E-mail, photo programs stripped from Windows 7
Microsoft has decided that Windows 7 won't include built-in programs for e-mail, photo editing, and movie making, as was done with Windows Vista, CNET News.com has learned.
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23.9.2008 Adding PowerToys-like programs to Windows Vista
Working with various versions of the Windows operating system over the years, I've always enjoyed discovering and using programs or utilities designed to provide the user with handy additional features.
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20.8.2007 How the Windows Vista Packaging will open - photo
Take a look at how the Windows Vista packaging will open up to reveal the media inside. Also, it is our first peak at what the Windows Vista discs will actually look like.
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2.11.2006 Windows Live Spaces Photo Contest
Microsoft has started up a promotional contest for its Windows Live Spaces blogging service. The contest focuses on amateur photography: “Just post pix to your Windows Live™ Spaces, enter them in the contest, then get your friends to vote daily for your chance to win prizes!”
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1.6.2007 Windows Live Photo Gallery Taxonomic Capabilities
Windows Live Photo Gallery is a digital photography editing and viewing application offered by Microsoft via its operating system in the cloud.
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30.10.2007 Microsoft hopes new photo tool will boost Windows
Microsoft likes digital photography enthusiasts as customers, and on Thursday plans to release a free new utility designed to keep them wedded to Windows.
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1.5.2008 The State of Microsoft Beta Programs
Before I kick off this editorial let me just state that I am no big-time tester and I haven’t even participated in a Windows beta (yet), but I do have some knowledge about such beta programs, I have people who may be considered “big-time” testers that I regularly talk to, and at the moment I’m participating in both the Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Beta and the Office 2010 Technical Preview, which is really the catalyst for me writing this article.
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20.7.2009 Microsoft: Vista SP1 will break these programs
Microsoft has published a list of programs that will not work or that will suffer from reduced functionality after the installation of Vista Service Pack 1.
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21.2.2008 Registry Tweaks to Enhance Your Windows XPerience - Part VIII: Add or Remove Programs
In part eight of the our tweaking series we’ll go through a few Control Panel optimizations for Windows XP power users that may not interest most people using their operating system for basic tasks.
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26.12.2008 Microsoft Shoots for Photo Search
Microsoft this week revealed that it is at work on a way to search the Internet using photos captured by cell phone cameras.
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17.4.2006 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 Enable RemoteApp in Windows XP or Vista To Publish Programs to Windows 7 Virtual PC Host with KB961741 or KB961742 RAIL QFE
Windows Virtual PC in Windows 7 features an unique and useful feature which allows virtual applications installed on guest operating system of Windows XP or Windows Vista in the virtual machine to be seamlessly accessed and launched from host Windows 7 desktop as if it’s running on the end user’s local computer.
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9.10.2009 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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17.10.2007Microsoft cuts apps from Windows 7
Microsoft has decided that Windows 7 won't include built-in programs for e-mail, photo editing, and movie making, as was done with Windows Vista.
The software maker included Windows Photo Gallery, Windows Mail, and Windows Movie Maker as part of Vista, but later chose to offer
separate downloadable Windows Live programs that essentially replaced those components with versions that could connect to online services from
Microsoft and others.
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23.09.2008Community Article: Windows
Photo Gallery in Windows Vista
Columnist Tony Northrup
discusses getting your digital
picture library under control
with Windows Photo Gallery...
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25.05.2006Is Microsoft working on software center for Windows?
Questions arise as to why Windows Vista and Windows 7 have renamed the "Add and Remove Programs" to "Programs and Features", alongside "Windows
Updates". It is possible that Microsoft is planning to release a software center that will be able to find updates for all your programs that are
deemed safe by Microsoft, right inside Windows Update. This type of software already exists in programs like FileHippo.com's Update Checker that
scans installed programs on your machine, and compares the updated version on FileHippo.com.
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22.01.2009New Rookies 'battle between generations' ad from Microsoft
Neowin reported earlier about the two new Windows ads which are part of the new ad campaign phase called Rookies. The ads featured 4 1/2 year old
Kylie and 7 year old Alexa who use Windows Live Photo Gallery to enhance their pictures. To emphasize the same underlying message which is, how easy
are Windows products to use, Microsoft has released another set of ads in its Rookies website to demonstrate the panoramic photo creation, slide show
and photo sharing features of Windows Live Photo Gallery.
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24.02.2009I am a PC and 7 years old
Last week we had Kylie, a 4 year old girl using Windows Live Photo Gallery to send pictures to her family, in the new Microsoft Rookies ad campaign.
Now we have Alexa, a 7 year old who yet again uses Windows Live Photo Gallery Video: The Rookies: Alexa, Age 7 Alexa takes different pictures of her
room and puts it all in one picture to make a panaromic picture using Windows Live Photo Gallery The ad still sticks to its underlying message which
is, how easy are Windows products to use. Microsoft quotes, It's easy at any age with Windows Live Photo Gallery. If Alexa can do it, how about
you?
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14.02.2009Microsoft talks Windows Media
Photo; JPEG rival
Microsoft detailed the new
image format Wednesday at the
Windows Hardware Engineering
Conference. Windows Media
Photo will be supported in
Windows Vista and also made
available for Windows XP, Bill
Crow, program manager for
Windows Media Photo said in a
presentation.
Compression with better
quality than the jpeg format
is the main key. This will
save space, transfer faster
and conserve battery life with
devices.
Ralf
Mueller an application planner
from Sony Ericsson said
"Considering our development
cycle, I could not see us
supporting Windows Media Photo
before 2008".
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25.05.2006Windows Live Photo Gallery (Beta) includes Flickr Features
In response to users, Microsoft has added the ability to publish photos on Flickr from Windows Live Photo Gallery (Publish menu). The feature is only
available with the latest beta version (2.2 refresh) which must be acquired from Microsoft Update after installing the previous Beta version. As well,
amongst the usual bug fixing, the software giant has removed the WDS (Windows Desktop Search) requirement for installing WLPG on Windows XP. The
catch? It still has to be installed, but can be uninstalled afterwards (assuming you have build 1299.1010 and WDS is not being used by any other
programs). Is Microsoft making the right move by working with a competitor?
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19.10.2007Digital Imaging in Windows
Vista Photo Gallery
Columnist Barb Bowman explains
how easy it is to use Windows
Vista Photo Gallery to import,
edit, and share your digital
images...
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07.06.2006Share Your Photos on a
Portable Device Using Photo
Story 3
Columnist Joli Ballew explains
how to use the new features in
Photo Story 3 to create a
heartwarming photo story that
can be shown on a portable
device...
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04.01.2006No fix for data corruption bug in Windows Home Server
Two months after acknowledging a serious data corruption bug exists in Windows Home Server, Microsoft has admitted it still has no fix. The latest
update to its knowledgebase entry essentially says, "
still workin' on
it". The bug relates to a little known, but frequently used, method of writing hidden data to NTFS file systems, which is incompatible with the
disk pooling strategy used in Home Server.
The software giant first acknowledged the problem on December 21 last year, providing a list of
programs that could cause data on a Windows Home Server to become corrupted, including Windows Vista Photo Gallery, Windows Live Photo Gallery,
OneNote 2007, OneNote 2003, Outlook 2007, Money 2007, SyncToy 2.0 beta, QuickBooks and uTorrent.
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27.02.2008Windows Live Photo Gallery beta updated (ing)
Reports are
coming in about an update coming through Windows Updates for the Windows Live Photo Gallery, updating to Beta 2. I'm not seeing it as yet
(Update: I had to "check for updates", as OneCare won't let me have "notify but don't install" checked - new version is installed now, thanks
Scott!), but there is a
Knowledge Base article. A couple of interesting
tidbits from the KB:
- Windows Desktop Search is not required for installation.
- Windows Live Photo Gallery will no
longer replace entry points or any icons for the Windows Photo Gallery that is included with Windows Vista
The new build number is
Version 2008 - Build 12.0.1299.1010, and included are improvements to the types of files WLPG will open...
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18.10.2007Photo editing with Windows XP
Media Center Edition 2005
Columnist Barb Bowman explains
how to use the built-in
photo-editing tools in Media
Center to make your photos
look great on a big screen...
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04.01.2006Windows Live Essentials Have Arrived
The Windows Live betas weve been playing with for a while now have just received another refresh. As of today, the page at
http://download.live.com has been updated with a new set of betas, now called the śWindows Live Essentials.ť
Here, youll find the latest versions of
Messenger,
Mail,
Photo Gallery,
Movie Maker,
Writer,
Toolbar, and
Family Safety, as well as additional
programs like the
Microsoft Office Outlook Connector, the
Office Live Add-in and
Microsoft
Silverlight. All the programs are available via one installer that lets you choose which programs you want installed or not installed.
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16.12.2008Adobe Launches Photo Sharing
Site
Adobe debuted updates to both
its Adobe Photoshop Elements
photo editing software and
Premiere Elements video
editing suite on Tuesday,
which it billed as major
upgrades to both products. The
company also rolled out a
photo sharing site called
Showcase...
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12.09.2006PC World's CES Photo Gallery:
The First 24 Hours
Electronic guitars, a TV that
looks like a soccerball, and
high-tech fishing gear
highlight today's photo
gallery...
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04.01.2006Windows Live Photo Gallery is now on Microsoft Update
Kristen Miller: At our last estimate, the Windows Live Photo Gallery BETA was installed by nearly 3 million users worldwide. Our BETA testers give us
feedback, report bugs, and even yell at us when we make stupid design decisions “ all of which helps us delivery high-quality products. Thank you to
you all -- our BETA testers rock!
We recently deployed Windows Live Photo Gallery 2008 via
Microsoft Update “ If you have Microsoft Update enabled on your PC and had the BETA
installed , then your BETA build should have been upgraded to the final release build (version 1308.1023). Go check it out! If it wasnt
auto-upgraded, you can either launch Microsoft Update and do a scan for new updates, or go back to
photogallery.live.com and manually upgrade to the final release build.
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08.12.2007Samsung Licenses Microsoft Technology for Wireless Digital Photo Frame
Samsung Electronics America Inc., a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Corporation, today announced the release of its new 8ť Digital Photo Frame
SPF-83V, based on technology developed by Microsoft Research, in time for the holiday season. With this innovative addition to their photo frame
lineup, customers can enjoy photos wirelessly in their home and display photos from sharing sites such as Windows Live Spaces or from personal
collections on their PC.
The frame works with the Windows Live Photo Gallery, which makes sharing photos with friends and family
easy. Users can organize and upload individual photos or albums from their PC to Windows Live Spaces and the photos are ready for display on the
frame.
Along with the technology licensed from Microsoft Research, the Samsung frame communicates with Windows Media Player and
open standards such as RSS. The product is a result of a long-standing collaboration between Microsoft Corp. and Samsung Electronics, including a
patent cross-licensing agreement signed by the two companies in April 2007. ..
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12.12.2007Flickr gets video, but for 'pro' members only
Yahoo's Flickr photo sharing site has added the ability for users to upload videos to their photo collections, but only if they're "pros."..
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09.04.2008Microsoft Buys Photo Organizer
Tool
British photo organization
software maker iView
Multimedia said late Monday it
had been acquired by
Microsoft. The company said
the acquisition would help to
enhance the product, as well
as its customer service. The
Mac version will not be
discontinued...
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28.06.2006Windows Live Folders and Photo Gallery Now Available
Well we just got the email,
and Windows Live Folders and
Windows Live Photo Gallery are
now available if you have been
invited. You should have
received an invitation to
"Windows Live Beta" a few
weeks ago, and if you
completed that, you're in!
Make sure to sign up for
Folders as early as possible:
We have
limited availability for
Windows Live Folders, so make
sure you sign up between the
hours of 10:00am and 4:00pm
PST on Wednesday, June 27th.
Also, Live Folders is
available in the United States
only at this time. You will
not be able to access the Live
Folders site if you are
outside the Unites States.
Although the Windows
Live Photo Gallery beta is a
private beta, Windows Live
folders is now up at
http://folde
rs.live.com (only in the
US) for a limited beta. (via
Dan
Crevier's MSDN Blog)
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