More Application Compatibility Resources for Windows 7
There are a number of efforts going on to help organize application compatibility for Windows 7, in or ongoing effort to improve in this space.
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14.9.2009 Windows Vista SP1 RTM Resources - the Whole Shebang
On February 4, 2008, Microsoft released Windows Vista Service Pack 1 to manufacturing.
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29.3.2008 Vista Requires More Hardware Resources than Microsoft's Windows for Supercomputers
A new level of the absurd... Windows Vista requires more hardware resources than Microsoft's Windows for Supercomputers.
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18.11.2007 Vista SP1 Volume Activation 2.0 Resources Available
The introduction of Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista marked the evolution of various aspects of the Windows client with some reverberating all the way to Windows Server 2008 RTM/SP1.
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14.7.2008 Academic Resource Kit – Free Tools and Resources from Microsoft
Whether you want to build an AJAX-based web application, or a Windows game, the Academic Resource Kit is a great place to start.
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9.2.2008 Vista SP1 with Antivirus Installed on Multiple CPU Systems Eats All Resources
Microsoft has warned customers of a problem affecting both Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 RTM/SP1, where the two operating systems in combination with some antivirus software, and running on machines with multiple processors, can eat all the system resources available to them.
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10.8.2009 ReadyBoost in Windows Vista: Does it Make a Difference?
USB memory keys are compact little devices that can store and transfer anywhere from 128MB to 8GB of data, all it takes is a USB slot.
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27.8.2007 Last OS Standing: Make the Most of Windows Vista
Now that Windows XP is no longer being sold by Microsoft, PC users will be stuck with Windows Vista. Here's a roundup of PC World's best tips for making Vista easier to use.
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3.7.2008 Ultimately, Touch Will Make the Killer Windows 7 Applications
Undoubtedly it is the ecosystem of third-party software solutions that make Windows the platform that it is today, sharing the operating system's success.
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12.11.2008 How-To: Remove the Windows BSOD icon in Leopard, make OS X a little less smug
It's pretty clear that Apple left no stone unturned in Leopard, making changes and fixes throughout the new operating system.
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31.10.2007 OneCare Death to Make Room for Free Morro Antivirus for Windows 7
A future core antimalware solution will replace Windows Live OneCare, which, considering the price of a one year subscription, has already qualified for an alternative to free security software, come mid-2009.
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25.11.2008 Do not make Win 7 too Mac-like
Blogger Paul Thurrott has written a couple of interesting posts about the difference between “simple” and “easy” in the context of Windows 7.
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4.12.2008 Why Apple does not make a netbook
As netbooks continue their inexorable rise up the wish lists of gadget hounds, businesses and ordinary folk alike, the clamor for Apple to join the market continues to increase from all sides.
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5.3.2009 Is Google going to make Microsoft look good?
Why do we like Google? Is it because they are the “do no evil” company? Is it because they are not Microsoft? Is it because they make our lives easier through their search, email, and other services? The fact of the matter is that a lot of people from users, to developers, to workers, and to investors like Google. Heck, even I like google! (Look at the ads.)
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3.8.2006 Microsoft Blogs Make Room for Ads
Microsoft's MSN Spaces blogging features are set for a major upgrade to incorporate a revenue-sharing advertising option and a new partnership with Amazon.com, according to various sources.
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26.1.2006 How To Make a Custom Vista Disc AIO
odeeee report How To
Make a Custom Vista Disc All In One in our forum.
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26.1.2007 Users may need Vista to make most of Server 2008
Companies installing Windows Server 2008 may have to buy extra Microsoft software, such as Windows Vista, to use more advanced features, analyst firm Gartner has said.
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3.11.2007 Hollywood to make shows for Xbox 360
Microsoft, seeking to expand offerings on its Xbox 360 console, has reached an agreement with a company headed by Peter Safran, the veteran Hollywood producer and talent manager, to produce original shows for distribution on the system.
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31.3.2008 Windows 7 – 20 Features to Make Users Forget Vista SP1/SP2 and XP SP3
Microsoft is currently moving onward with the development of Windows 7, having passed Milestone 3 with the operating system.
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15.11.2008 Microsoft to eventually make Office a web application
Microsoft is leaping into hosted applications big time. InformationWeek reports that Microsoft plans to offer hosted implementations of SharePoint, CRM and ERP applications. But the best quote in that article was left till last. A "Microsoft insider" was asked which other products and services Microsoft would host and the reply was: "Everything. Hosted Office. Everything hosted."
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MS Vista to make official debut in Israel
Microsoft Windows team development head Steven Sinofsky will unveil Vista at Tech-Ed Israel 2006. windows -
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4.4.2006 NSA Helped Microsoft Make Vista Secure
Microsoft has confirmed that the U.S. government agency best known for eavesdropping on telephone calls had a hand in the development of the Windows Vista operating system.
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12.1.2007 Microsoft: Make our HD Photo format a standard
Such is the reasoning behind a step Microsoft plans to announce Thursday: it will submit its HD Photo image format to a standards body.
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8.3.2007 Microsoft Gambles One EU Customer Will Make its Case
It has been "Issues Week" all week for Microsoft, and Thursday, the company took on the dreaded interoperability issue. But its choice of message was called into question a bit yesterday after Microsoft boasted of having signed up its first official customer for its communications and interoperability IP licenses: Quest Software, the manufacturer of the Toad data modeling system.
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10.3.2007 TechEd 2007 Preview: Now It's Developers' Turn to Make Changes
With Windows Vista already a firmly entrenched product in many homes and some businesses, and with Windows Server 2008 cruising toward a final release in the second half of this year, Microsoft may feel it's time for its many partners and developers with an interest in Windows' success to stand and deliver.
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4.6.2007 Microsoft Promotion: make MSN Your Homepage & Win a Zune
How badly does Microsoft want to promote the Zune? Not badly enough to think of anything particularly ingenious. Unique? yes. Succesful? No.
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15.2.2007 Make No Mistake About It, the XP SP3 RTM Direct Download Links Are Live
Make no mistake about it, the gold bits of Windows XP Service Pack 3 are available for download straight from Microsoft, contrary to what the company is claiming.
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1.5.2008 Windows 7 Migration Tool to Move From Windows XP to Windows 7
In past we had covered guide on upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7. Unfortunately there is no direct upgrade path from Windows Xp to Windows 7 and you have to use Windows Easy Transfer utility if you want to move your user and program files from XP to Windows 7.
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22.11.2009 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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29.4.2009Awesome Windows 7 Resources
Microsoft Learning has developed a wide range of training and resources for IT Pros that address the benefits and key technical aspects of Windows 7.
With these resources, IT Pros can prepare for deployments and become Windows 7 experts within in their organization. These resources include...
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30.10.2009Pushing the Limits of Windows: Physical Memory
Mark Russinovich: This is the first blog post in a series I'll write over the coming months called Pushing the Limits of Windows that describes how
Windows and applications use a particular resource, the licensing and implementation-derived limits of the resource, how to measure the resources
usage, and how to diagnose leaks.
To be able to manage your Windows systems effectively you need to understand how Windows
manages physical resources, such as CPUs and memory, as well as logical resources, such as virtual memory, handles, and window manager objects.
Knowing the limits of those resources and how to track their usage enables you to attribute resource usage to the applications that consume them,
effectively size a system for a particular workload, and identify applications that leak resources.
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22.07.2008Microsoft launches Windows 7 Readiness Program
With Windows 7 RC getting ready, Microsoft announced on Monday, the Windows 7 Ecosystem Readiness Program to help hardware and software partners (OEMs
and ISVs) ensure that their existing applications, devices and systems will be compatible with Windows 7. The program provides partners with access to
Windows 7 builds, development and test toolkits, technical documents, Windows Driver Kit, the Windows Logo Kit, application testing labs and other
resources through Microsoft Connect to proceed with the compatability tests of Windows 7. Hardware developers can get tools and resources from the
Windows Hardware Developer Central and Software developers can get their tools and resources from MSDN.
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03.02.2009Security Resources on the Web
You've read our special
report; now here are some
additional links to
information and resources
regarding online security
issues...
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04.10.2005Microsoft Launches New Online Resource for Nonprofit Groups
Microsoft Corp. today announced the global availability of NGO Connection, a new online resource for thousands of nonprofit groups around the world.
Driven by feedback from nonprofit partners and years of experience working with nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), the online resource is designed
to assist NGOs to more efficiently use technology to achieve their goals as well as to encourage networking and coordination of NGO resources across
the world.
The primary goal of the new online resource is to provide a convenient and easy one-stop shop for technology
resources, knowledge sharing, community building and real-life examples for nonprofit organizations. By using simple, nontechnical terminology, NGO
Connection endeavors to make it easier for NGOs to access the complete range of Microsoft resources and offerings, and help them effectively use other
online resources for nonprofit groups. NGO Connection also will be localized into Arabic, French, German, International English, Russian and Spanish
in the coming months, bringing the resources of NGO Connection to an even wider audience of NGOs.
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09.07.2008Microsoft Springboard Series Blog Launched
Celine Allee: Get more of your questions answered and connect with subject matter experts from within the Windows Client division. Not sure what to
make of the speculation out there? Want to hear first hand about the latest guidance, tools, and resources available to help make your big projects
and day-to-day tasks easier, or just keep up-to-date on the latest Windows Client OS updates and beta opportunities? Well, we are launching this blog
for youthe IT professionalto help you do all this and more.
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23.10.2008PDC 2008: Will multitouch change the Windows application?
The research and resources that Microsoft has invested in its Surface project will soon pay off for everyday Windows users, with new multitouch
functionality being added to Windows 7. But how soon will Windows apps feel the change?..
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31.10.2008WDDM Overhaul On The Way
Microsoft is to overhaul
Windows? graphic driver model
after realising that the
Windows Display Driver Model
(WDDM) 1.0 ? which will ship
with Vista ? needs improvement
in the way it shares GPU
resources between programs and
Windows itself.
Steve Pronovost of
Microsoft?s DirectX team
disclosed at WinHEC in Seattle
last week that although the
WDDM 1.0 introduces some
rudimentary task scheduling
for GPUs, a new generation of
GPU hardware and a major
architectural change to the
way Windows deals with video
cards will be required.
He said that the
trouble with WDDM 1.0 is that
once one program is using the
GPU, other programs are shut
out until the process
completes. In Vista, that can
cause less fluid rendering of
on-screen graphics, if
multiple programs are trying
to use GPU resources at
once.
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02.06.2006Hollywood, Microsoft align on
new Windows
As Microsoft readies
the next version of its
Windows operating system,
called Vista, the software
giant is building in
unprecedented levels of
safeguards against video
piracy.
Fo
r the first time, the Windows
operating system will wall off
some audio and video processes
almost completely from users
and outside programmers, in
hopes of making them harder
for hackers to reach. The
company is establishing
digital security checks that
could even shut off a
computer's connections to
some monitors or televisions
if antipiracy procedures that
stop high-quality video
copying aren't in
place.
In short,
the company is bending over
backward--and investing
considerable technological
resources--to make sure
Hollywood studios are happy
with the next version of
Windows, which is expected to
ship on new PCs by late 2006.
Microsoft believes it has to
make nice with the
entertainment industry if the
PC is going to form the center
of new digital home networks,
which could allow such new
features as streaming
high-definition movies around
the home...
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06.09.2005SDSC to make on-demand supercomputing available
The National Science
Foundation (NSF) will soon
begin allowing the San Diego
Supercomputing Center (SDSC)
to immediately allocate its
resources in the event of an
emergency. If, for example, an
earthquake or other disaster
takes place, these emergency
jobs will be kicked off right
away, providing researchers
(and the public) with a fast,
clear view of the event's
impact.
The SDSC is
part of a TeraGrid network, a
system of nine supercomputing
facilities across the the
United States. It communicates
via its own internal network
at 30 Gbps. TG Daily recently
toured the National Center for
Supercomputing Applications
(NCSA) in Urbana, Illinois,
which is also part of
TeraGrid. Follow
this
link to learn more about
the way supercomputing centers
operate.
Supercomputing facilities
have a regular order of
operations. Under normal
circumstances the resources of
any facility are planned out
well in advance. A batch of
jobs is maintained constantly
at the ready, often consisting
of more than 1,000 things in
queue waiting to be processed.
Centers like SDSC use some
very sophisticated scheduling
software to make sure their
supercomputers are kept as
busy as possible. The more
machines they can keep busy,
the more data they can process
each year...
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11.07.2007AMD: Will More CPU Cores Always Mean Better Performance?
The company that helped
inaugurate the multicore era
of CPUs has begun studying the
question, will more cores
always yield better
processing? Or is there a
point where the law of
diminishing returns takes
over? A new tool for
developers to take advantage
of available resources could
help find the answers, and
perhaps make 16 cores truly
feel more powerful than eight
cores...
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15.08.2007Microsoft Virtualization Day: Helping IT professionals do more with less
Nick White: Today we're making a series of announcements outlining our company-wide strategy for virtualization from the desktop to the
datacenter.
<...> We have a vision that focuses on businesses employing our virtualization toolset to more simply and
cost-effectively manage their IT environments. We're calling that vision Dynamic IT. Dynamic IT is aiming to help IT professionals get more out of
their computing resources across both server and desktop environments. One of the benefits of this initiative is to enable IT managers to dynamically
make changes or add capacity to their deployments in a matter of minutes instead of hours (or even days). In a phrase, Dynamic IT is about
efficiently getting the necessary resources to users and computers at any given moment and with a minimum of hassle and effort. We expect this vision
to result in a whole new era of datacenter and desktop PC management, all hinging on virtualization technologies and Windows.
Central to the vision of Dynamic IT is the concept of the Optimized Desktop. The Optimized Desktop refers to virtualizing a user's applications
and profile together so that they follow that user, regardless of the location of the PC in use at the moment...
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22.01.2008Aston 1.9.3 Xmas edition
Aston Shell is a Desktop
replacement software, which
saves your time and computer
resources while giving your
Desktop a unique look. Most
Desktop enhancers just waste
your resources. Unlike them
Aston replaces your old
Windows Desktop with a new
one, which is faster, more
beautiful and can be tuned to
look and behave the way you
like.
Key
features:
* Fast,
stable and highly responsive
even on slow computers
*
Easy customization of any
Desktop parameter
*
Hundreds of free Themes
*
Lots of advanced features
(hotkeys, Toolbars, freeform
animated icons)
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25.12.2006Is Microsoft a danger to the environment?
As many commentators have alluded to in numerous articles for the past two decades Microsoft and Intel have a very special relationship often referred
to as the Wintel alliance. The question is in a world concerned with climate change and global warming can the world afford to allow the Wintel
alliance to continue?
It is no secret that crux of Wintel is to drive the sale of ever increasing Intel-based processing power
using ever more feature rich and hardware resources demanding Microsoft software - primarily the Windows operating system. As a result, for the past
two decades and in particular since 1995, successive iterations of Microsoft Windows have become increasing complex, more feature rich and above all
more demanding of computing resources.
In addition, the advent of the Internet, while it seemingly scared the life out of
Microsoft, has actually been a boon for both the software company and Intel. Through necessity, the Internet has spawned a software security industry
that consumes additional computing resources for Intel and provides Microsoft with fuel to develop its next more secure release.
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26.11.2007Windows HPC Server 2008 Beta1 Observations
Phil Pennington: HPC Pack Beta1 was recently announced at the Super-Computing convention in Reno (i.e. "SC'07"). Executing on release milestones
with hard dates, as with the convention date, is always a project management night-mare. The task illustrates the classic struggle between time,
resources, and features. Generally, features are sacrificed and resources are increased (i.e. the product team works overtime).
Such is the case with HPC Server 2008 beta1. Yes, there are missing features and certain features that present a nice "Easter Egg" type of
surprise for those willing to give the product a spin. Although, the beta generally accomplishes what beta's are supposed to accomplish. That is,
the user community is given a good idea of where the product is headed and the beta also give us an opportunity to provide feedback which will
ultimately positively influence the product.
With this perspective, it seems appropriate to keep a running-list of observations
that might help you get past some of the features that were first scattered amongst the resources and subsequently gathered into beta1...
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02.12.2007Windows Server 2008 Application compatibility and Logo certification
Microsoft has made several resources and tools available for Solution developers create better solutions that run on Windows Server Operating systems.
Some of them are listed below in this article.
1) Windows Server 2008 Application Compatibility cookbook - Download this
The Cookbook covers the most common application compatibility issues and provides tips how to modify applications or redesign them to
help provide a quality experience with Windows Server 2008 and/or the Windows Vista operating system.
2) Top 10 Issues for
Developing Applications on Windows Server 2008 Download
This
document details the top 10 compatibility issues when developing applications for Windows Server 2008.
3) Works with Tool Download
This highly-automated tool will
help quickly determine baseline compatibility with Windows Server 2008.
4) System State Analyzer Tool Download
Create two snapshots of fixed
drives, registry settings, drivers, and services at different points in time and compare them to view differences.
5)
Certification Tool Download
A wizard
style tool to help walk thru the requirements and tests in the Certification program. Users can take advantage of the built-in automation and results
tracking features and collaborate and track progress easily.
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21.01.2008Informing Decision-Making for Customers at the Crossroads in Their Server-Purchasing Choices
Announced today, the Windows Server/Compare site provides customers with in-depth resources and comparative information about Windows Server, Linux
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23.08.2007Top Things to Break Applications on Windows Server 2008
Neil Hutson: We are getting pretty close to shipping Windows Server 2008. If you have not done already, please download the latest build of Windows
Server 2008 (see recent
post of
download instructions ) and test the applications which you have developed.
If your application does not work, there are lots of
great resources that we have built to help you understand what's wrong and what you can do to fix the problems.
Below is a list
of the top resources which I point developers to. At the bottom of the list, there is an offer of Lab space with our experts on the subject at no
charge too.
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09.01.2008Mac management for Windows IT folks
The prospect of introducing Macs into a well-tuned and functioning Windows environment brings with it many questions and challenges. Will Macs be able
to access network resources? Can they be joined to an Active Directory domain? What sort of deployment and management options are there for Macs?
We've got the answers to these questions, along with some tips and tools to make your Mac-Windows integration as smooth as
possible.
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04.03.2009Microsoft's mysterious Windows 7 communiqué
Yesterday, ZDNet.co.uk received a press release from Microsoft.
That's not uncommon. What is uncommon is to get one unconnected
with a product launch, an event or some major change in strategy. And this one... well, we're still not sure quite what it's about. It's titled
"Windows 7 Information", but of the 1,500 or so words in it, barely a couple of sentences would fully qualify as that.
So,
we've decided to publish the press release in its entirety, to let you make your own mind up about what Microsoft is trying to say and why. Our best
guess is beneath each paragraph in italics but, for the full effect, ignore those.
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