Microsoft to end Windows XP SP1 support
It has been well-known that Microsoft has ended extended support for Windows 98, 98 SE, and Windows ME. This support ended on July 11 of this year.
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30.8.2006 Microsoft: June 30 not end of Windows XP support
April 29, 2008 Concerned that customers are confusing the impending end of Windows XP retail availability with the end of support, Microsoft Corp. has reminded users that the aged operating system will be supported until early April 2014.
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2.5.2008 Why Vista will mean the end of the Microsoft monolith
The Vista saga has two interesting lessons for the computer business. It raises, for example, the question of whether this way of producing software products of this complexity has reached its natural limit.
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10.9.2006 Why Vista will mean the end of the Microsoft monolith
The Vista saga has two interesting lessons for the computer business. It raises, for example, the question of whether this way of producing software products of this complexity has reached its natural limit.
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11.9.2006 Vista SP1 By End of Year
Service Packs can be good and bad for Microsoft. On one hand, they fix vulnerabilities, upgrade the usefulness, efficiency or functionality of components, and sometimes add new features.
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20.6.2007 Vista Won't End Windows XP Availability
I can't count how many times people have asked me if Windows XP would be available on new PCs following Vista's release.
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25.12.2006 Bill Gates: Windows Vista is not the end of the line
Yesterday we had the rare opportunity to talk with Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates about the future of Windows, 64-bit computing, and more.
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9.1.2007 Vista SP2 and Windows 7 by the End of June 2009
The evolution of the Windows client, involving both Windows Vista (now with Service Pack 1) and Windows 7, appears to be closer than Microsoft is ready to acknowledge officially.
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18.10.2008 MSDN subscribers: Vista SP1 to hit by the end of this week
Microsoft is continuing to accelerate its timetable for Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 availability.
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13.2.2008 Vista not to support EFI
On Thursday, at the Intel Developer Forum in San Fransisco, Microsoft development manager Andrew Ritz revealed that Windows Vista, the successor to the aging Windows XP expected to be released later this year, will not support EFI booting. Ritz admitted that EFI support will not be seen until Longhorn Server is released in early 2007, and on top of that it will never support a 32-bit processor.
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10.3.2006 Vista Loader 2.1.3 - Windows Vista Activator 2008 Support SP1 with No Boot String
Vista Loader is one of the most successful Vista activation crack available to date, second only to physical modify (hardmod) the BIOS to include SLIC table to make BIOS Vista activation-compliant.
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15.5.2008 Google Talk 1.0.0.104 gets Vista support
The new version of Google Talk doesn't appear to have any new features, but it does now have support for Windows Vista according to the download and "What's New" pages.
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7.1.2007 Security Vendors Lagging on Vista Support
Windows Vista's revamped security features are posing difficulties for some IT security vendors looking to make their software work on the new operating system.
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2.3.2007 Microsoft can't afford to support OEM Vista?
Microsoft might have $7.6 billion in spare cash in the bank, but when it comes to supporting users who purchase Vista on a new machine, the software giant is all too ready to cry poor.
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15.5.2007 How long will Microsoft support XP and Vista?
In the Talkback section to another post, a reader asks a question about when Microsoft plans to drop support for Windows Vista. I hear variations on this one all the time, so I figured it’s worth covering here.
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22.9.2008 Native PDF support in Office Vista (12)
Today's another exciting day as we move closer to Beta 1. We are just wrapping up the MVP summit here in Redmond and we've finally announced another piece of functionality I've wanted to talk about for a long time now. This afternoon Steven Sinofsky announced to our MVPs that we will build in native support for the PDF format in Office "12".
I constantly get asked by customers if we can build in this support for publishing documents as PDF files, and now I can thankfully say "yes!" It's something we've been hearing about for years, and earlier in this project we decided that while there were already existing third party tools for doing this, we should do the work to build the functionality natively into the product.
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Microsoft shelves RSA SecurID support in Vista
Microsoft has shelved plans to include native support for RSA's SecurID tokens in Windows Vista, even though the company has been trialling the technology for almost two years.
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2.5.2006 Partners and retailers rally apps, support for Vista
With the consumer launch of Windows Vista on the horizon, Microsoft's software and retail partners are preparing for the launch with applications and support for the new OS.
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25.1.2007 Apple Releases Boot Camp 1.2 with Vista Support
Apple has posted a new version of Boot Camp today. Boot Camp 1.2 brings several updates, including Windows Vista support.
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29.3.2007 Microsoft Raises Consumer Vista Tech Support Costs
More money, less help is the bottom line on Microsoft's Vista and Office tech support.
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8.2.2007 Where is the end of the yellow cable?
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Windows 7 - the End of 2009
As much as Microsoft is trying to make the availability date for the next iteration of the Windows client ambiguous, officially pointing to a development process scoped for 2010, Windows 7 is actually dropping at the end of 2009, were we to believe Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer.
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28.5.2008 Joke? - It's the End for 3.11
For those that were not aware, we recently announced that effective November 1st, 2008, OEM's will no longer be able to license Windows for Workgroups 3.11 in the embedded channel.
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10.7.2008 Microsoft move could be the end of the JPEG
Microsoft Corp. will soon submit to an international standards organization a new photo format that offers higher-quality images with better compression, the company said today.
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9.3.2007 Low end rack-mount server:)
Windows XP to be phased out by year's end
Computer makers have been told they'll no longer be able to get Windows XP OEM by the end of this year, despite consumer resistance to Vista and its compatibility problems.
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12.4.2007 One billion PCs worldwide by end of 2008
More than one billion PCs will be in use worldwide by the end of 2008, fuelled by high growth rates in emerging markets such as the Bric bloc of countries: Brazil, Russia, India and China.
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11.6.2007 Microsoft sees end of Windows era
Microsoft has kicked off a research project to create software that will take over when it retires Windows.
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6.8.2008 General availability for the Windows 7 Beta to end
First off: thank you for your interest in beta testing Windows 7! As we near January 24th, we wanted to update everyone again on the next steps for the Windows 7 Beta.
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25.1.2009Windows Vista Interface Causes Problems For Consumers, Support Firm Says
Navigating Windows Vista's
Aero user interface is a big
problem for many consumers
learning Microsoft's
6-month-old operating system,
a technical support company
said Thursday.
Support.com<
/a>, which offers technical
support to consumers, said the
top three reasons people
called for Vista help were to
solve navigation problems,
device incompatibility, and
home networking issues.
While Vista is "a leap
forward in terms of usability
and functionality," it
requires consumers used to
working with older versions of
Windows to learn something
new, Anthony Rodio, chief
marketing officer for
Support.com, said in a
statement. "We know very well
that any major switch in
operating systems can
initially cause confusion and
problems for end-users," he
said. "Consumers often suffer
from frustrating issues that
prevent them from using their
computer for its intended use,
whether it's simply accessing
their e-mail system or
printing a document."..
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13.07.2007Vista not playing well with IPv6
Early adopters of Microsofts
new Vista operating system are
reporting problems with its
implementation of IPv6, a
long-anticipated upgrade to
the Internets primary
protocol.
IPv6
supports a 128-bit addressing
scheme, which lets it support
an order-of-magnitude more
devices that are directly
connected to the Internet than
its predecessor, IPv4. IPv6
also has autoconfiguration,
end-to-end security and other
enhancements.
Vista
supports IPv6 by default.
Vista runs a single-stack,
dual-IP-layer architecture,
which means it is IPv4- and
IPv6-capable out of the box.
It supports tunneling of IPv6
traffic over an IPv4 backbone
and includes IPSec that works
for both IPv4 and IPv6. ..
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07.06.2007XP Home Edition Support
Extended to 2008
For the past 2 weeks, the
Windows community has been
buzzing with news that
Microsoft was scheduled to
halt support for XP Home at
the end of this year.
(Apparently, Microsoft never
expected that its next Windows
release would take so long to
ship.) Well, the crisis is
over.
Microsoft
this week revealed that it has
extended support for XP Home
(and a few other XP editions
whose support was also
scheduled to be terminated
this year) to "2 years after
the next version of
is released,"
according to the company. If
Vista ships on schedule at the
end of the year, that means
that Microsoft will continue
supporting XP Home through
late 2008. That's not too
shabby.
Note
that Microsoft's
business-oriented Windows
products have much lengthier
support life cycles. Microsoft
is supporting XP Professional,
for example, through
2011.
jcxp.net - 16.01.2006
Five years support for Vista Home, Ultimate
Microsoft Corp. yesterday said
it would limit support for
three versions of the Windows
Vista operating system,
including its most expensive,
to five years rather than the
usual 10 years.
The company defended
the difference by noting that
the clock just started
ticking. "End of life-cycle
support for Windows Vista is
still five years out," a
spokesperson said in an e-mail
response.
However, the software maker
left the door ajar. "As
we've done in the past,
Microsoft will continue to
evaluate the support life
cycle for Windows Vista and
make decisions about extending
support if and when it is
necessary," the spokesperson
added.
jcxp.net - 03.03.2007
Microsoft: Just five years support for Vista Home, Ultimate
Microsoft Corp. yesterday said
it would limit support for
three versions of the Windows
Vista operating system,
including its most expensive,
to five years rather than the
usual 10 years.
The
company defended the
difference by noting that the
clock just started ticking.
"End of life-cycle support
for Windows Vista is still
five years out," a
spokesperson said in an e-mail
response.
However,
the software maker left the
door ajar. "As we've done in
the past, Microsoft will
continue to evaluate the
support life cycle for Windows
Vista and make decisions about
extending support if and when
it is necessary," the
spokesperson added.
neowin.net - 01.03.2007
What's happening to Windows XP on June 30th?
Jared Proudfoot: I want to take another break from the discussion of the overall Support Lifecycle policies to address some common confusion that
weve been hearing regarding the support dates for Windows XP. Recently, there have been a number of posts in the blogosphere about Windows
XP and the upcoming end of Direct OEM and Retail License availability. Some people are interpreting this as the end of support for Windows
XP.
Please let me try and clear this up¦ Support for Windows XP will continue, in accordance with the Microsoft Support
Lifecycle policy. This means that the Mainstream Support phase will end on April 14, 2009 and the Extended Support phase will end on April 8, 2014. Thats at
least another 6 years of support remaining for Windows XP!
winbeta.org - 26.04.2008
Microsoft to Retire Exchange
Server 5.5 by Year's End
Support also to end; users
urged to upgrade...
pcworld.com - 27.10.2005
Free support doesn't lead to new love for Vista SP1
Microsoft is working hard to nudge customers onto the Windows Vista bandwagon, offering free support to those migrating to Vista SP1. But IT
administrators continue to resist making the kind of aggressive deployments Microsoft would like to see across the board.
Microsoft released Windows Vista SP1 last week, complete with security fixes and other patches Microsoft produced between Vista's launch in early
2007 and the end of last year. Many Windows administrators delayed installing Vista until at least the first service pack. Administrators who tested Vista SP1 in beta gave it poor reviews.
Attitudes haven't changed much since the service pack's release last week.
winbeta.org - 27.03.2008
DirectX 11 coming to Vista
As with Windows Vista, the newest version of Windows brings with it a newer version of Microsoft's DirectX. Windows 7 was released with Direct X
11 support, and it was initially thought that Direct X 11 support would remain a 7-only technology. Reports indicate that a platform update is being
pushed via Windows Update that will enable DirectX 11 support on Vista PC's. With an impressive lineup of Direct X 11 games announced which
includes Crysis 2 and The Lord of the Rings Online, Vista users will be happy to know that they can go out and purchase a Radeon 5870 and use it to
its full potential.
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neowin.net - 03.11.2009
Microsoft: No Vista on Intel
Macs
Microsoft confirmed reports
that at least the initial
Intel Macs from Apple would
not support Windows Vista,
telling BetaNews Friday that
its next generation operating
system would not support the
EFI boot process being used by
the new systems...
betanews.com - 11.03.2006
Analysts: Vista SP1 delay won't hurt enterprises
Although Microsoft may not
have the first service pack
for Windows Vista ready at the
end of this year as some
expected, financial analysts
say that a delay should not
have a negative effect on
enterprise adoption of the OS.
Many large enterprise
customers have said they will
wait for the first service
pack for Vista to deploy the
software across their
companies. Some were expecting
SP1 before the end of the year
after Microsoft Senior Vice
President Bob Muglia said in a
published report last November
it would be released with
Windows Server, code-named
Longhorn, due by the end of
2007.
However, rumors
swirled last week that the
release of the pack would be
pushed into 2008 after
Microsoft said in a court
filing dated June 19 it would
only have a test version of
Vista SP1 out before the end
of the year.
UBS
Investment Research analyst
Heather Bellini tried to allay
investor fears in a research
note published Monday, saying
that the end-of-the-year
release of a beta listed in
the document "probably
represents a 'drop-dead'
date."..
winbeta.org - 26.06.2007
Apple Adds Vista Support to Boot Camp
Apple on Wednesday pushed an
update to its Boot Camp dual
booting feature, providing
support for the 32-bit version
of Windows Vista, as well as
updated drivers for various
hardware included with Intel
Macs...
betanews.com - 29.03.2007
Adobe Reader 8.1 Brings Vista Support
Adobe on Tuesday released the
first major update to both
Acrobat and Reader 8.0, adding
support for Windows Vista and
remote printing capabilities
through a partnership with
FedEx Kinko's. Version 8.1
also brings integration with
Microsoft Office 2007...
betanews.com - 07.06.2007
How [Vista] Ultimate Is This?
Windows Vista Ultimate is
Microsoft's operating system
with all the whiz and bang for
all users. But there is
something important missing
after all: Extended lifecycle
support. Windows Ultimate
support ends on April 10,
2012. Windows Vista Business
and Enterprise both receive
Extended Support, which means
five more years-or April 11,
2017. According to
Microsoft's Support Lifecycle
Web page, support for consumer
products ends after five
years. There is no Extended
Support option. I had always
assumed that Windows Vista
Ultimate, which Microsoft
pitches as having the most
consumer and corporate
features, would be supported
for more than five years.
Besides, Microsoft does offer
Ultimate to businesses for
volume-licensing purchase,
with caveats such as single
activation.
Laura
DiDo, an analyst with Yankee
Group, isn't surprised by the
five-year support for the
software. "Vista Ultimate is
more of a consumer purchase,"
she said. For businesses
deploying Windows Vista
Ultimate, however, the clock
already is ticking down to the
end of support. While Ultimate
may not be standard fare on
corporate desktops-even
Microsoft is standardized on
Vista Business, or so say some
employee sources-small
businesses are good candidates
for the software. Likewise are
universities. For schools with
campus wide volume-licensing
agreements, standard desktop
distribution is Office
Enterprise 2007 and Windows
Vista Ultimate.
neowin.net - 27.02.2007
US Army will adopt Vista and Office 2007 by end of this year
Corporate bodies, such as businesses and the government, have traditionally been rather slow when it comes to adopting new software and technologies.
This is generally for security purposes, and because they don't see the point in upgrading from something that works. This frame of mind is not
going to change any time soon; Ars Technica is reporting that the US Army is going to finally be fully upgraded to Windows Vista and Office 2007 by
the end of 2009, despite Windows 7 quickly approaching. At the moment, Ars Technica believes that about half of the Army computers are running
Office 2007, and 13% are powered by Vista. Marcus D.
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neowin.net - 23.05.2009
The 5 users you meet in hell (and one you'll find in heaven)
Ah, end users. We sure do love them. Why, most of us wouldn't have jobs without them. But that doesn't mean users don't drive IT crazy sometimes,
or maybe most of the time.
Just as a zookeeper cares for his monkeys one way and his rhinos another (we kid -- sort of), so too
should IT tailor its responses to fit the individual styles of its end users, support managers say.
One thing's for certain:
Cordial or otherwise, interaction between support staff and end users is only expected to rise. Demand for IT support services continues to increase
as new systems and applications are implemented, according to a 2006 survey by Supportindustry.com, which provides research and trend data to the customer support and help desk industries.
winbeta.org - 12.12.2007
Microsoft offers free support for Vista SP1 installs
Microsoft Corp. is offering free support to any Windows Vista user experiencing
problems with installing Service Pack 1 (SP1), according to a company spokesman.
" needing technical support regarding
your installation of Windows Vista SP1, please go to the following URL and choose the bottom option that says, 'Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (All
Languages),'" said Brandon LeBlanc, a Microsoft employee who posted several comments to the company's Vista blog. The link LeBlanc pointed users to led to a Vista
SP1-specific support site.
"You have a variety of options you can choose for support, all of which will not cost you any support fee," said LeBlanc. "I repeat:
Support for SP1 will not cost you anything."
winbeta.org - 24.03.2008
ZoneAlarm Security Suite 7.1 Adds Vista Support
Check Point Software today
released ZoneAlarm Internet
Security Suite 7.1, a
Vista-compatible version of
its flagship security suite.
Vista-compatible versions of
ZoneAlarm Antivirus and the
popular free ZoneAlarm
Firewall are also available.
Past versions of
ZoneAlarm's products have
relied on Microsoft's TDI
(Transport Device Interface)
to track network behavior.
Windows Vista retains support
for TDI, but introduces the
new Windows Filtering Platform
(WFP). While porting to Vista
using TDI would have been
easier, Check Point chose to
support WFP for this
Vista-compatible version. When
installed on Windows 2000 and
XP, however, version 7.1 will
still use TDI.
Check
Point is the first major
security vendor to make use of
the Vista-specific Windows
Filtering Platform. Company
representatives explained that
Microsoft will stop fixing
problems with TDI in the
future, so by utilizing WFP,
users can be prepared for
Vista threats...
winbeta.org - 14.06.2007
Microsoft offers free Vista-to-XP downgrade help
Microsoft has said it would offer free technical support to small businesses that buy new PCs with Windows Vista in the next three months, its latest
attempt to convince users that moving to Vista is a good idea. And if those efforts are for naught, Microsoft will help those users downgrade from
Vista to Windows XP, the same maneuver several large computer makers, including Dell and Hewlett-Packard, have used in recent months to continue
offering the older operating system to buyers.
The offer, dubbed Windows Vista Small Business Assurance, is available to businesses with
fewer than 50 employees or 25 PCs, and it provides free telephone support through the end of October to companies that buy new PCs with Vista Business
or Vista Ultimate between now and Sept. 30, according to details posted on the Microsoft Web site. Only businesses buying new hardware can take
advantage of the free support; companies upgrading existing computers from, say, Windows XP, don't qualify.
neowin.net - 10.07.2008
Microsoft: June 30 not end of Windows XP support
Concerned that customers are confusing the impending end of Windows XP retail availability with the end of support, Microsoft Corp. has reminded users
that the aged operating system will be supported until early April 2014. Jared Proudfoot, a manager in Microsoft's support life cycle group,
reiterated the final support dates for Windows XP in a post to a company blog.
"Recently, there have been a number of posts in the
blogosphere about Windows XP and the upcoming end of direct OEM and retail license availability," said Proudfoot. "Some people are interpreting this
as the end of support for Windows XP."
Not so, Proudfoot said. Windows XP will remain in what Microsoft calls "mainstream support" to
April 14, 2009, and continue in "extended support" though April 8, 2014, he added. The former delivers free fixes -- for both security patches and
other bug fixes -- to everyone. During the latter, all users receive security updates, but nonsecurity hot fixes are given only to companies that have
signed support contracts with Microsoft.
Those are not new dates, Proudfoot reminded customers last week. In early 2007, for instance,
Microsoft extended support for Windows XP Home and XP Media Center to the 2009 and 2014 dates to match those already set for Windows XP
Professional.
neowin.net - 02.05.2008
