Internet Explorer 7 running side by side with IE6. (standalone)
If you already have Internet Explorer 7 installed you might be interested in
Multiple-IE . An installer for the standalone versions of IE6, IE5.5, IE5, IE4 & IE3!
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11.12.2006 Side by side: UI changes from Windows 7 beta to build 7048
Here's a roundup of all the changes we've noticed between Windows 7 build 7000 and Windows 7 build 7048.
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10.3.2009 The Ugly Side of Vista SP1 vs. XP SP3
With Windows Vista and Windows XP concomitantly available on the market, the Redmond company inherently catalyzed the comparison between the two Windows clients.
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25.4.2008 Vista To Shed Some of its Dark Side
If you're like me, you've played with almost every build of Vista/Longhorn you could get your little paws on.
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4.10.2006 Vista won't show fancy side to pirates
Windows Vista plans to offer you spiffy new graphics, as long as you're not a pirate.
With the new operating system, Microsoft is offering plenty of new graphics tricks, including translucent windows, animated flips between open programs and "live icons" that show a graphical representation of the file in question.
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17.4.2006 The Dark Side of Windows Vista RC1
This just in from the
SuperSite for Windows. In a recent showcase, I highlighted
five things I really like about Windows Vista.
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5.9.2006 Microsoft Windows Vista won't show fancy side to pirates
Windows Vista plans to offer you spiffy new graphics, as long as you're not a pirate.
With the new operating system, Microsoft is offering plenty of new graphics tricks, including translucent windows, animated flips between open programs and "live icons" that show a graphical representation of the file in question.
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13.4.2006 Microsoft's Sideshow No Longer On the Side
Nate Mook, Editor in Chief, BetaNews: Microsoft has been talking about "Sideshow" for years, showing off prototypes of auxiliary displays in a wide range of peripheral devices, but the technology has finally come to fruition here at CES 2007.
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10.1.2007 Feds Side With Microsoft in Korea Flap
The Bush administration on Wednesday protested South Korea's decision to fine Microsoft roughly $32 million and order the software company to redesign portions of its Windows operating system.
"Korea's remedy goes beyond what is necessary or appropriate to protect consumers, as it requires the removal of products that consumers may prefer," J. Bruce McDonald, deputy assistant attorney general at the Justice Department's antitrust division, said in a statement.
The Korea Fair Trade Commission ruled that Microsoft violated South Korean law by bundling its Windows Media Service with the Windows Server operating system, as well as its media player and instant-messaging program with Windows. Microsoft will have to facilitate downloads of third-party media software and stop selling in Korea a version of its server software with Windows Media Services.
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9.12.2005 AMD shows sunny side of Barcelona
Advanced Micro Devices is ready to start fighting back against Intel with silicon, but Intel has an answer in the waiting.
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22.5.2007 Microsoft tweaks the Live side of the house
On July 1, Microsoft’s new fiscal year started with a new slate of Live executives — or at least a bunch of existing execs with new titles and responsibilities.
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8.7.2007 Windows Live Local, offers street-side level imagery!
Windows Live Local technical preview (pre-beta version) will go live offering "street-side" level imagery for Seattle and San Francisco.
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28.2.2006 Windows 7 RTM Changes Disable DirectX Client-side Rendering over RDP 7
Changes implemented post-RC and ahead of the release to manufacturing deadline of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 have stripped away the DirectX client-side rendering over RDP 7 from the operating systems, Microsoft has informed.
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22.6.2009 Vista SP1 and XP SP3 Have Failed to Break the Market's Windows Fatigue
Statistics for the operating system market come in different flavors and from a variety of sources but they all have one thing in common: indicating that Windows is losing ground to Mac OS X and Linux.
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8.6.2008 Fix Endless Reboot of Failed Windows 7 Upgrade from Windows Vista SP2/SP1
Windows 7 RTM is available for download to Technet and MSDN subscribers and by now many users would have upgraded their Vista to Windows 7.
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12.8.2009 Fix Failed Windows 7 Ugrade from Vista with Previous Version Restored and Endless Reboot Error
When upgrading Windows Vista to Windows 7, some systems may encounter failure to upgrade error which causing computer to go into continual and endless reboot or restart cycles.
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15.8.2009 Google to kill 6 of its failed projects
Google has decided to terminate several products that weren't up to the Google's standards or now redundant.
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15.1.2009 64-Bit XP: A Failed Tech Trend?
ExtremeTech has published a list of
the Top 10 Failed Tech Trends for 2005. Number 4:
The failure of Windows XP 64-bit edition to really take off. "When Windows XP Professional x64 actually arrived, it was all pretty much underwhelming. This is actually not Microsoft's fault. While the kids in Redmond did hype Windows 64-bit enhancements, they also cautioned that x64 would be a tool mostly for developers and certain vertical applications," the Extreme editors admit.
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1.1.2006 Windows Pirates Failed to Crowd to Internet Explorer 7
Windows pirates failed to crowd to Internet Explorer 7 stripped down of the Microsoft antipiracy mechanism. At the beginning of October, the Redmond company introduced the first major update to Internet Explorer 7, moving the browser from build 7.0.5730.11 to 7.0.5730.13.
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5.11.2007 Has Windows Vista's UAC feature failed Microsoft?
Experts agree that Microsoft's Windows Vista is relatively well-protected, but its security features — such as User Account Control (UAC) — have been highlighted by security experts as one reason why the operating system is far less popular than its predecessor, Windows XP.
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20.5.2008 .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 for XP SP3 and Vista SP1
Microsoft has made Service Pack 1 for .NET Framework 3.5 for Windows Server 2008 available for download. Designed to integrate seamlessly with Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008, .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 is now live on the Microsoft Download Center.
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11.8.2008 Making 64-bit Vista SP1 Say It's Vista SP1
Making a 64-bit copy of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 confirm that it is actually Vista SP1 might require a minimum amount of effort on behalf of the end user, such as right-clicking My Computer and selecting Properties, but things are a tad different when an application is programmed to identify the operating system versions or the service pack releases.
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25.8.2008 32-bit Vista SP1 = 1GB – 64-bit Vista SP1 = 1.5GB
If you think that Windows Vista was a fast operating system, then just wait for the first service pack. According to data released by Microsoft, Vista SP1 with weigh in at a maximum of 1.5 GB.
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30.8.2007 64-bit Vista SP1 Runs Faster than 32-bit Vista SP1 and 32-bit XP SP3!
The 64-bit edition of Windows Vista delivers not only support for larger quantities of system memory, with the high-end editions supporting as much as 128 GB of RAM, but also some extra horse power hidden under the hood.
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29.4.2008 The Vista Built-in Super Administrator Account Has Survived in Vista SP1
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is designed to evolve the RTM version of the latest Windows client from Microsoft, made available in November 2006 to business customers, and in January 2007 to the general consumers.
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15.2.2008 Vista SP1 Is Out, XP SP3 Old News, the Pink Edition of Vista Is In
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is now nothing more than water under the bridge, now that the service pack was released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, shipping to general users on March 18.
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27.3.2008 Tell Hasta la Vista to XP - Time to Upgrade to Vista SP1
Like it or not, this is the right time not only to upgrade to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 but also to tell hasta la vista to Windows XP.
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30.6.2008 Vista SP1 RC1 Flies Past Vista RTM and Windows XP SP2
Despite the fact that Microsoft has expressed its official position regarding testing Windows Vista Service Pack 1 ahead of its finalization, there is simply too much of a hunger for the service pack.
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27.12.2007 Vista SP1 Won't Resolve the 4 GB RAM Limitation of 32-bit Windows Vista
32-bit Windows operating systems, and Windows Vista makes no exception whatsoever to this rule, are limited in terms of the amount of system memory that can be addressed to no more than 4 GB.
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4.1.2008 Vista Loader 2.1.3 - Windows Vista Activator 2008 Support SP1 with No Boot String
Vista Loader is one of the most successful Vista activation crack available to date, second only to physical modify (hardmod) the BIOS to include SLIC table to make BIOS Vista activation-compliant.
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15.5.2008Microsoft acknowledges Vista SP1 Refresh 2 = RTM
Which build of Vista SP1 became the release to manufacturing (RTM) edition? This was definitely a topic of high speculation in the last few weeks,
even before SP1 hit the RTM milestone. Many were adamant that SP1 RTM was, or would be, different from the final release candidate, while those on the
other side grasped at straws to prove their suspicions. The Microsoft Watcher, also known as Mary Jo Foley, has finally received confirmation from
Microsoft that the Vista SP1 RTM build (6001-18000) is none other than Vista SP1 RC Refresh 2. The latest official statement from the software giant
is:
"RC Refresh 2 code is the same as RTM. In final stages of a product Microsoft likes to get as much validation as possible before
releasing. The release candidate ended up being a high enough quality to be approved to release to manufacturing."
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08.02.2008Side by side: UI changes from Windows 7 beta to Windows 7 RC
Here's an exhaustive roundup of all the changes we've noticed between Windows 7 build 7000 and Windows 7 build 7100. Screenshots included...
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27.05.2009Can start-up Ribbit conquer 'unified voice' before Google & Verizon?
A small, Silicon Valley-based start-up with an AT&T heritage is now working side-by-side big partners such as Salesforce.com and Adobe in an effort to
revolutionize voice calls as we know them today...
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18.12.2007Microsoft CTO: ODF is an 'elegant' standard
The chief technology officer of Microsoft APAC thinks ODF is an elegant standard -- if it is used alongside the Redmond giant's OOXML (Office Open
XML) format.
Oliver Bell, Microsoft APAC chief technology officer, said in an interview with ZDNet.com.au sister site
ZDNet Asia: "We have lived with multiple formats as long as we've had computers. ODF continues to be an elegant standard for use side-by-side with
OOXML.
compete side-by-side and are designed for different purposes."
Microsoft is hoping its OOXML format will be
ratified as an ISO standard in Geneva later this month, after a failed attempt in September last year. OOXML's opposers support the ISO-certified
ODF, which is seen as a close rival of OOXML.
winbeta.org - 20.02.2008
Windows Server 2008 is SP1. Adventures in doing things right
Ian McDonald: I had a bunch of people internally ask me why Windows Server shows it's version as Windows Server 2008 SP1
(for brevity - WS08). I will explain it, but I wanted to use the Writer feature that allows me to insert pictures. Who says anything beyond notepad
is a waste of time. Actually, that's me usually...
The history here goes back to problems we had form the split we had when we broke
Windows XP from Windows Server 2003 (WS03) way back in 2000.
At the time we had Windows 2000 (Win2k) out in the market & it was being very
well received. Especially on the client side which was doing well with corporate desktops. At the same time in the consumer side, we had Windows ME.
I never worked on WinME, I have never installed it, & I know nothing about it except what people have told me. I removed what i really think. If you
meet me, feel free to ask.
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neowin.net - 18.02.2008
Nokia and InterDigital start to disassemble their running feud
You dream of seeing outcomes like this: One side asks the other, "What were we fighting about again?" The other side responds, "I don't
remember." And the two shake hands and start picking up their mess. This may actually be happening...
betanews.com - 04.07.2008
Is BlackBerry Bold really having iPhone 3G-like issues?
Research In Motion launched its newest Blackberry, the Bold, in Canada yesterday. Reviewers who have hastily compared it to Apple's iPhone have been
asked by RIM to remove a side-by-side review comparing browsing speed between the two devices...
betanews.com - 23.08.2008
The Darker Side of Windows
Vista
Once again Paul Thurrott has
put out another review of
Windows Vista. However, this
time Paul Thurrott voices his
concerns about the darker side
of Vista.
The
side of Vista that really
makes you wonder what the heck
Microsoft was doing the past
few years since PDC 2003. Here
is a snippet from Paul
Thurrott's site regarding
Microsoft?s Windows Vista
'User Account Protection':
The bad
news, then, is that UAP is a
sad, sad joke. It's the most
annoying feature that
Microsoft has ever added to
any software product, and yes,
that includes that ridiculous
Clippy character from older
Office versions.
The problem with UAP is that
it throws up an unbelievable
number of warning dialogs for
even the simplest of tasks.
That these dialogs pop up
repeatedly for the same action
would be comical if it
weren't so amazingly
frustrating.
It
would be hilarious if it
weren't going to affect
hundreds of millions of people
in a few short months. It is,
in fact, almost criminal in
its insidiousness.
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Windows Server 2008 is called SP1. Adventures in doing things right?
Iain McDonald, General Manager, Windows Server Group: I had a bunch of people internally ask me why Windows Server shows it's version as Windows
Server 2008 SP1 (for brevity - WS08). <...> The history here goes back to problems we had from the split we had when we broke Windows XP from Windows
Server 2003 (WS03) way back in 2000.
At the time we had Windows 2000 (Win2k) out in the market & it was being very well
received. Especially on the client side which was doing well with corporate desktops. At the same time in the consumer side, we had Windows ME. I
never worked on WinME, I have never installed it, & I know nothing about it except what people have told me. .
Mid 2000, we had a combined release on the rails but the pressure to do a client release for
consumer got high. So we forked WinXP from what was to become WS03. On one side, I think we did exactly the right thing. We met the dates required
from OEMs for WinXP & closed down the server release in exactly the right way. I believe the longevity of WS03 in market was because we did a load of
right things in the end game. I sill think what we knew when we released WinXP in august 2001 it was a great product. It's just that the world
changed 2 weeks later...
winbeta.org - 16.02.2008
Microsoft: Vista service pack coming in '08
Now is the time and the time is now: let's talk about Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1). Much has been made of what will or will not be included in
SP1 and when it will be released (some accurate, some otherwise). I'm here to set the story straight: we're in the process of developing and
deploying a Beta version of SP1. This post will describe for you what to expect from that effort and how you can be involved in the process.
First, a note on service packs. As you are aware, service packs are part of our traditional software lifecycle; they're something we do for most
major products as a commitment to continuous improvement. But, the servicing situation has changed with the advent of Windows Vista, as we no longer
rely solely on service packs as the main vehicle used to deploy system fixes and improvements. The Windows Update online service is one new way to
deliver many OS improvements. For example, yesterday in advance of SP1 we released via Windows Update two separate improvements to Windows Vista's
reliability and performance. We did this prior to SP1 in lieu of requiring customers to wait for these fixes to be rolled into a single service pack.
Beyond this, we improve the Windows Vista experience by continuing to work closely with software partners to ensure application compatibility. We
likewise align efforts with partners on the hardware side of the business to broaden the range of devices that work with Windows Vista and to
constantly improve device driver quality.
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neowin.net - 29.08.2007
Why installing Vista SP1 might fail via Windows Update
When you try to install Windows Vista SP1 via Windows Update you can get error: Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is not available for installation from
Windows Update and is not offered by Automatic Updates.
To help ensure a positive update experience, Windows Update will temporarily not
offer Windows Vista SP1 to systems that have the following device drivers. In some cases, these device drivers are problematic on Windows Vista-based
computers when you update to Windows Vista SP1. By installing updated device drivers, you will resolve the issue and enable Windows Update to offer
Windows Vista SP1.
Click read more to view a list of drivers that don't work well with Vista SP1:
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neowin.net - 20.03.2008
Measuring up Windows 7s new "super" taskbar
Long Zheng: For some users, one hurdle of the new "superbar" is its enormous size, or so it appears. To set the record straight, I conducted a
little side-by-side experiment with two quick-launch items and two active applications on both Vista and Windows 7. Together with a measuring tape in
one hand and a magnifying glass in the other, I counted. Soon enough, I grew impatient and resorted to Photoshop instead. Here's how they measured
up...
winbeta.org - 04.01.2009
Microsoft will spend $8 B to catch up in cloud computing
In announcing three new virtualization products today, a top Microsoft official outlined a new Microsoft "vision statement," to be supported by $8
billion in annual software R&D spending across entertainment, Vista, and cloud computing.
Although Microsoft "is not the
leader" on the consumer side of software for cloud computing, the company stands way above everyone else on the business side of that equation,
maintained Kevin Turner, Microsoft's COO, in a keynote speech at today's "Get Virtual Now" conference in Bellevue, Washington.
winbeta.org - 09.09.2008
Photos: Installing Vista SP1 beta
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Earlier today I downloaded the standalone installer for Windows Vista SP1 build 6001.16659 and installed it on a few systems
to see what it was like -- and I thought you might like to take a look at it.
Don't expect huge UI changes after installing SP1
-- the changes are small and subtle. In fact, if you're not familiar with Windows Vista, you might miss the SP1 changes. I've put together an image
gallery showing some of the most significant changes.
winbeta.org - 28.09.2007
Microsoft: Public Build of Windows Vista SP1 RC Soon
According to the Softpedia website, Microsoft is currently cooking the first public build of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Release
Candidate. Since the initial introduction of the first testing bits for the first service pack for Windows Vista in mid July, Microsoft has been
fending off and dodging in every way possible all references to the public availability of the refresh. In terms of the final release, the company has
pointed out the first quarter of 2008. And as far as a public version ahead of fully fledged service pack is concerned, Microsoft has failed breathing
a single word. When it comes down to the development milestones of Vista SP1, all things are quiet over at Microsoft.
But, the fact of the
matter is that a development milestone for Vista SP1 will be made public in the immediate future. Sooner than you might think in fact, and it will
involve the Release Candidate build of the service pack. "We'll broaden the testing pool of SP1 RC bits soon (very soon), so you'll be
able to put Windows Vista SP1 RC through its paces yourself. I think you'll find the experience worthwhile and satisfying," stated Nick
White, Product Manager at Microsoft with the Windows Vista launch team.
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neowin.net - 04.12.2007
Victorian Government Microsoft's $23 million Vista patsy: consultant
While the rest of the world is shying away from Windows Vista and looking to deploy Linux across schools, the Victorian State Government in Australia
is behaving like Microsoft's patsy by side-stepping competition and adopting Vista in schools, according to a leading local IT consultant.
Con Zymaris, the CEO of Cybersource, a company that has specialized in the integration of Linux and Windows sites since the early 1990s,
says the Victorian Department of Education, is heading in the wrong direction by adopting Windows Vista in a $23 million deal announced this week.
"The Victorian Department of Education has again neglected the market, side-stepped competition by open tender and signed yet
another deal with Microsoft - excluding all other platform vendors, to deploy Windows Vista - an operating system shunned by the rest of IT
industry," said Zymaris.
winbeta.org - 25.10.2007
Improved startup repair tool, media throttling among Vista SP1 changes
To reassure customers that it really has been addressing consumers' concerns about Vista, Microsoft has made its change log to Windows Vista SP1
publicly available early...
betanews.com - 11.12.2007
Trend, Sophos and McAfee flunk Vista SP1 anti-virus tests
Top tier anti-virus vendors including McAfee, Trend Micro, and Sophos all failed to secure Windows Vista SP1 in recent independent tests.
Virus Bulletin, the independent security certification body, said 17 of 37 anti-virus products tested failed to reach the VB100 certification
standard. McAfee VirusScan, Trend Micro Internet Security and Sophos Anti-Virus overlooked threats known to be in circulation. Other vendors whose
products failed to make the grade included Alwil, BitDefender, Norman, PC Tools, and VirusBuster.
Some of the ignored threats -
largely polymorphic file infectors - have been in circulation for months. "It is disappointing to see so many products tripping up over threats that
are not even new - computer users should be getting a better service from their anti-virus vendors than this," Virus Bulletin technical consultant
John Hawes said.
winbeta.org - 04.04.2008
Vista SP1 and XP SP3 Have Failed to Break the Market's Windows Fatigue
Statistics for the operating system market come in different flavors and from a variety of sources but they all have one thing in common: indicating
that Windows is losing ground to Mac OS X and Linux. As far as Microsoft is concerned, it reached the apex of the operating system market with the
launch of Service Pack 2 for Windows XP back in 2004. Since then, it has been all down hill for the Redmond giant. Sure, the slope is by no means
steep enough for a hard Windows fall, just sufficiently inclined through the erosion produced by Mac OS X and Linux that the ground is slipping from
under Microsoft's proprietary platform, slowly but surely...
winbeta.org - 07.06.2008
Changes to UAC in Vista SP1: Much less than meets the eye
A video is making the rounds showing how Vista SP1 has significantly improved Vista's immensely annoying User Account Control (UAC). But there
appears to be less to the improvement than meets the eye --- hardly any changes were made to UAC in SP1, and it remains a very big Vista annoyance.
Microsoft blogger Michael Kleef has
made a video that he says illustrates how much better UAC is under SP1 than before SP1. It very nicely shows that when you create a new folder in
Program Files, you only need to go through one UAC prompt under Vista SP1, rather than four previously.
winbeta.org - 17.05.2008
