HD DVD Addon is for Movies Only
You may have heard recent rumors regarding Microsoft publishing Xbox 360 games on HD DVD discs (and in turn meaning that you would need the upcoming HD DVD add on to play them). Microsoft has officially responded.
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16.8.2006 Microsoft plans to issue non-update update for Win 7
Microsoft will spit out dummy updates for Windows 7 beta testers next week that will probe the forthcoming operating system’s updating abilities.
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20.2.2009 Windows Update versus Ubuntu Update
A few months ago, Steve Ballmer publicly noted that Windows Vista was “a work in progress.” That inspired a predictable outpouring of Vista-bashing.
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15.7.2008 Windows Update Blocker Tool Kit - Block Automatic Windows Vista SP2 Update
After availability of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 for public download I am sure many users would have already installed Vista Service Pack 2 to see the performance improvements and its advisable to install Windows Vista sp2 as it has many noticeable changes and also includes all the fixes released after Vista sp1.
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27.5.2009 An Update For Windows Update
An infrastructure update has been planned for Windows Update client. The gradual roll-out of this update will begin in late July.
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6.7.2008 Origami update
OK, so the Origami website has been updated this week. It gives us little new information and says more will be released in 7 days time (9th March 2006). The mystery continues...right!
If you have time,
check it out here, but it's basically exactly the same as last week.
I really thought Microsoft would have given us more information this week, especially considering the heart of the story was revealed last week.
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2.3.2006 You Don't Want This Windows Update
Today, I got an e-mail warning of a new Windows virus and where to get the update to protect against it. Oh, those wicked phishers.
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19.2.2009 You Don't Want This Windows Update
Today, I got an e-mail warning of a new Windows virus and where to get the update to protect against it. Oh, those wicked phishers.
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21.2.2009 Update for Windows (KB913538)
Install this update to prevent Windows Management Instrumentation enumerations from being canceled before the client computer can finish using the enumerations. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.
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22.2.2006 Update for WLM version
Windows Live Messenger v8.0.0562 was released exclusively to selected Beta-testers earlier this month. Fortunately for WLM users (including invitees) a new build very similar to 0562 is now imminent.
It could've been released already, if it wasn't for weather-inflicted damage to many offices in Redmond last weekend. So, if you're currently using Windows Live Messenger 8.0.0365, expect an auto-update prompt in one of the next couple of days.
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25.2.2006 Critical Office update on the way
Microsoft plans to release a "critical" security update for Office next week, one of three bulletins it will distribute as part of its monthly patch cycle.
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11.9.2006 Google Groups gets an Update
Google Groups is all about helping users connect with people, access information, and communicate effectively over email and on the web. Now there's a new version on the block.
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24.1.2007 Do not update cracked Vista
Some our members report in
our forum that they have problems after updatimg cracked or patched Vista.
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30.1.2007 WGA Update Goes Phishing
The message uses a little Windows Genuine Advantage fear mongering to cajole end users to download a fake update that realy is a backdoor Trojan. The message warns: "Please update your P.C. in maximum 12 hours otherwise your Windows will be Expired."
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22.1.2008 Microsoft Update now works with IE7
When
Internet Explorer 7 Beta released to testers it left testers with a broken Windows Update that wouldn't load properly, disabling the ability to update Windows with critical patches that have been released since the end of July. This seems to of been fixed and on my PC it even redirects to Microsoft Update before my chosen homepage is loaded.
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Windows update without Microsoft Genuine 2
Not only will it keep you up to date with the latest updates from Microsoft, it will also keep software and drivers from other vendors updated. However, that functionality is currently missing.
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Update for Windows XP (KB900485)
Install this update to resolve an issue in which you receive a ?stop 0x7e in aec.sys? error message on a computer that is running Windows XP Service Pack 2. The error may occur during startup, or after the system has started. AEC.SYS is the acoustic echo canceling driver. After you install this update, you may have to restart your computer.
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9.1.2006 Security Update for Windows Vista
A remote code execution security issue has been identified in the Graphics Rendering Engine that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it.
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16.1.2006 Microsoft Update SP1 invites sent out
Microsoft has selected testers to help with scenarios on a Service Pack 1 update for Microsoft Update. The beta is only expected to last until the end of January. Microsoft released the Update service last year after extensive testing that brought together Windows and Office Updates on one page.
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19.1.2006 Internet Explorer ActiveX update
Microsoft is releasing a software update to Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 for Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) and for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1).
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4.4.2006 Windows Defender Beta 2 Update
Microsoft released a new Windows Defender 2, yesterday. Used to check for spyware mainly, Windows Defender is the succesor of Windows Antispyware.
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13.4.2006 How to recover from the Vista Validation update
Well, I wasn't paying attention and installed the validaton update. Oops.
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17.12.2006 Will the new firmware update save the PS3?
The latest firmware update transforms the PS3’s media capabilities by adding great features – but will it be enough to spur sales without a price cut?
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26.5.2007 Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Gets an Update
Today, users running Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta were greeted with an update entitled "Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta 1 Update 1" via Windows Update.
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22.6.2007 Confirmation of stealth Windows Update
I can now confirm that the stealth Windows Update that I blogged about yesterday actually exists - because I’ve detected its presence on a machine at the PC Doc HQ.
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14.9.2007 Microsoft apologizes for update blunder
Microsoft has apologized for a Windows Server update that automatically installed the Windows Desktop Search (WDS) tool on users' desktops without approval
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30.10.2007 Another Vista Reliability & Performance Update
Vista’s performance is one of those topics that won’t be exhausted until Windows Seven hits RTM. It all comes down to trade-offs.
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12.12.2007 The First Update for XP SP3 RTM
Although it was released to manufacturing on April 21, 2008, the third and last service pack for Windows XP has yet to make it to end users. Despite this, Microsoft has already made available the first update tailored on XP SP3.
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22.4.2008 Is Microsoft preparing a Zune update?
A reader of a site dedicated to Zune news has posted photos of what are claimed to be new features at Zune's Marketplace, including flash animation and a new video section.
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5.5.2008 XP SP3: Now on Windows Update
A week after deciding not to release Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 3 via Windows Update and the Microsoft Download site as planned, Microsoft has begun pushing the collection of updates and fixes through those channels again.
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6.5.2008Live Search autosuggestions come to Firefox
The Live Search team today announced that they have officially integrated Live Search into Firefox by popular demand. Microsoft has released a Firefox
addon to get to your results faster via Microsoft Live Search auto suggestions. The addon is available for download here. The addon is based on the
Open Search standard and uses the JSON interface supported by Firefox to retrieve autosuggestions. Microsoft has been integrating Open Search into
their products recently - the most recent one being the Federated Search in Windows 7. Open Search has also been implemented in Internet Explorer 7(&
above) and SharePoint Search.
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30.01.2009AddOn Studio for World of Warcraft released
AddOn Studio for World of Warcraft is now available for free download,
an open-source development tool aimed to bring the Visual Studio experience to building
World of Warcraft add-ons. This WoW development environment uses the new free
Visual Studio 2008 Shell isolated runtime and does not require any version of Visual Studio to be installed or licensed to
download, install, and use it. Stay tuned to the blogs of
Dan Fernandez
and
James Lau for upcoming blog posts about this project. Key features of AddOn
Studio for World of Warcraft include:
- Visual Design Surface
- Lua Code Editor
- FrameXML IntelliSense
-
Auto-Generate Table of Contents
- Auto-Generate Lua Events
- Many other goodies
Update:
Here is a video clip demo of Dan Fernandez
showing a demo of AddOn Studio for World of Warcraft in the TechEd keynote last month.
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15.12.2007Xbox 360 Software Update Improves HD DVD Sound Quality, Compatibility
Last week, the Xbox
360 received its Spring
Dashboard software, and today
the console gets a software
update for its HD DVD add-on
peripheral. The most notable
in this update are
improvements to the player’s
ability to decode audio
streams.
Prior to the update, the
Xbox 360 HD DVD player had
difficulties decoding Dolby
TrueHD audio, leading some
titles, such as Nine Inch
Nails: Beside You In Time and
Poseidon, to exhibit “static
popping” and “clipping”
during playback. The new
software resolved all such
audio issues.
While
the HD DVD player supports all
audio formats for the spec,
the Xbox 360 hardware itself
is unable to output the true
lossless Dolby TrueHD stream.
Instead, the Xbox 360
downsamples the lossless
stream into a lossy bitstream
that can be outputted via the
console’s optical toslink
connection. Added in the new
software update is a full
bitrate 1.5 Mbps DTS and WMA
Pro as an option for downmixed
audio output, along with the
previous 640 kbps Dolby
Digital 5.1 option...
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15.05.2007Apple strikes again to halt iPhone jailbreaking
Apple's latest update to OSX, 10.5.6, includes an impressive list of performance and bug fixes but hidden amongst the latest and greatest is that
10.5.6 disables the Pwnage tool, making you unable to jailbreak or unlock your iPhone or iPod Touch with Mac OSX. The update prevents jailbreaking by
disabling the software at the OS level. Apple is stopping 10.5.6 Mac's from recognizing the device in DFU (device firmware update) mode by using
new code that affects the USB ports on Apple computers at the driver level and how they interact with the iPhone and iPod Touch.
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16.12.2008Upcoming Update to Windows Update
Michelle Haven: I'd like to let you know that, beginning at the end of this month and continuing over the next few months, well be rolling out an
infrastructure update to the Windows Update agent (client). I wanted to take this opportunity to provide some background on the update and discuss
the value these updates bring to you.
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03.07.2008Xbox 360 system update out now
This morning the first major
update for the 360 was
released and introduces more
than 125 features and
enhancements, including
background downloading and
improved DVD playback.
No longer will users
have to sit and watch their
console take several hours to
download a demo, unable to
pass the time by playing a
game. Now up to six files can
be queued up for download, and
will do so without you even
knowing, allowing you to use
the 360 for something else
while you wait for the files.
If you happen to enter into
some online gaming the
downloads will be paused so
that you still get the best
possible online
experience.
Other updates of note
include improved Marketplace
menus so it's easier to find
what you want, custom
background music now continues
to play during game loads, and
DVD playback has been
improved.
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06.06.2006Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 on MSDN & TechNet (Plus)
Microsoft sent out a mail on Wednesday informing MSDN and TechNet Plus users that Windows Vista SP1 images as well as Windows Server 2008 (RTM) have
been made available to subscribers. Upon checking however, I was unable to find the promised SP1 image on my TechNet subscription.
Microsoft
had last
week, backpedaled and decided to move the release for certain
customers and beta testers up from mid-March to
mid-to-late-February. I imagine some subscribers have yet to see it appear on their download list but should all go according to plan, those images
should be made available before March.
Up to 3 pre-requisites will start appearing through Windows Update for everyone else before
mid-March, which is required before SP1 can be installed on Windows Vista. This is due to an update of the update service from within Windows that is
required before SP1 can be installed.
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neowin.net - 14.02.2008
InkSeine Update is Live
Matt Faulkner: The updated
version of InkSeine that I posted about last week is now live. The main reason for the update was because of a localization issue:
The worst symptom of this bug is that some users who use non-American ways to write decimal numbers or dates are unable to
load InkSeine notes that they have saved. The fix does NOT make it possible to load any files that this bug caused to be saved in the "bad" format,
but any new ones that you create going forward will not have this problem. The other symptoms of this bug are that Copy/Paste, Undo/Redo, and a few
other features will not work. Please accept our sincerest apologies if you have been stricken by this bug.
Even if
the localization issue doesn't effect you, there are still a few fixes included as well...
winbeta.org - 26.02.2008
Windows Update failure after repairing from XP CD
Microsoft/Windows Update Program Manager Nate Clinton has just posted on an issue
we've learned of that affects some users of Windows Update repairing their systems using a Windows XP CD. The symptom is that some Windows XP
customers are unable to install updates via the latest version of Windows Update after using a Windows XP CD to perform the "Repair from CD"
function.
The issue does not look to be widespread and occurs in rather exceptional only under specific circumstances; it
occurs because the Windows XP Repair CD replaces all system files, including Windows Update, with older versions of those files. Meanwhile, the most
current version of Windows Update (which is already present on the system) includes a file that is not present in the Windows Update image on the
Repair CD. After performing the repair, the new file remains on the system and creates a registry mismatch, causing subsequent installation of some
updates to fail.
Luckily, there is a remedy: customers experiencing this issue can 1) refer to KB article 943144; 2) check Nate's post for work-around steps now; or, 3) contact Support using the telephone number(s) found at support.microsoft.com/security (usually found in the right-hand nav).
neowin.net - 29.09.2007
An Update For Windows Update
An infrastructure update has been planned for Windows Update client. The gradual roll-out of this update will begin in late July. This update will
occur automatically to any system configured to either receive updates “automatically” or “notify” customers that new updates
are available for download.
For enterprise customers who use Windows Server Update Services or Systems Management Server, all updating,
including the WU client, is controlled by the network administrators, who have authority over the download and install experience. Windows Vista
customers who select “never check for updates” in their WU settings will not receive this update until they manually install updates from
Windows Update.
In this particular update, there will not make any changes to the way WU looks or feels, instead the following have been
improved:
- The length of time it takes Windows Update to scan for updates
- The speed in which signature updates will be delivered
Detailed information on this is posted on the Microsoft Update blog.
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neowin.net - 05.07.2008
Microsoft planning updated UI for Windows Update
Beginning next month Microsoft will start an upgrade to the Windows Update and Microsoft Update services. Microsoft plans to start the
infrastructure update in late August, claiming "it will take a couple of months to complete the rollout." The update is required to "maintain and
improve service quality, reliability, and operations." The update will simply improve the user interface for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008
computers running Windows Update, adding a more visible and detailed description of updates as well as improvements in how users are notified about
service packs. If you currently apply your updates automatically then this update will not modify the look and feel of Automatic Updates.
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neowin.net - 17.07.2009
ITunes Update Makes Some Legit Phones 'iBricks'
While the company has warned those who have unlocked the iPhone that the latest update would likely break their phones, some users are finding their
locked phones broken by the update...
betanews.com - 29.09.2007
Symantec charges rivals with more virtual CommandCentral
Symantec is rolling out its
next generation of storage
resource management software
today, with Veritas
CommandCentral 5.0. The
company says the update is a
key component of its Storage
United initiative and vision
of running storage as a
service.
The
Veritas CommandCentral 5.0
line includes CommandCentral
Storage 5.0, CommandCentral
Enterprise Reporter 5.0 and
Veritas Process Automation
Manager 5.0. If you aren't
following the pattern, it's
all 5.0.
The
highlight of 5.0's updates is
CommandCentral Storage's
advanced support for VMware,
HDS TagmaStore and IBM SAN
Volume Controller. Previously,
the software would see a
virtual machine as a black box
unable to tell the user which
applications were running on
it or how they were consuming
resources. Version 5.0 now
allows customers to map their
virtual environment just as it
does for physical storage...
winbeta.org - 01.08.2007
Microsoft Preps Third Zune Update
Microsoft plans to release an
update to the firmware of its
Zune music player in
mid-March, remedying several
issues including skipping.
However, the update does not
include any support for direct
video downloading or podcasts
just yet...
betanews.com - 01.03.2007
Microsoft My Phone update and feature request(s)
Microsoft My Phone Team has announced that an update is available for My Phone application to address some of the known issues. Users will receive a
prompt to download and install the update the next time their phone syncs with their online account. The update can also be obtained by visiting the
My Phone installation page from the phone's browser. My Phone service will stop working if the update is not installed within 7 days of receiving
the prompt. Meanwhile in another blog post by the My Phone team, the team has acknowledged some of the great feedbacks discussed on the forums.
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neowin.net - 04.03.2009
Microsoft to push IE8 as an automatic update
Microsoft has announced it plans to offer IE8 via Windows Update. In a move that will likely anger rivals such as Apple and Google, Microsoft will be
pushing Internet Explorer 8 via Windows Update. Google raised concerns back in 2006 when IE7 was originally released via Windows Update. Apple
received negative press last year when it tried to push Safari to iTunes users. Many users never had Safari installed but it was listed under
Apple's software update program for install. The IE8 update will be released as the highest priority update for each operating system. For
Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, it will be listed as Important.
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neowin.net - 07.01.2009
Orange experiences 'major' outage
The broadband service run
by mobile firm Orange is
experiencing a "major"
national outage.
Several users have
complained that they have been
unable to use their connection
since Monday afternoon.
A spokesperson for the
company said the fault on the
service, formerly known as
Wanadoo, was caused by a
"network equipment failure".
Orange said they
were working to fix the
problem but there is no
indication when a normal
service will resume.
The BBC news website was
alerted to the fault by a
reader who had been unable to
connect to the internet for
the last two days.
Other users have since
confirmed the problem.
neowin.net - 17.10.2006
Fixed Windows 2000 Update
Released
Microsoft issued an update to
its final Update Rollup for
Windows 2000 on Tuesday,
correcting issues with the
initial release. While there
seems to be yet more glitches
still not fixed, the company
says those will be addressed
in individual patches...
betanews.com - 15.09.2005
Apple releases iMac firmware update, fixes issue that plagues new ATi iMacs
Today, Apple released a new firmware update ("iMac EFI Firmware Update 1.4") that fixes the freezing issue that plagued nearly every iMac equipped
with the ATi Radeon HD 4850 graphics chip. These iMacs were originally made available for purchase in March, but started shipping earlier this month.
The update also fixes an issue causing issues waking from sleep while booted into Windows using Boot Camp.
The update and
instructions to install are available via Software Update, or via the Apple support page for this update.
jcxp.net - 03.05.2009
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
