At NASA, Windows Vista Isn't Ready For Launch
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the latest federal agency to put a hold on PC upgrades to Windows Vista. NASA has decided against deploying Microsoft's five-month-old operating system anytime this year.
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26.4.2007 NASA to take close look at shuttle shield damage
A pair of rookie spacewalkers floated outside the International Space Station on Saturday to bolt an extension onto the orbital outpost's frame while NASA made plans to inspect potentially troublesome damage to the shuttle Endeavour's heat shield.
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12.8.2007 Windows XP Service Pack 3 - Will it turn XP into Vista?
Microsoft is currently cooking the third and last service pack for Windows XP. Released back at the end of 2001, and overhauled in 2004 with the introduction of Service Pack 2, the next refresh for XP is long overdue.
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19.10.2007 XP SP3 Does Not Support Windows XP
Believe it or not, but Microsoft does not support Windows XP with XP SP3. Well, maybe that's not entire true. But it is true nonetheless. End users will find they they are unable to deploy XP SP3 on top of XP. What is the catch?
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16.1.2008 Windows XP LogonUI Changer - Change Windows XP Logon Background
Windows 7 has got built-in feature to change Windows 7 Logon background and we have already covered Logon Changer & LogonUI background changer for Windows 7. For Windows Vista & XP Logonstudio is best tool to use.
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12.8.2009 Vista SP1 RC Leaves XP SP2 in the Dust, but What About XP SP3?
Although Microsoft has indicated a strong disapproval of benchmarking tests involving development milestones of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, the temptation is simply too big to ignore.
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17.1.2008 Microsoft Makes Its Own Vista SP1 vs. XP SP2, Leaves XP SP3 Out
Ever since the advent of Window Vista, at the end of November 2006 for businesses and in January 2007 for the general public, Microsoft has virtually invited the comparison between the two operating systems.
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8.5.2008 Microsoft Hands out XP SP3 beta – Final SP for XP
In an email sent to selected testers telling them they have been accepted to begin testing XP SP3, Microsoft has also informed them that this will be the final Service Pack for the now aging OS.
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5.10.2007 Plus! for Windows XP
Thanks to gavo for this download. This is Plus! for Windows XP but users report, that it works with Vista too.
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28.4.2007 Which edition of Windows XP is right for you?
Five editions of Windows XP compared
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3 x DOWNLOAD Windows XP
DOWNLOAD Windows XP 9 IN ONE with service pack 2,
DOWNLOAD Windows XP Professional 64 Bit,
DOWNLOAD Windows XP Professional 32 Bit
This is Windows XP Unofficial Download page.
Windows XP is designed for businesses of all sizes and for home users who demand the most from their computing experience, Windows XP Professional delivers the new standard in reliability and performance.
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Hack Windows Xp All in One
Include:
CIA Commander
WPa kill
Activate
Enable Updates
Windows genuine validation bypass
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31.1.2006 Windows XP on a MAC?
Apple has formally given its thumbs-up to attempts to install and run Windows XP on Intel-based Macs. It has posted a tool called Boot Camp that allows iMac, MacBook Pro and Mac Mini owners to run the Microsoft OS more easily. The company also confirmed the next major Mac OS X release, Leopard, will integrate the twin-OS technology.
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5.4.2006 The Only Way for Windows XP SP3 Is Down
SP3 will do nothing for XP, but still more than what SP1 will do for Vista - The third and final service pack for Windows XP will do little to nothing for the operating system, but will manage to deliver a superior boost to the platform's momentum in comparison to Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista.
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12.4.2008 Windows XP gets another six months
Given its history of moving deadlines at a moment's notice, it hardly seems surprising that Microsoft is keeping Windows XP alive even longer than expected, but its latest move looks particularly bad for Vista.
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5.10.2008 XP to Windows 7 Migration
As far as the great majority of users are concerned, Windows Vista was the greatest flop in Microsoft history and few points of view dare to contradict this.
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29.9.2009 SevenMizer Windows XP
Following the same behavioral pattern as with the release of Windows Vista, software developers have striven to offer the masses the possibility to disguise Windows XP as Windows 7.
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2.10.2009 Windows XP Service pack 1
Windows XP Service Pack 1: XP SP1 (now called SP1a)
Microsoft continually works to improve its software. As part of this effort, we develop updates and fixes to recognized issues and release them for customers. On a regular basis, we combine many of these fixes into a single package and make the package available for you to install on your computers. These packages are called Service Packs.
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Windows XP Service pack 2
About once a year, Microsoft releases an update to Windows XP. These updates contain all the fixes and enhancements which have been made available in the previous year. The updates (called Service Packs) provide convenient, all-in-one access to the most up-to-date drivers, tools, security updates, patches, and customer-requested product changes.
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Windows XP Service pack 3
This is Windows XP SP3 - Service Pack 3 Unofficial Preview.
Mr. Ballmer made some interesting remarks: Microsoft might indeed ship SP3 for Windows XP before Longhorn comes out. Also, upcoming version 7 of Internet Explorer should have anti-phishing technology built-in.
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Hardening Windows XP Professional
Windows XP has considerably more functionality than Windows 2000. With this functionality come more services and more potential security holes. Some of the measures undertaken by IST to reduce the risk are outlined in the extracts below. These are the security-related sections IST follows when building a Windows XP image for distribution within Academic Support.
NOTE: Most of these changes require you to sign on as an administrator.
The first and most important change to be applied is to set a password on all user accounts. Next it is very strongly advised that you do not log on with an administrative account but rather a ?User? or ?Power User? account.
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Windows XP 64 Final
See why you should consider upgrading to Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.
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Update for Windows XP (KB900485)
Install this update to resolve an issue in which you receive a ?stop 0x7e in aec.sys? error message on a computer that is running Windows XP Service Pack 2. The error may occur during startup, or after the system has started. AEC.SYS is the acoustic echo canceling driver. After you install this update, you may have to restart your computer.
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9.1.2006 Windows XP SP3 Preview No. 5
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11.2.2006 Windows XP SP4 in the works!
Even though Windows XP Service Pack 3 has a long way to go before being released to the public, word is out that Microsoft has Service Pack 4 in the works. SP3, set to be released in mid-2007, will be a massive update for XP, and many people have said it may be the last for the OS because of Vista.
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14.6.2006 Happy Birthday Windows XP
5 years ago today Windows XP was launched worldwide after it had RTM'd a month earlier.
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27.10.2006 Windows XP will be around a lot longer than you think
Over at CNET News, the bold headline reads: No more Windows XP as of 2008. And the opening line continues the theme: “Starting next year you won’t be able to buy a new PC loaded with Windows XP…”
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19.4.2007 Windows XP SP3 On The Horizon
According to Microsoft press release about Unified Access Control and Network Access Protection, Windows XP service pack 3 (SP3) is in development and will be released later this year.
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24.5.2007 Windows XP Ultimate 2007
This is Windows XP Ultimate 2007 - AIO pack with All new upgrades..
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23.6.2007 Windows XP SP3 Available for Download!
In two weeks too :) Microsoft confirmed officially that Windows XP Service Pack 3 will be made available for download in the next couple of weeks.
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29.8.2007NASA finally abandons Mars Phoenix Lander
NASA has finally given up on trying to resurrect the Phoenix Mars Lander. As of early last week NASA stopped sending signals to the rover who is
fighting the intense winter temperatures on Mars. It was hoped that a variation in the weather would allow NASA to establish a connection with the
ill fated rover but there was no success. NASA hopes that when spring rolls around and the tilt of Mars changes that the sunlight will be able
restart the rover's computers. That is only if the rover is able to survive the winter. The little rover that could has already lived a
remarkable life.
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05.12.2008Google Joins NASA for Space
Research
Google announced late
Wednesday it had signed a
memorandum of understanding
with NASA that would allow it
to collaborate on research
projects with the space
agency, as well as build a new
one million square foot office
complex at the NASA Ames
Research Center...
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29.09.2005NASA to release high resolution film of first moon walk
Neowin recently reported that footage of the July 1969 live broadcast of the Apollo 11 moonwalk had been recovered after being lost for nearly 40
years. When NASA said that it was a hoax and nothing had been found many were left disappointed. Fortunately, NASA was either covering up the
discovery or the person who made the announcement was uniformed. At 11 a.m. EDT on Thursday, July 16 NASA will hold a press conference and release
the recently found footage.
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14.07.2009[Updated] NASA releases high resolution film of moon walk
Updated: The videos are now online and can be viewed here. Neowin recently reported that footage of the July 1969 live broadcast of the Apollo 11
moonwalk had been recovered after being lost for nearly 40 years. When NASA said that it was a hoax and nothing had been found many were left
disappointed. Fortunately, NASA was either covering up the discovery or the person who made the announcement was uninformed. At 11 a.m. EDT on
Thursday, July 16 NASA will hold a press conference and release the recently found footage.
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16.07.2009NASA to explore strange, new virtual worlds
The Learning Technologies Project Office of NASA is actively considering hopping on the video game bandwagon by releasing its own massively
multiplayer online game...
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21.01.2008Google founders pay NASA $1.3 million to land at Moffett Airfield
Google Inc.'s founders will carry scientific equipment for NASA on their private Boeing 767 as part of a deal that grants them landing rights at
Moffett Federal Airfield, near Mountain View, NASA and local officials said.
The agreement gives Larry Page and Sergey Brin use
of the former naval air station, from which civilian aircraft are normally barred, in exchange for allowing the space agency to place instruments on
board their planes for research into the Earth's atmosphere and beyond.
NASA confirmed the contract on Monday, nearly a week
after a 767-200 owned by Google's founders was first spotted at Moffett Field. The response appears to be aimed at placating local officials and
residents who had raised concerns about noise from any new flights and who had asked NASA for additional information...
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13.09.2007NASA sends the Beatles across the Universe
February 4th will mark the first time NASA beams a song directly into deep space. Quite appropriately, the song in question is The Beatles'
"Across the Universe". The transmission, which will be sent at 7 p.m. EST, is being aimed at the North Star, Polaris, which is located 431 light
years away from Earth. The song will travel across the universe at a speed of 186,000 miles per second. The transmission over NASA's Deep Space
Network will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the day The Beatles recorded the song, as well as the 50th anniversary of NASA's founding and the
group's beginnings. February 4 has been declared "Across The Universe Day" by Beatles fans to commemorate the anniversaries. As part of the
celebration, the public around the world has been invited to participate in the event by simultaneously playing the song at the same time it is
transmitted by NASA.
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01.02.2008NASA may sell Space Shuttles, BIN 42 Million
When NASA sets to retire its space shuttles in 2010 they may be interested in selling off the old orbiters. NASA is currently in the information
gathering stage but selling off three shuttles for 42 million a piece (the 6 million dollar cost for shipping is included) would help to continue
funding the next generation of space shuttles. The Smithsonian is reportedly interested in the purchase but one would wonder where else the shuttles
would go? The shuttles would be stripped of key components before being sent off and would not be in an operable state.
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18.12.2008NASA Mars Rovers hits 5-year anniversary
NASA's Mars rovers have been on the red planet for five-years now. The rovers were originally planned to stay on the planet for only 90 days has
turned into much longer than anticipated. NASA has put together a video to celebrate the anniversary. The rovers have made important discoveries
about wet and violent environments on ancient Mars. They also have returned a quarter-million images, driven more than 21 kilometers (13 miles),
climbed a mountain, descended into craters, struggled with sand traps and aging hardware, survived dust storms, and relayed more than 36 gigabytes of
data via NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter. To date, the rovers remain operational for new campaigns the team has planned for them. News source: Tech
Fragments
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04.01.2009Nasa and Microsoft bring Universe to Web
Microsoft today announced a new partnership with NASA to bring images & data of moon and Mars to Microsoft's Worldwide Telescope (WWT) for
Internet viewing. Through a Space Act agreement, Microsoft and NASA will jointly develop the technology and infrastructure necessary to make NASA
content available including high-resolution scientific images and data from Mars and the moon for viewing through WorldWide Telescope, Microsoft's
online virtual telescope. The above image shows the Proctor Crater on Mars. The bright, small ridges are sand ripples, and the larger, darker
bedforms are sand dunes. We will get to see more interesting images in WWT later this year, as part of a joint Space Act Agreement.
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25.03.2009NASA finds lost high resolution film of first moon landing
When NASA put a man on the moon it was a triumph of achievement for the US as it showed its technical capabilities and its dedication to space
exploration. NASA spent years planning for and developing specialized equipment for the mission. One such piece of equipment was a high resolution
video camera that would send back images to Earth. Because of the lack of technology at the time the video feed from the moon actually had to be
compressed and scaled down to work on televisions across the world. After the initial recording of the high resolution stream from the moon the film
went missing after its shipment back to the US.
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30.06.2009NASA to Use Microsoft Photosynth for Shuttle Launch
Microsoft said Monday that it
had partnered with NASA to
give an unprecedented look at
the Endeavour Shuttle launch
through Photosynth, its
platform that uses standard
camera images to create
navigable 3D views...
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06.08.2007FAQ on the Windows XP Expert
Zone
Columnist Charlie Russel
explains how to use FAQs to
find answers to frequently
asked questions about Windows
XP, Windows XP Tablet PC
Edition, and Windows XP Media
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04.01.2006Windows XP SP3 Final Available at MajorGeeks
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the operating system. This update also includes a small number of new
functionalities, which do not significantly change customers experience with the operating system.
Supported Operating Systems:
Windows XP; Windows XP Home Edition ; Windows XP Home Edition N; Windows XP Media Center Edition; Windows XP Professional Edition ; Windows XP
Professional N; Windows XP Service Pack 1; Windows XP Service Pack 2; Windows XP Starter Edition; Windows XP Tablet PC Edition.
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23.04.2008Virus Infects Space Station Laptops (Again)
Viruses intended to steal passwords and send them to a remote server infected laptops in the International Space Station in July, NASA confirmed
Tuesday.
And according to NASA, this wasn't the first infection.
"This is not the first time we have had a
worm or a virus," NASA spokesman Kelly Humphries said. "It's not a frequent occurrence, but this isn't the first time."
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27.08.2008NASA: It would cost $370 million to convert to metric
The shuttles that NASA uses to fly to space currently use measurements in the form of pounds and feet as opposed to the more widely adopted meters and
newtons. The upcoming shuttle replacement will continue to use the imperial measurement system because it would cost NASA $370 million dollars to
convert to the "'International System' of units". In 2009 a launch to put a shuttle into orbit costs approximately $759 million dollars
and to spend half the budget of a launch to convert units of measure can not be justified because it will produce no gain for the agency or the
shuttle occupants. To convert to a new system of measurement is not as easy as it sounds.
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25.06.2009NASA to stream daily video feed from ISS
Streaming digital video showing activities inside and outside the International Space Station and the view of Earth from up there will now be
available for about twelve hours every day, according to NASA. The feed will also contain audio of communications between Mission Control and the
astronauts, including (for instance) live video of maintenance activities outside the station during today's prep for the incoming space shuttle.
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10.03.2009NASA space tests 'interplanetary internet' protocol
NASA has announced successful space tests of its new purpose-designed interplanetary communications networking protocol, which it calls
Disruption-Tolerant Networking (DTN). Famed TCP/IP pioneer Vint Cerf was instrumental in the space net's design.
"This is the
first step in creating a totally new space communications capability, an interplanetary Internet," said Adrian Hooke, at NASA Headquarters in
Washington.
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19.11.2008Groundbreaking Digital Experience for Endeavour Shuttle Launch
For the first time, people
around the world can view 3-D
images of the space shuttle
Endeavour and surrounding
buildings at the Kennedy Space
Center in Florida before it
launches into space, through a
collaboration between
Microsoft Corp. and NASA.
Microsoft Live Labs and NASA
developed the environments
using hundreds of photographs
and a photo-imaging technology
called Photosynth. Photosynth
uses hundreds of standard
digital camera images to
construct a 3-D view of an
environment that can be
navigated and explored in a
highly intuitive manner.
Online
viewers can go to
http://media
.labs.live.com/photosynth/nasa
/default.htm to access 3-D
images of details such as the
shuttle boosters, interior and
exterior of the Vehicle
Assembly Building, and
launchpad. By clicking and
dragging their mouse, visitors
to the site will be able to
explore parts of the shuttle
launch, zooming in to see the
smallest decorative detail or
zooming out and panning 360
degrees to place the shuttle
in a wider context.
śThis
collaboration with Microsoft
gives the public a new way to
explore and participate in
Americas space program,ť said
William Gerstenmaier, NASA
associate administrator for
Space Operations. śWe are
looking into ways of using
this new technology to support
future missions.ť..
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06.08.2007Windows 7 Beta 1 Vs Windows Vista Vs Windows XP
After Windows 7 beta 1 leaked, many bloggers caught hold of it very soon and started testing/using Windows 7. We saw Ed Bott from ZDnet reporting
about the changes in the Windows 7 beta 1 license agreement. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes from ZDnet has benchmarked Windows 7 with its successors Windows
Vista and Windows XP. The Windows 7 build 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400 was considered for testing. Since its 32bit, it was tested against 32bit versions of
Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3.
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