Are you Windows 7 compatible?
Microsoft has officially launched the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor and the Windows 7 Compatibility Center. If you haven't installed Windows 7 yet, and are planning to, go ahead and make sure you're compatible.
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20.10.2009 Windows 7 to have only one "compatible" logo
The Register is reporting on an interesting story from WinHEC about how Microsoft is planning to change how it will run the “compatible with Windows 7” logo program.
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6.11.2008 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 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 Nero 9 Compatible with Windows 7 Drops in October 2009
Nero was one of the companies that failed to hesitate in the least when it came down to jumping aboard the Compatible with Windows Vista wagon, and the same is valid when it comes down to the latest iteration of the Windows client.
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13.8.2009 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 'Compatible with Windows 7' Logo Sees Strong Momentum
Windows 7 was released to manufacturers about a week ago, and Microsoft also made it available to MSDN and TechNet users as of today.
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6.8.2009 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 Early Vista-Longhorn: Compatible Or Not So Much?
Sources cite interop problems between early versions of client and server OS.
There may be more going on behind the scenes with Vista and Longhorn than even the wildest conspiracy theorists have thus far surmised.
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20.5.2006 Microsoft's List Of 800 Windows Vista-Compatible Apps Excludes IBM, Adobe
Microsoft has released
a list of 800 applications that should run properly on its new Windows Vista operating system.
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25.2.2007 Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 may not be Vista-compatible
Microsoft’s own Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack (SP) 1 – a first beta of which went live on September 26 — may not work correctly with Windows Vista.
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27.9.2006 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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20.11.2006Windows 7 to have only one "compatible" logo
The Register is reporting on an interesting story from WinHEC about how Microsoft is
planning to change how it will run the “compatible with Windows 7” logo program.
Microsoft seems to have learnt its lesson
after the disaster that was the Vista compatible program which had 4 different logos and would eventually see Microsoft ending up in court facing a
class action lawsuit.
Microsoft confirmed to partners on Wednesday that there would only be a single sticker that covers all PC’s
peripherals and software that has been certified to work with Windows 7 when it’s released.
The changes are timed to coincide with
Microsoft’s continued push towards Windows 7, helping partners to start developing products earlier than with Vista, which had only a relatively
small number of compatible programs ready when it launched.
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06.11.2008Is 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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22.01.2009Windows 7: Major announcements in the coming weeks
PC Pro is reporting that, in a briefing at Microsoft's London headquarters, Microsoft's Windows OEM Manager, Laurence Painell has told there
will be a couple of additional, quite major announcements regarding Windows 7 in the coming weeks. Painell claimed 99% of the top 200 software titles
are already compatible with Windows 7 and that most of the applications compatible with Windows Vista will be compatible with Windows 7.
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04.04.2009Levi Creates iPod Compatible
Jeans
iPod, meet Levi Strauss. The
133-year-old denim brand
announced Tuesday at Macworld
in San Francisco that it would
be the first to offer
consumers "iPod
compatible" jeans. The
RedWire DLX line, due out in
fall 2006, will be compatible
with iPod's plug and play
technology...
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11.01.2006Micorsoft Acquires ProClarity
Microsoft said Monday that it
had acquired analysis and
visualization software maker
ProClarity. The Boise, Idaho
based company produces
software and technologies that
are compatible with
Microsoft's business
intelligence (BI) programs.
The Redmond company said it
was investing a great deal in
BI...
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04.04.2006Microsoft Cleared of Violating Pact
Microsoft has been cleared of
allegations that it violated a
court agreement to help
software developers make their
programs compatible with
Microsoft software.
Microsoft - in a deal with
the Justice Department, 17
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was ordered in 2002 to share
software hooks known as
application programming
interfaces, or APIs, which let
different programs work
together.
Des Moines
attorney Roxanne Conlin
alleged in January that
Microsoft has not disclosed
certain APIs to software
developers. She shared her
evidence - including expert
testimony - with the Iowa
attorney's office and the
Justice Department.
In court documents filed
Tuesday, the plaintiffs found
the allegations were not
supported...
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21.06.2007Microsoft Acquires ProClarity
Microsoft said Monday that it
had acquired analysis and
visualization software maker
ProClarity. The Boise, Idaho
based company produces
software and technologies that
are compatible with
Microsoft's business
intelligence (BI) programs.
The Redmond company said it
was investing a great deal in
BI...
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04.04.2006Microsoft: 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.
The list of programs consists mostly of security
applications, such as Trend Micro Internet Security 2008. However, programs such as The New York Times Reader application also feature on the list.
Users are advised to install updates from the application vendor to fix the problem.
"Windows Vista Service Pack 1 contains many
security, reliability, and feature updates for Windows Vista," the company said. "A program may experience a loss of functionality after you install
Windows Vista SP1. However, most programs will continue to work as expected after you install Windows Vista SP1."
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22.02.2008ZoneAlarm Security Suite 7.1 Adds Vista Support
Check Point Software today
released ZoneAlarm Internet
Security Suite 7.1, a
Vista-compatible version of
its flagship security suite.
Vista-compatible versions of
ZoneAlarm Antivirus and the
popular free ZoneAlarm
Firewall are also available.
Past versions of
ZoneAlarm's products have
relied on Microsoft's TDI
(Transport Device Interface)
to track network behavior.
Windows Vista retains support
for TDI, but introduces the
new Windows Filtering Platform
(WFP). While porting to Vista
using TDI would have been
easier, Check Point chose to
support WFP for this
Vista-compatible version. When
installed on Windows 2000 and
XP, however, version 7.1 will
still use TDI.
Check
Point is the first major
security vendor to make use of
the Vista-specific Windows
Filtering Platform. Company
representatives explained that
Microsoft will stop fixing
problems with TDI in the
future, so by utilizing WFP,
users can be prepared for
Vista threats...
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14.06.2007Windows Easy Transfer Companion (Beta)
Windows Easy Transfer
Companion enables you to
automatically transfer your
most important programs from
your Windows XP-based PC to
your new Windows Vista-based
PC. The software will move
more than 100 of the most
popular programs, as well as
many others that you may have
installed.
You have complete control
over selecting which programs
to transfer, so only the
programs you care about will
move. The software will alert
you if some programs may not
be able to transfer, or may
not transfer with high
confidence. Most security
software is not able to
transfer due to technical
reasons.
Easy Transfer Companion is
designed to be used in
addition to Windows Easy
Transfer?which is part of
Windows Vista and
automatically transfers your
data and settings.
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16.02.2007Vista Service Pack 1 Breaks Programs
Those of you that did not get a chance to update early to Service Pack 1 will be happy to know that you were saved the trouble of having programs stop
working for you.
"Windows Vista Service Pack 1 contains many security, reliability, and feature updates for Windows Vista," the
company said. "A program may experience a loss of functionality after you install Windows Vista SP1.
The list of programs that have
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23.02.2008Learn how to build SideShow-compatible devices and drivers at Driver DevCon (DDC) 2008
Windows SideShow Team: Interested in learning more about how to use the new Universal Driver for Windows SideShow, or how to build a device driver to
SideShow-enable your existing devices? If so, you may want to attend Microsoft Windows Driver Developer Conference 2008 (September 29 - October 1,
2008 in Seattle, WA). Come and meet the experts, and learn how you can more easily and cost-effectively build drivers for and implement
SideShow-compatible devices. This conference is intended for advanced driver developers and testers, and will focus on 300 to 400-level technical
sessions. Registration is limited and by invitation only; please contact us at sshowext _at_ microsoft.com for instructions on how to sign-up. We
hope to see you there!
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17.09.2008No apps left behind: A backup checklist before reinstalling
Whether you're upgrading or repairing your computer, at some point in time you'll be faced with the task of reinstalling your operating
system, especially in the Windows world. As I can personally attest, most of the frustration with starting fresh comes from losing your installed
programs and customized settings with them. Sure, you can create tweaked installation discs to automate the process and have all your drivers,
programs and settings already in place. The problem is that most people won't reinstall Windows more than once or twice a year. When the time
comes to use your customized OS disc, new versions of your programs and drivers will have been released.
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13.08.2009Microsoft Early Adopters Programs - What's in it?
Many are familiar with the Microsoft Beta programs wherein users get access to pre-release products, such as Windows 7. But very little know the
different programs Microsoft adopts in testing these pre-release products. Through Microsoft Early Adopters Programs(EAP), Microsoft connects with
various customers and users, giving them access to their pre-release products and testing them. The EAP consists of three stages: Technical Adoption
Program(TAP) Ascend - Beta 1 Releases Touchdown - Beta 2 Releases Image Courtesy:MSDN Technical Adoption Program(TAP) The TAP is available to very
limited and select customers/partners by invitation only. The number of participants in the TAP would be very less and work closely with the Microsoft
employees. They have access to almost every pre-release product.
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02.01.2009In Windows XP, even when DEP is on, it's still sometimes off
As we saw last time, there are a variety of ways you can
control DEP, one of which is to turn it on for all system processes. But even if you turn on DEP, it still sometimes turns itself off temporarily. It
goes back to those bad versions of ATL.
The application compatibility team found that there were so many programs written with
application frameworks that were not DEP-compatible (ATL mostly, but a few others) that nobody would actually enable DEP because the odds were close
to 100% that there would be some program on the system that was not DEP-ready. Even DEP-fan Leo Davidson
runs a couple of programs that don't work with DEP enabled.
And
it takes only one program to foul an upgrade.
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16.11.2007Microsoft Volume Licensing Programs Comparison Chart
Microsoft Volume Licensing offers customized programs that help organizations purchase software licenses. The Volume Licensing Programs Comparison
Chart allows you to quickly compare the benefits and requirements of each program so you can find the one best suited to your organization.
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26.08.2008How to fix Vistas Security Center from reporting missing or duplicate programs
The Windows Security Center which is included with Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista is a nice way of seeing the security status overview of your
system but sometimes it makes mistakes after you have uninstalled one or more programs and replaced them with others. Heres how to correct those
problems with Security Center.
Sometimes, after you have uninstalled a firewall, antivirus or malware detection program the entry
remains because the uninstaller failed to remove the entry from the Security Center either by design or just sloppy coding. Either way, you are not
stuck and this is easily fixed.
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09.01.2008Windows encryption programs open to kernel hack
Many popular Windows encryption programs that hide files inside mounted volumes could be fatally compromised by a new type of attack uncovered by a
German researcher.
According to a paper published by Bern Roellgen, who also works for encryption software outfit PMC Ciphers,
such OTFE (on-the-fly-encryption) programs typically pass the password and file path information in the clear to a device driver through a Windows
programming function called 'DevicelOControl'.
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15.01.2009Is Windows 7 slimming down to speed up (development)?
Microsoft is making plans to drop an assortment of e-mail and media-editing tools from the next version of Windows, concentrating instead on those
programs' Windows Live analogues...
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24.09.2008Microsoft 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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