Microsoft Still Shooting at XP SP2 with the Vista Gun – No Kill
Even with the general availability of Vista SP1 and XP SP3, Microsoft is still stuck gunning for Windows XP SP2 with the Windows Vista RTM "arsenal".
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15.5.2008 Microsoft patch can cause IE trouble
Microsoft's security update from Aug. 8 to Internet Explorer is causing browser trouble for some systems.
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16.8.2006 Firefox and IE together brew up security trouble
That's the latest update from security researchers who initially laid the blame on Microsoft's Internet Explorer for the latest zero-day exploit that also can afflict those using the Firefox Web browser.
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13.7.2007 Trouble Ahead for Microsoft's Windows OS
There is trouble ahead for Microsoft's Windows operating system. The Redmond company's flagship product is in for a tough run because of the U.S. credit crunch and the global financial problems it generated.
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16.10.2008 Vista Oem Activation Tool Kit 0.5 Beta
Thanks to Steve Jobs for this download. This is Vista Oem Activation Tool Kit 0.5 Beta by Steve Jobs @ Keznews forum
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22.3.2007 Vista Oem Activation Tool Kit v1.5
Steve Jobs update his Vista Oem Activation Tool Kit For Vista 32bit and 64bit to version 1.5. Vista will be 100% genuine, all downloads will work.
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3.4.2007 New tool enables loading of unsigned drivers in Vista
A new software tool has been released by Linchpin Labs that allows the loading of unsigned and legacy drivers on Windows XP, 2003, and most importantly Vista.
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31.7.2007 BITS Repair Tool for Windows Vista Available updated
The BITS Repair Tool will help you fix a problem caused by the corruption of BITS state files. The problem stops the host process for Windows Services, which prevents you from using BITS to transfer files. Thanks to pacpis for this download.
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2.9.2007 Microsoft Updates the Default Spy Tool in Vista SP1
In order to improve the quality of the software information collected from the users' operating systems and sent to Microsoft, the Redmond company introduced an update to the spy tool included by default into every copy of Windows Vista, following the release of Service Pack 1.
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13.6.2008 SyncToy 2.0 - Free XP SP3 and Vista SP1 Synchronization Tool
Microsoft has made available for download a free synchronization tool tailored to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and to Windows XP Service Pack 3, but also to earlier versions of the two clients such as Vista RTM and XP SP2.
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18.8.2008 Vista SP1 and XP SP3 Blocker Tool Kit Draws Close to Expiration
Soon, there will be nothing standing between Windows XP and Windows Vista users and the automatic distribution of the latest service packs for the two operating systems. Microsoft provided a heads up related to the imminent expiration of the Windows Service Pack Blocker Tool Kit, a tool that is designed with the sole purpose of blocking the delivery and installation of Service Pack 3 for XP and SP1 for Vista through Windows Update and Automatic Updates.
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24.4.2009 Windows Service Pack Blocker Tool Kit - Block Vista SP2 Automatic Upgrades
Microsoft is offering Windows Vista SP1 users the chance to block automatic upgrades to Service Pack 2. In addition to making available Vista SP2 RTM as a standalone download, DVD ISO image, the bits are also released to Windows Update, and subsequently served to Vista SP1 users who have Automatic Updates enabled.
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3.7.2009 New WGA Tool on it's way
An updated version of Microsoft's WGA Tool for Windows XP, is on it's way out thru Windows Update.
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1.12.2006 Microsoft ActiveX Analyzer Tool
The ActiveX Analyzer Tool is designed to scan for and identify object, applet, and embed tags in code. The utility will output the complete file path, line number, and literal script that the tag(s) reside in so that the user can easily open the file and locate the code.
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29.4.2006 Microsoft Defends Its Antipiracy Tool
Redmond, Wash. (AHN) - Microsoft defended its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) after a blog charged that the tool acts like spyware as it constantly checks in with the vendor when a user boots a PC with the tool installed.
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9.6.2006 Network Diagnostics Tool for Windows
The Network Diagnostics for Windows XP tool analyzes information about your network connectivity to help you troubleshoot network-related problems with your computer. Typically you will do this along with a support professional, either on the phone or over the internet. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.
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25.7.2006 AMI Bios Tool by Gkend
Thanks to Steve Jobs for this article on his blog. Steve Jobs wrote: That’s another great tool by Gkend, created to easily add a SLIC table to an existing AMI Bios.
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25.5.2007 Zune Device Diagnostic Tool
The Zune Device Diagnostic Tool compiles data to help Product Support Services diagnose Zune USB and wireless sync connection problems.
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20.12.2007 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 Microsoft to offer third beta of collaboration tool
Microsoft has released the third beta version of its Team Foundation Server (TFS) software for application lifecycle management, a Microsoft representative said.
Available to Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) subscribers, the beta release will be feature-complete and is based on the September SQL Server 2005 Community Technology Preview, according to Microsoft. The beta will function with the Visual Studio 2005 Release Candidate made available to MSDN subscribers and attendees of the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference last week.
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Microsoft tool 'snarfs' up unwanted e-mail
Microsoft Corp.'s research arm yesterday released a free tool to help users slog through e-mail messages in their inbox in the order of importance, according to one of the researchers who developed the software.
Created within Microsoft Research, the Social Network and Relationship Finder, or SNARF, is an application that uses the same database as a user's e-mail client to count the number of times users send and receive e-mails from people, said A.J. Brush, a researcher in the community technologies group at Microsoft Research.
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2.12.2005 Xbox DRM Transfer Tool Is Released
If there's one thing Microsoft can do right most of the time is protecting its intellectual property. The software giant has always been at the forefront of creating ways to stop other people from stealing the company's work.
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30.6.2008 Windows 7 Speech Recognition Profile Tool
Microsoft made available for download an updated version of its Windows Speech Recognition Profile Tool tailored to the next iteration of the Windows client.
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29.5.2009 Windows 7 Activation Tool Kit BETA 1.8
Orbit30 releases a Windows 7 activation tool and a Windows Vista / 7 tweaker. - Windows 7 Activation Tool Kit BETA 1.8 | 25.4 Mb
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23.7.2009 MURL Desktop URL Shortener Tool
URL shortening is method by which you can create short url for long url to use on microblogging service like twitter or to make it easier to remember.
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7.9.2009 Microsoft Demos Graphic Design Tool Suite
Microsoft Corp. Wednesday demonstrated its new toolset aimed at helping software graphic design experts and developers work better together.
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Microsoft to Refine Vista's PC Rating Tool
Microsoft is retooling a PC rating feature in Windows Vista following criticism from hardware makers and others, an example that the next-generation operating system may not yet be ready for mass consumption.
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26.5.2006 Microsoft Releases WGA Bypass Tool to OEMs
With the introduction of Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA), a computer must be validated as genuine prior to receiving security patches from Windows Update.
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18.10.2006 Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool 1.31
The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool checks computers for infections by specific, prevalent malicious software—including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom—and helps remove any infection found.
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12.7.2007 Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool 1.35
The hack was performed by two security experts working with Serious Organized Crime Agency, the U.K. government intelligence group.
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13.11.2007Violent Games Blamed in German Shooting Spree
Violent video games are once
again under the microscope
following a shooting at a
German school, in which a
teenager with an apparent
fondness for war simulations
and violent video games
wounded as many as 37 people
before taking his own life...
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22.11.2006Microsoft Updates Vista Assessment Tool
Those still considering
whether to make the jump to
Windows Vista will have
additional help with today's
2.0 release of Microsoft's
Vista Hardware Assessment
Tool. The application takes
inventory of a computer system
and makes recommendations if
upgrades are required...
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11.07.2007New Norton Vista tool trades UAC for online feedback
The latest freeware tool from Norton Labs offers to do Vista users a favor by turning off many of those annoying User Access Control prompts. If
you're wondering what Symantec wants in return...so were we...
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11.10.2008Vista Hardware Assessment Tool Addresses Upgrade Dilemmas
Perhaps the most oft-asked
question by consumers with
regard to whether they should
adopt Windows Vista is whether
their six-month-old or older
hardware is too obsolete for
Vista to make good use of it.
This morning, Microsoft
released for free download the
XP version of its Vista
Hardware assessment tool,
whose aim is to tell consumers
what they may need to upgrade
in order to put the best
polish on those heavily
anticipated exclamations...
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21.02.2007Microsoft: Removal of Group Policy Tool from Vista 'Not Significant'
As part of a request to help modify its apparent stance on the upcoming removal of Group Policy Management Console from Microsoft's Windows Vista
Service Pack 1, a company spokesperson told BetaNews, "The removal of the GPMC tool with Service Pack 1 is not significant to the majority of
Windows Vista users."..
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05.09.2007Improved startup repair tool, media throttling among Vista SP1 changes
To reassure customers that it really has been addressing consumers' concerns about Vista, Microsoft has made its change log to Windows Vista SP1
publicly available early...
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11.12.2007Microsoft: Removal of Group Policy Tool from Vista SP1 'Not Significant'
As part of a request to help modify its apparent stance on the upcoming
removal of Group Policy
Management Console from Microsoft's Windows Vista Service Pack 1, a company spokesperson told BetaNews, "The removal of the GPMC tool with
Service Pack 1 is not significant to the majority of Windows Vista users."
This despite the continued presence of remnants of
the GPMC campaign, which touted its inclusion in Vista as a boon. "The Group Policy Management Console, or GPMC, was available as a download for
Windows XP and Windows Server 2003,"
reads one
TechNet page.
"A scriptable Microsoft Management Console, GPMC offered a single administrative tool for managing Group
Policy. GPMC is now built right into Windows Vista. This means that whenever you're ready to create or edit
, you'll have easy
access to the best tool for the job."..
winbeta.org - 05.09.2007
Hubble in trouble after satellite crash
Neowin reported that two satellites had smashed into each other in space and the results are now coming into the light. The space telescope Hubble
may be in trouble because of the debris left behind from the collision. "Clearly debris from the event is going through the altitude that the
Hubble flies, so we're going to be looking at what is the new risk to Hubble," said Nicholas Johnson the chief scientist at the Orbital Debris
Office at NASA's Johnson. Over one thousand pieces of debris are now orbiting the Earth that can present many problems not only for Hubble.
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neowin.net - 13.02.2009
How to identify a buggy device driver on Windows Vista
If your computer is acting unpredictably, locking up, and encountering blue screens of death, then youre most likely the victim of a faulty driver.
The Driver Verifier Manager (DFV) is a great tool for troubleshooting driver problems by identifying the troubling driver. Although DFV does not
actually fix the driver, it still is a really useful tool because it helps you identify the troubling driver so you can choose to delete or update the
driver.
Before you attempt to use this tool, please be sure that your are really having driver problems. The tool will prevent
your computer from starting by identifying the troubling driver. I say this only because it may be a lengthy process for you but if you are
having troubles, it will definitely be worth it.
winbeta.org - 18.02.2008
BITS Repair Tool for Windows Vista Available
The BITS Repair Tool will help you fix a problem caused by the corruption of BITS state files. The problem stops the host process for Windows
Services, which prevents you from using BITS to transfer files. Use this tool to resolve the corruption and re-enable BITS transfers. After you
install this item, you may have to restart your computer.
This update is provided to you and licensed under the Windows Vista
License Terms.
winbeta.org - 01.09.2007
Windows Vista Hardware Assessment 2.1 Available
The Windows Vista Hardware
Assessment is a tool that will
find computers on a network
and perform a detailed
inventory of the computers
using Windows Management
Instrumentation (WMI). Through
use of the detailed inventory
data, the tool will assess and
report whether the computers
can run Windows Vista or the
2007 Microsoft Office system,
where to find drivers for
devices on the computers, and
provide recommendations for
hardware upgrades, where
appropriate.
The Windows Vista Hardware
Assessment tool does not
require the deployment of
agent software on the
computers being inventoried
and assessed. It provides a
secure, quick, and easy way to
determine which computers, in
a networked environment, are
ready for Windows Vista and
the 2007 Microsoft Office
system software.
For home users and
users with a few Windows XP
computers to migrate, use the
Windows
Vista Upgrade Advisor to
understand the readiness of
your computer for Windows
Vista.
winbeta.org - 17.08.2007
Windows Update's Perception Problem
The Web site Windows Secrets.com identified the odd updating behavior, which eWEEK Labs independently confirmed, in a newsletter published today.
Windows Update changed nine files on Windows XP or Vista systems without asking permission. Besides asking why this was done, is the question of
"What?," as in what was updated.
Microsoft PR responded with three paragraphs attributed to an unidentified spokesperson. Since
receiving the response, we have made a more explicit request to talk to someone on the phone. In response to that request, we were asked to submit
questions via e-mail because the people who could comment "are busy trouble-shooting" the situation.
neowin.net - 14.09.2007
College campuses prepare for Microsoft Vista challenges
For some IT staffers at Northeastern University in Boston, Microsoft Vista's enhanced security features mean trouble in an environment where students
and professors crave open access to the network and scowl at any roadblocks in their way.
But the IT shop has no choice but to
embrace the latest Windows operating system and prepare for mass deployments, because the campus will be flooded with new Vista machines this fall
whether they're ready or not.
Northeastern IT security manager Glenn Hill finds Vista's security tools useful, including the
enhanced encryption and user access controls. But he says students and faculty will surely have trouble navigating the new controls. The problems
could result in an increase in calls to the information services department, he said.
winbeta.org - 29.08.2007
WindowBlinds 6 Alters Vista Interface
Stardock has released version 6 of its popular WindowBlinds user interface skinning application, which is the first tool that can overhaul the look of
Windows Vista - from the Taskbar to window borders and buttons...
betanews.com - 03.10.2007
Newest Safari browsers find themselves shooting gallery targets
Apple could soon find itself the #5 PC producer in the US. Part of the cost of success is prolonged exposure to a more intense spotlight, and when
more people are looking at your close-ups, they tend to notice your wrinkles...
betanews.com - 28.03.2008
Vista Gets New App
Compatibility Tool
With any major new Windows
release such as Vista,
application compatibility
becomes a critical concern for
businesses and individuals
considering an upgrade. No
matter how much Microsoft
promotes the new version,
users aren't going to make
the switch unless their
applications continue to
function seamlessly...
betanews.com - 18.04.2006
Businesses Still in No Rush to Upgrade to Windows Vista
As the one-year anniversary of the business availability of Windows Vista approaches, many corporations are still holding off on upgrading to the new
operating system.
The most commonly cited reasons are the cost of replacing the new hardware required to run Vista optimally,
some of the software used by those businesses is still not compatible with Vista, Vista's new and increased functionality and security features are
more trouble than they are worth, and Windows XP still meets their current needs.
"It appears that many organizations view Vista
as fine for new hardware, but not for upgrades to existing hardware. I am recommending that businesses wait for Vista until they do a hardware refresh
and then get it preinstalled," said Michael Cherry, an analyst at Directions on Microsoft.
winbeta.org - 08.11.2007
Microsoft Windows 7 download tool may have violated GPL
According to a report by Rafael Rivera, Microsoft's recently released Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool has used GPL code illegally. The tool,
which has been pulled by Microsoft, allows end users to upgrade to Windows 7 in an easy way. Rivera states "while poking through the UDF-related
internals of the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool, I had a weird feeling there was just wayyyyyyyyy too much code in there for such a simple tool.
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neowin.net - 10.11.2009
Palm's past is Pre-logue for a buzzworthy phone
It's a phone. It's a phone that didn't even arrive on Earth shooting out of Steve Jobs'...shirt pocket. So what about the reveal of the Palm Pre
proved so intoxicating on Thursday to CES attendees and press?..
betanews.com - 09.01.2009
New Google Tools Determine if Your ISP is Blocking BitTorrent
Next time you're dealing with a dreadfully slow internet connection, you can ask Google what's causing the trouble.
The company
announced a new open platform Wednesday called Measurement Lab, or M-Lab for
short. As part of the initial launch, M-Lab includes three publicly accessible tools, including a tool called Glasnost that tests whether BitTorrent traffic is being blocked, throttled
or otherwise impeded on your broadband connection.
winbeta.org - 29.01.2009
