Exploring Modularity With Windows 7
Windows 7 may harken back to the days of Windows 95, when you could choose what applications you wanted to install with Windows.
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23.3.2008 Stallman on the current state of GNU/Linux
Richard M. Stallman is defined by Wikipedia as being an "American software freedom activist, hacker and software developer."
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11.7.2009 Vista SP1, and then Windows 7, Windows 8 and Non-Windows Midori
2008 saw the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Server 2008, but Microsoft's journey on the Windows path is far from over.
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5.8.2008 Windows 7 RC Brings Windows XP Mode Beta and Windows Virtual PC Beta
The Release Candidate of Windows 7 will bring with it the first Beta development milestones for Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC.
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29.4.2009 Windows Reactivator 2.0 - Backup & Restore Activation Status of Windows XP with Windows Reactivator
Every time you reinstall your windows XP you need to reactivate it online using your product key & worst if you lost your Windows XP product key.
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3.6.2009 Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2
Feb 26th, 2008. Principled Technologies has released two Microsoft commissioned reports on Windows Vista SP1 performance. In these tests, Principled Technologies measured responsiveness of Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2 when performing a set of common business and home tasks.
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28.2.2008 Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9 – 1 Billion and Counting
Is Windows dead? Or, at least, is this the beginning of the end for Microsoft's proprietary operating system?
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15.9.2008 Week in Microsoft: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9
This week in Microsoft, we covered 128-bit support possibly coming to Windows 8 and Windows 9, Windows 7, Windows Mobile 6.5, Bill Gates, Office 2010 Starter, Microsoft MVP status, Windows Live Hotmail, the EU, and Microsoft Security Essentials.
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10.10.2009 Windows Vista Build 5231 and Windows Media Player 11 Leaks!
Windows Vista Build 5231 has leaked to the web. The new build is said to include Windows Media Player 11 included. View the screenshots below! This is a Main branch build that was released on September 12th, 2005 at 8:20PM.
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Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3: Official Release Dates
A French website, PC Inpact, has posted the official Microsoft product change request forms for Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3.
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6.2.2008 Download Free Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2 Straight from Microsoft
Via the Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image. That's right! Microsoft is offering access to free downloads of Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2.
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6.3.2008 Windows Vista SP1 outperforms Windows XP SP2 in file copy
"Its interesting that people seem to think that Vista under performs in every area of the system which is quite an incorrect perception.
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27.5.2008 Windows Fiji Has RTMd as Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008
Microsoft officially confirmed that Windows Fiji has been released to manufacturing.
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18.7.2008 Windows 7 Beta Doesn't Play Nice with Windows Azure Cloud OS Tools
The promise for Windows 7 is that it will deliver an evolution when it will come down to stretching into the Cloud compared to its precursor, Windows Vista.
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16.1.2009 Internet Explorer 8 MUI packs for Windows XP, Windows Server 03
As detailed in our previous blog post, the following Internet Explorer MUI packs shipped today.
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17.5.2009 Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta adds Windows 7 support
Microsoft announced the release of Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta, along with news that it will feature Windows 7 support.
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20.7.2009 Check for RAM Error or Defect in Windows 7 and Vista with Windows Memory Diagnostic
Memory or RAM is one of the most important electronic hardware component on a computer systems, not only in term of speed or clock frequency and size, but also the reliability of hardware ecosystem of the RAM sticks or memory modules and its subsystem.
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1.10.2009 The Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 98 Threat Mitigation Guide
Well, Microsoft still puts effort in old Windows versions...
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31.3.2006 Windows Vista comes with 19,500 drivers on DVD – more on Windows Update
Ever needed to find a driver for a product and wished Windows would either just have the driver in it, or that their Windows Update service could provide it? With Vista, it can – and new features and updates will be forthcoming too. It’s about time!
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20.11.2006 Windows XP Home No Longer Qualifies for Windows Vista Upgrades
Windows XP Home Edition no longer qualifies for Windows Vista Business Upgrade or Upgrade + SA through Volume Licensing.
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17.10.2007 Microsoft Offers a Complex Windows Vista vs. Windows XP Perspective
A new standard of security is an integer aspect of the evolution puzzle represented by the move from Windows XP to Windows Vista.
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3.11.2007 Windows XP SP3 to Drop Concomitantly with Windows Vista SP1?
Yes, it's time for every Windows user's favorite obsession: Windows XP Service Pack 3. The third and final service pack for Windows XP has been quite elusive for the past three years.
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25.11.2007 Windows Vista vs. Windows 9x/Me, NT Server, 2000 and XP
If at just a couple of weeks short of the first anniversary since Windows Vista hit the shelves you are still looking for reasons to upgrade to the latest Windows client, then Biplab Paul, Partner Technical Consultant with Microsoft India, has an impressive, and exhaustive list of features that are bound to tilt the balance in Vista's favor.
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14.1.2008 Free Windows Vista Business and Windows XP SP2 on Parade
Free Windows... Not a concept you would expect from Microsoft. With a business strategy focused on proprietary software, the Redmond company is by all means at the opposite technology spectrum from open source and free software.
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9.3.2008 Microsoft Presents the Lost Comparison: Windows Vista vs. Windows XP
With both Windows XP and Windows Vista being available concomitantly on the market, Microsoft is doing nothing more than inviting the consumers to compare the two operating systems.
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20.4.2008 Windows Server 2008 = Windows Vista SP1 Minus the Pain
Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn, is essentially intimately connected with Windows Vista Service Pack 1, to the level in which the RTM version of Microsoft's latest server operating system features the
SP1 label
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6.5.2008 Windows Embedded NavReady 2009 - Latest Windows Platform from Microsoft
The latest Windows operating system is available for download as of June 16, 2008. And no, it's not a new release of Windows 7, nor the first taste of Windows 7 Server.
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16.6.2008 Free Windows for Supercomputers Available for Download - Windows HPC Server 2008
Microsoft made the latest iteration of its Windows operating system for supercomputers available as a free download.
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23.9.2008 How to Install Windows 7 or Windows Vista on Physical Machine Without DVD Media
A lot of Windows Vista and Windows 7 license has been sold media-less nowadays, where buyers only receive a piece of authenticated certificate with a genuine and legitimate product key printed on it.
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23.12.2008 Windows 7 beta testers find critical Windows Installer Bug
Mary Jo reports that a number of Windows 7 Beta testers have come across a bug that crashes the system randomly whenever they try to start a Windows Update or install anything using Microsoft's MSI installer.
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19.1.2009Exploring Modularity With Windows 7
Windows 7 may harken back to the days of Windows 95, when you could choose what applications you wanted to install with Windows. But with a twist, as
charging users different amounts for the various modules will be more widespread, and it opens up the possibilities of adding subscription based
software modules as well, such as anti-virus.
When Windows 7 launches sometime after the start of 2010, the desktop OS will be
Microsoft's most "modular" yet. Having never really been comfortable with the idea of a single, monolithic desktop OS offering, Microsoft has
offered multiple desktop OSes in the marketplace ever since the days of Windows NT 3.1, with completely different code bases until they were unified
in Windows 2000. Unification isn't necessarily a good thing, however; Windows Vista is a sprawling, complex OS.
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24.03.2008Why MinWin speculation matters
John Carroll: <...> The status of MinWin in Microsofts desktop and server products, however, is not the key reason people are so interested in the
existence of a stripped-down Windows kernel (though it certainly matters, as it might hint at new levels of modularity). Rather, the interest in
MinWin rests more on a realization that more and more embedded devices will share our lives in the future, causing desktop and servers to shrink as a
percentage of the daily computing pie (though just as a percentage; its not so much that we will use desktops and servers less, but that we will use a
lot more embedded devices).
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04.06.2008Yahoo, Current Team Up on
Video
Yahoo said it had penned an
agreement with Current, the
current events cable network
pioneered by former
presidential candidate Al
Gore. The deal would bring
some of the network's
"viewer created
content" to Yahoo's video
service...
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20.09.2006Microsoft Clarifies Virtualization Licensing
Microsoft Corp. has released a
white paper clarifying how
licensing for its current
version of Windows Server
works when paired with
virtualization software.
However, customers may face a
whole new set of licensing
rules once the next version,
Windows Server 2008, is
released later this year.
In a white paper called
"Licensing Microsoft Windows
Server 2003 R2 to Run with
Virtualization Technologies,"
Microsoft outlines clearly how
to license the current version
of Windows Server-- Windows
Server 2003 R2-- for specific
third-party virtualization
technology, including VMware
ESX, VMware Vmotion and SWsoft
Virtuozzo. It also explains
licensing for Microsoft's own
System Center Virtual Machine
Manager.
The document
http://www.microsoft.com/windo
wsserver2003/howtobuy/licensin
g/calculator.mspx>can be found
on a Web page that also
includes previously released
virtualization calculators
that help customers determine
the cost of Windows Server
licensing in various
virtualization scenarios...
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13.06.2007Will your PC run Windows
Vista? Download the Windows
Vista Upgrade Advisor
The Windows Vista Upgrade
Advisor is an application that
you can run on your current
Windows XP-based computer to
find out if it's ready for an
upgrade to Windows Vista...
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25.05.2006Windows Server 2008 Versions Announced, with Few Changes
The breakdown for the various editions of Windows Server 2008 was revealed this morning by Microsoft, and the big news there is the almost total lack
of change: Retail server software editions for the next Windows Server will fall right in line with the current Windows Server 2003 R2 editions,
including the number of client access licenses (CALs) provided in the basic package...
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12.11.2007Microsoft Patches Vista OS
Build
Software giant fixes
graphics-rendering problem
found in current versions of
Windows...
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17.01.2006Apple stops selling current iPhone, as 3G speculation grows
Many signs have long pointed to a 3G iPhone launch next month, and the speculation grew even louder over the weekend as Apple stopped selling the
current 8GB and 16GB models from its online store...
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12.05.2008XP Won't Run on Intel
MacBook, iMac
With the announcement of the
first Intel based Macs
yesterday, many users have
rejoiced in being able to
dual-boot both Mac OS X and
Windows. Unfortunately, this
is not the case; due to
Apple's use of the extensible
firmware interface (EFI)
rather than BIOS, current
Windows releases will not run
on the systems...
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11.01.2006Microsoft: Update on Windows 7 UAC issues
Before getting into the actual news, lets take a while to understand the current Windows 7 UAC dilemma Windows 7 UAC Dilemma As Windows 7 was
receiving much positive feedback than expected from the beta testers, we had Long Zheng and Rafael, two Windows enthusiasts, come with a proof that
malware can turn off UAC in Windows 7. Later Microsoft responded insisting that this is by design and actually not a bug. Later, again, we had Zheng
and Rafael come out with a second flaw which showed Windows 7 UAC was still flawed. At this time, everybody thought Microsoft had done the right thing
with Windows Vista UAC and compromised security over consumers' feedback in Windows 7.
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05.02.2009SharePoint Services Role Removed from Final Windows Server 2008
As Microsoft sources first quietly noted on its product teams' blogs on Monday, and as the company is making clear today, one of the roles that had
been planned to ship as part of Windows Server 2008, and that was being tested with the current Release Candidate 0, now will not be shipped with the
final product...
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02.11.2007Cingular Users to Get Windows Mobile 6 Upgrade
At the CTIA Wireless tradeshow
this week, Microsoft announced
that AT&T (formerly
Cingular) will be providing
Windows Mobile 6 as a free
upgrade to current customers
using the Samsung Blackjack,
HTC 8525, or Palm Treo 750.
AT&T is the first wireless
carrier to confirm such plans...
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27.03.2007Stop The Spread Of Vista SP1 Misinformation
Microsoft wants you to be
informed about the current
state of the Windows Vista SP1
beta,
"There will be a Windows
Vista service pack and our
current expectation is that a
beta will be made available
sometime this year. Service
packs are part of the
traditional software lifecycle
- they're something we do for
all Microsoft products as part
of our commitment to
continuous improvement, and
providing early test builds is
a standard practice that helps
us incorporate customer
feedback and improve the
overall quality of the
product."
"Service packs are just one
example of the work we do to
constantly improve the Windows
experience. We also deliver
improvements to Windows via
Windows Update, which is an
excellent channel for
providing our customers with
the most significant updates
as they happen. And, since
Windows Vista launched, we
have continued working with
partners to improve overall
device coverage and
application compatibility.
There are now more than 2.1
million supported devices and
more than 2,000 logoed
applications for Windows
Vista. We think customers will
have a great experience using
Windows Vista today."
"Spread
the word to stop
misinformation."
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20.07.2007Microsoft preps Windows-based kitchen client
Microsoft is beginning work on
the first of what it plans to
make a family of customized
Windows platforms designed for
specific rooms around the
home.
The śKitchen
Clientť software will extend
the Windows operating system
and integrate with current and
future Windows Live services,
according to sources close to
the company. It sounds, from
what I can tell, more like an
add-on layer than a whole new
version of Windows.
Among the features
Microsoft is planning to make
part of its forthcoming
kitchen computing environment
are a family calendar, recipe
center, entertainment features
and a shared bulletin board,
sources added...
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06.06.2007No Public Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Beta anytime soon
Microsoft asked us to inform
you on the current state of
Windows Vista SP1 beta:
"There will be a Windows
Vista service pack and our
current expectation is that a
beta will be made available
sometime this year. Service
packs are part of the
traditional software lifecycle
- they're something we do for
all Microsoft products as part
of our commitment to
continuous improvement, and
providing early test builds is
a standard practice that helps
us incorporate customer
feedback and improve the
overall quality of the
product.
Service
packs are just one example of
the work we do to constantly
improve the Windows
experience. We also deliver
improvements to Windows via
Windows Update, which is an
excellent channel for
providing our customers with
the most significant updates
as they happen. And, since
Windows Vista launched, we
have continued working with
partners to improve overall
device coverage and
application compatibility.
There are now more than 2.1
million supported devices and
more than 2,000 logoed
applications for Windows
Vista. We think customers will
have a great experience using
Windows Vista today."
So the only release
that's occurring is a limited
Beta to a very small, very
select group of advance
customers. A public version of
the Beta is not being released
this week, nor next, nor in
July, nor anytime in the
immediate future.
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20.07.200730 Windows 7 Tips
Tim Sneath put together a great list of "
30 Windows 7 Secrets". If you're using the
Windows 7 beta, this is a
must-read. Some of the keyboard shortcuts include moving windows a half screen at a time with Windows+Right (or
Left) Arrow, or using Windows+Up/Down to minimize/maximize. You can hit Windows+Home to minimize all the windows except the current one. Windows+T
will give focus to your taskbar, allowing you to zip through the windows with the arrow keys.
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13.01.2009IE Mobile 6 to be available on new WM 6.1 smartphones
Microsoft will be rolling out Windows Mobile 6.1 AKU 1.4 bundled with IE Mobile 6 for all the new Windows Phones until Windows Mobile 6.5 is released.
Glad that Microsoft is upgrading their mobile browser and not delaying it further. Microsoft had decided earlier that IE Mobile 6 will not be made
available as an upgrade or download for existing Windows Phones saying that the current hardware cannot support IE 6. "Regarding making IE Mobile
available as a separate download or update, the rich media experiences that IE Mobile 6 enables require more powerful, advanced devices.
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06.03.2009Report: Vista Likely to be
Delayed Again
Research firm Gartner said
Tuesday that it believed
Microsoft would miss its
targets and release Windows
Vista another three or so
months after its current
November-January timeframe.
The firm claims Vista's
features are too complex to be
finished that quickly...
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03.05.2006New Windows Live Wave 4 services spotted
The first few details about the next iteration of Microsoft's set of Windows Live software and services, known as Windows Live Wave 4, are
beginning to emerge. Two new services, Windows Live Documents and Windows Live Devices, are currently undergoing testing within Microsoft. Windows
Live Documents will replace the existing Office Live Workspaces service, which provides users with online access to their documents and facilities for
sharing work with others. The current online applications will be replaced with the free offerings of the new Office Web applications - lightweight
versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote which allow users to create, edit, and share Office documents though a browser.
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10.08.2009Windows 7 RC to natively support to .Mov files
Windows 7 already has built in DivX support in the current beta. Hidden inside the various changes since beta for the RC is a change to Windows Media
Player to natively support the .mov files, Improved playback support for video content from digital camcorders and cameras Customers loved the
increased range of formats natively supported by the Windows 7 Beta, but noticed areas where they wanted broader support. For example, one was unable
to seek to a specific spot in the video in Windows Media Player or Windows Media Center for AVCHD content that was imported from a digital camcorder.
We've addressed this.
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