Windows 7 to get parallel-processing tweaks
Microsoft has shared bits and pieces of how it is adding new features to its development tools to better support parallel processing.
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30.9.2008 Registry Tweaks to Enhance Your Windows XPerience
You may ask yourselves, why should this article be any different from all those tweaking tutorials around the Internet or, better yet, why should you read this when you can install a program that does it all for you?
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23.10.2008 Registry Tweaks to Enhance Your Windows XPerience VI
The moment has come once again to pimp your Windows XP with the skills of a power user and the tool that will always be at your disposal, Notepad. This article, along with the previous ones, will allow you to enhance and customize your operating system with advanced IT knowledge.
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29.11.2008 10 expert tips and tweaks for Windows Vista RC2
Click on the links for the full tweak
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30.10.2006 12 Tweaks - Squeeze Every Last Drop of Performance Out of Windows Vista
Windows Vista is a resource hog. Microsoft’s latest operating system will swallow every last bit of hardware resources you throw at it in the race for a top user experience, a concept synonymous with high performance.
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15.9.2007 Registry Tweaks to Enhance Your Windows XPerience - Part II
Allow me to start this article by recommending you read (if you haven’t already) the first part of this “tweaking series,” as it sets the ground rules that must be followed in order to get the job done right.
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24.10.2008 Registry Tweaks to Enhance Your Windows XPerience - Part III
Welcome back to the registry optimization saga! If you’re just joining us, please start by reading at least our first episode, which describes a few rules that must be followed in order for the optimization process to take place successfully...
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25.10.2008 Registry Tweaks to Enhance Your Windows XPerience - Part V: Desktop Icons
Once again, it's time to enhance your Windows XP operating system exactly the way you want and without paying a cent on expensive programs that do something so simple that even a kid could handle it.
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26.11.2008 Microsoft tweaks IE 7 for performance
Microsoft has quietly released a patch aimed at improving the performance of Internet Explorer 7's phishing filter ahead of the company's regular patching schedule, which occurs on the Tuesday of every month.
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8.2.2007 Registry Tweaks to Enhance Your Windows XPerience - Part IV: Display Properties
Welcome to yet another episode of our Microsoft Windows XP tweaking saga. If you're not familiar with the procedure, please start by reading the first article in the series, so as to fully understand how exactly you should use the lines below and how to run the tweaks.
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12.11.2008 Three Really Cool Vista Visual Tweaks
Andreas Verhoeven has released three really great Windows Vista tweaking applications, designed to improve some of the visual decisions Microsoft made in Vista without much effort on your part.
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4.9.2007 Registry Tweaks to Enhance Your Windows XPerience - Part VIII: Add or Remove Programs
In part eight of the our tweaking series we’ll go through a few Control Panel optimizations for Windows XP power users that may not interest most people using their operating system for basic tasks.
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26.12.2008 Gartner: Vista antitrust tweaks to take years
Antitrust related changes to security in Windows Vista 64-bit will take years to complete and will cause compatibility trouble in the interim, according to Gartner.
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23.10.2006 Microsoft tweaks the Live side of the house
On July 1, Microsoft’s new fiscal year started with a new slate of Live executives — or at least a bunch of existing execs with new titles and responsibilities.
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8.7.2007 10 top Vista tweaks part 2
As I noted in the first installment of this series, some of my favorite productivity-enhancing techniques don’t involve custom code or registry edits.
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18.6.2008 Activate Windows 7 Pre-Beta 6801 with Vista Beta or RC Product Key without Crack
Already download and install Windows 7 Pre-Beta build 6801? You probably have to leave the product key field blank during installation in order to complete the setup of Windows 7.
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1.11.2008 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 Microsoft Office 2010 Beta 2 Leaks, Public Beta Expected in November
After Microsoft announced yesterday that Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 will be sent to testers this week, more exciting news comes from the Office 2010 section.
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21.10.2009 Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2, .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 2
Visual Studio 2008 is the next generation development tool for Windows Vista, the 2007 Office system, and the Web. The Beta 2 release includes most of the products found in the Visual Studio product line. MSDN Subscribers can also download these files from
MSDN Subscriber Downloads. Thanks to pacpis for this news.
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27.7.2007 Can we have a Windows 7 beta 2 please?
I’ve been running Windows 7 beta 1 for now eight weeks and I’ve put this beta thorough a serious workout.
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21.2.2009 Windows Defender Beta 2
Overview
This release includes enhanced features that reflect ongoing input from customers, as well as Microsoft?s growing understanding of the spyware landscape.
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14.2.2006 Windows VistaBootPRO 2.0 Beta
PROnetworks announced that VistaBootPRO 2.0 Beta, the newest version of the original program developed by the PROnetworks Betas Team and the Beta Testing Forum, is now available for download. This is an update to the original VistaBootPRO 1.0 Beta. There are lots of new features and improved GUI interface. Full support for Windows Vista Beta 2 and Build 5456 has been added as well.
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15.7.2006 Safari 3.0.4 Beta for Windows
Experience the web, Apple style, with Safari: the fastest, easiest-to-use web browser in the world. With its simple, elegant interface, Safari gets out of your way and lets you enjoy the web, up to 2 times faster than Internet Explorer.
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16.11.2007 Windows 7 Beta 1 Just Around the Corner?
Microsoft has not only wrapped up the first Beta of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2, but is also close to releasing the first Beta of Windows 7.
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4.12.2008 Windows 7 beta 1 review
I’ve now had my hands on Windows 7 beta 1 build 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400 (the build that is widely expected to be made available to beta testers by Microsoft early in January) and have had some time to compose my thoughts and feelings about this latest release.
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29.12.2008 Windows 7 beta on MSDN?
Just as many are waiting for the Windows 7 beta to be announced at CES, we have a Microsoft blog saying its available on MSDN!
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8.1.2009 Windows 7 Changes Since Beta for the RC
We’ve been quite busy for the past two months or so working through all the feedback we’ve received on Windows 7.
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26.2.2009 Windows 7 Beta 1: Two Months Later
I've been running the software since Jan. 9. It's time for an update on the experience.
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9.3.2009 Windows 7, a few more changes from Beta to RC…
Building on the recent post on some changes since Beta) on some of the changes you will see in the Release Candidate.
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13.3.2009 Windows 7 Beta Is Dead
This is it! Today, August 1st, 2009 is the final expiration deadline for Build 7000, which is the first and only Beta development milestone of Windows 7.
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1.8.2009First Post-Beta 2 Vista Build
Released
Microsoft late Friday
delivered the first build of
Windows Vista to follow the
release of Beta 2 at WinHEC in
May. Build 5456 is available
to technical beta testers, and
includes better user interface
performance along with User
Account Control tweaks to
lessen the number of
authentication notices...
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26.06.2006VistaTweaker 0.5 Beta
VistaTweaker is a complete tweaking utility designed for Windows
Vista. VistaTweaker has software, performance, usability and other kinds of tweaks to improve the overall Vista experience. It's easy to use and
provides descriptions for every tweak and setting. It's currently in development and features are being added over time. It now includes a setup for
U3 devices for added convenience.
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25.10.2007Top Windows Vista Tweaks You Can Find
Love it or hate it, Windows Vista is here to stay as the default operating system for those buying PC laptops on the market today. We all know Vista
requires more hardware power, such as 2GB of RAM being almost a necessity to get decent performance, but are there Vista OS and software tweaks you
can do to improve performance without buying better hardware? There certainly are, and our forum members are working together to collect them all.
A major Thanks goes to
forum member flamenko
for starting the "
Top Vista Tweaks You Can Find". This
article is a mere summary of what Flamenko and other forum members have come up with so far as recommendations for greatly improving your Windows
Vista Experience, but keep checking the thread in the future as the
NotebookReview.com
community is working to make it grow.
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14.09.2007Firefox 3 Beta 4 review
Percy Cabello: Firefox 3 Beta 4 is about to be released (later today or tomorrow), as the twelfth milestone, in what already is the longest
development time for a Firefox version since the initial Firefox 1.0 back in 2004.
Fortunately, Mozilla has not been shy to set
as many milestones as needed, and given the many new features and tweaks Firefox 3 introduces, it seems anything but sensible, specially considering
its not only about Firefox but Gecko, the web page rendering engine and the Mozilla platform as a whole which affects the many products based on
it.
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10.03.2008Windows 7 to get parallel-processing tweaks
Microsoft has shared bits and pieces of how it is
adding new features to its development tools to
better support parallel processing. But the next release of Windows client and server also are going to incorporate changes designed to improve
their parallel-processing support.
While Microsoft execs and those who’ve managed to get their hands on
early builds of Windows 7 have focused largely on user-interface tweaks in Windows 7, there will
be some under-the-covers changes, too. Microsoft officials have said on the record that deep-level changes between Windows Vista and Windows 7 will be
kept to a minimum, in order to insure application and driver compatibility. Yet Microsoft officials acknowledge that Win32, the core of Windows, is
not suited for asynchronous, concurrent computing.
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30.09.2008Want Windows 7 Beta 1? Here's what you have to do...
PDC attendees got the Windows 7 pre-beta build, and Microsoft told them that a public beta would be available in early 2009. But you don't want to
wait until then, right? You want Beta 1, right now. Well, I can't give you that, but I can tell you how you can get your hands on a physical copy
of the Windows 7 Beta 1 DVD. You'll need $100 and a desire to visit one of the upcoming episodes of the MSDN Developer Conference (MDC).
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04.12.2008Microsoft Tweaks Office 2007
UI
After receiving complaints
from testers, Microsoft has
decided to make changes to the
user interface of Office 2007
in the next refresh of the
beta of the productivity
suite. The change would come
to the "ribbon,"
Office 2007's replacement for
standard drop-down menus...
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26.08.2006Featured: Windows Vista Service Pack 1
It's no secret now that a
pre-beta version of Windows
Vista's first service pack,
Service Pack 1 (SP1), has
leaked to the general public.
So, what's new?
I can tell you
straight away, that if you
were expecting a massive
overhaul to the user
interface, you will be
disappointed. After posting
our usual screenshot gallery,
some of our early SP1-adopting
members took it upon
themselves to snoop around and
find what differences, if any,
there was.
Well, it turns out that
hidden within the little nooks
and crannies of SP1, there are
a few new interesting UI
tweaks. Thanks to Long Zheng
for bringing our findings to
light, feel free to read on
about them at his blog -
here.
Some of our members are still
actively searching for more
changes, so keep an eye out on
our screenshots thread (Link
below).
But we all know that UI
isn't everything. One of
Vista's biggest "downers"
was its performance, or lack
thereof. The general voice of
users is that Vista's
performance is nowhere near
that of its predecessor,
Windows XP. However, SP1 has
changed that. Most users will
notice straight away that the
general responsiveness of
Vista has been greatly
optimized. So, is it as good
as XP now? Not quite, but
it's not far off. However,
let's not forget that this is
still Pre-Beta; we've got a
long road ahead of us.
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13.08.2007Windows 7 beta on MSDN?
Just as many are waiting for the Windows 7 beta to be announced at CES, we have a Microsoft blog saying its available on MSDN! Image Courtesy: MSDN
Blogs It is not sure whether it is available now or will be available soon, but you get the word. MSDN subscribers would be lucky enough to get hold
of Windows 7 beta. If you are a MSDN subsriber, can you see Windows 7 listed in there already?
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08.01.2009Reminder: Windows 7 beta download ends this week
Just a reminder to everyone that as we reported earlier, the general availability of Windows 7 Beta program is ending this week. Starting from Feb
10th (12am Pacific Time), there wont be any new downloads of Windows 7 beta available, and from Feb 12th (9am Pacific Time), no downloads of Windows 7
beta will be available. If you are already downloading your beta, better complete the download before Feb 12th! So, if you haven't yet started
your download or yet registered for Windows 7 Beta, then this is the right time. Download your beta here before it ends!
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10.02.2009Windows 7 Beta 1 Vs Windows Vista Vs Windows XP
After Windows 7 beta 1 leaked, many bloggers caught hold of it very soon and started testing/using Windows 7. We saw Ed Bott from ZDnet reporting
about the changes in the Windows 7 beta 1 license agreement. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes from ZDnet has benchmarked Windows 7 with its successors Windows
Vista and Windows XP. The Windows 7 build 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400 was considered for testing. Since its 32bit, it was tested against 32bit versions of
Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3.
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03.01.2009Windows 7 Beta - When will it arrive?
Still a few hours away for CES, it is known that Microsoft is going unveil the Windows 7 Beta at CES. But it is still unsure when would users be able
to download it officially. Mary-Jo Foley reports that public betas of Windows 7 would hit this week along with the private beta. Now, there is some
information available from this Microsoft blog: Attend an upcoming MSDN Developer Conference and you will receive a Windows 7 Beta 1 DVD - and that
immediate upcoming MSDN Developer Conference is on January 13th, which is next Tuesday! At the worst, expect a public beta release next week as the
private beta testers would get priority even if its released earlier.
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07.01.2009Apple Releases Safari 3.0.2
Apple continues to patch holes
in its Safari for Windows,
releasing version 3.0.2 of the
browser. The update addresses
security issues and contains
several functionality tweaks...
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27.06.2007Office 2007 Beta 2 Refresh
Tomorrow
Microsoft on Thursday will
release a Technical Refresh
build of Office 2007 Beta 2,
which originally debuted to
the public in late May. The
update brings to the table a
number of performance and
reliability improvements in
all Office applications.
By any measure, the
beta program for Office 2007
has been an astounding success
for Microsoft. The company has
counted 3.5 million people
downloading the pre-release
code, and has gathered a vast
amount of feedback by tapping
into the general public.
Like Beta 2, the
Technical Refresh will be
available for public download
at a cost of $1.50, a nominal
fee Microsoft has added in
order to recoup some of the
distribution fees associated
with the beta. Current Beta 2
customers, however, will
receive the update free of
charge.
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14.09.2006Crudebox to Prudebox: from App Store lose to App Store win
Alkali Media have found that a few software tweaks and a name change are all that are needed to get their software, initially rejected as
"objectionable" to accepted as perfectly "acceptable". The software produces sounds that some might find objectionable. But, when the company
re-submitted their App, it became clear to them what a difference a name can make, along with a few design tweaks (including "a pink bunny and a
fleeting sunset")!
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28.04.2009Mounting WIM Images from Windows Explorer
Robert McLaws: Over the course of my Windows Server 2008 testing, I've had
to do a fair amount of work with WIM files. The problem is, that works comes in fits and starts, and I really hate having to keep looking up the
syntax for mounting WIM images using ImageX.
This morning, I was preparing to move my web hosting environment yet again ,
which means I have to build new ISOs with my unattended settings files yet again . So I decided to make life a little bit easier. I'll let the
picture explain what it does, then I'll explain what you need to do...
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05.11.2007Windows 7 Beta 1 build 7000 leaks
Reports surfacing on various Chinese and Russian forums today indicate that Windows 7 beta 1 (build 7000) has leaked to bit torrent. Neowin members
have posted screenshots of the beta and we can confirm the 7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULFRE_EN_DVD version is legitimate. Microsoft
is expected to announce the availability of Windows 7 beta 1 at CES in January.
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27.12.2008Availability for Windows 7 beta extended
Microsoft Windows Communications Manager, Brandon LeBlanc, has announced that availability for the Windows 7 beta download has been extended until
February 10th, 2009. Microsoft noted that they have extended the availability as "enthusiasm continues to be so high for the Windows 7 Beta and we
don't want anyone to miss out we will keep the Beta downloads open through February 10th". If you haven't started downloading the beta, you
only have a few weeks left. The company announced that it's plan to end availability will be the result of a three phase strategy.
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24.01.2009Windows Mobile 6.5 Beta given to Microsoft employees
Uberphones is reporting that Windows Mobile 6.5 Beta has now been made available for Microsoft employees and the software will be reaching RTM soon,
which means that we will actually be able to see Windows Mobile 6.5 handsets in Q3 2009. The speculation is based on the announcement of Windows
Mobile 6.5 Beta program to Microsoft Employees.
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18.03.2009Windows 7 beta download imminent?
Microsoft have updated their Windows 7 site with a download link for the Windows 7 beta. It would appear from the posting that Microsoft is currently
readying site updates and download servers for the imminent release of the Windows 7 beta. Yesterday, German site Winfuture claimed that the beta
would be released today and this could confirm the sites claims. The download link is currently inaccessible. It's entirely possible that once
the page is live it will simply be a sign up page to register your interest. Microsoft will not comment on the exact date and a Microsoft official
confirmed the beta is still targetted for early 2009.
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