HeavyLoad v2.4 - Test System Stability By Putting Heavy Load
If you’re a computer tech person who assembles new computers everyday or even a consumer who just purchased a new computer, it is important to test the system stability by putting heavy load on system resources.
download -
comments -
4.7.2008 Windows Onecare Now Available for Anyone to BETA Test
So what's Windows OneCare?
It's the new antivirus, firewall and and backup solution being provided by Bill.
The BETA version is now available to everyone that speaks english
microsoft -
comments -
16.12.2005 Windows 7 beta 1 performance test
How does Windows 7 beta 1 compare to Vista and XP in terms of performance? That’s a question that’s been hitting my inbox regularly over the past few weeks. Let’s see if we can’t answer it!
windows -
comments -
2.1.2009 Windows update without Microsoft Genuine test
Two weeks ago, I posted simple javascripts to circumvent the dreaded Windows Genuine Advantage system for the sake of my and others clicky-finger. It was this day, or maybe a few days later, that Microsoft's PR looneys acknoledged the fact it can be worked around and will be patching up the holes in the "next version".
common -
comments -
New Windows Vista Test Drive Website
"The Windows Vista Business test drive allows you to try this latest operating system from Microsoft..."
windows -
comments -
6.1.2007 Windows Vista ReadyBoost Test Round-up
ActiveWin has posted up a review of 3 Windows Vista capable ReadyBoost USB sticks.
windows -
comments -
15.1.2007 New Test Version of Windows Vista SP1 Available
But you won't get a download! Microsoft made a new test version of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 available. The Redmond company is in full throttle with the development of the first service pack for Vista as the refresh will be delivered for download to MSDN and TechNet subscribers by mid September.
windows -
comments -
4.9.2007 Test drive the new Windows Live suite
You’ve probably already read about some changes we’re making to Windows Live, and have seen some of your services change over the past few weeks. Starting later today, you'll be able to test out the new suite of Windows Live software at http://get.live.com/wl/all.
microsoft -
comments -
5.9.2007 Speed Test: Windows 7 May Not Be Much Faster Than Vista
Though Windows 7 edged out Vista in our lab tests, you may not notice much of a difference.
windows -
comments -
7.5.2009 Windows 7 Upgrade Paths Test Matrix
Microsoft ripped through the last translucency veil covering Windows 7 and made the pricing details for the operating system public.
windows -
comments -
27.6.2009 500 Hour Test of Tomorrow's Windows Vista
Only Nine More Months Until Windows Vista Goes Live?
windows -
comments -
1.6.2006 Microsoft invites hackers to test Windows Vista
After suffering embarrassing security exploits over the past several years, Microsoft Corp. is trying a new tactic: inviting some of the world's best-known computer experts to try to poke holes in Vista, the next generation of its Windows operating system.
windows -
comments -
3.8.2006 Windows Server 2008 public test build available
On December 5, Microsoft made available for download the Release Candidate (RC) 1 version of Windows Server 2008. Microsoft is making the RC1 bits available for download from the Windows Server evaluation site on Microsoft.com.
download -
comments -
5.12.2007 Windows 7 RC to receive test updates on May 12th
Those involved with Windows 7 will remember a while back the beta received test updates, to check if how well the update system worked within Microsoft's new operating system.
windows -
comments -
11.5.2009 Test Drive Google Android OS on Windows 7
XDA-Developers forum member xda2_haseeb has managed to extract and run Android Emulator on Windows which comes as a part of Google Android SDK package.
common -
comments -
2.9.2009 Windows Vista, Longhorn Server and IE 7 Beta Test Reboot
Testers who responded to the Microsoft call up to be re-included into the Windows Longhorn Server beta test have been notified that the test has been "restarted" under the old name "Windows Vista, Longhorn Server and IE 7 Beta"
windows -
comments -
16.1.2007 Windows Server 2008 test release due next week
Microsoft next week plans to issue its first Windows Server 2008 release candidate, a near-final version of its operating system, a senior executive at the software company said Thursday.
windows -
comments -
20.9.2007 Free Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 Test Drive
Microsoft has started pressing the acceleration pedal of the marketing of Windows Vista, now complete with Service Pack 1.
windows -
comments -
11.6.2008 Microsoft test updates in Windows 7 Beta 7000 Today
Starting February 24, we will be releasing up to 5 test updates to PCs running the Windows 7 Beta (Build 7000) via Windows Update.
windows -
comments -
24.2.2009 How many Intel CPUs will fail the XP Mode test in Windows 7?
Some of the most popular PCs on the market today, equipped with fast and powerful dual- and quad-core CPUs, won’t be able to use the vaunted Windows XP Mode in Windows 7.
windows -
comments -
4.5.2009 XP Minimal-Requirement-Test
The target of this project was to find the weakest system where you can run Windows XP.
Keep in mind, that Microsoft official requirements are a CPU with 233 MHz an 64 MB of RAM.
But that had to be beaten!
First try: Socket 5, Pentium 100 MHz and 64 MB RAM
windows -
comments -
29.1.2006 Vista vs. XP in Performace Test
Our user thepodest on
his blog compare performance tests of Windows Vista and Windows XP on his computer. Here are the results.
windows -
comments -
22.5.2007 Microsoft Expands OneCare Beta Test
Microsoft is expanding its Windows OneCare beta program, opening the door for more testers to trial the company's comprehensive PC protection and maintenance package. Initially OneCare will include antivirus and firewall protection, an automated PC tune-up, and backup and restore functionality.
common -
comments -
Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive
Overview
The Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive includes essential tools that can help you transform the way you create, share, and manage ideas and information using all four Office 2004 for Mac programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Entourage. After you install the Test Drive, you can use it for 30 days. It includes almost all of the features found in Office 2004. For details about the Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive, see the Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive Read Me.
microsoft -
comments -
4.12.2005 Microsoft OneCare fails virus test
Independent security certification body Virus Bulletin tested 15 security suites on Windows Vista against a set of malware from the WildList database.
microsoft -
comments -
6.2.2007 Hard disk test 'surprises' Google
The impact of heavy use and high temperatures on hard disk drive failure may be overstated, says a report by three Google engineers.
common -
comments -
19.2.2007 Google Launches Test Of AdSense For Video
The system lets publishers insert streaming video ads in online video content on their Web sites.
common -
comments -
23.5.2007 Want to test Vista SP1? Anyone can, starting next week
As you heard here last week, Microsoft is making the Release Candidate (RC) test build of Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 available to a private group of testers this week and to the general public the week of December 10.
windows -
comments -
5.12.2007 Internet Explorer 8 Passes Acid2 Test
Microsoft has let the world know that Internet Explorer 8 will support web standards.
microsoft -
comments -
19.12.2007 New Vista SP1 test build public
After saying it planned to make its latest test build of Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 available to a private group of testers only, Microsoft has done an about-face and made the code available to the public.
download -
comments -
12.1.2008Windows 7 RC to receive test updates on May 12th
Those involved with Windows 7 will remember a while back the beta received test updates, to check if how well the update system worked within
Microsoft's new operating system. Well, a similar thing is happening, this time in the Windows 7 RC variety. This has come straight from the
company itself, via the Windows Team blog, as well as being reported on TechNet. Keeping it the same as the previous updates, they will deliver no
fixes or anything of the sort, and there should be around about 10 of them.
Read full story.....
neowin.net -
10.05.2009Microsoft begins test of new
Windows file system
Microsoft on Monday
posted the first test version
of a new Windows file
system.
Th
e company made the test
version the file system,
called WinFS, available to
subscribers to its Microsoft
Developer Network
service.
The
software was originally
intended as a key feature of
Windows Vista--developed under
the code name Longhorn--the
next release of the operating
system expected somtime next
year.
However,
roughly one year ago,
Microsoft announced that it
was removing WinFS from Vista
and would release it
separately in order to meet
its delivery schedule for
Longhorn.
Microsoft
says WinFS will make it easier
to find information stored on
both local PCs and across
networks.
"WinFS
bridges the gap between file
systems and databases and
provides a unified, rich
programming platform for all
data: structured,
semi-structured, and
unstructured," according to
information posted to MSDN on
Monday...
winbeta.org -
06.09.2005Test Updates for Windows 7 Beta Users
Brandon LeBlanc: Starting February 24, we will be releasing up to 5 test updates to PCs running the Windows 7 Beta (Build 7000) via Windows Update.
These updates allow us to test and verify our ability to deliver and manage the updating of Windows 7. We typically verify servicing scenarios during
a beta...
winbeta.org -
20.02.2009Microsoft Auctions Beta Test
Gig
Want to test Windows Live
Messenger? Put in a bid on
eBay...
pcworld.com -
21.12.2005New Ubuntu Linux runs in Windows from an emulated image
The latest Ubuntu operating system, version 8.04, code-named "Hardy Heron," has a new feature aimed at making it easier for Microsoft Windows
users to install and test the operating system without creating a separate virtual machine...
betanews.com -
25.04.2008Microsoft Releases Windows File System Beta
WinFS test version released to developers ahead of schedule...
pcworld.com -
31.08.2005Beta test a new wireless headset for the office and your PC
Best test firm Centercode is looking for people in the workplace who spend a significant amount of time on the telephone. The product being tested is
unlike any other in that it not only connects to the desktop phone system at your office, it also works with your PC...
betanews.com -
24.10.2008Windows 7 beta receiving test updates on Feb. 24th
As various Windows blogs are reporting, Microsoft is issuing some test updates for the official Windows 7 Beta (that's build 7000) this month, on
the 24th. The purpose of these updates is to ensure that Windows 7 is fully capable of being issued online updates, and to help the Windows 7 check
for any problems or bugs. The updates themselves will not automatically be install, but yet the user will be notified of these and will be offered if
they wish to download them. The updates serve no purpose except for testing, and this will be clearly labeled that they are for testing purposes only.
Read full story.....
neowin.net -
20.02.2009Apply to Test the Next Windows Media Center
Microsoft is now accepting
beta test applications for the
next version of Windows Media
Center, code-named
"Fiji." The update
will likely contain bug fixes
and some new digital media
features, arriving alongside
Windows Vista Service Pack 1,
say sources...
betanews.com -
18.04.2007Vista’s UAC Catches Rootkits Before Installing
Looks like Vista’s much-maligned User Access Control or UAC has one benefit for a savvy user: it can detect rootkits before they install. AV-Test.org
conducted a test of popular antivirus programs to see how well they detected rootkits and the tester had to turn off UAC on the Vista test systems
because it detected every rootkit used in the test.
Once on a PC, rootkits can bury themselves quietly, but they have to get to that
point first. As long as users interpret prompts from the UAC system attentively, or those messages haven't in some way been spoofed, rootkits
struggle to jump to the PC without drawing attention to themselves.
HardOCP..
jcxp.net -
26.05.2008Latest Firefox beta passes Acid2 test, IE8 claims to pass also
After a screenshot on MSDN appeared to show an IE8 beta passing an accepted Web standards test, some came to the only conclusion they could: that the
test had to be broken...
betanews.com -
21.12.2007Memory test - Firefox 2.0.0.9 vs Firefox 3.0 b 1
Does Firefox 3.0 beta 1 do a better job of handling memory than earlier versions? In a test put Firefox 3.0 beta up against Firefox 2.0.0.9 in a
series of tests.
Before I go any further, a few disclaimers and notes. First off, I’ve carried out this test on a single system
running Windows Vista Home Premium on which Firefox had not been previously installed. The system has 2GB of RAM. Both Firefox 2.0.0.9 and Firefox
3.0 b 1 were installed fresh using a standard install. For each test I visited the same web pages and did my best to make the browsing the same on
both versions.
OK, with that out of the way, on with the tests. I simulated three different browsing scenarios:
- Loading a five
pages into the browser
- Loading a single page and leaving the browser for 10 minutes
- Loading 12 pages into the browser and wait 5
minutes
neowin.net -
21.11.2007Beta Test Comic Book Creation
Software
Centercode is seeking beta
testers for a new software
application that automates the
creation of comic books
compete with bubble text using
in-game screenshots, family
photos, sports and other
pictures. The test is open to
users with Windows XP or
Windows 2000 SP4...
betanews.com -
09.09.2005Microsoft Ships Second Vista
CTP
As expected, Microsoft has
shipped the October Community
Technology Preview of Windows
Vista, embarking on what the
company hopes will be monthly
test releases of the operating
system. Build 5231 first
surfaced last week and brings
changes to Internet Explorer,
Windows Media Player and
Vista's networking...
betanews.com -
18.10.2005Yahoo to test running Google ads alongside its search results
In what appears to be a very carefully considered, strategically phrased statement this afternoon, Yahoo said it will actually test carrying Google's
ads on its own pages, calling the test a "strategic alternative."..
betanews.com -
10.04.2008Windows 7: Not only faster than Vista, XP too
Instead of using benchmarking programs, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes from ZDNet put together 23 real-world scenarios to see which operating system would be
the quickest to complete all of the tasks.
He tested the 32-bit versions of Windows 7 build 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400, Windows Vista SP1,
and Windows XP SP3. Two separate test machines were used:
An AMD Phenom 9700 2.4GHz system fitted with an ATI Radeon 3850 and 4GB of RAM
An Intel Pentium Dual Core E2200 2.2GHz fitted with an NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS and 1GB of RAM
Neither of these computers is top of the
line, but Windows 7 managed to outperform both Vista and XP on both. Kingsley gave a 1 to the operating system that finished each test first, a 2 for
second place, and a 3 for third. Windows 7 scored 25 points on both systems, placing first in 21 tests, and second in two other ones. On the AMD
system, XP scored 61 points and Vista scored 52, while on the Intel system, XP scored 56 points and Vista scored 57.
jcxp.net -
03.01.2009Microsoft Extends Sales Availability of Windows XP
Responding to feedback from its customers, the company decides to give small businesses and customers in emerging markets more time and flexibility to
test and prepare for the operating system upgrade...
microsoft.com/presspass -
28.09.2007Floating IT lab woos Windows 7 app testers
Skytap is calling all Windows 7 app testers onto its floating IT lab.
Backed in part by Bezos Expeditions - the personal
investment arm of Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos - Skytap offers a virtual IT test lab that runs in, yes, that nebulous place people call the cloud. And
with Microsoft set to release Windows 7 RTM code later this week, the Seattle, Washington-based outfit is wooing ISVs and enterprises looking for a
way to test applications on Microsoft's latest operating system.
winbeta.org -
05.08.2009U.S anti-trust regulators to test Windows 7 more thoroughly
The three member panel of Technical Advisers (Technical Committee - TC) to the antitrust regulators which monitor Microsoft's compliance with a
2002 antitrust settlement will test Windows 7 more thoroughly, according to a status report filed with the federal judge watching over the company.
The 2002 antitrust settlement requires Microsoft to document the communication protocols so that other developers and competitors can design software
to work with Windows. Microsoft and State & Federal Antitrust officials are required to deliver regular reports to U.S. District Judge Colleen
Kollar-Kotelly.
Read full
story.....
neowin.net -
28.01.2009Microsoft Invites Businesses To Test Apps on Windows 7
Businesses will have a chance to test the waters before diving into Microsoft's next operating systems, Windows 7. The software giant is inviting
businesses to test their applications on Windows 7 during a free trial at Microsoft's TechEd Conference on May 11-15 in Los Angeles.
Microsoft is offering customers a chance to register for the Windows 7 Bring Your Own Apps Lab. The lab will be free to developers and enable
companies to work with Microsoft engineers on specific Windows 7 compatibility issues, Microsoft's Yochay Kiriaty said in a
blog
post.
winbeta.org -
25.04.2009
