Inside DEMOfall 08
Not in my whole journalistic career have I seen PR people as aggressive as the ones here at DEMOfall 08.
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10.9.2008 Microsoft Patch Tuesday Advance Notice June 08
Next Tuesday its ol' patch your Windows time again. This month there are 7 fixes due.
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6.6.2008 Vista SP1, and then Windows 7, Windows 8 and Non-Windows Midori
2008 saw the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Server 2008, but Microsoft's journey on the Windows path is far from over.
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5.8.2008 Windows 7 RC Brings Windows XP Mode Beta and Windows Virtual PC Beta
The Release Candidate of Windows 7 will bring with it the first Beta development milestones for Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC.
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29.4.2009 Windows Reactivator 2.0 - Backup & Restore Activation Status of Windows XP with Windows Reactivator
Every time you reinstall your windows XP you need to reactivate it online using your product key & worst if you lost your Windows XP product key.
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3.6.2009 Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2
Feb 26th, 2008. Principled Technologies has released two Microsoft commissioned reports on Windows Vista SP1 performance. In these tests, Principled Technologies measured responsiveness of Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2 when performing a set of common business and home tasks.
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28.2.2008 Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9 1 Billion and Counting
Is Windows dead? Or, at least, is this the beginning of the end for Microsoft's proprietary operating system?
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15.9.2008 Week in Microsoft: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9
This week in Microsoft, we covered 128-bit support possibly coming to Windows 8 and Windows 9, Windows 7, Windows Mobile 6.5, Bill Gates, Office 2010 Starter, Microsoft MVP status, Windows Live Hotmail, the EU, and Microsoft Security Essentials.
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10.10.2009 Windows Vista Build 5231 and Windows Media Player 11 Leaks!
Windows Vista Build 5231 has leaked to the web. The new build is said to include Windows Media Player 11 included. View the screenshots below! This is a Main branch build that was released on September 12th, 2005 at 8:20PM.
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Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3: Official Release Dates
A French website, PC Inpact, has posted the official Microsoft product change request forms for Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3.
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6.2.2008 Download Free Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2 Straight from Microsoft
Via the Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image. That's right! Microsoft is offering access to free downloads of Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2.
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6.3.2008 Windows Vista SP1 outperforms Windows XP SP2 in file copy
"Its interesting that people seem to think that Vista under performs in every area of the system which is quite an incorrect perception.
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27.5.2008 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 Windows 7 Beta Doesn't Play Nice with Windows Azure Cloud OS Tools
The promise for Windows 7 is that it will deliver an evolution when it will come down to stretching into the Cloud compared to its precursor, Windows Vista.
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16.1.2009 Internet Explorer 8 MUI packs for Windows XP, Windows Server 03
As detailed in our previous blog post, the following Internet Explorer MUI packs shipped today.
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17.5.2009 Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta adds Windows 7 support
Microsoft announced the release of Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta, along with news that it will feature Windows 7 support.
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20.7.2009 Check for RAM Error or Defect in Windows 7 and Vista with Windows Memory Diagnostic
Memory or RAM is one of the most important electronic hardware component on a computer systems, not only in term of speed or clock frequency and size, but also the reliability of hardware ecosystem of the RAM sticks or memory modules and its subsystem.
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1.10.2009 The Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 98 Threat Mitigation Guide
Well, Microsoft still puts effort in old Windows versions...
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31.3.2006 Windows Vista comes with 19,500 drivers on DVD more on Windows Update
Ever needed to find a driver for a product and wished Windows would either just have the driver in it, or that their Windows Update service could provide it? With Vista, it can and new features and updates will be forthcoming too. Its about time!
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20.11.2006 Windows XP Home No Longer Qualifies for Windows Vista Upgrades
Windows XP Home Edition no longer qualifies for Windows Vista Business Upgrade or Upgrade + SA through Volume Licensing.
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17.10.2007 Microsoft Offers a Complex Windows Vista vs. Windows XP Perspective
A new standard of security is an integer aspect of the evolution puzzle represented by the move from Windows XP to Windows Vista.
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3.11.2007 Windows XP SP3 to Drop Concomitantly with Windows Vista SP1?
Yes, it's time for every Windows user's favorite obsession: Windows XP Service Pack 3. The third and final service pack for Windows XP has been quite elusive for the past three years.
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25.11.2007 Windows Vista vs. Windows 9x/Me, NT Server, 2000 and XP
If at just a couple of weeks short of the first anniversary since Windows Vista hit the shelves you are still looking for reasons to upgrade to the latest Windows client, then Biplab Paul, Partner Technical Consultant with Microsoft India, has an impressive, and exhaustive list of features that are bound to tilt the balance in Vista's favor.
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14.1.2008 Free Windows Vista Business and Windows XP SP2 on Parade
Free Windows... Not a concept you would expect from Microsoft. With a business strategy focused on proprietary software, the Redmond company is by all means at the opposite technology spectrum from open source and free software.
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9.3.2008 Microsoft Presents the Lost Comparison: Windows Vista vs. Windows XP
With both Windows XP and Windows Vista being available concomitantly on the market, Microsoft is doing nothing more than inviting the consumers to compare the two operating systems.
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20.4.2008 Windows Server 2008 = Windows Vista SP1 Minus the Pain
Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn, is essentially intimately connected with Windows Vista Service Pack 1, to the level in which the RTM version of Microsoft's latest server operating system features the
SP1 label
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6.5.2008 Windows Embedded NavReady 2009 - Latest Windows Platform from Microsoft
The latest Windows operating system is available for download as of June 16, 2008. And no, it's not a new release of Windows 7, nor the first taste of Windows 7 Server.
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16.6.2008 Free Windows for Supercomputers Available for Download - Windows HPC Server 2008
Microsoft made the latest iteration of its Windows operating system for supercomputers available as a free download.
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23.9.2008 How to Install Windows 7 or Windows Vista on Physical Machine Without DVD Media
A lot of Windows Vista and Windows 7 license has been sold media-less nowadays, where buyers only receive a piece of authenticated certificate with a genuine and legitimate product key printed on it.
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23.12.2008 Windows 7 beta testers find critical Windows Installer Bug
Mary Jo reports that a number of Windows 7 Beta testers have come across a bug that crashes the system randomly whenever they try to start a Windows Update or install anything using Microsoft's MSI installer.
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19.1.2009When Windows Update won't update
Lincoln Spector: Windows Update occasionally gets a bee under its bonnet and simply refuses to work. Really, should that surprise anyone?
Unfortunately, unlike some other Windows problems, this one seldom goes away on its own. You have to fix it. And the exact cause isn't
always easy to diagnose and fix.
I'll start with some solutions to a very specific, very common, XP-specific Windows Update
problem. Then I'll tell you where to go for additional advise.
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08.09.200812 fixes planned for August Patch Tuesday
Microsoft has released its latest Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification ready for this month’s Patch Tuesday.
This month
sees 12 new patches including 7 critical fixes for Windows, Office, Internet Explorer and Media Player.
A further 5 rated important cover
flaws in Windows, Outlook Express and Windows Messenger.
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09.08.2008Official Windows 7 blog goes live
Thanks Emil for pointing out that the Windows 7 Engineering blog has gone live. Its authors include Steven Sinofsky is in charge of the Windows and
Windows Live Engineering Group and Jon DeVaan heads the Windows Core Operating System Division. There have been 2 posts on the blog and they
don’t include any useful info.
So far Microsoft has been very tight lipped over Windows 7 and what were likely to expect from
Vista’s successor. There have been a few hints with the leaking of
Windows 7 M1 build in
January Microsoft also said there will be some sessions at this years
PDC Event covering
Windows 7
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15.08.2008The New Windows Live Clubhouse
A new Windows Live Clubhouse and new Windows Live site will be launched on Aug 4th.
Windows Live Clubhouse, is a different kind of community, built
for the most avid users of Windows Live products. Here, they can share their experience in using Windows Live products. You will also find the best of
tips and techniques shared by them. Currently, the Windows Live Clubhouse Spaces is invite only, where you can also have an On-Demand Guided Tour of
New Windows Live Clubhouse to get a sneak peek.
A new
Windows Live site
and the broader Windows Live Community will also be launched on Aug. 4th. So get set for the launch and get familiar with everything about Windows
Live, before a new Wave 3 of new Live products get introduced later on.
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04.08.2008New data: 1 in 3 business PCs drop Vista for Windows XP
When Microsoft stopped selling new licenses to Windows XP on June 30, it gave users and PC makers a "downgrade" loophole so that those who wanted XP
could still get it, even though they still had to buy a Vista license.
According to data from the exo.performance.network,
35 percent of Vista-equipped PCs
have been downgraded to Windows XP. "That's way out of proportion for even the dramatically unpopular Windows Vista," says
Randall C. Kennedy, an InfoWorld contributing editor, whose company Devil Mountain Software developed the Windows Sentinel
tool and analyzes the exo.performance.network data. (More than 3,000 PCs are monitored worldwide using the tool, in both the
free InfoWorld Windows Sentinel version and in the more extensive version provided to Devil Mountain clients.)
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18.08.2008Researchers: Microsoft to patch Windows password flaw
Microsoft will patch a flaw in the Windows operating system Tuesday that could give attackers access to passwords on a victim's system, according to
security vendor SkyRecon Systems.
"During our ongoing research into the Windows LPC (Local Procedure Call) interface, we found
an important vulnerability which could be used to gain elevated privilege and then execute code in the LSASS process," SkyRecon said in a statement
e-mailed to IDG News.
The
flaw
will be patched in
Microsoft's upcoming set of security patches, set to be released around 11 a.m. Pacific time Tuesday, the company said.
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08.01.2008Microsoft tweaks anti-piracy check for Windows XP
Microsoft has updated software that verifies whether a copy of Windows is genuine in its Windows XP Professional edition, making it similar to the
notification in Windows Vista and thus more persistently visible to users. In a blog posting attributed to Alex Kochis, a Microsoft director of
product marketing and management, the company said it made the changes to the Windows Genuine Notification (WGA) alerts for XP Pro because it is
"the product edition that is most often stolen."
Now when a version of Windows XP Pro is found to be pirated or counterfeit, the next
time a user logs on to the system, the desktop screen background will be black, replacing whatever custom desktop may have been set by the user. This
will reappear every 60 minutes, even if a user resets the screen's background. Previously, this was not a part of the WGA notification for Windows
XP Pro.
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27.08.2008How to sign up for the Windows Installer 4.5 beta program
I just noticed a set of steps that have been posted on the
Windows Installer team blog that can be used to sign up for the Windows Installer 4.5 beta. If you are interested in trying out
this beta and haven't signed up yet, I encourage you to check out
this post for more information.
Currently, signing up for the 4.5 beta will allow you to access some
white papers about agility in software packaging and how Windows Installer 4.5 can help achieve agility goals. In addition,
according to
this post, the Windows Installer 4.5 beta will be available for download "any day now" to members of the beta program.
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23.08.2007Neowin news round-up for week ending 10 Aug
You may of had difficulty getting to Neowin over the past week due to our Server Changes and DNS update. Hopefully all of that will be resolved by the
middle of next week when our "older servers" are finally put back online and hooked up at our new data center in Plymouth, MI.
Here is a
quick overview of last weeks more popular news coverage:
Additionally you can keep track of all our news coverage by adding
this feed to your RSS reader. We hope you have a great Sunday and thanks for visiting Neowin!
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10.08.2008Windows Mobile 6.5 Confirmed
Following the announced
delay of Windows
Mobile 7, an intermediary upgrade step has been confirmed. While visiting Australia for
Liberation Day, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer spoke of the Windows Mobile 6.5 upgrade for next year in his roadmap.
In talking about Windows Mobile 6.5, Steve Ballmer
did not go in to specifics but did hint at an improvement in the interface and flow of the software. It is believed, however, that this will be the
first release to contain the
reported Zune software integration instead of the much delayed Windows Mobile 7 release.
Though there was no specific
date given for Windows Mobile 7, it was believed to be scheduled for the third quarter of 2010, two years away.
Sources close to Microsoft
have indicated to Neowin that Windows Mobile 6.5 is currently being readied for device partners who should receive copies within the next month.
It's possible that 6.5 could be ready in 2009 Q1.
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07.11.200875K want to save aging Windows OS
As posted
yesterday, InfoWorld has taken it upon
themselves to force Microsoft to change its policy of dumping XP out of retail from June 30th 2008, by
calling on everyone to sign a petition
demanding an extension. Never mind the fact that Microsoft has thus far extended almost every version of Windows past its original "expiry" date,
with possibly, the exception of Windows ME!
It has found somewhere in the region of 75,000 people who have yet to buy it, or want the
opportunity to buy it whenever they please. I suppose this was to be expected bearing in mind that this is the first ever client version of Windows
that is based on the very stable NT core, it can't be compared to Windows 98 which was truly annoying for its lack of stability. Anyone who has XP
installed probably doesn't need to upgrade, since the OS operates so well.
How dare Microsoft offer a new OS after 7 years!
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19.02.2008Worst Windows flaws of the past decade
June 25, 1998, and June 30, 2008, marked two important milestones in Microsoft's evolution of the Windows OS -- the passing of the torch from Windows
95 to Windows 98, and the less seemly
transition
from XP to Vista.
In the 3,659 days between, users of Windows have been forced to bear witness to another evolution of
sorts: bugs that left Windows open to exploits that appeared almost as fast as you could say, "On the Origin of Species."
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06.10.2008Microsoft confirms PDC and hints at Windows 7 sessions
As part of Microsoft's Windows 7 announcements yesterday the company has revealed that their professional developers conference is scheduled this
year and the company is ready to reveal more about Windows 7.
Looking at the sessions agenda you can see the following:
- Windows 7: Graphics Advances
- Windows 7: Optimizing for Energy Efficiency and Battery Life
- Windows 7: Touch
Computing
- Windows 7: Web Services in Native Code
The sessions hint at new APIs like multi-touch gestures and networking
but also reveal the focus on energy efficiency and battery life for mobile computing.
For web developers there is a lot of sessions
focussed on Silverlight development and cloud computing.
Neowin will be at Tech-Ed 08 for the pro track and PDC 08 later in the year
covering all the latest developments for Windows 7.
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28.05.2008Windows 8 and 9 may support 128-bit architecture
With Windows 7 still not available for everyone, news has surfaced that Microsoft is already researching and working on some of the architecture for
Windows 8/9, which includes "128-bit architecture compatibility with the Windows 8 kernel." This is surprising, seeing as we're at least 3-4
years away from the next release, and still on the brink of the release of the latest version of Windows.
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08.10.2009Windows 7 upgrade chart available
Microsoft has made available the official Windows 7 Upgrade chart, via allthingsd which indicates which previous versions of Windows are available for
an in-place upgrade to Windows 7, and to which version they can upgrade. You can view the chart below: As you can see from just a glance at the
chart, it's relatively confusing. Windows 7 offers no direct upgrade path from XP, which was announced very early on in the Windows 7 development
life cycle. Very specific upgrade paths from other versions of Windows Vista exist also. You can perform a "Custom Install" which is pretty much a
clean install, but you have the option to install Windows 7 to another disk without overwriting data.
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10.08.2009Microsoft Patch Tuesday Advance Notice (June 08)
Next Tuesday its ol' patch your Windows time again. This month there are 7 fixes due.
Three critical covering holes in Windows and
Internet Explorer, which all allow remote code execution using Bluetooth, IE and DirectX.
There are three important and one moderate
updates covering remote code execution in Windows.
Microsoft will also release an updated version of the Microsoft Windows Malicious
Software Removal Tool.
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06.06.2008Windows 7 Beta: Quick Review
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, announced that Windows 7 beta is available from today to MSDN and Technet subscribers. A public preview version will be
available on Friday January 9th 2009. Over the next few weeks we will be looking into Windows 7 features, so far we have published the following
overviews:Windows 7 Federated SearchWindows 7 UACWindows 7 Calibrate MonitorOver the new few weeks we will be adding many more focus items on Windows
7 including Touch, Internet Explorer 8, Windows 7 networking and media enhancements. Stay tuned for the ultimate Windows 7 focus from Neowin.net. Here
is a quick review of Windows 7 Beta.
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08.01.2009Windows XP on a new Dell will cost up to $50 extra
Dell will charge customers up to $50 to factory install Windows XP on some PCs after Wednesday, according to the company's Web site.
Buyers of the low-priced Vostro line of desktops and notebooks will pay $20 to $50 more for Windows XP Professional installed as a
"downgrade" to Windows Vista Business or Vista Ultimate than they would for Vista only.
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18.06.2008Windows Live Wave 3: Coming to testers near you soon
The
leaks
are
picking up.
Windo
ws Live Wave 3 the next version of Microsoft’s Windows Live software and services is finally expected to move into broader beta testing in
the coming weeks.
Microsoft is expected to refresh all of its core Windows Live services, plus the common installer, as part of
Wave 3. There is a new version of Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Hotmail, Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Photo Gallery and more that are in the
pipeline. Microsoft has hinted that it will be revamping Windows Live Spaces, its blogging/social-networking platform, in a major way as part of the
Wave 3 release. In addition,
all of the core Windows Live services are expected to get more
profile-centric as part of the next wave.
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14.08.2008Microsoft: Vista customer satisfaction climbs
Microsoft Asia Pacific has responded to researchers' claims that enterprise chief information officers "have not warmed to the Vista operating
system over the past year." The northern hemisphere researchers said that the CIOs they recently surveyed voted 11 to one against plans to implement
Vista. The researchers concluded that "CIOs and other heads of IT still believe there is little business value in migrating from XP to Vista,
especially in the current economic climate." Richard Francis, General Manager, Windows Client Group, Microsoft Asia Pacific, said that, overall,
sales of Windows Vista licenses have passed 180 million since launch, and at least 100 million Windows Vista users have actively hit Windows Update.
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