Windows 7 security enhancements
Windows 7 makes remote connectivity to corporate networks seamless, protects data on thumb drives, and offers fewer user account control prompts to bug users compared to Vista, Microsoft said on Monday.
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24.4.2009 Windows 7 DirectX11 High-Fidelity Graphics Enhancements
DirectX debuted back in 1995, and, with the upcoming Windows client, the underlying graphics technology of the operating system will evolve to the next level.
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1.12.2008 Power efficiency enhancements in Vista SP1
Most if not all the attention surrounding Windows Vista Service Pack 1 has been around performance, reliability and compatibility, but you probably didn’t know SP1 also makes short strides in terms of Vista’s power efficiency.
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23.2.2008 Microsoft Adds Xbox 360 Warranty "Enhancements"
Microsoft has made some new changes to the Xbox 360's warranty. The last change was made back in late December when the console warranty was boosted from 90 days to a full year. The latest changes, however, should go a long way to fill in any gaps that may have been missing/lacking in the Xbox 360's warranty service.
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6.4.2007 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.
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6.9.2006 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.
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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.
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7.11.2007 Windows 7 RC free download from MS
Windows 7 is the next version of the Windows client operating system. This version incorporates hundreds of improvements based on your feedback. It works the way you want: it's responsive, reliable, and runs smoothly. It starts and shuts down faster, and is designed to make your battery last longer.
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5.5.2009 Windows Vista SP2 32 bits FREE download!
Thanks to portos for reporting this in the forum.
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25.10.2008 Download Windows 7 RTM Free Ultimate Extras Games Soon
The Ultimate Extras live to see another day. In all fairness, it will not be the whole of Ultimate Extras that will survive, but just two components, both being games which will be delivered as standalone downloads.
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10.11.2009 Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 BETA – Includes enhancements for Windows 7-based computers
We are pleased to announce the Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta which improves the Windows Home Server experience with Windows 7 and Windows Media Center by providing the following new features: Backup and restore of computers running Windows 7, Windows 7 Libraries integration, enhancements for Windows Media Center, and better support for netbook computers.
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20.7.2009 Free AVG 8.0 Download
Yesterday, Grisoft announced that a new version of AVG Antivirus Free would be released today, April 24, that was supposed to come with several new functions beside the
ones already included in the application
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24.4.2008 Free Nero 9 Available for Download
One year after the release of Nero 8, Nero has made available for download the next iteration of
the integrated digital media and home entertainment software suite.
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29.9.2008 IE VPC - New Free Editions of Windows XP SP2 Live for Download!
Two new free editions of Windows XP Service Pack 2 are live for download from Microsoft. The offerings are just the latest versions from a series delivered since late 2006, following the release of Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP SP2.
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20.8.2007 Microsoft PIDX Product Key Checker for Windows 7 Free Download
Most commercial software products from Microsoft, such as popular Windows operating system i.e. Windows 7, Windows Vista and more, requires a product key to install and activate. Without a product key, Windows will run as evaluation software, and once trial period expires, the operating system will become not genuine and illegitimate to use any longer. Product key, which is a series of 25 characters serial key code string, is used by Windows operating system for several purposes.
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2.9.2009 Download Free Windows 7 RTM GUI Ribbon-Fluent Samples
Among the many enhancements that Windows 7 brings to the table is the evolution of graphical user interfaces and natural user interfaces as far as Windows clients are concerned.
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19.10.2009 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 Download Nero 9 Essentials for Free
Just found this on AskVG that the latest version of Nero – the famous CD/DVD burning utility on Windows can now be legally downloaded for free!
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3.8.2009 Windows 7 ISO Image Edition Switcher Free Download for Direct Convert
Windows 7 no longer has “One Disc to Rule Them All” universal installation DVD disc media or ISO image which allows users to select whichever editions of Windows 7 they prefer to install during setup. Instead, each Windows 7 installation ISO or media is specific for a channel and distribution and can be used to install an edition of Windows 7 only.
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30.10.2009 Free Download Manager 2.5 Build 708
Free Download Manager (FDM) is a powerful, easy-to-use and absolutely free download accelerator and manager. Moreover, FDM is 100% safe, open-source software distributed under GPL license.
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31.8.2007 New Nine Inch Nails Album Available For Free Download
Nine Inch Nails has made its new ten-song, 44-minute minute album entitled "The Slip" available for free download at www.nin.com (free signup required).
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5.5.2008 Free Download Manager 2.6.810 Beta
Free Download Manager (FDM) is a full-featured freeware downloading program. It allows you to download files and whole web sites from any remote server via HTTP, HTTPS and FTP.
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20.10.2008 Microsoft Security Essentials is Now Available for Free Download
Microsoft today has released the final version of their free antivirus/antispyware solution for Windows 7, Vista and XP.
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29.9.2009 Download Free, Pre-Activated Copies of Vista
Being the loyal adept of a business model based on proprietary software, a free operating system is not exactly something that Microsoft customers can expect from the company.
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18.6.2008 World of Warcraft WoW Edition Free Download
Addicted to Peggle Extreme that available for free on Steam? PopCap Games
, the developer of Peggle series of casual action video game, has teamed up with Blizzard Entertainment, the developer of World of Warcraft (WoW), to release a special Peggle: World of Warcraft Edition, available for free download at no cost.
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19.7.2009 RapidZuca Rapidshare Download Manager for Free Users
In past we have covered many interesting tools for Rapidshare which includes Rapidshare plus, Rapidshare Auto Downloader, Rapidshare Download Accelerator, MDownloader & RSdownloader. With availability of Rapidshare API more and more developer coming up with good rapidsahre tools.
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19.8.2009 Yahoo Music continues DRM-free download experiment
Yahoo put another music track without DRM (digital rights management) on sale through its Yahoo Music service Tuesday.
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6.12.2006 Rising AntiVirus 2008 Free Edition English Download
Rising AntiVirus is a anti-virus security software from a Beijing, China based company of the same name, and is one of the most popular anti-virus solutions in China. Since April 2008, Rising has giving away.
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7.7.2008 Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D 3.0 Beta: Free Download
Virtual Earth 3D brings you another step closer to knowing "what it is like out there".
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7.10.2008 Ashampoo WinOptimizer 5 Free Download With License Serial Key
Ashampoo WinOptimizer 5 is a well-known tweaking and optimizing software for Windows operating system that provides clean, optimize and tune functions to ensure maximum PC performance.
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4.8.2009Get Web Services Enhancements
3.0 to build Secure Web
Services with Visual Studio
2005
Download the final release of
Web Services Enhancements
(WSE) 3.0. This add-on to the
.NET Framework 2.0 is designed
to build secure Web services
using the latest security
protocols...
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17.11.2005Xbox 360 2007 Fall Dashboard Update
As promised, Microsoft is bringing some early gifts to your Xbox 360 just prior to the holiday season. Beginning at 0200 A.M. PST on December 4, 2007,
the Xbox 360 Fall Dashboard Update will be available for all connected Xbox 360 consoles free of charge, bringing a herd of new features and
enhancements to the leading gaming and entertainment system.
Among the key new enhancements are the previously announced Xbox
Originals game download service, Family Timer parental control feature, and expanded social networking experiences. Xbox 360 owners can also look
forward to enhanced navigation, profile, and video features and Xbox LIVE® Arcade Hits. As well to visual enhancements to the Xbox Live Marketplace
and the rest of the dashboard as well.
The update will be digitally distributed over Xbox LIVE to the more than eight million
Xbox LIVE members worldwide (Xbox LIVE Silver and Gold) with no disc or hard drive required. If you have no account, you can easily sign up for one
free of charge either online on the official Xbox website or through your Xbox 360 console.
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04.12.2007Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 BETA “ Includes enhancements for Win 7-based computers
Update: It appears that Microsoft has removed the blog post regarding the Power Pack 3 Beta.
Windows Home Server Team: We
are pleased to announce the Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta which improves the Windows Home Server experience with Windows 7 and Windows Media
Center by providing the following new features: Backup and restore of computers running
Windows 7,
Windows 7 Libraries integration,
enhancements for Windows Media Center, and better support for
netbook computers.
If you are running Windows 7 on your home computer and are a current Windows Home Server user, we need your help!
Important : You will need to sign up as a beta participant of the Windows Home Server program on
Microsoft Connect in order to download the Power Pack 3 Beta.
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17.07.2009Windows Home Server: Power Pack 2 now available for download
The Windows Home Server Team has announced the availability of Power Pack 2 update for Windows Home Server. The English version of Power Pack 2 will
be available on March 24 and will automatically install as part of Windows Update if Automatic Updates is enabled on the Home Server. Power Pack for
Chinese, French, German, Japanese and Spanish will be available before the end of April. Power Pack 2 will also include support for Italian language.
Power Pack 2 includes enhancements for remote access configuration and computers running Windows Media Center, along with content streaming support
for Windows Media Center Extenders.
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24.03.2009Reminder: Last day to download Windows 7 RC in two days
Two days from now Microsoft will remove the Windows 7 Release Candidate from their website. If you want to test out Windows 7 for free, then you will
need to download this before the 20th August, 2009. Windows 7 users who are currently on the release candidate will not have to worry until March 1,
2010 and June 1, 2010 when bi-hourly shutdowns and license expiration's will begin. Alternatively, if you want to get your hands on the final
release now, Windows 7 RTM is now available to Technet Plus and MSDN subscribers.
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18.08.2009Pirating Windows? No free Security Essentials for you!
Microsoft has confirmed via its Genuine Windows Blog that only those Windows users running genuine, validated copies will be able to download and
install the new Microsoft Security Essentials software. The Director of Microsoft's Genuine Windows team, Alex Kochis, stated in his post that,
"During installation, you'll be asked to validate Windows running on your PC to make sure that it's genuine." Windows validation is by no
means a new technology, and has been implemented in many of Microsoft's software packages with a few notable exceptions: Internet Explorer 8, for
example, and Windows Update which allows users running pirated copies of Windows to download essential security patches without validation.
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01.10.2009Hyper-V Server now available as a free download
It isn't like Microsoft to give away an entire operating system for free, but beginning today, it will: A stand-alone server whose sole purpose is to
be a hypervisor platform for virtualized guest operating systems, is now available free of charge...
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02.10.2008First Look: Google Grabs Space on Your Desktop
The new Sidebar view leads the list of enhancements in version 2 of the free Google Desktop search tool...
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02.09.2005Five places to download free movies (legally!)
You've just laid out the scratch for a new 42" HDTV,
hooked up
surround sound speakers, and you're ready to tuck into a bowl of popcorn. Now all you need are some movies. Well, you've come to the right
place.
Here are five great Web sites where you can legally download free movies and burn them to a DVD to watch with your
sweetie, family, and friends this weekend.
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02.11.2007Windows 7 Enterprise 90 day trial available
Microsoft has made Windows 7 Enterprise available for free download with an evaluation period of 90 days for IT Professionals responsible for desktop
administration and deployment. This evaluation period download is only available for a limited time while supplies last. The extended evaluation
period will gives businesses a chance to test run the new Windows 7 operating system to determine if it meets company's standards as the next
major upgrade. This evaluation period is for IT Professionals who do not have access to Windows 7 RTM through: Software Assurance Volume License
agreementMSDN and TechNet subscriptionsSoftware Assurance agreement allowing the download of Windows 7 RTM via the Volume Licensing Download Center.
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02.09.2009Visual FoxPro 9.0 Service Pack 2 and "Sedna" Betas Now Available
This download contains the
BETA release for Microsoft
Visual FoxPro 9.0 SP2 and the
"Sedna" add-ons. This
release has two parts:
The Sedna Beta download
contains six components:
VistaDialogs4COM, Upsizing
Wizard, Data Explorer,
NET4COM, MY for VFP and VS
2005 Extension for VFP.
The VFP 9.0 SP2 Beta
download contains a patch that
can be applied to VFP 9.0 or
VFP 9.0 SP1. In addition to
fixes to the core product,
this patch contains
significant enhancements to
the Reporting features.
System Requirements
- Supported Operating
Systems: Windows 2000 Service
Pack 3; Windows 2000 Service
Pack 4; Windows Vista; Windows
XP Service Pack 2
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Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0
- Microsoft .NET Framework
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15.06.2007Be You: Windows Vista Computers Epitomize Form, Function, Self-Expression
Windows Photo Gallery and
Windows Mobility Center are
among the enhancements
designed to help people pursue
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23.07.2007Download Command & Conquer For Free
Today is the Command & Conquer series' 12th birthday! To celebrate, EA is giving away free downloads of Command & Conquer Gold:
Thanks largely to the efforts of our loyal fans whom continue to sustain and grow the Command & Conquer community, Command & Conquer has become
a legendary franchise and its time to celebrate its birth once again. In order to give back to the fans for over 12 years of devotion we are putting
together a 12th Anniversary celebration during the month of September. However, as any Command & Conquer fan knows, the true party starts today,
August 31st, which marks 12 years since Command & Conquer Gold launched way back in 1995.
To kick the celebration off, today we
have a special surprise which we are certain new and old Command & Conquer fans will enjoy. We are providing the original Command & Conquer Gold as a
free download, compatible for Windows XP! This is the same version included with the collectors pack Command & Conquer: The First Decade, and is now
available for you to download for free!
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02.09.2007Windows Live Messenger Beta
NOT Public
The confusion probably started
after a red colored "Windows
Live Messenger" text link
appeared on MSN UK's homepage
by the end of last week.
It links to a
product
page still showing screenshots
of older Beta-versions and
claiming that "the new
Windows Live Messenger Beta is
<...> as always <...> free to
download".
Indeed, it is free to
download but you still have to
sign up for the trial first
(don't worry if your
country's not listed) and
wait a couple of days before
you get invited.
Admittedly, if a beta
version is being used already
by about one million users the
definition of "public" is
contestable. But let's just
conclude that there's still
NO instantly
available direct download link
for just anybody.
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14.03.2006Visual Studio 2010 Overview
In this kick-off video for Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0 Week on Channel 9, we sit down with Jason Zander, Group Manager of Visual
Studio.
Jason discusses the major enhancements coming in Visual Studio 2010, including everything from language enhancements, to
IDE improvements, to changes in Visual Studio itself.
This "Humanized Screencast" is best viewed at fullscreen using the
high-quality WMV download.
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10.11.2008Download Free Far Cry today
Ubisoft decided to release free versions of Far Cry, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time and Rayman Raving Rabbids.
Out of these
three games, Far Cry is the most well known one. The game appeared from nowhere - actually, from German studio ran by Turkish brothers- and
single-handedly wiped out launch effects of Doom 3 and Half-Life 2. This is the game that surprised the market, and with later appearance of 64-bit
enhancements and graphical tweaks, this game still looks rather actual. This was also the very first title to offer HDR (High Dynamic Range) - in a
form of manual controls.
We have spotted free games for download on File Planet, but were quite sure youll see them on other
download sites. During the writing of this story, more than 1500 users downloaded the game (it grew from 10084 to 11659), and were sure once the news
gets across, there will be thousands of people in line to download this brilliant game. As far as other two games go, we would recommend both if youre
in for some sheer summer gaming fun.
As always, there is a catch: these three titles are ad-supported, but we were not able to
see the ads in-game while using this downloaded client. Were downloading Prince of Persia and Rayman right now.
We're not sure
if this ad-spotting version of the game is compatible with those nice 64-bit upgrades AMD offered quite some time ago. Regardless of that, this
experiment will show Ubisoft there is a point in releasing older titles for free or not.
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01.09.2007Mac Office, Messenger Get
Updates
Microsoft on Tuesday updated
both its Office and Messenger
applications for the Mac
platform, adding tighter
integration with Apple's
Tiger OS and improved
functionality with Live
Communications Server. The
enhancements are being
provided as a free update and
are available immediately...
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15.03.2006China gets free music from Google
According to Reuters, Internet-users in China will be able to download for free approximately 350,000 licensed songs--soon to be more than a
million--through Google. Not only will the Chinese be able to search for songs by artist and song title, but they will also be able to find tunes
based on beats per minute and musical style. The music, by Chinese and foreign artists alike, comes from Sony, Warner, EMI, and Universal--all
companies that have done deals with Google to open up portions of their catalogues for free distribution to anyone with an Internet connection in
China. China contains the highest number of Internet-users, and a great many of them routinely download music, films, and software illegally.
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31.03.2009Windows 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.
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12.02.2008Free video-editing software
Peter Butler: One of the most frequent questions I get from
CNET Download.com users is
"What free software can I use to
edit
video?" If I didn't respond to you personally, it's likely because there's not an easy answer. It depends on what type of video you have, and
what you want to do with it.
Let's start with the basics. If you didn't know, you likely already have
Windows Movie Maker, which was
included with
Windows XP Service Pack 2,
and recently beefed up for Windows Vista.
The XP version of Movie Maker is adequate for putting together clips into larger
videos, adding simple transitions, and making basic edits, but I can't recommend the experience. The
review on CNET Download.com is overly harsh, but it
encapsulates several problems you may encounter.
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