No Vista Ultimate upgrade: has Microsoft lost the plot?
Microsoft as predicted months ago finally announced last week that it would allow PC buyers from now until March when Windows Vista is released to the public to upgrade for a substantial discount or for free, depending on the version.
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30.10.2006 34 Vista Ultimate MUI Language packs for Ultimate SP2 via HTTP from MS
Here are the complete links direct from the Microsoft Windows Update server
for 34 MUI language packs for Vista Ultimate with or without SP1 or SP2
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3.7.2009 Windows 7 E Full Version at Upgrade Prices, but No Upgrade SKU
With a new edition of Windows 7 tailored especially for Europe, Microsoft revealed that with this release of its Windows client, it was doing things differentially.
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25.6.2009 Windows Vista Ultimate explained
Windows Vista comes in several different incarnations. But essentially there are two pathways -- the home user and the business user. However, at the very top of the pile is the Windows Vista SCU that gives you everything that is in both the top of the lines business editions and home editions -- Windows Vista Ultimate.
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10.1.2007 The Ultimate Windows Vista laptop
The most visible part of Windows Vista is the Aero interface, and while we can't deny that it looks very swish we find it very hard to get excited by a shiny new GUI. Instead, we're looking forward to new Vista hardware, which includes a new use for the humble USB memory key and much, much more. So what will the ultimate Windows Vista notebook offer?
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25.1.2007 Windows Vista Ultimate download
This is the final version of Vindows Vista.
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8.2.2007 Windows Vista ultimate serial
A lot of people are searching for some solutions, ni last days is one of most searched phrases
"windows vista ultimate serial".
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12.2.2007 Windows Vista Ultimate and WSUS
Just a quick one this time ("We've heard that one before" I hear you cry!) about Windows Vista Ultimate and WSUS. What is WSUS I hear you ask?
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18.4.2007 Windows Vista Ultimate Preactivated
This Is Preactivated Version Of Windows Vista Ultimate. So There Is No Need Of Any Serial No, Any Crack Or Activation. It Even Works On Windows Updates. This Is Not Dell edition. So This Version Works On All Computers.
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29.6.2007 The Ultimate Windows Vista Screensaver
A top notch Windows Vista screensaver is coming to your desktop, not from Microsoft's Ultimate Extras website, but courtesy of the design firm Jackson Fish Market.
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25.8.2007 Windows Vista Ultimate Could Cost $450
We have absolutely no way of confirming the information ourselves, but according to iTWire, we can expect to really pay out the nose for the most ultimate version of Windows ever conceived, Windows Vista Ultimate.
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30.5.2006 Two Windows Vista Ultimate Extras Released
The most complete edition of Windows Vistawith the power, security, and mobility features that you need for work, and all of the entertainment features that you want for fun
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29.1.2007 Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate - Review
ActiveWin have just posted their 72-page, 200+ screenshot (Part 1) review of Microsoft Windows Vista, ActiveWin's largest and most in-depth review in ten years. In the review, we have broken down the information into 28 different sections, including (but not limited to): Windows Activation, Pricing, Installation, Daily Usage, Media Center, Windows Mail, DirectX 10, Gaming, Defender, IE 7, ReadyBoost, Developer Technologies, Sidebar, Windows Media Player 11, and much much more.
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30.1.2007 The Ultimate Windows Vista Computer Design
Fest your eyes on the Ultimate Windows Vista computer design concept. The image included on the left, as well as the ones at the bottom of this article are a part of the Carbon Design Groups portfolio.
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17.9.2007 Windows Vista Ultimate Extras Come Out of Coma
Believe it or not but the Ultimate Extras for the high-end edition of Windows Vista have come out of a coma.
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24.9.2008 Windows Vista: ultimate confusing mess edition?
APCMag.com has explored Vista's dependence on user-specified metadata and concluded that once you delete Microsoft's perfectly tagged set of sample document files from the Vista beta, things start falling to pieces.
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10.8.2006 How to activate Windows Vista Ultimate for 180 days
Thanks to soulplane who report this crack method in
our forum. The method is very similar to the as we report about in
Next Vista 2099 Time crack. In the crack is short "SCREENSHOTs TUTORIAL".
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23.1.2007 Windows Vista Ultimate Extras, Less than 3 days and counting
Microsoft has 2 & 1/2 days left until Summer ends and the first day of fall officially starts. and still no word on what or if anything is happening with Ultimate Extras.
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20.9.2007 High-Fashion Ultimate Windows Vista Computers
Microsoft is gearing up for the personal computer "catwalks" of the future. The era when a computer was judged exclusively by what it featured under the hood is well gone.
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8.1.2008 Microsoft Launches New Windows Vista Ultimate Extras
Despite no announcement being made on UltimatePC.com, Microsoft have released a new sound scheme and a content pack for Windows DreamScene as part of its Windows Vista Ultimate Extras offerings for customers who purchased the Ultimate edition of Vista.
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22.4.2008 Microsoft to Release Vista Ultimate Extras on Windows 7
Remember Ultimate Extras from Windows Vistas era? Well, it seems like some of those Ultimate Extras are going to make a comeback on Windows 7, but this time in the form of free apps.
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11.11.2009 Windows Vista - Anytime Upgrade
Yesterday, Windows Vista blog announced how windows anytime upgrade works.Current windows users can purchase and download a digital key to upgrade to a more feature-rich edition of Windows Vista.
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21.1.2007 How to Upgrade to another edition of Windows Vista
If you want more features in Windows Vista, you can upgrade to another edition. You can either buy an upgrade disc at a retail store or use Windows Anytime Upgrade to buy the upgrade online, and then use your Windows Anytime Upgrade disc or the Windows installation disc to complete the process.
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21.1.2 Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor 1.0
Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor is designed to help Windows XP users identify whether their PCs are ready for an upgrade to Windows Vista, which edition of Windows Vista meets their needs, and which features of Windows Vista will be able to run on their PCs.
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18.2.2007 How to Upgrade Vista SP1 to Windows 7
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Release Candidate 1 has been released to Microsoft Connect, MSDN, Technet subscribers, and its also available for free download in Windows Update. Because, make no mistake about it, Windows 7 will grow its installed base for the most part to the detriment of its precursors.
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28.2.2009 Windows Vista Ultimate Ultra Lite 32 Bit
Installation is Fully Automated. Only one thing you will have to select is your Partition, rather than it..u wont need to select product key,language, or any other selection. just set back and wait till 15 mins. you will see desktop within few mins. you have to make new installation. upgrade option is not available.
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24.6.2007 Windows Vista Ultimate Extras Vanish in Thin Air
Microsoft is mocking users of the Ultimate edition of its Windows Vista operating system with the Windows Ultimate Extras.
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28.8.2007 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.
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11.6.2008 How [Vista] Ultimate Is This?
Windows Vista Ultimate is Microsoft's operating system with all the whiz and bang for all users. But there is something important missing after all: Extended lifecycle support.
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27.2.2007 Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor Beta
It looks like Microsoft wants to make sure you know if your computer is ready for Windows Vista. Currently, the beta only works on Windows XP systems. Chances are, if you are running something older than Windows XP, your computer won?t run Windows Vista anyways. It?s nice to see a downloadable tool in advance. So that you do not have to buy Windows Vista and then find out your computer won't run it.
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18.5.2006Windows 7: Vista Upgrade & Anytime Upgrade overview
So far, in our Windows 7 Overview series, we have published the following: Windows 7 beta quick review Windows 7: HomeGroup Overview Windows 7:
BitLocker To Go & Biometric improvements overview Windows 7: Easy Connect Windows 7: Problem Steps Recorder Windows 7: Action Center Overview Windows
7: User Account Control (UAC) Overview Windows 7: Calibate Your Display Windows 7: Federated Search Windows 7: Device Stage Windows 7: Internet
Explorer 8 Overview Over the next few weeks we will be adding many more focus items on Windows 7 including Touch, Windows 7 networking and media
enhancements. Stay tuned for the ultimate Windows 7 focus from Neowin.net. Here is an overview of Windows Vista to Windows 7 Beta upgrade.
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13.01.2009Microsoft offers a Vista two-for deal
As 2007 rolls to a close, Microsoft isnt letting up on its efforts to push Windows Vista.
The latest promotion is aimed at subscribers Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) or
TechNet who provided Microsoft with Vista testing feedback.
As we approach the one year anniversary of launching Windows Vista we
want to remember you as one of the many people who downloaded and tested one of the Windows Vista Beta or Release Candidates through TechNet or MSDN.
YOU were a significant contributor to the development of Windows Vista. Your participation was extremely valuable to Microsoft, and we would like to
say, Thank You! according to an e-mail message I received about the promotion at the end of December.
Under terms of The Ultimate
Offer, testers can go to any retail or online store and buy a copy of Vista Ultimate (full or upgrade version) for full price and Microsoft will
match it with a second complimentary Vista Ultimate Upgrade product key.
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31.12.2007Making sense of Windows' irrational pricing and licensing
Ed Bott: A few weeks ago, Microsoft announced it was
cutting the price of
retail, shrink-wrapped copies of Windows Vista. The new suggested price for an upgrade edition of Windows Vista Ultimate is $219, down from $299. The
cost of an upgrade edition of Vista Home Premium drops to $129 from $159. Those price cuts were effective with the release of Vista Service Pack 1 in
mid-March, and the actual prices that people pay (the so-called street price) will invariably be lower: Amazon, for example, is offering discounts on
the upgrade editions of Vista Ultimate and Home Premium for $195 and $95, respectively. The full versions are $300 and $216.
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15.04.2008Microsoft Launches New Windows Vista Ultimate Extras
Despite no announcement being made on UltimatePC.com, Microsoft have released a new sound scheme and a content pack for Windows DreamScene as part of
its Windows Vista Ultimate Extras offerings for customers who purchased the Ultimate edition of Vista.
After installing the sound pack
customers get Ultimate Extras Pearl and Glass sound schemes and additional Windows DreamScene Content.
For those who have been waiting for
Ultimate Extras perhaps this is a sign that more is to come from the software giant.
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23.04.2008No Ultimate Extras for Windows 7
Windows Vista Ultimate had an interesting feature touted by Microsoft before it's release, named Extras. This was intended to be an added extra
for the paying the hefty price of Ultimate, to give some bonuses to those who paid for it. Unfortunately, Microsoft didn't plan it very well, and
included very few with in the release of Vista Ultimate. This led Microsoft to publicy apologizing over the matter, and to this day not a great number
have been released. This led people to wonder about Windows 7 Ultimate. Would it feature Extras, or would Microsoft not worry about them this time
around?
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07.02.2009Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade retail boxing revealed
AeroXperience's Bryant Zadegan has got his hands on an exclusive look at the Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade retail boxing. Those who are familiar with
the Windows Vista Anytime Upgrade will remember that it was only pushed online, but Zadegan says that "Microsoft will indeed be pushing Anytime
Upgrade through retail channels." On Tuesday, Microsoft unveiled the final design for the regular retail box. The anytime upgrade boxes are the same
shape and design as the full version or regular upgrade boxes, except slightly smaller since they just contain a product key used to migrate Windows 7
from Home Premium to Professional or Ultimate from within the Windows 7 control panel. More images are available over at the AeroXperience Blog.
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26.06.2009Will your PC run Windows
Vista? Download the Windows
Vista Upgrade Advisor
The Windows Vista Upgrade
Advisor is an application that
you can run on your current
Windows XP-based computer to
find out if it's ready for an
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25.05.2006RIP Ultimate Extras
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Back in
September of last year I wrote a piece about
how the Windows Ultimate Extras window from the RTM version of Windows Vista differed from the pre-release SP1 code that was floating about at the
time. Is Microsoft going to do right by Windows Vista Ultimate customers and start handing over the goodies or not? Looking at SP1, it seems that
Windows Ultimate Extras as good as dead.
OK, time for a little trip down memory lane. Heres what the Windows Vista Ultimate
screen looks like for Windows Vista Ultimate RTM...
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08.02.2008Microsoft recommends upgrade to Vista before Windows 7
As Windows 7 gets ready for its next release, it could be already hurting Vista's remaining chances with businesses and organizations. Microsoft
has started to push Vista to its corporate customers. Earlier this month Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer warned companies to upgrade from XP. Following
Ballmer, Gavriella Schuster, Senior Director in Windows Product Management group urges businesses to upgrade to Windows Vista now, even if they plan
to move to Windows 7 when it ships. Schuster argues that the benefits of Vista upgrade would outweigh the costs of upgrading to Vista and urges
companies to start Windows 7 Beta testing as soon as possible.
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12.02.2009Windows Anytime Upgrade & Family Discount Announced
Nick
White, Product Manager at
Microsoft working on the
Windows Vista launch team and
Featured Communities leader
has posted up the pricing for
the Anytime Upgrade option
available from within Windows
when you buy a version of
Vista lesser than
"Ultimate".
On
January 30th Windows Anytime
Upgrade will allow customers
to purchase and download a
digital key to upgrade to a
more feature-rich edition of
Windows Vista. The user will
then complete the upgrade
process by inserting the
Windows Vista DVD that came
with their PC or with their
retail purchase of Windows
Vista. The program will be
available in the US, Canada,
Europe and Japan.
The pricing is as
follows:
- Home Basic
--> Home Premium:
$79
- Home
Basic --> Ultimate:
$199
- Home
Premium --> Ultimate:
$159
- Business -->
Ultimate:
$139
Micro
soft have also launched the
Windows Vista Family Discount,
as posted here earlier in the
week. This offer applies to
the US & Canada only, here's
how that works:
- Buy a retail copy of
Windows Vista Ultimate (full
or upgrade version)
- Between 30 January -
30 June, order up to two
copies of Windows Vista Home
Premium online
- Pay
only $49.99 for each copy
of Windows Vista Home Premium
- Valid in North
America (US and Canada)
- On 30 January, go here
for details; we've also a special
site for our
French-speaking
customers.
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19.01.2007Remaining Ultimate Extra Language Packs Released
We are pleased to announce the release of the remaining 19 languages packs for Windows Vista Ultimate. This Ultimate Extras release brings the total
number of language packs for use with Windows Vista Multilingual User Interface Pack (MUI) to 35. Windows Vista Ultimate enables users install
multiple languages on their system and quickly switch between them by associating a system language with their login name.
MUI is
particularly useful in multilingual homes where multiple people use a single computer and choose different languages for their primary use. People who
wish to learn a new language will also find MUI to be a particularly useful feature. We are aware of a very large number of customers who have
purchased Ultimate for this feature specifically and are gratified that these customers can now realize the full benefit of Windows Vista Ultimate.
The languages we are adding today are as follows...
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24.10.2007Windows Vista Ultimate explained
Windows Vista comes in several
different incarnations. But
essentially there are two
pathways -- the home user and
the business user. However,
at the very top of the pile is
the Windows Vista SCU that
gives you everything that is
in both the top of the lines
business editions and home
editions -- Windows Vista
Ultimate.
The main
attraction of Windows Vista
Ultimate is that users get all
the professional features of
Windows Vista Business like
domain logon, full backup,
full Remote Desktop support,
and so forth as well as the
full feature set of Windows
Vista Home Premium such as
Media Center, XBox 360
integration, etc.
But Microsoft sweetens the
deal for Windows Vista
Ultimate users in the form of
Windows Vista Ultimate Extras.
Ultimate Extras is an on-going
series of downloadable content
that allows Microsoft to
deliver some outstanding new
features to Ultimate users
even after release.
This week at CES, Microsoft
unveiled the first set of
Ultimate Extras including
Windows
DreamScene, a game, bit
locker support, a photo
manipulation application, and
multi-language on a single PC
support.
Microsoft
watcher Mary Jo Foley has more
details on this below.
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10.01.2007Microsoft set to release Vista Ultimate Extra games - free
Remember Vista Ultimate Extras? Well they are back according to Paul Thurrott, but this time they will be released for free in the form of two games,
Microsoft Tinker and Hold 'Em. Microsoft's failed Vista Ultimate Extras were a big promise from the company of "cutting-edge programs,
innovative services and unique publications." At least they were in Vista RTM, by the time Vista SP1 was rolled out nearly all references to Vista
Ultimate Extras were removed (shown below). Blogger Long Zheng called them the "ultimate con" at the time and in hindsight he was right. Microsoft
made several promises of more extras which resulted in the company launching UltimatePC.com which now redirects to the Vista home-page.
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11.11.2009Windows 7 upgrade chart available
Microsoft has made available the official Windows 7 Upgrade chart, via allthingsd which indicates which previous versions of Windows are available for
an in-place upgrade to Windows 7, and to which version they can upgrade. You can view the chart below: As you can see from just a glance at the
chart, it's relatively confusing. Windows 7 offers no direct upgrade path from XP, which was announced very early on in the Windows 7 development
life cycle. Very specific upgrade paths from other versions of Windows Vista exist also. You can perform a "Custom Install" which is pretty much a
clean install, but you have the option to install Windows 7 to another disk without overwriting data.
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10.08.2009Remaining Vista Ultimate Language Packs released
Late yesterday Barry Goffe, Director of Windows Ultimate, today disclosed on
windowsultimate.com that the remaining 19 language packs have been made available via Windows Update.
A
multi-language user interface (MUI) pack allows a user to run Windows Vista Ultimate in one of 36 available languages. You can quickly switch among
languages on a single installation of Windows Vista by associating a system language with your login name.
The additional supported
languages are ->
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24.10.2007High-End Vista Comes at a High
Price
A glitch on the Microsoft
Canada Web site has apparently
let slip Microsoft's planned
prices for Windows Vista,
indicating the Redmond company
intends to charge as much as
$299 CDN for its
top-of-the-line upgrade to
Ultimate Edition, and $499 CDN
if users wish to purchase the
full version...
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29.08.2006Windows Vista 'DreamScene' Available
Microsoft on Wednesday made
available a beta of the second
"Ultimate Extra" for
Windows Vista, which is
available for download free of
charge for those who purchased
the Ultimate Edition of the
new operating system. Called
DreamScene, the extra lets
users put videos as their
desktop background...
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16.02.2007Neowin Giveaway: Windows Vista Ultimate Boxed (RED) Edition
As usual we have something to give away to all our members worldwide, Windows Vista Ultimate (RED) Edition. Vista (RED) is enhanced with (PRODUCT)
RED wallpapers, gadgets, and a unique screen saver and DreamScene. For more information on Windows Vista and Vista (RED) please head to
Microsoft's Website. In order to enter the competition you simply have to reply to this post, we will select a winner at random and multiple
posts will not count so no need to go crazy folks. The competition opens NOW and ends on Wednesday 25th February at 23:59 GMT. The competition is
open to all members worldwide.
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23.02.2009Understanding Windows 7 upgrade paths
Windows 7 has already earned itself a blue ribbon, and it isn't even in stores yet. Many Vista users will migrate to Redmond's latest and
greatest operating system in search of greener pastures, and countless Windows XP laggards will be lured from the woodwork by Windows 7's polish.
Microsoft will be granting both XP and Vista users the right to buy "Upgrade" versions of Windows 7 which run for considerably less money. But in
terms of how you can perform an upgrade on a machine already running Windows, for some the in-place upgrade option will make the experience seamless;
all your programs, files and settings will remain untouched coming from certain versions of Vista.
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03.09.2009Microsoft talks about Office
2007 Ultimate
For those who don't know
about it yet, Microsoft Office
2007 Ultimate Edition is, as
Ultimate Edition, a sum of
every features of the product.
The actual Ultimate edition
contains the following
products:
-Word
-Excel
-PowerPoint
-Outlook
-Publisher
-OneNote
-Groove
-Access
-InfoPath
But
all those features have a
price, which is already
mentioned: 679 US$. We
currently don't know if it
will offer special services
like those that will be
available to Windows Vista
Ultimate Edition users.
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