Windows 7 Build 7004 Is Win7 Beta 2?
The whole world is eagerly awaiting the official public release of Windows 7 Beta 1, widely speculated to be build version 6.1.7000.0 (or simply build 7000) in early January 2009, which may be as soon as within days.
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4.1.2009 Incoming - Real and fake Win7 patches
Microsoft has made available a patch to a Windows 7 bug in the Release Candidate (RC) and is preparing to roll out some “fake” test patches to verify Windows 7’s automatic-updating abilities this week.
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13.5.2009 Microsoft readies Win7 netbook specs
Microsoft is readying a set of maximum specs for Windows 7 netbooks –or, as Microsoft prefers to call them, “small notebooks” — that will likely dictate which PCs will qualify for lower per-copy Windows 7 pricing.
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22.5.2009 Microsoft readies Win7 netbook specs
Microsoft is readying a set of maximum specs for Windows 7 netbooks –or, as Microsoft prefers to call them, “small notebooks” — that will likely dictate which PCs will qualify for lower per-copy Windows 7 pricing.
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26.5.2009 Leaked memo hints at Win7 prices
Microsoft officials may not be ready to share the date of the Vista-to-Windows 7 upgrade program they preannounced this week. But Best Buy is.
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5.6.2009 Windows 7 E (Europe) Build 7264 Win7 RTM x64 English DVD
Microsoft Windows 7 E Build 7264 Win7 RTM x64 English DVD
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8.7.2009 Get Free Windows 7 Ultimate Signature Edition with Party Pack By Hosting Win7 Launch Party
In a new campaign to promote Windows 7, Microsoft is giving chances to Windows 7 enthusiasts around the world to be part of Windows history by hosting a house party to mark the official launch of Windows 7.
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4.9.2009 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition Server Tools
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition (SQL Server Mobile) is the compact database for rapidly developing applications in both native mode and the .NET Compact Framework that extend enterprise data management capabilities to devices.
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26.11.2005 Microsoft Updates Its Windows Server Roadmap, Longhorn server delayed
Expect Longhorn Server Beta 3 in the first half of next year, but no Windows Server 'Centro' for mid-size businesses until 2008. And there might be a Windows Server Branch Office in the future, after all.
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24.5.2006 Micrososoft drops major features in Windows Server Virtualization - Viridian, beta starts with Longhorn Server RTM
Microsoft does it again, promise great cool features and even demo them. They let us wait for months/years and then just drops the cool stuff for a "future release" Just like the Windows Server team did with R2 at the time.
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11.5.2007 Longhorn Server to Be Named Windows Server 2007
ActiveWin are claiming that the final designation for Windows Codenamed Longhorn Server will be Windows Server 2007 after all, how original! Speculated here long before Vista hit RTM.
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17.1.2007 Longhorn Server to be christened Windows Server 2008
To next to no one's surprise, Microsoft is going to christen Longhorn Server "Windows Server 2008." And it might do so as early as next week to coincide with the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in Los Angeles.
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10.5.2007 New Windows Server 2008-Based Server Products Available
Windows Essential Server Solutions are basically designed as a bundle of SQL Server 2008, Exchange Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008, along with additional Microsoft technologies, set up as an all-in-one IT offering for small and midsize customers.
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13.5.2008 An Introduction to Windows Server 2008 Server
Server is a new installation option that was introduced in Windows Server 2008. It provides the ability to install and configure a trimmed-down version of Windows Server 2008 which is designed to perform only certain server tasks.
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9.6.2009 Windows Server 2008 Is 45 Times Faster Than Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn, is no leas than 45 times faster than its predecessor, Windows Server 2003, in terms of network transfer speeds.
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22.11.2007 Windows 7 Server vs. Windows Server 2008 SP2 – Performance Comparison
It’s that time again! Microsoft traditionally doesn’t allow the benchmarking of its products as long as the software is still in development, but both the Windows 7 client and Windows Server 2008 R2 have been released to manufacturing on July 22nd, 2009.
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18.8.2009 Microsoft: Windows 7 Server, the Next Major Release of Windows Server
If there is one thing that Microsoft is more mute than Windows 7, then it’s Windows 7 Server.
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15.7.2008 Windows 7 Server Is Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows 7 Server and Windows Server 2008 R2 are both, much in the same sense, future iterations of the Windows Server platform.
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14.8.2008 Up next: Longhorn Server
Now that Windows Vista is finally finished, it's time to turn the spotlight onto the next version of Windows due to hit: Longhorn Server.
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11.11.2006 What is next for Windows Server
With Microsoft having just released to manufacturing SQL Server 2008 — the last unshipped piece of its updated application platform — it’s time to look ahead as to what’s next for Windows Server.
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7.8.2008 Two Server Releases, One Day
It's a busy day on Microsoft Connect today, as two new, and anxiously awaited downloads appear. It seems that both Beta 2 of Windows Home Server as well as the February CTP of Windows Server codenamed "Longhorn" have been released.
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17.2.2007 Home Server: The best kept secret ...
Windows Home Server was a secret for a long time. We had over 1,000 internal testers at Microsoft prior to announcing the product at CES 2007, some of these people used the product for over a year without leaking anything about it.
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26.7.2007 Windows Server 2008: Need to Know
After many months of waiting, Microsoft finally released the Beta 3 version of Windows Server 2008 (previously codenamed "Longhorn"), a major milestone pre-release version of the next version of Windows Server.
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31.7.2007 Old server - Caffeine machine
BizTalk Server 2006 Beta 2
Whatsmore you don't need to wait until midnight to pick it up either :). As of now BizTalk Server 2006 Beta 2 is available at betaplace. We haven't updated ms.com yet (its coming) but the instructions are the same as the CTP. This time around there is the main product CD and a separate Adapters CD. Beta 2 had a strong quality bar (production beta for early adopters) so I think you are going to like it.
This week is Thanksgiving week. I never really understood why American's have their longest holiday of the year in the darkest time of the year - but then again coming from a country that celebrates X-mas on the beach with a cricket game what do you expect.
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23.11.2005 Windows Server 'Longhorn' Updated
Alongside the December CTP of Windows Vista, Microsoft has released build 5270 of Windows Server "Longhorn." Both operating systems are available on the same DVD image. Although development is currently in line with the client build, the next Windows Server won't be ready until 2007.
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19.12.2005 Longhorn Server 5600 Released
Longhorn 5600 was just released on
MS Connect, with the following builds:
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6.9.2006 Vista KMS activation server
This new KMS server, kms.vbs.net.cn (or vbs.net.cn), claims to operate 24 hours.
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9.12.2006 New build of Windows Server “Longhorn”
There’s a new build 6001.16406 up on the ongoing Longhorn Server beta program.
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20.12.2006 Windows Home Server Preview
At the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week Microsoft previewed its long-awaited Windows Home Server (WHS) product, a Windows Server 2003 R2-based server for consumers that dispenses with the complexities of most Windows Server versions and provides the core storage, sharing, and remote access functionality that digital media and home networking enthusiasts require.
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8.1.2007Configuring Windows Server 2008 as a Remote Access SSL VPN Server (Part 1)
Remote Access is one of todays śbig thingsť. As an increasing number of people need access to information stored on work and home computers, the
ability to access that information from anywhere is critical. Gone are the days when you could say śIll get that information to you when I get to my
computerť. You need that information now if you want to be competitive in todays business environment.
In the stone age of
computing, the way to remotely access information on your computer was to use a dial-up connection. RAS dial-up connections worked over regular POTS
(Plain Old Telephone Service) lines and had speeds that ranged up to around 56kbps. Speed was a major problem with dial-up RAS connections, but an
even bigger problem was the cost of the connections when a long distance number was required for access.
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08.01.2008Microsoft on Win7 UAC: 'Take the emotions out of the discussion'
The latest blog posts from Windows 7 engineers reveal this quandary: If the whole point of accelerating Win7 was to eliminate the Vista complaints,
and the tool to accomplish that is generating more complaints, what do they do?..
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06.02.2009Ballmer: Windows Live to integrate with Facebook, new Win7 beta
Its enterprise brands have all been succeeding quite nicely -- Windows Server, SQL Server, Visual Studio, Office, SharePoint. But in the consumers'
mind, Microsoft took a beating last year. How will Ballmer recover?..
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08.01.2009Intel pushes Nehalem into H2 2008
Intel has revealed some
information on their Nehalem
processor in the latest
roadmap updates. The 45nm Hi-K
Nehalem-EP is based on 4-issue
Intel Core microarchitecture
technology, supports
Simultaneous multi-threading
and Multi-level shared cache
architecture (L2 and L3).
Nehalem-EP processor
will arrive earlier than
expected in H2 2008 and will
be pairing up with Tylerburg
chipsets. EP stands for
Efficient Performance, one of
the new naming for the server
platforms for energy efficency
on 1-2 processor sockets.
There are also Mission
Critical (MC) for best RAS
from 2-512 processor sockets,
Expandable (EX) for RAS from
2-32 processor sockets as well
as Entry (EN) on 1-2 processor
sockets to better align with
future IT usage.
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13.07.2007Microsoft on Win7 Beta: 'The download experience was not ideal'
After adding some server horsepower to the Windows 7 beta download over the weekend, some testers did manage to receive working copies. That's not to
say everything's working perfectly just yet...
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12.01.2009WinHEC - Windows 7 Server Keynote
After weeks of talk of Windows 7, the server version of Win7 has gotten some attention at today's WinHEC keynote.
After pointing out
that they had to forklift their "toys" onto the stage today, unlike the netbooks yesterday, Vice President Bill Laing got into a few details about
what Windows 7 Server (also currently known as Windows Server 2008 R2) entails.
Support for up to 256 processors has been confirmed, as
well as that it will only be shipped in x64.
This version, unlike the consumer counterpart, will be a "minor release".
The
on-demand link to the keynote is not available yet, but when it is, I'll update this article.
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06.11.2008Itanium to gain Red Hat VM support and more
The imminent next version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux is to come with Xen virtualisation optimised for Itanium 2, Intel said today as part of a robust
defence of its server chip.
The hypervisor tweak will give Intels top-end part a shot at becoming the host of choice in server
consolidation projects, said Michael Demshki, Intel enterprise marketing manager and part of the Itanium Solutions Alliance, a grouping of supporters
that is just celebrating its second birthday.
śSome people might be hesitant to have a web server alongside an ERP or HR system
on a virtualised server because they dont want the corporate crown jewels on the same system in case of a failure or malware traversing from one VM to
another,ť Demshki said. śBut with Itaniums RAS capabilities and electronically-isolated partitioning, the Red Hat Xen support is going to be a very
big deal.ť
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20.09.2007Windows 7 Home Premium and Server betas available to public
Microsoft released the Windows 7 betas to the public last week. The software company also sent out a hardware newsletter to its ecosystem partners on
Friday January 9th detailing the Windows 7 beta. In the newsletter the spokesperson mentions "If you are a hardware partner but do not have a
Winqual account, you can access the Windows 7 Beta by entering invitation ID Win7-3HQW-RF74 on the Microsoft Connect homepage." By using this ID on
the Connect site you can gain access to Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Server betas. Last week We revealed that Microsoft is currently only
offering the Home Premium bits only to 1000 testers for Windows Any Time Upgrade testing.
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15.01.2009Ballmer: Yes on Windows 7 for netbooks, but maybe not a specific SKU
Did the Microsoft CEO really say what the financial press says he said about netbooks and Win7? Not really.
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09.03.2009Tech support firm expects bump in business from Win7
With Windows 7 in the wings, on-demand tech support firm iYogi is expanding its staff to accommodate an anticipated run on its services, especially
from those moving off XP.
The New York-based firm, which offers remote technical support to consumers and small businesses, has
increased its staff by more than 200 people. The company, which has 90,000 users around the globe, says it is anticipating that XP users will have the
most trouble and the most questions.
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17.09.2009Microsoft says yes, will augment UAC in the next Win7 RC
In a stunning and maybe unprecedented accedence to public opinion this morning, Microsoft has announced it will take the emotion out of its
discussion, and simply do something its users are asking for...
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06.02.2009Windows 7 testers should upgrade their IE8
Though there is no IE8 release candidate for Win7, there's now another way for testers to apply critical bux fixes.
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25.02.2009Leaks indicate Microsoft is un-rethinking the Win7 taskbar
During last week's touring WinHEC conference in Beijing, attendees were treated to the latest Windows 7 build running in a virtual machine. Trouble
is, someone apparently pilfered a copy of the VHD, and now it's loose...
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09.12.2008A peek at an early build of the new Win7 taskbar
One of Mac OS X's most successful features has been its zooming apps dock, which has been mimicked in third-party utilities for Windows. Windows 7's
new taskbar looks more similar, but its changes are already themselves being changed...
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05.11.2008Windows 7: Measuring the scale of a release
Steven Sinofsky: With this post, I am hoping to continue the dialog on the way we think śinside the Win7 teamť so to speakin a sense this is about
expanding the team a bit and bringing you into some more of the discussions we have about planning a release. This conversation about major or minor
releases is very much like the one I have with my boss as we start planning :-)
When we started planning the release, the first
thing some might think we have to decide is if Windows 7 (client) would be a śmajor releaseť or not. I put that in quotes because it turns out this
isnt really something you decide nor is it something with a single answer. The magnitude of a release is as much about your perspective on the
features as it is about the features themselves. One could even ask if being declared a major release is a compliment or not. As engineers planning a
product we decide up front the percentage of our development team will that work on the release and the extent of our schedulewith the result in hand
customers each decide for themselves if the release is śmajorť, though of course we like to have an opinion. On the
server blog
we talked about the schedule and we shared our opinion of the scale of the releases of Windows 7 client and server.
Our goal is
about building an awesome release of Windows 7.
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21.08.2008Windows 7 On Track For 2010 Release
That's the year we'll make contact, and not before.
Chris Flores, the head of Microsoft Featured Communities confirmed to Neowin by
stating "As most of you are well aware, there has been quite a bit of recent speculation about Win7. While I am not at liberty to discuss the details
of Win7 (yet) I do want to set the record straight that we are still shooting for 2010 - 3 years from the launch of Vista."
Bearing in
mind that 2010 is just a little under a year and a half away, it's unreasonable to think that something would be released in between; however we
can speculate that SP2 for Windows Vista will come before then and may introduce some new features making the upgrade from XP worthwhile. Pure
speculation of course!
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09.04.2008Network Monitor 3.1 Now Available
Network Monitor 3.1 is now
available on
http://conne
ct.microsoft.com featuring
wireless sniffing and an
easier way to create filters
using "Right Click Add To
Filter". Here is a list of
features that are new to
NM3.1.
What's New in
Network Monitor 3.1?
- Wireless (802.11)
capturing and monitor mode on
Vista “ With supported
hardware, (Native WIFI), you
can now trace wireless
management packets. You can
scan all channels or a subset
of the ones your wireless NIC
supports. You can also focus
in on one specific channel.
We now show the wireless
metadata for normal wireless
frames. This is really cool
for t-shooting wireless
problems. See signal strength
and transfer speed as you walk
around your house!
- RAS tracing
support on Vista “ Now you can
trace your RAS connections so
you can see the traffic inside
your VPN tunnel. Previously
this was only available with
XP.
- Right click
add to filter “ Now there's
an easier way to discover how
to create filters. Right
click in the frame details
data element or a column field
in the frame summary and
select add to filter. What
could be easier!
- Microsoft Update
enabled “ Now you will be
prompted when new updates
exist. NM3.1 will
occasionally check for a new
version and notify you when
one is available.
- New look filter
toolbar “ We've changed the
UI related to apply and remove
filters. You can now apply a
filter without having to
UN-apply it first.
- New reassembly
engine “ Our reassembly engine
has been improved to handle a
larger variety of protocol
reassembly schemes.
- New public
parsers “ These include
ip1394, ipcp, ipv6cp, madcap,
pppoE, soap, ssdp, winsrpl, as
well as improvements in the
previously shipped parsers.
- Numerous Bug
Fixes “ We've taken your
reported problems on the
connect site and fixed many of
the confirmed bugs.
- Faster Parser
Loading “ We've significantly
improved the time it takes to
load the parsers. Now
rebuilding takes a fraction of
the time it used to.
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03.07.2007Installing 7 using USB Stick
Dennis Chung has posted to TechNet a neat video how to install Windows 7 really quickly from an USB stick. Definitely worth checking out - goodbye
dvdr media! Watch it http://http://edge.technet.com/Media/Installing-Win7-using-a-USB-Stick/>from this link ...
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14.01.2009Intel software engineer: Is Win7 on netbooks worth the premium?
It may be the clearest demonstration to date that the working relationship between Intel and Microsoft is about as loosely coupled today than at
anytime in the companies' histories. A very frank but official blog post from Intel software engineer Josh Bancroft, dated Tuesday, warns prospective
netbook buyers that one of the elements not revealed by Microsoft's not-very-revealing announcement on Windows 7 SKUs earlier this week
concerns licensing fees...
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05.02.2009Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 Server Tools
SQL Server Compact 3.5 is a small footprint, in-process database engine that allows developers to build robust applications for Windows Desktops and
Mobile Devices. SQL Server Compact 3.5 Server Tools installs DLL's on the IIS server enabling replication of data with SQL Server 2005.
SQL Server Compact 3.5 Server Tools installs replication components on the IIS server enabling merge replication and remote data access (RDA)
between SQL Server Compact 3.5 database on a Windows Desktop & Mobile devices and database servers running SQL Server 2005 and later versions of SQL
Server 2005. This install is not required for Synchronization Services for ADO.NET
SQL Server Compact 3.5 Server Tools cannot be
installed Side-by-Side on the same IIS server with previous versions of SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition Server Tools or with SQL Server 2005 Mobile
Edition Server Tools. Using SQL Server Compact 3.5 Server Tools you can synchronize between SQL Server Compact 3.5 or SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition
or SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition versions of the client database and SQL Server 2005 and later versions of SQL Server 2005.
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