for Visual Studio 2008 was released at the same time.
The betas feature set is complete,
said Jonathan Perera, general manager of Microsofts Application Platform division, in an interview with SD Times. However, he could not confirm
whether Microsoft had addressed developers
complaints by expanding its
isolated storage or by adding support for using HTML and Silverlight within the same application.
winbeta.org -
03.06.2008Windows Vista X - We Have Updated Are Downloads
We Have Updated Are Download
You Can Now Download Windows
Vista Pre-RTM Build 5840 Crack
And Much More...
windowsvistax.com -
31.10.2006Microsoft Offers Pre-RC1 Vista
Beta
Despite initially saying it
wouldn't be made public,
Microsoft late Monday released
Windows Vista Build 5536 for
download by those who had
signed up for the Beta 2
Customer Preview Program. The
catch: only 100,000 visitors
will be able to download
before the links are
deactivated...
betanews.com -
29.08.2006Windows Vista RC2 Set for Release
A Portugese-language blog post
from a member of the Windows
Local Test and Support team in
Brazil Wednesday, along with a
download page on Microsoft's
Web site confirmed that
Windows Vista RC2 is arriving
shortly, and will be available
for public download...
betanews.com -
05.10.2006Windows Vista Recovery Disc Download
If you're like most PC users, you got Windows Vista with a new PC or laptop. And if you're like 99% of the population, you get your new machine
from one of the major manufacturers. Dell, Acer, HP, Toshiba, Lenovo, all have one thing in common: they don't give you a real Windows Vista
installation disc with your purchase. Instead, they bundle what they call a "recovery disc" (that's if you're lucky - otherwise you'll have a
recovery partition instead).
It doesn't matter that you just paid a thousand dollars for a machine that comes with a
valid Windows Vista license - they just don't want to spend the money (or perhaps take on the responsibility) of giving you a Windows Vista
installation DVD to accompany your expensive purchase.
winbeta.org -
19.01.2008Download: Windows Vista x64 Recovery Disc
NeoSmart: Ever since we
first made available the Windows Vista
Recovery Disc for download back in January, we've been inundated with requests for
an
x64-compatible version. Flash-forward to three months later, and it's finally here!
winbeta.org -
08.04.2008Microsoft releases Windows Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2
Microsoft has released a standalone installer for Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 today. The software giant posted some things to know
about the service packs last month, one of the warnings is if "vLite" was used to customize your Windows Vista installation, you may have removed
required system components which prevent Service Pack 2 from installing. Microsoft has a workaround for this issue. Microsoft is expected to post the
bits to Windows Update in the coming weeks but if you are eager to install SP2 today then the download links are listed below. Download: Vista
SP2/Server 2008 SP2 32 bit Download: Vista SP2/Server 2008 SP2 64 bit
Read full story.....
neowin.net -
26.05.2009Windows Vista UX Guidelines
Available for Download
Microsoft have made available
a preliminary draft of the
Windows Vista User Experience
Guidelines (or ???UX Guide???
for short). These guidelines
contain information on
What???s New in Windows Vista,
design principles, guidelines
for controls, text, windows,
and aesthetics. They will help
designers and developers
create high quality,
consistent Windows Vista
applications.
winbeta.org -
12.09.2005PINNED: Windows Vista RC1 Now
Publicly Available
This is the moment you've
all been
waiting for.. (OK, all the non
testers!)
Windows
Vista RC1, the exact same
build testers received on
Friday has now been released
publicly.
This
particular build (being 5600)
has received high praise about
its much improved stability
and performance.
jcxp.net -
07.09.2006Windows Vista User Experience Guidelines
This download contains a preliminary draft of the Windows Vista User Experience Guidelines (or UX Guide). These guidelines contain information on
whats new in Windows Vista, design principles, and guidelines for controls, commands, text, interaction, windows, aesthetics, and the Windows
environment. They help designers and developers create high-quality Windows Vista applications with a consistent "look and feel."
winbeta.org -
27.10.2007Want to Test Vista? Better Act
Fast
Microsoft UK .NET platform
product manager Ian Moulster
wrote in a post to his
personal Web log that the
company will cut access to
Windows Vista Beta 2 on
Friday. He recommended that
users start their download and
activate Vista as soon as
possible...
betanews.com -
30.06.2006Vista Beta 2 Offered via
BitTorrent
With Microsoft struggling to
keep up with the demand for
Windows Vista Beta 2, tech
personality Chris Pirillo and
Jake Ludington have taken the
initiative to publish the
3.2-gigabite download using
BitTorent. But Microsoft
recommends against using a
third party to obtain Vista
code...
betanews.com -
13.06.2006Windows Vista RC2 available to CPP Customers
This just in from Nick White
on the Windows Vista Team
Blog, thanks to betax
for the heads up.
I
encourage you to download and
install Windows Vista RC2.
We're almost finished with
Windows Vista - RTM is almost
here. Submit as many bugs as
you can as we continue to work
hard toward shipping.
Windows Vista RC2 is now
available to Customer Preview
Program participants for a
limited time . If you're
in the CPP use these links to
access RC2:
neowin.net -
07.10.2006Exclusive: Windows Vista SP2 RC released to general public
As expected, Windows Vista Service Pack 2 RC and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 RC is now available to general public for download. You can
download the SP2 RC for both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 below: ISO for Windows Server 2008 x86/x64/ia64 and Windows Vista x86/x64x86 for
Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista x86x64 for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista x64IA64 for Windows Server 2008 ia64 The service pack is
delivered as a single release for both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. There will be a single 32-bit standalone installer (302 MB to 390 MB)
for both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.
Read full story.....
neowin.net -
04.03.2009Windows Vista SP1 Update Available via Microsoft OEM site
It looks like Microsoft has posted the final Vista SP1 bits to their
OEM site which is accessible to anyone that registers. The file is a 1.13GB .img which combines the 32-bit and 64-bit update
executables into one image:
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) is now available for download. Windows Vista SP1 will deliver
improvements and enhancements to existing features that significantly impact customers, but it does not deliver substantial new operating system
features.
Download Windows Vista SP1 here. The download contains Window Vista SP1 for five languages: English, French, German,
Japanese, and Spanish. Note Additional languages will be available soon.
Once you download the Windows Vista SP1 package, you
will need to extract the appropriate .exe file for the language you wish to install.
winbeta.org -
12.02.2008Microsoft Makes Vista Fix Packs Public
In a move that will likely
only further confuse the
situation surrounding Windows
Vista Service Pack 1,
Microsoft has posted for
public download two updates
that were released to beta
testers last month. The
patches improve Vista
performance and reliability,
along with the operating
system's compatibility with
drivers and hardware...
betanews.com -
08.08.2007Vista Fix Packs Now on Windows Update
Following their public availability on Microsoft's Download Center, two hotfix packs for Windows Vista that improve performance and reliability are
now available as optional downloads via Windows Update. They will not, however, be delivered automatically to Vista users...
betanews.com -
29.08.2007Microsoft: 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. Ever
since the features of Vista were finalized, Microsoft tried to tip the scale the other way by focusing on performance, with the obvious limitation of
not disabling any services. Updates regarding performance and stability are numerous, but most have not hit Windows Update as they are not quite ready
(preview releases). The Windows Serviceability Team wants feedback on one such update, available for download at the Microsoft Download Center, before
its expected release on Windows Update in January.
Read full story.....
neowin.net -
13.12.2007
