Update: "Vista Capable" trial
The ongoing "Vista Capable" class-action lawsuit against Microsoft took an interesting turn the other day when an expert witness for the plaintiffs claimed that the Redmond company made more than $1.5 billion through their "Vista Capable" marketing campaign.
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6.1.2009 Office Trial Causes Channel Conflict
Microsoft's Office Trial conversion program is so successful, the company now clearly competes with its retail and dealer partners.
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10.10.2007 Update: Re-Testing Vista w/2GB RAM, Office 2003
Many of our members have requested that we re-test Vista SP1 with 2GB of RAM instead of the 1GB we used in our original tests.
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28.11.2007 Microsoft Office 2007 SP1 releasing to Automatic Update
As we noted when we released Office 2003 Service Pack 3 via Microsoft Update (MU), we are committed to providing at least 30 days notice before making Office service packs available via Microsoft Update automatic distribution (for Vista and XP).
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10.5.2008 Microsoft Math 3.0 Trial
Thanks to pyrapurcell for this download. Microsoft Math will help students learn to solve equations step-by-step, while gaining a better understanding of fundamental concepts in pre-algebra, algebra, trigonometry, physics, chemistry and calculus.
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15.6.2007 Microsoft IE8 trial coming soon
Internet Explorer 8 will be released as a beta test version later this year, according to a Microsoft source. Windows XP is apparently included in the plans for the new web browser.
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26.6.2007 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 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 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 Download Flight Simulator X Trial Version
The Flight Simulator X trial version includes two airports, three missions, and three different aircraft.
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30.9.2006 Windows 7 Enterprise 90 day trial available
Microsoft has made Windows 7 Enterprise available for free download with an evaluation period of 90 days for IT Professionals responsible for desktop administration and deployment.
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2.9.2009 Windows 7 Volume License and Trial Availability
Last month we made Windows 7 available to customers with Software Assurance and to MSDN and TechNet Subscribers. Today I am happy to announce two more ways for businesses to get Windows 7 for their deployment and evaluation.
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3.9.2009 Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs Trial Version
Play as the versatile Iroquois in the Age of Empires III trial version.
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14.12.2006 Diskeeper 2007 Home Server Trial Edition
Now this is pretty cool. We’ve been tracking the development of Diskeeper for Windows Home Server over the past few months, since it was announced at CES in January.
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16.9.2007 Pirate Bay copyright infringement trial begins, founders plead not guilty
Today marked the first day of the criminal copyright infringement suit against The Pirate Bay that was initiated in Sweden one year ago by Warner Brothers, Columbia Pictures, Sony BMG, EMI, Universal, Metro Goldwin Mayer and 20th Century Fox.
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16.2.2009 Panda Internet Security 2010 Free Trial Direct Download Link
In addition to Panda Antivirus Pro 2010, Panda has also released new version for it’s another security application – Panda Internet Security 2010.
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9.7.2009 Microsoft Update Windows Vista Homepage
After a brief demo at the on-going CES conference in Las Vegas, Microsoft have launched a re-vamped version of the website for Windows Vista.
The slick new look makes a break from the often bland Microsoft product pages, and moves towards the Glass theme expected in Vista.
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5.1.2006 Update for Microsoft Windows Vista Beta 2
Install this update to address an issue where Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) does not consume intermediate session data.
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23.7.2006 Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 Free Trial Version Direct Download Links
The leading developer of secure content management solutions, Kaspersky Lab has released the new version of its popular security application – Kaspersky Internet Security 2010, where all the components implemented in earlier product versions have been improved and upgraded, including the firewall, heuristic analyzer, parental control module, and the anti-spam module.
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1.7.2009 Remove and Uninstall Microsoft Office Activation Assistant - Fix Office Must Be Installed Error
On most OEM computers running Microsoft Windows operating system, regardless of it’s a desktop, notebook or laptop PC, now comes with pre-loaded trial version of Microsoft Office 2007, primarily Home and Student Edition, which is a time-limited product for evaluation if use without proper activation.
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17.8.2008 Update on the Microsoft Windows Vista Start-up Sound
Windows Vista Start-up sound was designed to move beyond the boundaries of a basic audio alert, reflecting the operational status of the system. As an embedded sound, it has a core concept of a trademark segment of media, initializing, personalizing and reflecting the Windows Vista brand and Experience.
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24.9.2006 Microsoft confirms Office 12 will be Office 2007
Microsoft announced today the lineup for Microsoft Office Suites 2007.
Alongside the product branding, Microsoft has also revealed pricing for the different versions of Office 2007.
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16.2.2006 Anti-Hack Update For Windows Vista Rev from Microsoft
The release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 not only heralded a long-awaited update of the operating system, it also meant the end of two common Windows Vista anti-activation exploits - the Grace Timer exploit and the Paradox OEM BIOS activation crack.
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12.5.2008 How can I extract the files from a Windows Vista Microsoft Update Standalone Package (MSU)
The new MSU format doesn't support the old /x type switches to extract the content. It also can't be run on a pre-Vista OS.
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3.4.2007 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 7 Enterprise Trial 32-bit and 64-bit ISO Direct Download Links
Microsoft has made available free download of Windows 7 Enterprise edition for interested corporate and business customers as trial evaluation software. Windows 7 Enterprise free download has pre-installed product key which lasts for 90 days (3 months) after activated. Activation has to be done within 10 days or else the computer will shut down hourly.
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3.10.2009 Microsoft Office 12 (Vista) + Screenshots
Microsoft on Tuesday took the cover off of the latest version of Office, calling the release its most significant since Office 95. With a completely redesigned user interface as well as new methods to make working with documents easier, Microsoft wants users to "focus on what they want to do rather than how they do it."
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Office and Vista: Can’t we give Microsoft some props?
Microsoft posts its best fiscal first quarter in years and Wall Street cheers. But the angst goes on.
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26.10.2007 Windows Seven and Office 14 Just as Big as Windows Vista and Office 2007
Microsoft has reiterated its commitment to the desktop. Building on its co-founder Bill Gates' vision of a PC on every desk in every home, Microsoft will continue to focus on delivering desktop products. And in this context, nothing will change when it comes down to the development of the company's main cash cows.
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12.7.2007 Microsoft to Pay Reparations for Vista, Office Delays
Microsoft is working on a new reparations strategy, known internally as a customer incentive program, for those customers with volume licensing programs who will be negatively affected by the delay in the release of Windows Vista and Office 2007.
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9.8.2006Update: "Vista Capable" trial
The ongoing "Vista Capable" class-action lawsuit against Microsoft took an interesting turn the other day when an expert witness for the plaintiffs
claimed that the Redmond company made more than $1.5 billion through their "Vista Capable" marketing campaign. The origins of the trial itself
are to be found in the months prior to Vista's release when many computers were sold with Windows XP and the promise that they would be capable of
running Vista. However, many of these PCs, which sold at a premium and bore the "Vista Capable" label, turned out to be only capable of running
Vista Basic. Hence, Microsoft is being sued for what many would call false advertising.
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06.01.2009Office Live Workspace Update for Windows Vista
The Office Live Workspace Update installs three Windows Vista updates (KB945435, KB945145, KB933860) and one Office 2007 update to ensure optimal
performance on Windows Vista when using Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint with Office Live Workspace. The update improves the performance
of opening and saving Workspace documents from these Office programs. In some cases, the update also resolves problems with "Open from Office Live"
and "Save to Office Live" functions of the
Office Live Add-in.
This update is only needed for computers running Windows Vista.
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10.12.2007Office 2007 SP1 Update Availability Clarification
Bobbie Harder: Posting this as I've noted just a little bit of confusion with how Office 2007 SP1 is made available for download after it's release
yesterday. As you know, Office 2007 SP1 was released yesterday to Microsoft Update, and to WSUS as part of the Tues, Dec 11th release.
As planned, Office 2007 SP1 was not pushed via Automatic Updates. There has been some confusion where Windows Vista customers are seeing
Office 2007 SP1 listed as available with an option to install in their Windows Update control panel applet. The new Vista experience of the Windows
Update applet combines the convenience of the Microsoft Update site, by isting all applicable available updates, and the best of the Automatic
Updates behavior. This allows users to specify what update types they want to automatically download and install (and when), as well as combines the
interactive experience of the Microsoft Update site.
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13.12.2007Office Live Update 1.3
The Office Live Update 1.3 installs (1) performance updates to make using Office Live Workspace with Microsoft Office programs faster, (2) the latest
Office Live Add-in for Microsoft Office that enables you to access your workspaces directly from Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, (3) the Firefox add-in
to allow users of the Firefox browser to use Office Live Workspace with Microsoft Office.
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06.11.2008Office Trial Causes Channel Conflict
Microsoft's Office Trial conversion program is so successful, the company now clearly competes with its retail and dealer partners.
The signs were there in February, when we said the Office Trial program "
could"
cause channel conflict. There's no more "could" about it.
Microsoft now has 9 percent dollar share for the U.S. retail
productivity suite market, according to NPD. Chris Swenson, NPD's director of software industry analysis, largely attributed Microsoft's market
share gains to Office Trial conversions.
Microsoft offers the trials through a number of venues, including direct from the Web or
on new PCs. Microsoft also directly fulfills Office conversions. Users can purchase activation codes directly from Microsoft via the Web.
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10.10.2007Office 2007 Update Coming Next
Week
As previously reported by
BetaNews, Microsoft will issue
a Technical Refresh Build of
Office 2007 Beta 1 next week.
The release includes minor
fixes and modifications to the
suite's user interface, along
with bringing back support for
Windows Vista. Office 2007
Beta 1 does not function on
the Vista February CTP...
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09.03.2006Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007 Trial Version
This Microsoft Office
Enterprise 2007 software
evaluation program is
appropriate for Developers and
IT Professionals.
In order to take advantage
of this Microsoft Office
Enterprise 2007 evaluation
program, you will need to
first register to obtain a
trial
product key. The trial
period for this product is 60
days
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15.12.2006New UI Font Coming to Vista,
Office 12
With the release of a new user
interface in Windows Vista and
Office 12, Microsoft will also
update the font that both
products use for the first
time in eight years. The
company says the new font is
designed to take advantage of
ClearType, and is more modern
than its predecessors...
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23.11.2005Office 2003 SP3 on Microsoft Update in 1 Month
Office 2003 SP3, released to customers on September 18, 2007, will become ready for automatic distribution via Microsoft Update (for Vista and XP)
starting February 27, 2008. This means that the availability will happen gradually and not everyone will see it at the same time. The delay is there
to give the market plenty of time to evaluate the service pack and allow the Office team to address concerns. The service pack includes improved
security and enhanced compatibility with Windows Vista, Office 2007, Internet Explorer 7 and Windows SharePoint Services. According to the MU team,
the customer feedback for SP3 has been generally positive.
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27.01.2008Microsoft Readies Office 2007 Trial Download
Microsoft just declared the
2007 version of its Office
productivity suite hit release
to manufacturer that they
already preparing download
pages for its free trial
versions.
The
pages adopt Office Online's
new design, although they are
apart from the website. Links
point to a customized Windows
Live ID signin page, though
logging in is currently
impossible, neither by using
the given informations nor an
actual personal address.
Interesting notes from the
provided FAQ: It says that you
will be able to upgrade to the
full version
as soon as it
gets available to
purchase, which may mean
the trials will actually be
available before it gets out
to the public! We will also
apparently be able to use the
trial after it expires, but
with a reduced feature set.
Trials to be
available includes all Office
2007 editions, accounting,
OneNote, Groove, Publisher,
Project and Visio.
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07.11.2006Windows Vista RC1 via CPP
Soon?
It seems that Microsoft are
preparing to launch Release
Candidate 1 (RC1) of Windows
Vista via the Customer Preview
Program (CPP) shortly. A page
has been discovered, which
although returns an error, is
labelled with "Thank you
for your interest in Windows
Vista RC 1.". This surely
suggest that Windows Vista RC1
will be released very shortly.
Update: 64-bit
Download Link added.
Update 2: An E-mail has
recently been sent to
participants of the Office
2007 Beta, in which it is
revealed that apparently,
Windows Vista RC1 will not
reach public availability
until September...
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26.08.2006Office Mobile Update comes to Windows Mobile 5.0 and 6
During the Computex Taiwan,
Microsoft announced an Office
Mobile update which will be
available for free starting Q3
(which could mean next month
already). This update will be
compatible with Windows Mobile
5.0 Pocket PC (Phone Edition)
devices as well as all Windows
Mobile 6 PDAs and Professional
and Standard smartphones.
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07.06.2007MS Flight Simulator X Trial
Released
Microsoft has released a trial
version of its
much-anticipated Flight
Simulator X, which celebrates
25 years of the popular
franchise and will be fully
optimized for Windows Vista.
The demo includes two
airports, three missions, and
three different aircraft...
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10.08.2006Just over 30 days until Office 2003 SP3 available via Microsoft Update automatic distribution
The MU and Office Team: Just wanted to give you a heads up on our promised 30 days notice before making Office 2003 SP3 available via Microsoft Update
automatic distribution (for Vista and XP). We released SP3 for Office 2003 to customers about 4 months ago. Since then weve heard some great
feedback on what it is doing for customers be it in the enterprise, consumer, or other segments. In some cases people probably dont even know that
its working for them, which is just perfect. The security improvements are working just like they should in that case :).
That
said, we wanted to use the MU blog as one of many avenues to alert our customers to the fact that we will be distributing SP3 automatically via
Microsoft Update approximately 30 days from January 27th. We say approximately because the availability will happen gradually and not everyone will
see it at the same time. Think of the 27th as the marker and no sooner than 30 days from then is when SP3 will start to become available to
customers' systems.
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26.01.2008Official Way to Use Vista without Activation 120 Days
Official Way to Install and
Use Windows Vista without
Activation for Free for 120
Days
By default,
Windows Vista can be
installed, used and run
without any license, product
key or the need of activation
for 30 days grace period, for
purpose of trial or
evaluation. Although Microsoft
initially stressed that users
should purchase a license with
valid product key before the
trial period expires, or else
Windows Vista will lock into
Reduced Functionality Mode.
However, a "rearm" method
has long since been discovered
to be able to extend, or reset
the remaining time for
activation to another fresh 30
days, for up to 3 times.
Now Microsoft has
confirmed that Windows Vista
can be used and run for 120
days or 4 months ( 3
rearms ), and extending the
activation grace period is not
a violation of the Vista End
User License Agreement (EULA).
All versions of Vista include
Windows Vista Ultimate allow a
30-day free period without
activation, except the
corporate-oriented Vista
Enterprise, which supports
only a three-day trial.
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22.02.2007Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0: 90-Day Trial Versions
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 is available as a 90-day trial version in each language in which Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 is available. This page will be
updated with new languages as they are released.
Each trial version can be converted to full use by applying a commercial license
key in the License area of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Deployment Manager. Reinstallation is not required.
To use the 90-day trial,
you must apply one of the convertible trial keys available here. To receive the trial software, download it from this page or reuse Microsoft Dynamics
CRM 4.0 media by using one of the following trial keys...
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20.12.2007Virtual Machine for Exchange Calendar Update Configuration Tool
The Exchange Calendar Update Configuration Tool enables administrators to update, using the Time Zone Data Update Tool for Microsoft Office Outlook,
multiple user mailboxes, thereby avoiding the challenges involved with broadly deploying the Outlook Time Zone Data Update Tool to all end-users.
The VM contains a trial version of Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Outlook 2007, Excel 2007 and Word 2007. The Exchange Calendar
Update Configuration Tool is preinstalled as well. The VM can be used on both Virtual PC or Virtual Server.
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14.09.2007WinHEC 2006 Brings New Office,
Vista
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates
kicked off the Windows
Hardware Engineering
Conference in Seattle Tuesday,
heralding the arrival of the
Beta 2 releases of Windows
VIsta, Office 2007 and
Longhorn Server. Both Office
and Vista betas will be
available for public download
in order to garner more
feedback as the products near
completion...
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23.05.2006Office Live Update 1.1
The Office Live Update 1.1 installs (1) performance updates to make using Office Live Workspace with Microsoft Office programs faster, (2) the latest
Office Live Add-in for Microsoft Office that enables you to access your workspaces directly from Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and (3) the Multiple
Document Upload Tool.
The Office Live Add-in adds new menu options in the 2007 Microsoft Office Suite and a toolbar in Microsoft
Office XP and Office 2003. You will be able to open documents located in Office Live Workspace directly from Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. You will
also be able to save files directly from Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to Office Live Workspace.
The Multiple Document Upload Tool
lets you add multiple documents to a workspace at once and even allows users to drag and drop files directly from their desktop.
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16.05.2008Office 2007 Hold-Up Likely to
Affect Vista
Citing "performance issues",
Microsoft said last week that
it will not release Office
2007 to enterprises until
"the end of 2006". The
consumer launch will take
place some time in "early
2007".
But
David Bradshaw, an analyst
with Ovum, said: "It seems
sensible to keep Office 2007
in step with Vista, and Vista
is already delayed, so this is
not entirely surprising to
us.
"There is
wide speculation that Vista
will be delayed again, and
this would be an embarrassment
for Microsoft.
"Vista is a much more
ambitious project than Office
2007, and has already seen
several delays. Microsoft may
face the same decision again:
whether to postpone Office
2007 or launch it without
Vista."
The
analyst suggested that
delaying Office 2007 will have
a minimal impact on
Microsoft's product revenues
as most customers will buy
Office only when they need it,
for example when they upgrade
to new computers.
The rescheduling marks the
second delay to Office 2007
this year. Microsoft said in
March that it would hold back
the release to coincide with
the launch of Windows
Vista.
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