How to download and install Windows 7 Language Packs - MUI
Language packs or MUI packs are used to change the default language of Windows 7 to a language of your choice. For example, download and installing the French language pack will translate all the menus and options in Windows 7 into French.
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27.8.2009 How to boot a Vista system from a locally stored WIM file
The Windows AIK provides excellent opportunities to create custom Windows PE based images. Those images are provided as WIM files and can be easily converted to ISO files to be burned on CD or DVD.
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13.5.2007 How to boot a Vista system from a locally stored WIM file
The Windows AIK provides excellent opportunities to create custom Windows PE based images. Those images are provided as WIM files and can be easily converted to ISO files to be burned on CD or DVD. WIM files can also be used to boot from the network using Windows Deployment Services.
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6.6.2007 How to Install Windows Vista
For people with access to the Vista betas through MSDN, there is an installation guide.
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How to install another OS on your PS3
Who'll get the last laugh now? They said the PS3 sucks, is late, is too expensive, isn't worth it, isn't a bargain. Well, look at it now! It's shaping up to be something worth its weight in news.
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13.11.2006 Install multiple versions of IE on your PC
Ever wanted to test your website in various versions of Internet Explorer?
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10.12.2006 How to Install and Enable DreamScene in Windows 7
Windows DreamScene, a feature which allows a video clip, movie show, slideshow or animated image and picture to be set as the desktop background in Windows Vista has been removed in Windows 7, in favor of Desktop Slideshow wallpaper auto rotator. Although Windows 7 no longer supports DreamScane, the DreamScene function can still be manually added and installed into Windows 7 with a little hack in order to turn on and enable the DreamScene support in Windows7.
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13.1.2009 Microsoft: How to install a browser on Windows 7 E
Microsoft have created a guidance page on the Windows 7 part of their website, detailing how users should go about installing a browser on Windows 7 E the main version of Windows that will ship in the UK, that comes without a browser.
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15.7.2009 How to Install Chrome OS in Windows 7
Google unveiled Chrome OS in an event yesterday where they demonstrated the upcoming cloud-based OS for the first time in public. Source code of Chrome OS was also released which folks over at gdgt have compiled in a ready-to-install .vmdk file.
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20.11.2009 Microsoft patch fails to install for some users
Microsoft Corp. has reported a problem with one of its security patches released yesterday that requires some users to take additional steps to ensure it installs properly.
The problem affected patch number MS06-007, which fixes a TCP/IP vulnerability in several versions of Windows that could allow a denial-of-service attack. Microsoft called the patch important but not critical, and said users should install it as soon as possible. It was one of several patches released yesterday (see "Microsoft issues seven security patches").
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16.2.2006 Vista: Should I Install 64bit or 32bit Version?
Deciding which Vista version to install can be a difficult decision and can really limit what you can do with your system. Here are practical hints which should help a user decide which version to install. I decided to write this guide after installing 64-bit and 32-bit vista systems on several test boxes.
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12.1.2007 Windows Post-Install Wizard (WPI) 6.1
Windows Post-Install Wizard (WPI) is a hypertext application designed for giving users choice. While Windows XP offers many ways of customizing the setup process out of the box, its major drawback is the lack of being able to select which applications an end user may install.
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29.7.2007 Windows 7 testers - RC is a clean install
The latest post on Microsofts Engineering Windows 7 blog outlines what existing Windows 7 beta testers will have to do in order to be able upgrade to the release candidate.
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9.4.2009 How to Install Microsoft Telnet Client on Windows 7
If you have been fan of traditional Microsoft Telnet client then you will be surprised to see that traditional Telnet Client is not available in Windows Vista & 7 by default and you have to manually install Telnet Client to use Telnet from command prompt.
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17.7.2009 Install Any Version of Windows 7 with Universal ISO
Those of you who own an official copy of Windows 7 from MSDN or TechNet may have faced a scenario where you wanted to install a different edition of Windows, only to find out that you will have to download a separate ISO file just to install your desired edition.
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9.11.2009 Crack Available to Install Windows Vista with Only 256MB RAM
Want to perform the impossible with Windows Vista and install the operating system on systems with only 256 MB of RAM? vista_nomem.exe is a patch that promises to deliver just that, enabling you to deploy Vista even if you only have 256 MB of memory.
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8.2.2007 Vista Hands On #4: Clean install with an upgrade key
I've been reading
the breathless reports this week about the "Vista upgrade loophole." Most of it is typical echo-chamber stuff, and most of the reports I've read so far have gotten the basic facts wrong.
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19.2.2007 Pirates release fully cracked Vista install
DISCUSSING PIRATED software is still fairly taboo within the press, but sometimes a scene release is worthy of note, despite the influx of staunch anti-piracy e-mails that will flood our in-box.
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18.5.2007 Windows Vista SP1 Beta Install Fair
The Windows Vista SP1 Deployment Team wanted me to pass along notice of an upcoming Install Fair being held here in Redmond at month's end; we've held events like this before and they've always been well received.
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3.10.2007 My Day at the Windows Vista SP1 Install Fair
On Saturday October 27th, I had the chance to visit the Microsoft campus and join various others in installing the Windows Vista SP1 Beta.
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29.10.2007 Microsoft: IE 8 Release Candidate wont install on Windows 7
Windows 7 testers wont be able to install Microsofts near-final Release Candidate (RC) test build of Internet Explorer (IE) 8 a limitation Microsoft is acknowledging and saying is by design.
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20.1.2009 How to install Windows 7 on a virtual hard disk - VHD
If You want to test Windows 7, without impacting your current installation of Windows XP or Vista on your desktop? A possible solution is: Boot from VHD.
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19.6.2009 How to Install Snow Leopard (10A432) on PC Hackintosh
Snow Leopard 10.6Snow Leopard is released and all the Hackintosheers are waiting eagerly to run the latest version of Mac OS X 10.6 on their PC a.k.a Hack Pro.
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27.8.2009 Founder to Install $250M Worth Microsoft Software in China
Founder Technology Group Corp., one of China?s largest PC makers, signed a Windows cooperative engagement agreement with Microsoft.
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13.4.2006 Workaround Discovered For "Clean Install" With Vista Upgrade DVDs
DailyTech has posted a 7-step workaround courtesy of Paul Thurrott (via Microsoft internal documents) on how to perform a clean install with a Windows Vista Upgrade DVD.
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31.1.2007 Microsoft: Should You Install Windows Vista SP1 RC Refresh?
Last week, on January 9th, 2008, Microsoft dropped Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Release Candidate Refresh Build 17128 into the laps of some 15,000 testers.
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14.1.2008 Install Vista SP1 RC Refresh for the Added Performance
According to Microsoft, one reason to install Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Release Candidate Refresh and test drive it is the added performance.
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15.1.2008 Windows Vista SP1 Beta Install Fiesta, Courtesy of Microsoft
Microsoft is hard at work hammering away at the first service pack for Windows Vista.
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20.11.2007 Install and Uninstall Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Release Candidate 1
The first public build of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is imminent and is planned by the end of this week. Microsoft has already made available Vista SP1 Release Candidate 1 via Connect, MSDN and TechNet, and is preparing for the next step, opening up the beta testing
process to the general public through the Microsoft Download Center.
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11.12.2007 Mac OS X and Linux Continue to Erode Windows' Install Base
Apple's Mac OS X and the open source Linux operating systems continue to erode the install base of Microsoft's proprietary platform. According to statistics made available by Net Applications, Windows accounted for a market share of no less than 93.06% back in August 2007.
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2.9.2008Mounting WIM Images from Windows Explorer
Robert McLaws: Over the course of my Windows Server 2008 testing, I've had
to do a fair amount of work with WIM files. The problem is, that works comes in fits and starts, and I really hate having to keep looking up the
syntax for mounting WIM images using ImageX.
This morning, I was preparing to move my web hosting environment yet again ,
which means I have to build new ISOs with my unattended settings files yet again . So I decided to make life a little bit easier. I'll let the
picture explain what it does, then I'll explain what you need to do...
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05.11.2007vLite v1.1 Beta 2 Available
vLite is a tool for customizing the Windows Vista installation before actually installing it.
Changelog:
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new: 'Select this version on install' Unattended option
- new: 'WebDAV (WebClient)'
- new: 'IP Helper'
- new: 'File and printer sharing (Server)'
- new: 'DNS Client'
- new: 'Windows Time'
- new: 'Modem
Support'
- new: 'Remote Differential Compression'
- new: 'Dynamic Volume Manager'
- new: 'QLogic Fibre
Channel Adapter'
- new: 'Windows Color System'
- new: 'Beep'
- new: Integration failure report
- new: 'unwim' switch for uninstalling the WIM Filter
- upd: Computer Name synthax validation
- upd: KB941649
integration workaround
- fix: Finish before ISO page was shown
- fix: Error Reporting removal breaking Compatibility Tab
and MCE Reciever service
- fix: Merging CDs
- fix: Help was needed for IIS
- fix: KB932596 install
failure
Author's Note on v1.1 Beta 2:
Here you go, new removals, important fixes, better
compatibility...no you are not getting a free set of knives.
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19.11.2007Microsoft Office Communicator
Web Access RC Released
"The Release
Candidate for Communicator Web
Access is now available for
download at Beta Place. This
is our final code drop before
Release to Manufacturing
(RTM).
Ple
ase note this version requires
a Re-Install - you will have
to un-install any previous
version of CWA. This version
also requires that you
un-install the .Net Framework
and install the 2.0 RTM
version (recently released).
You can download this from
ht
tp://www.microsoft.com/downloa
ds/details.aspx?FamilyId=0856E
ACB-4362-4B0D-8EDD-AAB15C5E04F
5&displaylang=en...
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11.11.2005Microsoft Web Platform Installer Beta
The Microsoft Web Platform Installer (beta) is a free tool that makes it simple to download and install the latest components of the Microsoft Web
Platform, including the IIS7, SQL Server Express, .NET Framework and Visual Web Developer.
Developers and server administrators
can use the Web Platform Installer Beta to more easily discover, download and install the Microsoft Web platform. Using the Web Platform Installers
simple user interface, you can select specific components or install the entire Microsoft Web Platform onto your computer easily and quickly. To help
you stay up-to-date with product releases, the Web Platform Installer tool always contains the most current versions and new additions to the
Microsoft Web Platform.
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30.09.2008Windows Vista SP1 Deployment Info
A few quick bits that are noteworthy from the
Windows Vista SP1
Whitepaper regarding deployment.
Windows Vista SP1 will support the following delivery methods:
- Express. Requires an
Internet connection but minimizes the size of the download by sending only the changes needed for a specific computer (approximately 50 MB for
x86-based operating systems).
- Stand-alone. Recommended for computers with limited Internet connectivity and for applying the service
pack to multiple computers. The download size is larger than the express package, but customers can apply a single package to any Windows Vista
version and language combination (within a platform). Distribution tools like System Center Configuration Manager 2007 use stand-alone packages to
deploy Windows Vista SP1.
- Slipstream. The slipstream version of Windows Vista SP1 is media that already contains the service pack,
which companies can use to deploy the operating system to new computers or to upgrade existing computers. Availability will be limited. Microsoft will
update Windows Vista retail media with Windows Vista SP1 slipstream media in the future. Slipstream media will also be available to Volume Licensing
customers.
As also stated in the Whitepaper, "customers cannot apply SP1 to offline Windows Vista images," meaning that the Vista SP1 update
cannot be manually slipstreamed into a Vista RTM ISO. However, a method of repacking an install.wim with Vista SP1 integrated is available using our
Vista SP1 Integration Guide which still requires a complete install
of Vista RTM in order to reverse integrate it. While this may not be the most ideal method, it is at the moment the only method if one doesn't have
access to Microsoft's fully slipped SP1 ISO since availability will be limited.
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29.08.2007Windows XP SP3 Now Available on Windows Update and Microsoft Download Center
Microsoft Update Team: Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) is now available on Windows Update (and the Microsoft Download Center)!
If you'd like to install it via WU today, you'll need to visit the Windows Update website. To do this, go to
Windows Update and perform an express or custom install, make sure you see the service
pack selected, and proceed with the install. After it downloads, you'll see a series of screens and you'll be asked to make a few clicks before the
install will begin.
If you're not in a rush, we recommend you use Automatic Updates to install Windows XP SP3. It provides the
best experience because the download will happen in the background. We're planning to begin automatically distributing Windows XP SP3 over AU
sometime in the next few months.
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07.05.2008Windows Vista SP1 Slipstreaming FAQ
Kevin Remde from Microsoft has
posted a very useful FAQ regarding why SP1 cannot be directly slipstreamed into a Vista RTM image. As he points out:
See, there's this important part of the OS known as the "servicing layer" in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. This is the
part of the OS that allows for easy update installation with minimal disruptions, allows for an update to be applied to an offline captured image
that's within a .wim file, among other things.
Well.. let's say that that servicing layer ALSO needed to be updated? What
then?
A solution to this problem might be to first integrate the new servicing components and then integrate the other SP1 bits
however Microsoft apparently
disabled
that option during the development of SP1 and
warned users that the image will be corrupted. There are
plans to make SP2 directly slipstreamable however
Microsoft have made no promises.
So what's Microsoft's current solution?
You are going to have to install your
image to a machine. Install the Service Pack. Then re-capture the image.
Note that this is the same method we wrote about in
detail back in August in our
"Reverse Integration" guide. The new
bit of info from Kevin's post is that Microsoft have also been nice enough to give users an additional Re-arm with SP1 meaning you won't lose any of
the 3 Re-arms that came with the base Vista RTM install.
Further info is available in the
new WAIK
documentation and
Vista SP1 Deployment Guide or via our
"Reverse
Integration" guide.
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10.02.2008VS2008 SP1 and .NET FX Beta Performance Improvements
David Berg: Visual Studio 2008 SP1 is packed with new features, major updates to frameworks, and fixes. So much so that with everything installed
(including x64 and ia86 support) you would need to download and install about 1GB of updates. Which brings us to the first and most important
performance improvement you only download what you need!
VS2008 SP1 includes a new installation / update engine. You just
download the installer, which then analyzes your system installation, and only downloads the components you need. Thus a default installation of
VS2008 Team System will only download about 600mb (and less still if you dont have all the default components installed). Download performance will
vary substantially based on your internet connection and network contention; however, it generally outperforms an IE file download, and will
automatically restart in the middle if your network connection drops out and comes back. (However, if you cancel the install, it will restart at the
beginning.)
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12.05.2008Beware of fake Microsoft security alerts
With Microsoft's monthly
patch release expected on
Tuesday, scammers are sending
out fake security bulletins
that attempt to install
malicious software on
victim's computers.
The e-mail messages claim
to describe a "Cumulative
Security Update for Internet
Explorer" that fixes a
critical security flaw in the
browser. It comes with a link
entitled "Download this
update."
When users
click on this link, they are
taken to a server that
attempts to install malicious
software known as
Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.
avk. This Trojan software then
attempts to reach out to other
computers on the Internet in
order to install more programs
on the victim's computer...
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09.06.2007Demonstration: Windows 7 VHD Boot
This command line demonstration explains how to build a bootable Windows 7 VHD image from a Windows 7 install.wim file using diskpart.exe and
imagex.exe. The demonstration continues with an explanation of how to configure the boot entry using bcdedit.exe and explains the limitations of VHD
Boot. Note: This screencast discusses a release candidate of a Microsoft product. The information in this screencast is provided as-is and is subject
to change without notice.
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01.05.2009iPhone 3GS gets jailbroken and unlocked
Purplera1n, unrelated to the Dev Team, has come out with a solution to jailbreak the iPhone 3GS for both Windows and Intel Mac computers. The
jailbreak allows users to download Cydia on their iPhone to install unofficial applications on their device. The jailbreaking solution provided by
purplera1n still does not allow Winterboard to be used as of yet. The method installs an application called Freeze onto the device; this installs and
unpacks Cydia. Users who install Cydia onto their device can then proceed to install UltraSn0w which was recently released to unlock the iPhone 3G,
now unlocks the iPhone 3GS.
Read full
story.....
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06.07.2009Google Chrome OS available for download
When Google finally showed off their new OS yesterday there was a lot of skepticism about working in the cloud, offline applications and many other
thoughts and concerns. The good news is that if you don't want to read others hands on impressions you can now download and install the OS
yourself. A couple of things to note, firstly the download will only work in a VM environment, second, this is pre-beta software so expect crashes,
bumps and a rough experience. But if you're willing to take the plunge you can follow the directions here.
Read full story.....
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20.11.2009Vista SP1 Integration Guide
As
we reported a few days ago, the latest build of Vista SP1
released to testers (6001.16633) is in the EXE standalone update format. Many of you will no doubt be wondering as to how exactly the bits can be
integrated into a Vista RTM ISO if at all possible.
There's some good news and there's also some bad news.
First of all, it must be noted that we are still unsure if the SP1 update will remain in the EXE format and that anything noted below is subject
to change. The primary reason being
Microsoft's documentation for Vista Service Packs state that they will be provided in the MSU format whereas it is currently
being offered to testers in the EXE format.
Unlike previous service pack updates for older Windows OSes, Microsoft do not provide
any switches in the EXE to allow for simple integration. Part of the problem has to do with the completely different format that the Vista Setup DVD
uses where each edition of Vista is a separate index in the install.wim and that each index needs to be separately updated. While Microsoft could
implement a switch to allow the user to select which index to update or a switch to update all the indexes, it will turn out to be a very lengthy and
time-consuming process as we are talking about gigabytes of files that need to be updated/replaced, saved and recompressed. Unfortunately, Vista also
does not implement an Updates folder unlike Office 2007 where one could stick all the latest updates in the folder in the ISO and setup would pick
them up and install them...
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28.08.2007Flight Simulator X Service Pack 1 Now Available
Flight Simulator X
Service Pack 1 is now
available for download. It is
http://blogs.msdn.com/ptaylor/
archive/2007/05/15/fsx-sp1-pre
paring-to-install.aspx>recomme
nded to install SP1 on a clean
install of FSX as many 3rd
party add-ons may cause
crashes, especially if they
load dlls.
SP1 addresses
these post-release customer
concerns:
-
Activation and installation
- Third-party add-on
issues
- Performance
enhancements
- Content
issues
Also, it is
worth noting that SP1 does not
include the DirectX 10 update
for FSX. The
http://blogs.msdn.com/ptaylor/
archive/2007/01/31/fsx-progres
s-update-sp1-and-dx10.aspx>DX1
0 update should be released
later this year as a separate
feature update.
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16.05.2007Amazon Quietly Launches Software Downloads
Amazon has quietly launched a new
Software download service that will allow you
to purchase and download software directly from the Amazon site. Once purchased a record of the purchase will be kept in "Your Media Library" for
future downloads.
Before you are able to download software you will need to install the Amazon Software Downloader. This client
side app will allow you to pause and resume your download and supports 10 asynchronous connections to maximize download speed.
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06.01.2008Another note regarding KB935509...
We had a small number of early customer reports, that in some cases, this update (KB935509) was being offered for installation on all Windows Vista
editions vs. just Ultimate and Enterprise. A quick adjustment of the applicability logic was released shortly there-after to refine the edition
offering behavior. For systems set to download and install updates automatically, the update will not install even if it has already downloaded, so
most people will not be affected by this at all. Customers who installed the initial release of the update on editions other than Ultimate or
Enterprise should not be concerned as the update will have no negative impact on their systems it was designed to install on all versions of Windows
Vista, it is just not required on any of the others for SP1.
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09.01.2008Office 2007: First impressions of an average user
OK, well perhaps I am not the
average user, but I can say
with my hand on my heart that
I have never installed any of
the Office 2007 Betas and, for
what it's worth, not really
followed the Office 2007
developement program with as
much energy as others.
So, overnight I
fired-up my Technet Plus
subscription and downloaded
Office 2007 Professional with
a view to evaluating the final
product. The first thing I
noticed was the choice of
versions available...one of
the things I actually was
aware of from the various news
posts here at bink.nu.
Looking through the programs
available for each version I
settled on the Pro download.
At 410meg it wasn't that
large, I certainly expected a
bigger download. Nice to see.
I let it download whilst I
caught up on my beauty
sleep.
The install
of Office 2007 was
fantastically simple. I mean
that, in fact, I can't
believe how much so. Finally,
a Microsoft app that asks me
for my product key up front
and then doesn't bother me
again until the end! The
install removed my Office 2k3
install and put down 2007. As
smoothly as I could have ever
wanted.
Again,
having not really spent much
time going over beta
screenshots like some people
do, I was really taken back by
the UI in Word. Outlook was
about as I expected, but Word
and Excel really threw
me...for about 4 minutes.
Seriously, that's all it
took. The UI is simple, makes
a lot of sense, and wasn't
hard at all to 'master'.
OK, 1 vote from me.
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05.12.2006Windows Live Unified Installer Released
Only days after the initial announcement, the unified installer for all desktop Windows Live products has already released to the web, although not
exactly in the expected way.
The "suite" replaces older Windows Live product installers with a single one for every of them,
where we expected it to be a standalone package alongside the product installers. You simply download the 1.7MB file, then choose what products you
want to download and install. The installer is pretty efficient, as it downloads other products while one of them install instead of waiting for it to
finish.
The package can install Photo Gallery, Messenger, Writer, Mail, Family Safety and Toolbar.
Though
the changes added to them are unknown, new builds for Mail, Writer, Photo Gallery and Messenger 8.5 Beta have also been released.
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06.09.2007Microsoft Expression Design Service Pack 1 Available
Expression Design Service Pack 1 (SP1) is an update to Expression Design. If you are currently using the trial version of Expression Design, simply
download and install this service pack and continue to use the trial. If you have purchased Expression Design, download and install this service pack
to update your copy of Expression Design.
You can get specific information about the SP1 update in the Microsoft Knowledge Base
article (942686),
Description of Expression Design Service Pack 1, or the
Microsoft Knowledge Base article (942685),
List of issues that are fixed in
Microsoft Expression Design Service Pack 1.
An updated User Guide is also available for Expression Design SP1. To install the
updated User Guide, see
Expression Design Service Pack 1
User Guide and follow the instructions.
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18.10.2007Microsoft Web Platform Installer Released (RC)
"The Web Platform Installer (Web PI) is a simple tool that installs Microsoft's entire Web Platform, including IIS7, Visual Web Developer 2008
Express Edition, SQL Server 2008 Express Edition and the .NET Framework.
Using the Web Platform Installers user interface, you can
choose to install either specific products or the entire Microsoft Web Platform onto your computer. The Web PI also helps keep your products up to
date by always offering the latest additions to the Web Platform.
Now supporting Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, Web PI makes it
easy to install and stay up-to-date with the Microsoft Web Platform. This updated release lets you install ASP.NET MVC, Visual Studio Tools for
Silverlight, and much more! "
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