Ultimately, Touch Will Make the Killer Windows 7 Applications
Undoubtedly it is the ecosystem of third-party software solutions that make Windows the platform that it is today, sharing the operating system's success.
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12.11.2008 Will My Applications Work on Windows Vista?
One of the big concerns of anyone considering moving to Windows Vista is? How many of my applications will work on Windows Vista?
We have spent a lot of time trying to answer that very question for our company so I will share with you some of the common problem areas we found for applications to help give you an idea of what applications might have problems for you.
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8.1.2006 Windows 7 Context-Aware Applications
According to Microsoft, Windows 7, the successor of Windows Vista, will be designed to support context-aware applications. The Redmond giant is even cooking an application programming interface to enable the development of context-aware programs for the next iteration of Windows.
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27.9.2008 Only 104 Applications Certified for Windows Vista
Microsoft on Wednesday posted a page listing 787 applications that have been tested on Windows Vista, thus far only 104 applications have received certification, most of them being Microsoft's own applications along with companies like Ahead, Cyberlink and Trend Micro to name a few.
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22.2.2007 Ultimately, Touch Will Make the Killer Windows 7 Applications
Undoubtedly it is the ecosystem of third-party software solutions that make Windows the platform that it is today, sharing the operating system's success.
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12.11.2008 Top 10 Absolute Worst Windows Applications in 2007
Think Windows Vista is bad? Well, the fact of the matter is that is largely a subjective perspective that is little open to dispute. However, when it comes down to what users can integrate with the operating system, the situation is a tad more severe.
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5.11.2007 Microsoft starts Windows Vista Media Center Beta applications
Microsoft recently began surveying current beta testers of Windows Vista to see which testers qualify for an upcoming Windows Vista Media Center Beta. The survey, which only current Vista testers can take, is located at Microsoft Connect.
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Vista to Windows 7 Upgrades Kill Access to OEM Recovery Applications
Users that upgrade Windows Vista OEM computers to Windows 7 might find that the recovery applications set in place by the original equipment manufacturer are no longer accessible.
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9.10.2009 Zune HD applications confirmed
It's been debated for some time as to whether or not the Zune HD will feature apps, similar to its competitor, Apple's iPod touch; many people expected the more logical solution, that it would, though it had yet to be confirmed by Microsoft itself.
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23.8.2009 Attackers switching to applications, media players
Online criminals shifted their attacks in 2005 from operating systems such as Windows to media players and software programs, according to a study released Tuesday.
Among the software programs under attack are antivirus software, according to the SANS Institute, a nonprofit research group based in Bethesda, Md.
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22.11.2005 TrayIt - Keep Running Applications Under System Tray
Release candidate for Version 4 of TrayIt! is finally out. It has an improved graphical interface and usability and also supports a lot of new features like window grouping, and support for SDI-type application like MS Excel or PowerPoint.
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2.3.2009 All Windows 7 Software Applications Will Also Support Windows 7 x64 Bit
While Microsoft will release the Alpha Version of Windows 7 Logo Testing Kit on April 14th-- we already know a few of Microsoft's official requirements!
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13.4.2009 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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20.11.2006Microsoft announces new applications for Windows Phones
Microsoft has announced many new applications for Windows phones through Windows Marketplace. EA Mobile, AccuWeather.com, The Associated Press, CNBC,
Developer One Mobile Software and a whole lot of companies will deliver Windows phone applications through Windows Marketplace for Mobile. Windows
MarketPlace will allow: Users to purchase applications on Windows Marketplace for Mobile either with a credit card or pay the charges through phone
bill.A full refund to be made if the application is returned after purchase within 24 hours.Developers to provide updates to their applications for
free throughout the application lifecycle.Mobile operators to have a branded catalog to market their own applications and services.
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02.04.2009Windows Live Suite Wave applications available Thursday
Steve Ballmer has just announced that the final versions of the Wave 3 applications (excluding Movie Maker) will be available on Thursday. Microsoft
released a release candidate of the applications shortly before Christmas.
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08.01.2009Neowin's Top 10 Windows applications
A little while back, Neowin news writer Andrew Lyle went ahead and asked the community about their favorite Windows Mobile and iPhone applications. It
seemed fitting to repeat this process, with a larger scale in mind; the top 10 favorite Windows applications. I'm not going to bore you with a
witty introduction or lame jokes, so let's just jump straight into it, starting from #10. #10: TuneUp Utilities 2009 TuneUp Utilities tends to be
the crowd favorite when it comes to performance optimization software. It has a crazy range of features, and it wraps them all up into a slick
interface. I use it myself, daily, and have done for years now.
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11.04.2009Ubuntu 8.04 vs. Windows XP: Application Performance Benchmark
Several open source applications are available on both Linux as well as Windows. This gave Mohammed Saleh the idea of
comparing the performance of
various of these applications on both Ubuntu 8.04 as well as Windows XP SP3, to see which of the two performed better with certain applications.
The results were rather interesting.
The tests he performed could be more or less grouped into multimedia related tests (Blender,
Avidemux, etc.) and hard disk performance tests (the command line RAR utility and ClamAV). The results seem to indicate that Windows XP beats Ubuntu
hands-down when it comes to multimedia related applications, and Ubuntu has the advantage in IO intensive applications.
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21.05.2008Windows 7 to have just download links for Windows Live apps
Since September
we've known that Windows Live would be replacing some built-in Windows applications with the release of Windows 7.
At PDC, we got further details:
Microsoft is making this move in order to eliminate confusion between having similar applications (Windows Mail and Windows Live Mail for example), to
avoid any potential lawsuits for stunting competition, and to be able to release and update these programs without having to tie their timelines to
the operating system. The Windows Live applications, Family Safety, Mail, Messenger, Movie Maker, Photo Gallery, Toolbar, Writer, as well as Microsoft
Office Outlook Connector, will be bundled under the moniker "Windows Live Essentials."
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13.11.2008Only 104 Applications "Certified for Windows Vista"
Microsoft on Wednesday posted
a page listing 787
applications that have been
tested on Windows Vista, thus
far only 104 applications have
received certification, most
of them being Microsoft's own
applications along with
companies like Ahead,
Cyberlink and Trend Micro to
name a few.
The web
site splits the certification
into two areas, Certified and
"Works with Windows
Vista"
The
"Certified for Windows
Vista" logo is a
compatibility designation for
applications and devices that
have passed a rigorous testing
program on computers that are
running Windows Vista. The
technical requirements for
this designation target four
core areas: reliability,
security, compatibility with
Windows Vista and future
operating systems, and
installation and removal.
The "Works with
Windows Vista" logo is a
compatibility designation that
is designed to encourage
Windows Vista compatibility
for the current generation of
Windows-based applications. To
receive this designation,
software companies test their
applications to make sure that
the applications meet the
program's
guidelines.
Betane
ws
reports
that "McAfee and other major
vendors has yet to make the
list, which Microsoft says
will be updated each week. The
small number of applications
could be why Microsoft is
offering to pay up to
$1,000 to a third party
certification company for
software developers to test
their programs."
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22.02.2007Only 104 Applications 'Vista Certified'
Microsoft on Wednesday
published a list of the
applications that have
received either "Certified
for Windows Vista" or
"Works with Windows
Vista" status. Of the 787
listed, 103 are Microsoft's
own products, indicating few
software developers have
completed the logo process...
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22.02.2007Utilities and SDK for Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications in Windows Vista and Server 2008
Utilities and SDK for UNIX-Based Applications is an add-on to the Subsystem for UNIX-Based Applications (referred to as SUA, hence forth) component
that shipped in Microsoft Windows Vista / Windows Server2008 RC1.
This consists of the following components:
- Base Utilities
- SVR-5 Utilities
- Base SDK
- GNU SDK
- GNU Utilities
- UNIX Perl
-
Visual Studio Debugger Add-in
This release enables 64-bit application development for SUA. development and porting of custom UNIX
applications using the Windows OCI (Oracle Call Interface) and Windows ODBC libraries (collectively referred to as Mixed Mode in the rest of the
document).
System Requirements:
-Microsoft Windows Vista
-Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 RC1
-Microsoft Windows Server 2008 RC1
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10.12.2007Microsoft reveals mobile app store plans
Microsoft today announced new details about how developers can build and sell applications for Windows phones through its Windows Marketplace for
Mobile. Microsoft unveiled the application marketplace available with the Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system at last months World Mobile Congress in
Barcelona. The software giant says it will charge a registration fee for developers a $99 a year. Included in this $99 is the ability to
submit up to 5 applications to the Windows Marketplace for Mobile. If you wish to submit additional applications then there is a charge of $99 per
application.
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11.03.2009Microsoft Hardware Launches Exclusive Features for Windows 7
Microsoft Hardware will launch several new features for Windows 7 in the coming months for its peripherals; the first of which is a timesaving feature
called Taskbar Favorites that gives Microsoft keyboard users a smart new way to access their most frequently used programs and documents. Taskbar
Favorites will map to the location of applications on the improved Windows taskbar. The applications in the taskbar can be easily rearranged just by
clicking and dragging, and Taskbar Favorites will automatically adapt to the applications new locations. Additional new benefits of the Microsoft
Hardware and Windows 7 connection include the following...
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03.06.2009Microsoft Preps Open-Source Apps Marketplace
Microsoft is in the process of building out a marketplace for open-source applications that could work like an equivalent to an app store for
applications, services and support for open-source technology that runs on the Windows platform. At MIX09, Microsoft released several components of
the Microsoft Web Platform, an integrated set of tools, servers and frameworks that work seamlessly together and interoperate with popular open-source
applications and products that are used in the community. Microsoft is looking at Windows Azure as a potential distribution platform for these
applications.
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23.03.2009Windows Home Server Developer Guidelines
This document is a supplement to the Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows Home Server, and it provides guidelines for developers who are writing
applications for Windows Home Server. Follow these guidelines to improve the user experience of your applications.
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29.08.2008Microsoft: Windows XP to Windows 7 upgrade possible
Microsoft has confirmed that customers can purchase upgrade media and an upgrade license at a discounted price to move from Windows XP to Windows 7.
However, customers need to do a clean installation of Windows 7. The pricing details of XP upgrade licenses are not yet known. An operating system
upgrade offers users the option of choosing between in-place upgrades, with installed applications & data in-place in the machine and a fresh
installation which overwrites the hard drive's contents. By eliminating in-place upgrades, users can have a reliable installation after backing up
all their data and applications.
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04.02.2009Windows Vista Application Compatibility Downloadable List for IT Professionals
The Application Compatibility List for IT Professionals is a Microsoft Office Excel-based spreadsheet containing software applications which have
earned the status of Certified for Windows Vista or Works with Windows Vista.
Additionally, this list contains applications
with a status of Compatible. "Compatible means that the application has been reported by the publisher as compatible with, or supported on,
Windows Vista. These applications have not gone through the Microsoft Windows Vista Logo Program.
The Application Compatibility
List for IT Professionals is current as of July 31,2008 and published as of the Date Published, noted in Quick Details, above.
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09.10.2008Windows Live Strategy Inches Forward, Slowly
Microsoft is continuing to
flesh out its Windows Live
strategy, on Wednesday
releasing beta versions of
Windows Live Photo Gallery and
Windows Live Folders. The
additions will join Windows
Live Mail Desktop, Windows
Live Writer, and a number of
other applications as part of
the Windows Live Suite...
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28.06.2007Check out the Windows Vista Innovation Cafe
Looking for new and innovative
applications built especially
for Windows Vista? If so,
then the Windows Vista
Innovation Cafe is the place
for you.
At
this new showcase site you can
discover new applications that
take full advantage of the
enhancements built right into
Windows Vista. The Innovation
Caf? features 18 partners and
30-45-second interactive demos
of each of their
applications.
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14.02.2007Microsoft Unveils Its Developer Strategy for the Next Generation of Windows Phones
Microsoft Corp. today announced new details about how developers can build and sell applications for Windows phones through Windows Marketplace for
Mobile, the recently announced application marketplace available with the Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system. In its commitment to helping developers
create new and exciting applications, Microsoft will provide developers with 70 percent of the sales revenue of their applications from Windows
Marketplace for Mobile, transparency throughout the certification process, and guidance and support from the stage of development to the final sale to
the consumer. Developers can get the tools to begin developing for Windows phones at
http://developer.windowsmobile.com.
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11.03.2009Microsoft is planning an Office party on Monday
Microsoft is planning to announce Office Web Applications and the Office 2010 beta at the company's annual Worldwide Partner Conference in New
Orleans next Monday. Neowin hinted at the announcements yesterday but insider sources have confirmed that the company will be demonstrating the
delayed Office Web Applications and announcing its plans for the Office 2010 beta. Office Web Applications Microsoft officials originally announced
the applications at the company's Professional Developers Conference back in October, 2008. At the time the main focus was on Windows 7 and no-one
was able to use the applications themselves so they were somewhat overlooked.
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09.07.2009Windows 7: Find and Organize Part 2 - Building Federated Search applications
In
Part 1, you saw the user experience of
finding and organizing your files in Windows 7.
In Part 2, David Washington and Brandon Paddock show how developers can build
federated search applications that enable you to easily search your organization's intranet or the Web and integrate those search results directly
into Windows Explorer.
The best part is that instead of needing to install software on Windows 7 to get new search providers, you
simply run an XML configuration file to add a search provider to your machine!
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05.11.2008Pushing the Limits of Windows: Physical Memory
Mark Russinovich: This is the first blog post in a series I'll write over the coming months called Pushing the Limits of Windows that describes how
Windows and applications use a particular resource, the licensing and implementation-derived limits of the resource, how to measure the resources
usage, and how to diagnose leaks.
To be able to manage your Windows systems effectively you need to understand how Windows
manages physical resources, such as CPUs and memory, as well as logical resources, such as virtual memory, handles, and window manager objects.
Knowing the limits of those resources and how to track their usage enables you to attribute resource usage to the applications that consume them,
effectively size a system for a particular workload, and identify applications that leak resources.
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