Microsoft Announces Vista Purchase Options
Microsoft elaborated on its purchase options for the release of Windows Vista, to be released publicly in less than two weeks. Among the options are online upgrades to higher tiers, a family discount, or online purchase and direct download via Windows Marketplace.
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19.1.2007 MS pushes premium versions of Vista, download options
Microsoft wants to make sure consumers and small businesses know there are myriad ways they can acquire Windows Vista -- particularly in premium versions -- when it becomes generally available on Jan. 30.
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18.1.2007 Windows 7 in Europe will have no upgrade options and up to double the pricing
Windows 7 fans in Europe are in for a major disappointment. According to ComputerWorld, European customers will have to pay up to double the price for Windows 7 compared to the American counterparts.
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29.6.2009 The Power in Power Users
Placing Windows user accounts in the Power Users security group is a common approach IT organizations take to get users into a least-privilege environment while avoiding the many pains of truly running as a limited user. The Power Users group is able to install software, manage power and time-zone settings, and install ActiveX controls, actions that limited Users are denied.
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2.5.2006 Workaround to get Win2k3 AdminPack working on Windows Vista
People have been asking why they can't use the Admin Pack on Windows Vista. It can be installed, but it gives error messages and many of the administration tools seem to be missing or are not properly configured.
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28.12.2006 Windows Registry Editor, Task Manager and Folder Options Disabled by New Infection
January 2008 comes with a new trend when talking about computer security because lots of worms, Trojan horses, viruses or other pieces of malware attempt to disable important Windows functions in order to hide their files.
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14.1.2008 Vista flexes its power
Companies have long known the benefits of making sure their workers get a good night's sleep--and they would be wise to let their PCs do the same, Microsoft says.
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17.10.2006 What would you like to see in Vista Power Toys?
Microsoft has a long tradition of releasing power toys for Windows. These are invariably unsupported (although the batch written for Windows XP were pretty polished) and generally pretty darn useful.
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19.3.2007 What would you like to see in Vista Power Toys?
Microsoft has a long tradition of releasing power toys for Windows. These are invariably unsupported (although the batch written for Windows XP were pretty polished) and generally pretty darn useful.
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21.3.2007 Windows Vista Power Management
The hardware that makes up today’s laptops has gotten quite efficient and we have worked hard to improve Windows' ability to manage that hardware. One of the biggest improvements in the mobile PC experience for Windows since the early 1990 is longer battery life.
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11.12.2006 Power efficiency enhancements in Vista SP1
Most if not all the attention surrounding Windows Vista Service Pack 1 has been around performance, reliability and compatibility, but you probably didn’t know SP1 also makes short strides in terms of Vista’s power efficiency.
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23.2.2008 Revision to Windows Vista retail licensing terms for PC power users!
Vista Blog: I’m very pleased to let you know you this morning (or afternoon, or evening, depending on where you are when you read this) that the Windows division has revised the retail license terms for Windows Vista in a significant way.
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2.11.2006 Working for Xbox as Fun as Playing It
There are two benefits in working at a game company: First, you can play `Halo’ or `FIFA 06’ in the office and pretend that it's work.
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20.8.2006 MySpace Working to Foil Pirates
MySpace adopts video-filtering system to keep users from uploading copyrighted material.
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14.2.2007 Microsoft working feverishly on answer to iPhone?
Thanks to pacpis for this post. You've already seen bits and pieces of this morning's Today Show, but another segment in the broadcast managed to grab a trip inside Microsoft's Mobile Design Lab where engineers and "audio geeks" look to be hard at work as they try to "redefine cool."
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30.6.2007 Microsoft India centre working on Windows 7
Designers and engineers at Microsoft R&D centre in India have a new mandate for development of Windows 7, the next generation operating system from Microsoft Corporation, slated for release in 2009-10. Thanks to pacpis for the news.
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4.8.2007 Is Microsoft working on software center for Windows?
Questions arise as to why Windows Vista and Windows 7 have renamed the "Add and Remove Programs" to "Programs and Features", alongside "Windows Updates".
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23.1.2009 Gates: Xbox 360 strategy working 'perfectly'
Speaking to the San Jose Mercury News reporter Dead Takahashi, Bill Gates has spoken with unmasked glee about the position the Xbox 360 finds itself in moving into 2007.
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19.1.2007 Microsoft's fix for Automatic Updates lockup not working
Windows XP systems are still locking up during patch update attempts -- even after users deployed the fix suggested by Microsoft Corp.
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12.5.2007 Microsoft Dispels the Confusion, Confirms It Is Working! on Windows 7
If there is any doubt in you mind, Microsoft confirmed that it is WORKING on the next iteration of Windows, that will succeed Windows Vista. Windows 7...
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30.1.2008 Microsoft Starts Working on Windows 7 Parallel Computing
Microsoft has debuted work that will prepare Windows 7, the next iteration of the Windows client, and the successor of Windows Vista, to handle the imminent evolution of parallel computing.
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19.3.2008 Windows Mobile 7 info 1000 engineers working on project
Microsoft has confirmed that the current team of 1,000 developers, working on Windows Mobile 7, are planning to feature social networks as a key element of Windows Mobile 7.
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17.9.2009 Microsoft: Code to the Power of Windows 7
Via the Code7 Contest Microsoft is inviting software developers to build an application tailored to Windows 7.
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15.7.2009 Windows Home Server Power Pack 1
Microsoft has just released Power Pack 1 for their Windows Home Server software. Similar to a service pack for other versions of Windows, the Power Pack includes a number of bug fixes and improvements designed to enhance the overall experience the consumer has with the software.
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21.7.2008 Microsoft Enhances Power Management in Windows 7
Microsoft engineers are putting a number of new power management features into Windows 7 that are designed to help IT administrators reduce power consumption and cost while improving the user experience.
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14.6.2009 Fix Windows 7 Update Stopped Working with Fix WU
Often due to missing dlls or other files windows functionality like firewall, automatic updates etc stops working.
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10.11.2009 An update regarding Windows Home Server Power Pack 1
Thanks for all of the thoughtful feedback, passion and insights in this post on the Windows Home Server Community Forums about shipping Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 concurrently, versus prior to the data corruption fix.
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3.4.2008 Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 Updates
Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 was released to manufacturing on July 21, 2008, and the gold bits are heading straight for the end users' machines.
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13.8.2008 Windows Home Server - Announcing Power Pack 2
We are pleased to announce Windows Home Server Power Pack 2. Power Pack 2 fixes known issues and adds new features to improve the Windows Home Server experience.
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25.3.2009 Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 update
We’ve talked extensively about the improvements that Power Pack 3 for Windows Home Server will deliver for users.
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29.9.2009Microsoft Announces Vista Purchase Options
Microsoft elaborated on its
purchase options for the
release of Windows Vista.
Among the options are online
upgrades to higher tiers, a
family discount, or online
purchase and direct download
via Windows Marketplace...
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18.01.2007Vista tips and tricks: changing boot options on the fly
There are a number of boot options that can be used in Vista and Windows Server 2008 that can be a pain to modify (or not possible if you are in a
bugcheck loop), that can be done on the fly at boot time. These options are invaluable for diagnosing some problems you may experience on the system,
and modifying them in the OS may involve figuring out the bcdedit syntax, the right BCD store to modify, or rebuilding and burning a new install DVD
(if the problem is happening during install from media).
Some example boot switches you might want to use are...
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23.04.2008Windows Vista Power Management Guide for Notebooks
Since the introduction of the Windows Vista operating system, there have been many rumours and complaints made about the way that the operating
system manages power settings and how this can impact the battery life and usage on notebook computers. Generally, Windows Vista manages power as well
as its predecessor, Windows XP, although in some configurations it can be a little more demanding on your battery.
This guide
will help you get the most out of your notebook battery when running Windows Vista.
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01.01.2008Top Windows Vista Tweaks You Can Find
Love it or hate it, Windows Vista is here to stay as the default operating system for those buying PC laptops on the market today. We all know Vista
requires more hardware power, such as 2GB of RAM being almost a necessity to get decent performance, but are there Vista OS and software tweaks you
can do to improve performance without buying better hardware? There certainly are, and our forum members are working together to collect them all.
A major Thanks goes to
forum member flamenko
for starting the "
Top Vista Tweaks You Can Find". This
article is a mere summary of what Flamenko and other forum members have come up with so far as recommendations for greatly improving your Windows
Vista Experience, but keep checking the thread in the future as the
NotebookReview.com
community is working to make it grow.
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14.09.2007Broadcom Admits to Options Backdating, Executives Held Faultless
An independent audit committee
assembled by network
technology provider Broadcom
in the wake of the
industry-wide SEC options
backdating scandal, has found
that stock options granted to
executives and employees for a
nearly five-year period were
improperly accounted for...
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19.12.2006Jobs Options Grant Worth $20.3mn Comes Under Scrutiny
The Washington Post
broke the news this morning
that the US Securities and
Exchange Commission
investigation into Apple
Inc.’s practice of options
backdating is now focusing on
why the company’s accountants
waited until very late to
report CEO Steve Jobs’ receipt
of 7.5 million company stock
options in 2001...
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23.01.2007Green PC running Vista highly unlikely say Green Party
Retailer PC World claims that
it is working on the world's
most energy-efficient and
environmentally friendly PC,
based partly on recycled
components.
While
this could be easily achieved
using Vista Basic and it's
superior to XP power
management options, it seems
the Green Party is more
dazzled by the full capability
of Vista Ultimate rendering
capabilities citing it to be
less 'green' than it's
predecessor.
Vista
has been roundly criticized by
technologists and
environmental campaigners
alike for the fact that it
will require more expensive
and powerful hardware to run
optimally. A spokesman for the
Green Party suggested on
Tuesday that the choice of
Vista for a a so-called green
machine could be a mistake,
and called on retailers to
offer more PCs without Windows
pre-installed.
"It
would be a good thing if PC
World was to offer operating
systems other than Vista. XP
or no operating system
pre-installed at all would be
ideal," the Green Party
spokesman told ZDNet UK.
Last month, the
Party
criticized Vista for
requiring "more expensive and
energy-hungry hardware,
passing the cost on to
consumers and the
environment." This point has
also been made by other
experts in recent months.
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21.02.2007The Battle of Low-Power Processors: Best Choice for a Nettop
There are currently several platforms in the market that can be used for nettop systems. Of course, they include Intel Atom processors, namely
Diamondville type, and several solutions from VIA Technologies that have been working on power-efficient platforms like that for a few years now.
Today we are going to compare all contemporary hardware configurations for nettop systems from theoretical and practical standpoints. Besides we will
also learn if todays special power-efficient processors can offer better combination of power consumption and performance than the already existing
solutions.
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27.09.2008Power Toys for .NET Compact Framework 3.5
The Power Toys for .NET Compact Framework 3.5 CTP provides tools for evaluating performance, obtaining diagnostic information, working with WCF and
configuring the .NET Compact Framework.
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11.12.2007Apple shareholder stock options suit dismissed
One of Apple's legal headaches disappeared on Thursday as a judge threw out one of the lawsuits against the company over its options backdating
scandal...
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16.11.2007How to defeat Cold DRAM attacks using BitLocker, Power Options, and Physical Security
Troy Arwine: Princeton University published a paper this week entitled:
Lest We Remember: Cold Boot Attacks on Encryption Keys which shows how an
attacker can extract the contents of DRAM from a computer that is powered off and retrieve the encryption keys from memory offline and decrypt disks
that were encrypted by many popular disk encryption software such as Microsoft BitLocker, FileVault, dm-crypt, and TrueCrypt on Linux, Vista and Mac
OS 10 using no special devices or materials.
<...> How do you defeat such an attack practically? - the answer
is simply that you follow Microsoft's recommended best practice security and "Defense in Depth" Here are my recommendations in order to
Defeat
BitUnlocker with BitLocker ,
Power Options , and Physical Security Best Practices...
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24.02.2008Communicating Windows 7
Chris Flores: Typically when Microsoft ships a new OS (like Windows Vista), we immediately start talking about the next version-which begs two
questions: 1) is Microsoft working on a new version of Windows, and if so, 2) why aren't you talking about it?
I thought I would
spend a minute giving you an update on where we are. First, yes, we are working on a new version of Windows. As you likely know, it's called Windows
7.We are always looking for new ways to deliver great experiences for our customers. This is especially true of Windows - where we're constantly
examining trends in hardware, software and services to ensure that we continue to drive the innovation that has both made Windows the world's most
popular operating system and has provided a foundation on which our partners built great products and businesses. When we shipped Windows 2000, we
were already working on Windows XP and we started working on Windows Vista even before we released Windows XP. So naturally, we've been thinking
about the investments we made in Windows Vista and how we can build on these for the next version of Windows.
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27.05.2008Lightroom update brings Leopard support, Flickr upload
Photography enthusiasts have quite a few options when it comes to working with RAW files, but Adobe is betting a new SDK will make Photoshop Lightroom
a favorite once third party developers start building plug-ins...
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16.11.2007External SATA Devices To Drop Power Cables
The Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO) has announced that it is working on a new specification that will provide power to external SATA
(eSATA) devices without the need for a separate power connection. Called "Power Over eSATA initiative", the specification is expected to be
completed sometime in the second half of this year.
Devices taking advantage of the new spec no longer will require a separate power cable
but will draw power for a single drive directly from the host system using the Power Over eSATA cable. The SATA-IO said that the new cable will remain
compatible with the existing eSATA connector and support the current maximum interface transfer rate of 3Gb/s. Power Over eSATA products are expected
to be available on the market as soon as the second half of 2008.
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15.01.2008Windows Machines with More than 4 GB of RAM Have Limited Shut-Down Options
Windows Vista computers that come equipped with more than 4 GB of system memory have limited shut-down options. Essentially, the Hibernate option is
no longer available on Vista machines that feature in excess of 4 GB of RAM. This scenario affects both the 32-bit and the 64-bit editions of Vista,
but at the same time also Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. Microsoft has confirmed that the issue is related to the large quantity of random access
memory.
"This issue occurs because hibernation is disabled on computers that
have more than 4 GB of RAM. Hibernation
requires sufficient disk space to contain the contents of the computer's memory. Performance is poor on a computer that has more than 4 GB of memory
and that has support for hibernation. Therefore, Microsoft has disabled support for hibernation on such computers," the Redmond company
revealed.
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18.03.2008Microsoft gives in, will share scanning service spec with working group
In one more demonstration that it's taking a different stance with regard to the intellectual property it uses, Microsoft has dropped its objection
to an IEEE working group making use of a Web services protocol it developed for Vista...
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30.05.2008Microsoft Enhances Power Management in Windows 7
Microsoft engineers are putting a number of new power management features into Windows 7 that are designed to help IT administrators reduce power
consumption and cost while improving the user experience. Some of the new features also are aimed at giving IT professionals more control and
flexibility over the managing of the energy-efficiency capabilities of the Windows 7 OS and the systems. The new features build off of the more than
30 power management enhancements in Microsoft made in Windows Vista, according to officials.
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12.06.2009Microsoft Confirms Six Vista
Editions
Echoing the information that
leaked out last week,
Microsoft early Monday
confirmed it will ship six
different editions of Windows
Vista. Two versions will be
designed for businesses, three
for consumers, and one for
emerging markets. But will
consumers welcome choice or
simply be intimidated by the
number of options?..
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27.02.2006RIM settles options kerfuffle with SEC
An SEC inquiry into whether their options-granting practices were on the square has concluded for Research In Motion, which has -- jointly with four
of its senior executives -- entered into two settlements over the matter...
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18.02.2009Apple tries to put options scandal behind it with settlement
A shareholder lawsuit accusing Apple and its executives of improper accounting as a result of its stock options practices will yield a $14 million
payout to the plaintiffs...
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