Windows 7 Migration Tool to Move From Windows XP to Windows 7
In past we had covered guide on upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7. Unfortunately there is no direct upgrade path from Windows Xp to Windows 7 and you have to use Windows Easy Transfer utility if you want to move your user and program files from XP to Windows 7.
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22.11.2009 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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19.1.2009 AeroBar: Show Titlebar Text in Explorer Windows Under Windows Vista
Have you ever wondered why Explorer Windows don't show titles in Windows Vista?
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13.2.2009Windows Anytime Upgrade: Digital Distribution To End
Microsoft had this to say on its website: "In an effort to streamline the Windows Anytime Upgrade experience for our customers and open the program
to additional markets worldwide, Microsoft and its partners have decided to end digital product key distribution on February 20, 2008."
With Windows Anytime Upgrade, customers could upgrade to another version of Vista by purchasing a digital product key. Microsoft has now decided to
stop distributing product keys online. Those who now want to upgrade, will have to buy a Windows Anytime Upgrade Kit from a local retailer or from
Microsoft.
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11.02.2008MSDN Subscribers Get Expression Tools
Microsoft said Tuesday it has
decided to make available
Expression Web and Blend to
all MSDN Premium subscribers,
responding to complaints from
customers. The Redmond company
originally decided against the
move due to the distinction
between developers and
designers, but has since
changed its mind...
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04.04.2007Record Label Quits, Uploads Albums onto The Pirate Bay
Dependent Records, an independent record label from Germany recently decided to shut its doors and upload all its albums onto The Pirate Bay.
Interestingly, a year ago the the CEO of the label mentioned piracy as one of the main reasons why they decided to quit.
Nonetheless, a few
days ago Dependent records’ CEO Stefan Herwig decided to upload all the albums from his label -which mainly features aggrotech,
electro-industrial and futurepop artists- onto The Pirate Bay. In the description on the torrent download page Herwig writes: “I closed down my
record label Dependent Records for good. But since I want my music to be heard by the people out there, everything I have ever published is now
available on The Pirate Bay,” stressing that it’s a legal torrent, approved by the label.
Over the past few months, more and
more artists have decided to make their music available for free on BitTorrent sites. However, this move from Dependent Records seems to be a bit odd,
especially when you read why the label decided to close its doors.
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11.02.2008Win a Live Messenger Invite,
Part II
The response to our previous
post on Windows Live Messenger
invitations was beyond what we
could have imagined, so we've
decided to offer another
opportunity to join the beta.
Many of you came up with
excellent ideas for features
in Windows Vista, but we could
only choose 35. And the
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14.01.2006Out-of-band security patch addresses critical Windows vulnerability
It's a part of Windows that handles all the file and print sharing services over any network. Today, Microsoft decided to take the unusual step of
issuing a patch for a vulnerability on this part now, and not wait until November 11...
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24.10.2008HP, Microsoft delay MediaSmart Server shipments
HP and Microsoft have decided to delay shipment of the first product to use Microsoft's Windows Home Server operating system.
An
HP spokesperson today said that the company and its partner Microsoft had decided to rework the MSS's software to make it more "user-friendly" to
general consumers.
The HP spokesperson said that shipments, which according to media reports were slated to begin next month,
were now being further delayed. Product will now be "in the channel in time for the holidays".
The Media Smart Server and
Windows Home Server were introduced with much fanfare at the January Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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30.08.2007Google shares the holiday spirit with employees
The end of the year is near, and the holiday season is just about to start. For hundreds of thousands of people, it's time for that yearly bonus.
Search engine giant Google has taken a different initiative this year and has decided not to give cash bonuses to its employees. Instead they've
decided to give their employees the T-Mobile G1, announced in an email to employees. "The holiday bonus is a Google tradition - it's a great way
to thank everyone for their hard work. In the past, we've done this in cash. This year, we've decided to give Googlers a different kind of
present - a Dream phone (this is the same device T-Mobile markets as the G1).
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21.12.2008Microsoft speaks DirectX 10
From the Games Developers
Conference
Europe
Microsoft finally saw sense
and decided to drop Windows
Graphic Foundation (WGF) and
replace it with the more
easier and logical DirectX 10
name for its nexgen
API.
It
gave some details to the
developers officially about
its upcoming API and we know
that it plans to release this
API together with Longhorn. Or
Vista, as we must learn to
call it.
The
DirectX 10 API will have
completely new and faster
dynamic link libraries (DLLs)
and is supposed to run much
faster. The company decided to
cut the backward compatibility
with DirectX 9, 8, 7 and lower
in this API but there will be
a way to use games programmed
for those APIs. Microsoft will
enable support for DX 9 or
lower games through a software
layer, meaning it might run
slower...
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06.09.2005How many flavors will Windows 7 come in?
The most recent leaked screenshots of Windows 7 build 7025 suggests 5 versions, but Gregg Keizer of Computer World reports that Microsoft hasn't
decided on it yet. A Microsoft spokeswoman confirmed the 5 version names in Windows 7 beta, but said they were only preliminary. She also added that
Microsoft will continue to take customer feedback from the beta test period into account as they refine the SKU set for Windows 7 and will share more
information when its available. As far as netbook is concerned Cnet UK reported that Microsoft plans to make a single version of Windows 7 for
netbook alone.
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30.01.2009Windows Storage Server Blog Launched
Hi there! I'm Scott Johnson, Program Manager for the Windows Storage Server product line. We have many cool things going on in Windows Storage
Server that need to be talked about, so we decided to kickoff this blog! For starters, here is a rundown of the key features of a Microsoft Windows
Storage Server. I will strive to post a new article every month, if you have a topic that you think needs to be covered, post a request and I'll see
what I can do.
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04.06.2008Microsoft scraps Windows 7 'E' version for Europe
Microsoft confirmed late on Friday that it plans to kill off the Windows 7 'E' version for Europe. In a statement a company official
confirmed Windows 7 E is no more: In the wake of last week's developments, as well as continuing feedback on Windows 7 E that we have received
from computer manufacturers and other business partners, I'm pleased to report that we will ship the same version of Windows 7 in Europe in
October that we will ship in the rest of the world. One reason we decided not to ship Windows 7 'E' is concerns raised by computer
manufacturers and partners.
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01.08.2009Windows 7 testers to get free copy from tomorrow
Last week Microsoft had a change of heart and decided to go back on what they had previously said by offering testers on the Windows 7 technical beta
program a free copy of Windows 7 Ultimate, in reward for their efforts in testing the new operating system. Previously Microsoft revealed that
testers would not be receiving Windows 7 for free and argued that the discounted pre-order offer, which was available to all consumers, was partly
done for the benefit of beta testers. This was met with a bad response from bloggers and testers alike.
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05.08.2009Microsoft Discontinues Digital Image Product
Saying the functionality
within the application is now
available through other
programs and within Windows
Vista, Microsoft has decided
to discontinue its Digital
Image Suite Product, a notice
on its Web site reads...
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16.06.2007Microsoft's IE 7 Ignores
Windows Setting
Microsoft is defending its
decision to turn on its
ClearType font rendering
technology in
Internet
Explorer 7 even if users
have switched it off
system-wide.
ClearType, which debuted
with Windows XP, is designed
to make text more readable on
LCD screens. By default, it's
disabled in Windows, but
Microsoft's IE 7 team has
decided to enable it for the
browser, even if the user has
not turned on the feature
Windows-wide.
ClearType can be disabled in
IE 7 Beta 2 Preview via the
Tools/Internet
Options/Advanced dialog. To
turn ClearType off, uncheck
the box "Use ClearType"
under the Multimedia section.
Unlike Windows XP, the
upcoming Windows Vista will
enable ClearType by default...
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07.03.2006Microsoft to Detect, Remove
Sony DRM
Following up on earlier
indecision, Microsoft said
over the weekend that it has
decided to detect and remove
the rootkit found in Sony's
digital rights management,
which sparked huge controversy
after being discovered on a
number of CDs. Signatures will
be added to Windows
AntiSpyware...
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14.11.2005IE Mobile 6 to be available on new WM 6.1 smartphones
Microsoft will be rolling out Windows Mobile 6.1 AKU 1.4 bundled with IE Mobile 6 for all the new Windows Phones until Windows Mobile 6.5 is released.
Glad that Microsoft is upgrading their mobile browser and not delaying it further. Microsoft had decided earlier that IE Mobile 6 will not be made
available as an upgrade or download for existing Windows Phones saying that the current hardware cannot support IE 6. "Regarding making IE Mobile
available as a separate download or update, the rich media experiences that IE Mobile 6 enables require more powerful, advanced devices.
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06.03.2009Windows 7 in Europe: no upgrades, no IE, up to 2X the price
According to Computer World, things are not looking good for European fans of Windows 7 and Internet Explorer. Microsoft has decided to remove
Internet Explorer from versions of Windows 7 to be sold in Europe, the company is not offering an upgrade path from Vista. Also, although
international exchange rates vary, the prices of Windows 7 do not look good for people paying in euros or pounds. In an effort to quell EU concerns
over anti-trust issues, Microsoft preemptively removed Internet Explorer from Windows 7. Many have speculated as to why the company made this move.
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29.06.2009Lessons learned from installing Windows 7, over 16 times
When the first Windows 7 beta (build 6801) was announced at PDC in late 2008, everyone was excited, myself included. Within a few days after release I
was happily running my very first version of Windows 7. Right around new years day, Microsoft released the first public beta (build 7000) of the next
gen OS. Since Microsoft was kind enough to share it with me, I decided to share it with everyone I know. Starting with my immediate family computers
and expanding to my network of friends and coworkers. I went on a upgrading frenzy, installing Windows 7 on just about any PC I could get my hands on.
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26.05.2009Microsoft cuts apps from Windows 7
Microsoft has decided that Windows 7 won't include built-in programs for e-mail, photo editing, and movie making, as was done with Windows Vista.
The software maker included Windows Photo Gallery, Windows Mail, and Windows Movie Maker as part of Vista, but later chose to offer
separate downloadable Windows Live programs that essentially replaced those components with versions that could connect to online services from
Microsoft and others.
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23.09.2008Windows 7 (Seven) M1 post-install details leaked?
I noticed over at Long Zhengs
website
that he has decided to post about the supposedly leaked post install details and analysis of Windows Seven M1 (Mile Stone 1).
“Kenipnet”, a Neowin member reported that he had been given the Alpha, otherwise known as a developer build for testing and then made a
detailed post about it which
he later
deleted. Luckily I was all over that forum thread and managed to
salvage his deleted claims from my
Firefox browser cache and repost as my own (thus preserving the post for prosperity).
I sent a private message to
“kenipnet” asking if he could backup his claims with a screenshot or other means, his response indicated that he was unsure how he could
make any evidence available to me online, so I decided to keep it with the forum thread instead of main page news.
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