Vista Media Center update "Fiji" delayed
Fiji, the suspected codename for the next version/upgrade of Media Center might be held up by a lack of frequent flyer miles. The beta program, which many of you may have registered for isnt exactly moving along.
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19.6.2007 Never mind Vista, here's Fiji and Vienna
Face it, Windows Vista is just so played these days. With that preliminary biz release under its belt, we're ready for bigger and better things, and luckily a certain "jameskyton" drive-by-blogger has the low-down for us on Vista's successors, Fiji and Vienna.
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1.1.2007 Windows Vista SP1 codenamed "Fiji"
From Microsoft: Longhorn Server RTM/ Windows Vista SP1 RTM Second half of 2006/first half of 2007 (Client RTM + 6 to 9 months).
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13.12.2006 Bad news about about SP1 for Vista
zero061099 report in our forum that: "went to the AMD Microsoft tech tour and learned some nice stuff. With SP1 the activation process will change big time...
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6.6.2007 Vista Is Old News Windows 7 Will BLOW Your Mind!
Windows Vista was supposed to just make you utter the Wow onomatopoeia when it launched for the general consumers, at the end of January 2007.
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12.12.2007 Vista SP1 Is Out, XP SP3 Old News, the Pink Edition of Vista Is In
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is now nothing more than water under the bridge, now that the service pack was released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, shipping to general users on March 18.
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27.3.2008 SP1 Is Old News, Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) Already in the Making
Microsoft made available for download the first service pack for Windows Vista on March 18, 2008, this even though the bits had been released to manufacturing as early as February 4, 2008.
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15.10.2008 Vista RTM and SP1 Windows Fiji Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008
Developed under the codename Windows Fiji, and released to manufacturing under the label Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008, the first major update to the Windows Media Center component included by default in the Home Premium and Ultimate SKUs of Windows Vista RTM and SP1, is right on track to be a disappointment.
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11.8.2008 Nation upset at use of name Microsoft Fiji
Fiji's government says it's still trying to contact the Microsoft Corporation to discuss the company's plans to launch a product called Microsoft Fiji.
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28.6.2008 Windows Fiji beta testing begins
Speaking of Microsoft information lockdown, theres been no word in ages from Microsoft about Fiji, the next version of Windows Media Center Edition.
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20.5.2008 Will Windows Vista's Delay Push Back 'Fiji'?
Microsoft has a code name for the next version of Windows. But what is the planned delivery date for the product, as well as its successor, 'Vienna'? No one's talking, but plenty are speculating.
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12.4.2006 Vista SP1, XP SP3, Windows 7 Are Old News Non-Windows Singularity OS Is a Hit
Microsoft is by no means all about the Windows operating system. In fact, Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 3, as well as the next iteration of the Windows platform, Windows 7, are old news by now.
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21.3.2008 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 Internet Explorer 7 news + screenshots
Microsoft adds tabs, search, RSS and anti-phishing to IE 7.
Over all it seems a big improvement over the sloppy current release and previous incarnations. A lot of this, I put down to the increasing market share of
Firefox, my current browser of choice.
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10.1.2006 Vista's Transparency Is Good News
eWEEK visits with Jim Allchin, head of Microsoft Windows development, to discuss strategy for the new operating system.
I will start by stating flatly that I like Jim Allchin, who runs Microsoft Windows development. A lot. When he retires at the end of the year, the company will have lost one of its all-time great technology leaders and a very decent guy.
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29.1.2006 IE7 - WMP11 Launch News
According to a new Vista-related press release on Microsoft's site, Windows Media Player 11 will be released to the public on October 24th.
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13.10.2006 New Windows Live Writer UI-News
While the news on Writer has been pretty quiet recently, here's two items that caught our attention.
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5.2.2007 Microsoft & Yahoo! Merger: Conflicting News
The Wall Street Journal is now reporting that talks between Microsoft Corporation and Yahoo Incorporated, regarding a merger or some sort of deal to fight Google in the online advertising market, are over.
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6.5.2007 Todays Microsoft Press Releases, lots of Hardware news
Hardware news
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14.9.2006 Windows Aero Is Old News Introducing LucidTouch User Interface
If you think that Microsoft's journey into the development of natural user interfaces has stopped with the availability of Surface, then think again. The Redmond company is hard at work in a collaboration with Mitsubishi Research to produce LucidTouch.
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24.8.2007 News from Microsoft Land: 24th 28th September 2007
Everybody admits that Windows is the most popular operating system in the world because it is installed on millions of computers from every corner of the planet.
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30.9.2007 Microsoft hits back at Google with Live Search News
Update: As a clarification, Microsoft previously had a Google News competitor, named MSN Newsbot, which no longer exists.
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17.4.2008 Windows Fiji Has RTMd as Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008
Microsoft officially confirmed that Windows Fiji has been released to manufacturing.
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18.7.2008 Microsofts Windows Fiji on track to debut before Windows Seven
With Microsoft constantly switching up codenames, it's tough to keep track of what's on and what's off. But "Fiji" is on.
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19.3.2007 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 systems 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 Google Links Blog Search to Google News
Some time over the weekend Google put links to Google Blog Search on the front page of Google News and at the end of each news search results page.
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24.10.2006 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 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 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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16.1.2006Windows Fiji: Now second half of 2008?
Because Microsoft won't
comment officially on
"Fiji," the expected,
standalone update to Windows
Media Center, its tough to
confirm a date slip.
But Chris Lanier, a
Microsoft Most Valuable
Professional (MVP) in the
digital media arena, is
predicting that Fiji wont
debut in 2007, as Microsoft
and other interested parties
had been predicting. Instead,
Laniers betting Fiji is now a
second half of 2008 update.
In a blog post dated
June 12, Lanier blogged:
Don't
expect Fiji this year.
Dont expect Fiji early next
year. Based on water-cooler
talk Ive heard, I wouldnt
expect to see it released
until around Q3-Q4 2008 which
would bring the platform back
to Sep/Oct releases as has
been customary since 2002. .
Date is highly subject to
change if things like DIRECTV
support are to be
included. ..
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19.06.2007Microsoft (finally) speaks out on 'Fiji'
It only took two-plus years, but Microsoft finally issued on August 8 its official comment about Fiji, a k a "Windows Media Center TV Pack."
Although Microsoft isnt going to
make Fiji commercially available until
September 3, when certain OEM partners start shipping the new Vista Media Center update preloaded on new systems, the Fiji team finally decided to
talk to clear up some of the speculation and rumors about it.
<...> For what its worth, heres Microsoft statement from Ben
Reed, Product Marketing Manager, Windows Media Center...
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08.08.2008Windows Fiji' beta testing has begun
Speaking of Microsoft information lockdown, there’s been no word in ages from Microsoft about “Fiji,” the next version of Windows
Media Center Edition. But that isn’t because Fiji has evaporated. In fact, the Fiji beta began a few weeks ago, according to a few sources with
whom I’ve spoken and who’ve asked to keep their identities under wraps.
It’s not clear how many testers are part of this
current test phase. There’s also no word on when and if Microsoft is going to tap the many other Fiji testers whom the company has signed up
over the past year-plus or when Microsoft expects Fiji — also known as “Media Center Edition +1″ in some circles — is due
out.
Last anyone heard, Fiji was supposed to build on the functionality that Microsoft delivered as part of Vista Service Pack 1. Some
potential testers said they heard that Fiji would deliver some of the fit and finish that was missing in the Vista release. DirectTV support also is
expected to be added to Media Center with the Fiji release.
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21.05.2008Microsoft sending mixed messages about Windows futures with Fiji?
Mary Jo Foley: After a brief blip of news following
the mid-July release to manufacturing of
Microsoft “Fiji,” it’s back to radio silence again. But the quiet shouldn’t be interpreted as all is well.
In fact, a number of Fiji testers who asked not to be named and with whom I’ve communicated are not happy with how the test process for
Windows Media Center TV Pack (Fiji) was conducted or the product that resulted.
In fact, one tester made a convincing argument
that Microsoft is doing more harm than good with Fiji, by sending mixed messages around whether users should wait for Windows 7 or upgrade now to
Windows Vista coupled with Fiji.
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06.08.2008Microsoft Fiji beta over; final 'TV Pack' due soon
Microsoft is done testing "Fiji," its update to Windows Media Center and is preparing to release the product officially known as "Windows Media
Center TV Pack 2008."
Microsoft notified testers that it had RTMd (released to manufacturing) Fiji on July 17, according to
testers who requested anonymity. From the alleged release note...
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18.07.2008Fiji' on track to debut before Windows Seven
Before you get all excited, I
should emphasize that the
source of this news post is a
blog. In my defence, it is a
fairly trusted one and
Bink has
already approved it. Fiji
has often been referred to as
the codename for Windows Vista
Service Pack 1. You might as
well throw that association
out the window. It seems Fiji
is actually the next version
of Windows Media Center. This
is a bit odd for many reasons,
even if you don't realize
that the last two WMC
codenames have been precious
stones. Windows Vista's
successor is codenamed Vienna,
formerly codenamed Blackcomb,
but it appears that Microsoft
is now internally referring to
it as Windows Seven.
Microsoft's plan is to
release Fiji before Windows
Seven, much like Windows Media
Center 2005 (codename Emerald)
was available before Windows
Vista.
This seems
to leave us with more
questions than answers. If not
Fiji, what is the codename for
Windows Vista SP1? Why has
Vista's successor gone
through three different
codenames? Doesn't Windows
Vista already include the
latest Windows Media Center
(codename Diamond)? Shouldn't
Windows Seven include the next
version of WMC? I guess
not.
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20.03.2007Nation upset at use of name Microsoft Fiji.
Fiji's government says it's still trying to contact the Microsoft Corporation to discuss the company's plans to launch a product called
Microsoft Fiji.
Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum told Fijilive his country wants an amicable resolution about the use of the name for
Microsoft's commercial gain.
Microsoft has revealed the next version of its Windows Media Center will be known as Windows Fiji.
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28.06.2008Vista Media Center Update "Fiji" Delayed
Fiji, the suspected codename
for the next version/upgrade
of Media Center might be held
up by a lack of frequent flyer
miles. The beta program,
which many of you may have
registered for isn?t exactly
moving along. The invites
that were supposed to be sent
out on May 31th have gone no
where fast. This leads me to
think that the target ship
date for Fiji is no where
close.
Typically, a beta program
for a product as large as
Media Center is going to last
for at least eight months to a
year, and depending on the
features included even longer.
As my main feature
predictions revolve around
DIRECTV/Dish support, and HD
DVD playback/Managed Copy I
expect the beta to be a long
one. Getting something like
DIRECTV tuners working isn?t
going to be easy, just look at
the current problems with
CableCARD.
Don?t expect Fiji this year.
Don?t expect Fiji early next
year. Based on water-cooler
talk I?ve heard, I wouldn?t
expect to see it released
until around Q3-Q4 2008 which
would bring the platform back
to Sep/Oct releases as has
been customary since 2002.
Date is highly subject to
change if things like DIRECTV
support are to be
included.
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19.06.2007Windows Fiji: a world class failure
Zack Whittaker: Before I get blasted by the uber-nerds, I’ll tell you now. I’ve been playing with
Windows 7 (6519) for a while, and
Fiji, the new Windows Media Center TV Pack supposedly for Windows 7 for Windows
Vista (ta, MJ) for a good few days..
For the life of me, I cant see any differences in Fiji anywhere...
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09.08.2008Windows Fiji beta testing has begun
Mary Jo Foley: Speaking of
Microsoft information lockdown, there’s been no word in ages
from Microsoft about “Fiji,” the next version of Windows Media Center Edition.
But that isn’t because Fiji has
evaporated. In fact, the Fiji beta began a few weeks ago, according to a few sources with whom I’ve spoken and who’ve asked to keep their
identities under wraps.
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20.05.2008Adding to the Confusion; Fiji = MCE?
After months and months of
speculation about whether Fiji
is simply the codename for
Windows Vista's first Service
Pack (SP1), Vista R2 and even
a whole new version of
Windows, it seems yet another
possibility has been added to
the table.
Today, Mary Jo Foley posted
an interesting article on her
blog claiming that Fiji is
indeed an interim release of
Windows and will be the next
version of Windows Media
Center. It was also noted that
Fiji is expected to be
released before Windows Vienna
(or "Seven").
Foley also sourced a
blog
post from back in November
2006, which was posted by
Charlie Owen, one of the
product managers for Windows
Media Center. The post claims
that Fiji is indeed the next
version of Windows Media
Center.
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20.03.2007Apply to Test the Next Windows Media Center
Microsoft is now accepting
beta test applications for the
next version of Windows Media
Center, code-named
"Fiji." The update
will likely contain bug fixes
and some new digital media
features, arriving alongside
Windows Vista Service Pack 1,
say sources...
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18.04.2007First 'Fiji' Media Center systems start rolling out
As Microsoft watchers may recall,
Microsoft's gag order on "Fiji" (Windows Media Center TV
Pack) was slated to officially end this week, concurrent with the
CEDIA Expo show.
Announcements regarding the first PCs preloaded with Fiji are expected from...
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04.09.2008Why 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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20.03.2008What you won’t hear Microsoft talk about at WinHEC 2007
Usually, at the annual
Microsoft Windows Hardware
Engineering Conferences
(WinHECs), Microsoft provides
its system partners with some
information about what's
coming next on the operating
systems front. Even if not a
full-fledged roadmap, usually
there are a few hints, a
handful of futures slides, a
couple of thinly-veiled
references to general
directions.
This year: The future has
been ruled off limits, at
least on the Windows client
front.
Execs are not
talking at all about Windows
Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 or
"Fiji," the Media Center
update expected later this
year. And don't even think
about hearing/seeing anything
on Windows Seven, a k a
Windows 2009. ..
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16.05.2007Microsoft seeks new Windows Media Center testers
Microsoft is in the midst of a quest for new testers for some kind of new Windows Media Center product, which may or may not be connected to
“Fiji,” the next version of Windows Media Center Edition (MCE).
Late last week, Microsoft posted to its
Connect private beta-tester site a “Windows Media
Center Tester Application” survey, sources said. Microsoft is seeking a pool of testers for some new client-based product and is closing the
tester application process this Friday, February 1, sources said.
One tester said he believes the survey is for Fiji, known these
days as “MCE+1.” Microsoft officials would not confirm whether the survey is aimed at lining up Fiji testers. All they’d say (via a
statement from a corporate spokeswoman, was...
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30.01.2008Microsoft to Abandon Major SPs for Vista
Finished are those dreams of
Fiji being a major Service
Pack 1 for Vista: a Microsoft
spokesperson has just
announced that Windows Vista
won't be having any major
upgrades through its service
packs as XP's previous
service packs were.
Reasons that
Microsoft gave mainly revolve
around Vista being a high
quality operating system right
out of the box, as well as
small updates improving the
system gradually thanks to a
new integration of Windows
Update into the core system.
The company also believes that
a lightweight service pack
will benefit both enterprises
and individual users, since
fewer major changes to the
system's core will also
reduce compatibility issues as
well as prevent performance
problems that users have
historically been complaining
about after Windows service
pack releases.
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03.04.2007No DirecTV HD for Vista Media Center until 2010?
Ben Drawbaugh: It has been three months since
we received leaked confirmation that the
yet to be officially announced DirecTV HD tuner for Vista Media Center
(VMC) was part of an upcoming update code named Fiji (expected in October). The fact that so much time has passed and our sources still haven't
actually received a tuner was really starting to bother us. So we got even more concerned when we learned that the first release candidate issued to
testers was missing required pieces to make the HDPC-20 possible...
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06.07.2008Microsoft: 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. Ever
since the features of Vista were finalized, Microsoft tried to tip the scale the other way by focusing on performance, with the obvious limitation of
not disabling any services. Updates regarding performance and stability are numerous, but most have not hit Windows Update as they are not quite ready
(preview releases). The Windows Serviceability Team wants feedback on one such update, available for download at the Microsoft Download Center, before
its expected release on Windows Update in January.
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13.12.2007Compatibility, Reliability, and Stability of Vista Update
About 2 months ago Microsoft released a couple of hotfixes that improved the stability and reliability of Windows Vista, these were not made available
on Automatic Updates. That aside, Microsoft has released an update to the compatibility, reliability, and stability of Windows Vista fix that
further improves the reliability of your system.
The original fix improved annoyances such as file copy calculation & speed from within
windows to other (local or network) drives.
This update improves the compatibility, reliability, and stability of Windows Vista. This
update includes the following improvements ->
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