Windows Vista Activation Problems
Windows Vista has had everything but an easy ride since it hit the shelves in January 2007. The operating system was plagued by a luxuriant variety of problems from hardware and software incompatibilities to lack of support and poor performance and reliability.
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23.11.2007 Windows Vista Interface Causes Problems For Consumers
Windows 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. Thanks to pacpis for this news.
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13.7.2007 Five Vista perception problems Windows 7 must overcome
Wide Angle Zoom You can just feel Apple getting ready with a new slate of "I'm a Mac" ads featuring Windows 7. They'll have to roll off Microsoft like Teflon.
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29.5.2009 Windows Vista: Betas show potential and problems
Windows Vista shows a lot of promise. With beta 2 of Microsoft's much anticipated operating system nearly ready to be released to the public, users will soon have the ability to judge for themselves how Microsoft's next generation operating system is coming along.
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19.5.2006 Microsoft Confirms That Its Secret Alterations of Windows Generate Problems
Microsoft has been modifying files in the Windows Vista and Windows XP operating systems without the knowledge or consent of the users that have acquired the products in good faith.
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28.9.2007 Common Errors and Problems when Activating Windows Vista with KMS Server
Windows Vista Business edition and Windows Vista Enterprise edition can be activated by using a corporate KMS (Key Management Service) server, without contact or communicate with Microsoft.
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14.12.2006 iPod Nano May Have Some Big problems
What some analysts have billed as the "top MP3 player this fall" may have just hit a potentially damaging roadblock - its own frailty.
Complaints have begun to circle on both Web logs and Apple's own support forums surrounding an issue with the polycarbonate plastic that covers the front of the iPod Nano. Some users claim the player scratches extremely easily, enough that it makes the screen difficult to read.
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iPod, iTunes Have Problems with Vista
If you have an iPod, and plan to install Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, Apple has one word of advice for you: don't.
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4.2.2007 Microsoft Sued for Xbox 360 Problems
Microsoft has been sued by a Chicago man who bought the company's new Xbox 360 game console over alleged overheating and lockup issues. The suit, which asks for class-action status, accuses Microsoft of rushing to market a flawed system to ensure it beat competitors Sony and Nintendo to the punch.
According to Reuters, the suit seeks damages and litigation related expenses, as well as a replacement or recall of Xbox 360 consoles
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6.12.2005 Quick Fixes for Five Nasty Vista Problems
Cool, it Works! One of the most common gripes we've seen in message boards all around the Internet involve users not being able to install AMD's Cool & Quiet drivers on Windows Vista, and therefore not getting the power saving effect.
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19.3.2007 Quick Fixes for Five Nasty Vista Problems
Cool, it Works! One of the most common gripes we've seen in message boards all around the Internet involve users not being able to install AMD's Cool & Quiet drivers on Windows Vista, and therefore not getting the power saving effect. AMD's driver Web pages only contain C&Q drivers for Windows XP.
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23.3.2007 Microsoft execs saw problems with early Vista
Even some of Microsoft Corp.'s top officials struggled to make Windows Vista work smoothly when it was released, according to internal e-mails released Wednesday.
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28.2.2008 Vista SP1 Has Driver Compatibility Problems? Do Tell!
Ever since February 4, 2008, the day Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 were released to manufacturing, Microsoft made a move indicating that it was not entirely comfortable to release Vista SP1.
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4.3.2008 Nvidia’s High-End Chipset Under Fire for Problems
Nvidia Corp., a leading designer of graphics processor and core-logic sets, is about to face criticism from enthusiasts for the problems that occur with the company’s latest premium-class chipset.
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16.12.2006 Microsoft Responds To Vista's Network and Audio Problems
With the discovery last week of the connection between Vista's poor networking performance and audio activities, word quickly spread around the Net. No doubt this got Microsoft's attention, and they have responded to the issue. Thanks to pacpis for this news.
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27.8.2007 XP SP3 Download Still Live Despite Widespread Problems
Downloads of Windows XP SP3 are still live and they’re going to remain this way, despite widespread problems.
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12.5.2008 Resolve Vista SP2 Sound Problems Automatically
Microsoft is making it easy for users running Windows Vista Service Pack 2, but also SP1, to resolve sound problems affecting the operating system after the deployment of a service pack.
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15.6.2009 Tech problems hit Xbox Live video service
True on-demand TV has been a long promised dream of many, and that dream appeared to move closer this week when Microsoft launched its Video Marketplace service.
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26.11.2006 What do Xbox Live problems say about Microsoft’s back-end infrastructure?
Whether you think the recently proposed class action lawsuit over Xbox Live service holiday outages is crazy or justified, there are undeniable problems with Microsoft’s back-end Live infrastructure that Microsoft needs to address.
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7.1.2008 Early Vista SP1 64-bit installs causing new problems?
An iTWire journo by the name of Alex has found yet another Vista SP1 issue to bitch about, this time it's the x64 version and early reports are pointing to several problems.
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25.2.2008 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 Windows 7 Available on September 1, 2009
As Microsoft is making its way to the release to manufacturing milestone of Windows 7, the company confirmed that the gold build of the operating system would be made available to customers months ahead of October 22, 2009, the official launch deadline.
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14.7.2009 Windows Live Messenger 2009
Due to a request from Microsoft, this download has been removed temporarily. However, Windows Live Messenger 9 will be available for download here as soon as it is oficially published. Check back often to ensure you don't miss it!
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19.11.2008 Windows 7 RTM in October 2009
Windows 7 will be released to manufacturing in 2009, more precisely in the third quarter of this year, with information from a leaked product roadmap pointing to the first half of October 2009.
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25.2.2009 Keep Windows XP Until 2009, Analysts Tell Microsoft
Microsoft may have pushed a too-aggressive XP transition schedule because of how long it took to release Vista, an analyst suggests.
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9.2.2008 Windows 7 RTM in Late July 2009
Speculation on the deadline at which Microsoft will release Windows 7 to manufacturing not only abounds but also continues.
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9.7.2009 Windows 7 touch comes to life at PDC 2009
All week long, Neowin is live at PDC09 and we found some interesting demos of the future of multi-touch screens.
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17.11.2009 Windows Server 2008 R2 planned for 2009....
Microsoft is sticking to their promise of delivering a minor release after a major Windows Release.
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16.5.2007 Windows 7 debut in 2009? Another reason to skip Vista
If Windows 7 really is scheduled to make an appearance during the second half of 2009, does this mean that making the move to Vista is now a pointless effort?
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18.1.2008 Microsoft unveils Windows Embedded Standard 2009
Microsoft has announced the immediate availability of Windows Embedded Standard 2009 Community Technology Preview.
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5.6.2008Exclusive: Windows 7 RC set for April 10, 2009
There have been so many dates flying around concerning the upcoming Release Candidate for Windows 7, and it's beginning to become a daily subject
in the blogosphere. Just when you thought that we were going to see a Windows 7 RC by the end of February, a trusted source within Microsoft has
informed Neowin that the RC will not be ready by the end of February. At this time, Windows 7 RC is internally being tested and the official release
date is set for April 10, 2009. The Windows team is right on schedule with development, and if there are no significant problems over the next few
weeks the April 10, 2009 release date will remain in tact.
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20.02.2009Students Worldwide Tackle Tough Problems at Imagine Cup 2009
This year, more than 300,000 students from 100 countries are registered for Imagine Cup 2009, a Microsoft Corp. competition that challenges them to
use their technology skills and imagination to address the worlds toughest problems. Winning students from local, national, regional and online
competitions will compete at the Imagine Cup finals in Cairo from July 3“9.
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24.04.2009Crash course on authoring Windows 7 Troubleshooting Packs
New to Windows 7 is the Windows Troubleshooting platform. This platform allows software developers to develop Troubleshooting Packs that automate the
troubleshooting and resolution of problems without having to resort to painful technical support queues or documentation runs. In a nut shell, a
software developer writes a bunch of PowerShell scripts to identify and resolve problems then packages them up and distributes the pack to
end-users.
At the end of this step-driven course, you will have used the Microsoft Troubleshooting Pack Builder (TSPBuilder),
written some PowerShell scripts, and learned of a way to distribute your compiled pack
(hopefully).
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12.01.2009Troubleshoot Networking
Problems in Windows XP
Charlie Russel explains how to
troubleshoot problems on your
Windows XP network...
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04.01.2006Windows 7 Upgrade Program shifts to June 26, 2009
TechARP has come up with a new revised schedule of Microsoft's Windows 7 Upgrade Program. The Upgrade Program shifts to an early date from June
28, 2009 to June 26, 2009 now. According to the new schedule, end users who purchase PCs pre-installed with Vista between the dates June 26, 2009 to
January 31, 2010 are eligible for a free Windows 7 upgrade. According to TechARP, this slight adjustment was done at the request of many OEMs to allow
for better sales over the first weekend of the Program. It is not possible for Windows XP users to upgrade to Windows 7 unlike Windows Vista users.
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25.03.2009Opinion: Windows 7's UAC is a broken mess; mend it or end it
Peter Bright: I wrote
a few weeks ago about
changes Microsoft has made to Windows 7's User Account Control (UAC) that make the component less secure than it was in Vista. Though the company
has responded by saying it will change some of the problem behaviors, yet more problems have emerged that indicate that a real fix will be harder than
first expected. But more than that, the flaws call into question the entire purpose of the Windows UAC feature, at least in its commonplace "Admin
Approval" mode...
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07.03.2009Having Some Problems With WLM?
Have you been having some
problems with Windows Live
Messenger lately? Not to
worry, it's no biggie.
Some users
(including me) have been
having many connection
problems in WLM lately. You
may have noticed that alot of
your contacts are suddenly
missing or are in the wrong
groups, you may have been
getting signed out a lot.
And the most common
issue was users reporting that
little yellow "Due to
connection problems, your
settings may not be applied on
other computers" message at
the top of the window.
Well don't worry
about it, these are just a few
temporary problems with the
messenger servers and the
Windows Live Messenger team
are working hard on it to get
it fixed as soon as
possible.
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19.07.2006Windows Vista Betas Show
Potential and Problems
Windows Vista shows a lot of
promise. With beta 2 of
Microsoft's much anticipated
operating system nearly ready
to be released to the public,
users will soon have the
ability to judge for
themselves how Microsoft's
next generation operating
system is coming along.
With WinHec next
week (which Neowin will be
attending), now seems to be a
good time to take an inventory
of where things stand with
Windows Vista.
As the article below makes
clear, Windows Vista is very
impressive but it also has
some serious problems that
Microsoft needs to address
prior to release. How serious
are the problems, read the
whole thing and decide for
yourself.
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20.05.2006More details on HTC's 2009 line-up of Windows Phones
Following the show up of HTC's full 2009 line-up of Windows Phones in January, sina.com has got more details on the different models of upcoming
HTC devices as noticed by wmpoweruser. Our focus remains on the notable Windows Phone models here.
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05.03.2009Microsoft Patch Problems
Some Windows 2000 users could
be unprotected even with
recent patch.
Windows users continue to experience problems with Microsoft's latest round of security patches. This time a problem with a critical patch relating to Microsoft's DirectShow streaming media software is leaving some Windows 2000 users unprotected, even after they've installed a patch...
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22.10.2005Windows Live FolderShare Beta refreshed to fix a bunch of problems
Less then two weeks after releasing the new Windows Live FolderShare Beta the team has dropped a refreshed build (14.0.1329.0317) on to the web
that fixes a bunch of problems users had been experiencing with the bits. According to their
team blog this release should fix
all known sign in and library management problems. It also improves the responsiveness of the tray application.
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28.03.2008Resolving Windows XP
SP2???related application
compatibility problems
Columnist Mitch Tulloch
identifies common Windows XP
SP2???related application
compatibility problems and
identifies ways to resolve
them...
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04.01.2006Resolving Windows XP
SP2–related application
compatibility problems
Columnist Mitch Tulloch
identifies common Windows XP
SP2–related application
compatibility problems and
identifies ways to resolve
them...
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21.08.2006Microsoft Windows 7 Upgrade program begins 1st July 2009
According to a draft announcement leaked to TechArp by a Microsoft OEM partner, the company is planning on allowing users who purchase new PC/laptop
hardware (with Vista) from 1st July 2009 onwards, a free upgrade to Windows 7. The draft states "Windows Vista PCs preinstalled with qualifying
software must be purchased by end users between these dates. OEMs may choose to offer a shorter program period within the allowed date range." The
dates are 1st July 2009 to general availability of Windows 7 which is currently un-announced.
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07.01.2009Windows Mobile 6.5 launching on May 11
Back in February, Neowin cited Mary-Jo Foley predicting the Windows Mobile 6.5 roadmap. The Windows Mobile Team has announced the Windows Mobile 6.5
official launch date in a blog post as May 11, 2009. "Stephanie Ferguson, GM of Business Experiences at Microsoft's Mobile Communications
Business is going to deliver the kick off launch presentation of Windows Mobile 6.5 on Monday, May 11th at 1:00PM – 2:15PM. This TechEd 2009
session focuses on one of the biggest launches in the history of Windows Mobile" The blog post though not stressing the Windows Mobile 6.5 launch
date a lot, it focusses on the TechEd 2009 Windows Mobile sessions.
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18.04.2009Windows 7 moves toward August 2009 RTM
Cnet has come up with a report saying that Microsoft is set to release Windows 7 by the end of this year's holiday shopping season based on PC
industry sources in Asia and the U.S. According to the ZDNet Taiwan site, Taiwan hardware vendors are certain about Windows 7's final official
release in 2009. As pointed out by some computer manufacturers, the official version of Windows 7 will be available ahead of the planned schedule,
that is before October this year. The English version of the OS will be available to system operators in August, and the Chinese version in October.
Microsoft will officially pre-market Windows 7 now by labeling Windows Vista computers with Windows 7 ready stickers.
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13.02.2009Windows XP pauses again in its shuffle out the door
Microsoft is making an accommodation through a flexible inventory program that will allow distributors to place their final orders by January 31, 2009
and take delivery against those orders through May 30, 2009...
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23.12.2008Windows 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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13.07.2007Windows Mobile 7 due in 2010
When Motorola co-CEO Sanjay Jha said overnight that his company's phones would eventually carry Windows Mobile 7, he let on more than he probably
thought.
In answering an analyst's question during the Q&A portion of his company's earnings call, Jha said: "Yes, we are
still committed to Windows Mobile. As you know, Windows 6 series is available in 2009 and as compared to Android, we believe in 2009 Android is more
competitive; more of our effort and focus in 2009 is going to Android, but in 2010 when Windows 7 will become available, we will then participate in a
more focused way in Windows Mobile 7 in 2010."
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04.02.2009HTC's full 2009 line-up leaked
wmpoweruser is reporting that HTC's full 2009 line-up of mobile devices has been leaked online. Next month sees the Mobile World Congress 2009
where we expect to hear more about Windows Mobile 6.5 and some new 6.5 powered HTC devices. So far 25 new HTC device photos have been leaked and the
most notable Windows Mobile ones can be found below. HTC Diamond 2? New HTC Excalibur, T-Mobile Dash? Athena 2 A new media centric device:
Touch Pro HD? For all the HTC products please checkout PPCgeeks.
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