New Vista AutoPatcher - Vista update toolkit Alpha
Vista Update Toolkit Alpha (Windows Vista Updates Downloader) is a FREE program which downloads updates directly from Microsoft. All files are very useful with vLite!
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26.9.2008 Download Vista SP2 Beta via Windows Update
If you like to stay on the bleeding edge of technology (and you’re running Vista) you may want to consider modifying two registry keys on your system so that you can participate in the Vista SP2 Beta program.
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3.11.2008 Windows Update spoof allows early download of Vista SP1
Ever since Vista was released, there has been discussion of when Microsoft would deliver SP1, and whether or not that delivery would be a significant milestone in the OS's development.
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17.10.2007 Windows Vista Demo Readiness Toolkit
The Windows Vista Demo Readiness Toolkit is now available for download. Although the focus of this week has been on the demonstrations of Windows 7 provided by Microsoft, the Redmond company is not yet ready to give up on Windows Vista.
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30.5.2008 Free Vista SP1 Deployment Toolkit Available – Nothing for XP SP3
With Windows Vista Service Pack 1 having RTM'd on February 4, 2008, and out to the general public as of March 18, Microsoft has made available for download its free toolkit designed to streamline and automate the deployment of desktop and server operating systems.
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22.3.2008 Download Windows 7 RTM Power Saving Boost Update for AMD Multicore CPUs
Microsoft has made available for download an update designed to boost power-saving capabilities for the latest Windows client and server releases.
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12.10.2009 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 iPhone Unlock Toolkit 1.0.0.1
The long awaited iPhone has been on the market for just a few weeks and the first tools to unlock this nice device popping up already. Thanks to Steve Jobs for this download.
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4.8.2007 IIS Diagnostics Toolkit (AMD64)
The IIS Diagnostics Toolkit is a combined release of popular tools used by today's IIS users. In the January 2006 release, we have combined the previous four tools with three more powerful tools aimed at helping solve the spectrum of IIS issues.
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19.1.2006 Internet Explorer 7 Readiness Toolkit
The Internet Explorer 7 Readiness Toolkit provides an easy way for any audience that is involved in the development, test, deployment or support of Web sites, extensions, and/or applications to prepare for Internet Explorer 7.
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6.10.2007 Free Windows 7 Demo Toolkit
While laboring to produce the first Release Candidate of the next iteration of Windows, Microsoft is making available for download the Windows Demo Toolkit, an offering with Windows 7 as its nucleolus.
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1.4.2009 Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Uninstall Toolkit
Forces uninstall of Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 using default files and settings.
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20.8.2006 SQL Server Hosting Toolkit Launched
The SQL Server group at Microsoft has just launched the SQL Server Hosting Toolkit with the release of the Database Publishing Wizard Community Technology Preview 1.
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23.10.2006 IE7 Coming Through on WSUS, Blocker Toolkit or Not
Larry Seltzer here, pointing you to this recent Knowledge Base article with Microsoft's announcement that Internet Explorer 7 will be distributed through WSUS (Windows Software Update Services) on Feb. 12, 2008, which is the next Patch Tuesday. It will appear as an "Update Rollup."
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22.1.2008 Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.2 RTM - Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.2 RTM
The latest version of the Microsoft solution accelerator designed to streamline the migration to Windows Vista (including SP1) and Windows Server 2008, but also additional products and technologies, is available for download.
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4.11.2008 Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 for Windows 7
Moving forward with the evolution of the Business Desktop Deployment, Microsoft is now cooking the next iteration of what is at the present the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit.
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9.12.2008 Windows 7 Software Logo Toolkit Beta Available
The resources designed for developers to have their products labeled with the Compatible with Windows 7 logo have evolved into Beta stage.
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29.5.2009 Toolkit to Disable Automatic Delivery of Internet Explorer 7
To help our customers become more secure and up-to-date, Microsoft will distribute Internet Explorer 7 as a high-priority update via Automatic Updates for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 soon after the final version of the browser is released (planned for fourth quarter 2006).
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27.7.2006 Windows 7 Solution Accelerator MAP Toolkit 4.0 Beta
Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit is a solution accelerator designed to streamline the deployment of the latest technologies from the Redmond company.
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17.6.2009 FREE Portable and Powerful AVZ Anti-Viral Toolkit from Kaspersky
If you visit this site frequently, you’ll notice that I am a big fan of Kaspersky products.
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1.11.2008 Automatic Windows 7 Installs via the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 RTM
Microsoft has made available for download the gold version of its solution accelerator designed to automate the deployment of its latest Windows client and server operating system released.
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9.9.2009 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 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 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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16.1.2006 How to recover from the Vista Validation update
Well, I wasn't paying attention and installed the validaton update. Oops.
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17.12.2006 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.
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12.12.2007 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 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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5.1.2006Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 Update 1 Now Available
MS Deployment Toolkit Team Blog: We are pleased to announce the release of our first update to Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 (MDT 2008). We have
added two major features: OEM preload scenarios for Lite Touch Installation and Zero Touch Installation with System Center Configuration Manager 2007
and a new management pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1. Minor updates include bug fixes and design changes to override driver
platforms as well as the ability to inject all drivers into Windows PE.
Get MDT 2008 Update 1 and the new Quick Start Guides
from the
Download Center. All of the latest documentation can be found within updated and
searchable help files. However, if you would like a full collection of the Word documents, download it
here.
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01.08.2008Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Now Available
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 is the newest version of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, a Solution Accelerator for operating system and application
deployment. MDT 2010 supports deployment of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 in addition to deployment of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008,
Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP.
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09.09.2009Windows Vista Demo Readiness Toolkit
With a comprehensive demo script, sample content, and a preconfigured installation including user accounts and applications, you have everything you
need to demo with Windows Vista with virtually no effort.
NOTE: Installing the Demo Readiness Toolkit will completely erase all
data on your hard drive and create a Windows Vista Demonstration PC. Be sure to use a machine that can be re-formatted. Do you demonstrate Windows
Vista features? Or maybe you demo 3rd party applications, services, solutions and/or hardware with Windows Vista? With the Demo Readiness Toolkit,
your workload just got a whole lot lighter! With a comprehensive demo script, sample content, and a preconfigured installation including user accounts
and applications, you have everything you need to demo with Windows Vista with virtually no effort. No more searching for the right software, creating
user accounts, tweaking settings, or writing product/feature messaging - now you can focus on your pitch, NOT on building a demo environment.
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29.05.2008Microsoft: 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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13.12.2007Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.5 (for Windows 7 RC and Windows Vista)
The Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) 5.5 helps customers understand their application compatibility situation by identifying which
applications are compatible with the Windows 7 RC and Windows Vista® operating system and which require further testing. ACT helps customers lower
their costs for application compatibility testing, prioritize their applications, and deploy Windows more quickly.
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04.04.2009Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.0
The Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) 5.0 helps customers understand their application compatibility situation by identifying which
applications are compatible with the Microsoft® Windows Vista® operating system and which require further testing. ACT helps customers lower their
costs for application compatibility testing, prioritize their applications, and deploy Windows Vista more quickly.
You can use
the ACT features to:
- Verify an application's compatibility with a new version of the Windows operating system, or a Windows
Update, including determining your risk assessment.
- Become involved in the ACT Community, including sharing your risk assessment with
other ACT users.
- Test your Web applications and Web sites for compatibility with new releases and security updates to the Windows®
Internet Explorer® Internet browser.
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13.11.2007Vista Fix Packs Now on Windows Update
Following their public availability on Microsoft's Download Center, two hotfix packs for Windows Vista that improve performance and reliability are
now available as optional downloads via Windows Update. They will not, however, be delivered automatically to Vista users...
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29.08.2007Microsoft Forefront and System Center Demonstration Toolkit
This is a complete set of demos focusing on Microsoft Forefront and System Center.
Supported Operating Systems: Windows Vista;
Windows XP
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07.12.2007Microsoft releases Windows Demo Toolkit for Windows 7
Microsoft has released the The Windows Demo Toolkit Foundation Suite which makes it easier to demo Windows 7 to your customers or clients. This is
very helpful if you are presenting to a small group or to your company regarding Windows 7 or you can use the toolkit as a starting point for demoing
your own products and services. The toolkit includes demos for Consumers and Enterprises. Whether selling Windows OS, Windows Live, or related
products and services, these demos give you a foundation to build your story!
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02.04.2009Vista Industrial Design
Toolkit
Microsoft is trying to
encourage PC makers to spice
up their PCs with the Vista
Industrial Design Toolkit. The
kit has been shipped out to
about 70 designers in hopes of
giving the PC world a
facelift. I?m not sure about
you but I think Microsoft
might be on to something here.
Bland, boring boxes just don?t
cut it anymore.
The Windows Vista Industrial
Design Toolkit, hand-delivered
to about 70 designers,
contains everything a PC maker
needs?color palette, suggested
materials, even graphics for
icons and power buttons?to
create computers, laptops, and
peripherals that hew to
Vista's look. A separate
booklet exhorts hardware
makers to eschew drab,
utilitarian boxes.
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02.08.2006Don't Want To Upgrade?
Just a reminder for Internet
Explorer 6 users, if you do
not wish to upgrade to
Internet Explorer 7, it is
recommended that you install
the Internet Explorer 7
Blocker Toolkit on your system
or network before the end of
the month.
Internet Explorer 7 will be
made available via Automatic
Updates towards the beginning
of Novemeber and will
automatically be installed on
all systems unless the toolkit
is installed.
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30.10.2006IE8 via Automatic Update for users running IE6 or IE7
Microsoft plans to distribute Internet Explorer 8 to computers running previous versions of IE (IE 6 or IE 7) via Automatic Updates starting from the
3rd week of April. The update will be rolled out gradually from a small user base to large number of users. The update will be a 'high
priority' update for systems running Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 and is an 'important' update for Windows Vista and Windows Server
2008. The final version of IE8 was distributed via automatic update recently to users still running pre-release versions of IE8, Beta 2/RC1.
Organizations can use the IE8 Blocker Toolkit to block automatic delivery of IE8.
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11.04.2009Windows Service Pack Blocker Tool Kit
A blocking tool is available for organizations that would like to temporarily prevent installation of Service Pack updates through Windows Update.
This tool can be used with:
- Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (valid through March, 2008)
- Windows XP Service Pack
3 (valid for 12 months following general availability)
- Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (valid for 12 months following general
availability)
This toolkit contains three components. All of them function primarily to set or clear a specific registry key that is
used to detect and block download of Service Packs from Windows Update. You only need to use the component which best serves your organizations
computer management infrastructure.
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07.12.2007Why 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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20.03.2008Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 and BDD 2007 Update 2 Released
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Team: Today were excited to announce the release
of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008! MDT makes imaging and deployment much easier with its new checklist and wizard-driven user interface. At the
same time it continues to provide lots of great in-depth guidance for managing your deployment projects end-to-end, as well as quickstart guides if
you want to quickly dive into the tools. If you are among the more than 350,000 people still using BDD 2007, we didnt forget about you. An update for
BDD 2007 to support SP1 imaging and deployment is also available today.
Both these tools can save you lots of time in planning
and building out a standard desktop experience all the way to rolling OS images out into production. Download
MDT 2008 or the
updated BDD 2007 today. For more
information, go to
http://www.microsoft.com/deployment or contact a
Desktop Deployment
Planning Services specialist.
In addition to Service Pack 1 support for Windows Vista, MDT 2008 also has the following
new features:
- Full support for Windows Server 2008
- Additional Actions including Configure DHCP, Authorize DHCP,
Configure DNS, and Configure ADDS
- New scripts that will automate the installation of Mass Storage Drivers for Windows XP and Windows 2003
Systems
- Ability to use a WSUS server for the Windows Update script
- Improved performance for the PXE Filter for System Center
Configuration Manager unknown computer support
- Improved documentation including a new Quick Start Guide for System Center Configuration
Manager
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20.03.2008Releasing Windows Vista SP1 for more languages
Chris Flores: It has been almost a month since we released Windows Vista SP1 to Windows Update in 5 languages. To date: millions of people have
successfully installed Windows Vista SP1 on their PCs. So we're happy to announce the next step for Windows Vista SP1 availability.
We are excited to report that today we are making Windows Vista SP1 available to folks running Windows Vista in any of the supported languages.
Starting today, users will be able to choose to manually install Windows Vista SP1 via Windows Update or download the standalone installer from the
Microsoft Download Center (
x86 and
x64) for any of the 36 supported languages, not just English, Spanish, German, French, and Japanese. For now, it is available
for users who visit Windows Update or the Microsoft Download Center. We encourage most users to get Windows Vista SP1 via Windows Update-which will
provide the best update experience.
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16.04.2008Office 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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10.12.2007PowerPoint Prototyping Toolkit (release 0.1)
Long Zheng: After hearing about the impact and success it had in Microsoft, I couldnt wait to get my hands on prototyping in PowerPoint 2007. Amongst
a few things Manuel Clement suggested a few weeks ago in his presentation about świreframe prototyping with Office PowerPoint 2007ł, was to create a
toolkit of commonly used GUI components to copy and paste when designing the prototype screens. Thats what I set out to build.
My
vision for a toolkit is to contain a set of all the possible and feasible GUI components you could otherwise use in designing a real Windows
application or browser application. For example, it should include buttons, drop-down lists, window frames, toolbars, dialog boxes and address bars.
Of course there are probably as many of those as there are stars, so Ill just have to focus on the most commonly used ones.
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17.10.2007Windows 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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26.08.2006Opera to launch new browser toolkit for game machines, TVs
At CES, Opera is launching a new edition of its toolkit for building browsers that run on gaming machines, set-top boxes, and other places beyond
garden variety PC and cell phone environments...
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