Microsoft starts two new blogs focused on Windows 7
Microsoft has started two new blogs centered around Windows 7, to complement the existing "Engineering Windows 7" blog most Microsoft enthusiasts are already used to reading.
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26.10.2008 17 Microsoft blogs you must read
Handy list of fantastic blogs from Microsoft employees.
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26.9.2007 Microsoft Blogs Make Room for Ads
Microsoft's MSN Spaces blogging features are set for a major upgrade to incorporate a revenue-sharing advertising option and a new partnership with Amazon.com, according to various sources.
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26.1.2006 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. It’s 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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23.12.2008Windows Fiji: a world class failure
Zack Whittaker: Before I get blasted by the uber-nerds, I’ll tell you now. I’ve been playing with
Windows 7 (6519) for a while, and
Fiji, the new Windows Media Center TV Pack supposedly for Windows 7 for Windows
Vista (ta, MJ) for a good few days..
For the life of me, I cant see any differences in ˜Fiji anywhere...
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09.08.200830 Windows 7 Tips
Tim Sneath put together a great list of "
30 Windows 7 Secrets". If you're using the
Windows 7 beta, this is a
must-read. Some of the keyboard shortcuts include moving windows a half screen at a time with Windows+Right (or
Left) Arrow, or using Windows+Up/Down to minimize/maximize. You can hit Windows+Home to minimize all the windows except the current one. Windows+T
will give focus to your taskbar, allowing you to zip through the windows with the arrow keys.
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13.01.2009Microsoft starts two new blogs focused on Windows 7
Microsoft has started two new blogs centered around Windows 7, to complement the existing "
Engineering Windows 7" blog most Microsoft enthusiasts are already used to reading.
The first one hosted on the
Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) titled "
Windows 7 Blog for
Developers" and is centered around Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer's favorite subject... developers, developers, developers! Specifically those
developers who want to take advantage of new code features being implemented in Windows 7. In the first post, poster yochayk states that the
blog is intended to be a "one stop shop on the road to get yourself familiar with what Windows 7 has to offer for developers and how you can light-up
using Windows 7 features in your application."
The second one is hosted on Technet and is titled "
Springboard Series" and is centered around IT professionals in an
effort to decrease the amount of misinformation out there among that group. Commentary about new features or fixes, as well as best practices for
administrating Windows 7 are a few of the goals of this blog. The Springboard Series blog will also feature information about administration on
previous version of Windows.
It would seem that Microsoft is trying to get an early start on getting positive spin out about Windows 7 and
perhaps as learned from some of the mistakes made by the launch of Windows Vista.
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27.10.2008And the new name is ¦ Windows 7
Ed Bott: Last week I wondered whether the product currently code-named
Windows 7 would get a new
name for its release.
The answer, made official a few minutes ago, is no. In a post at the official Windows Vista Team Blog,
Microsoft VP Mike Nash announced that
Windows 7 will in fact be the final name...
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14.10.2008How to Move Your Windows XP Application to Windows 7
Yochay Kiriaty has put together a series of posts to help you move your
Windows XP application to
Windows 7 on the
Windows Team for Developers blog. The series began with
Is Your Application Ready for
Windows 7 RTM? and continues with
User Account Control Data
Redirection. Other posting are promised. But these two provide the keys to most issues.
With general availability of Windows
7 coming on October 22, now is the time to move those Windows XP applications to Windows 7. Almost all applications that run under Windows Vista
will work well with Windows 7.
But what should you look for in those applications that just run on Windows XP or
earlier?
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05.08.2009Clearing up the Windows Live confusion
Ed Bott: The single most confusing part of the
Windows 7 intro last week at the Professional
Developers Conference was the part about Windows Live. It doesnt help that Microsoft also launched its ambitious cloud computing project, Microsoft
Azure, at PDC (see ZDNets excellent coverage from
Mary Jo Foley,
John Carroll, and
Phil Wainewright).
Judging by the comments Ive read and heard, many people mistakenly concluded that Microsoft is planning to deliver a suite of
Internet-based applications in tandem with Windows 7. Heres whats really happening.
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03.11.2008Microsoft starts another Windows 7 blog
For those who may be finding the
Engineering Windows 7 blog a little … theoretical … for their
tastes, there’s a new Microsoft-backed Windows 7 blog that’s just started up.
The Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN)
“Windows 7 Blog for Developers” is just what it’s name indicates,
according to the first post, dated October 23.
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25.10.2008How 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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23.08.2007Feature Comparison (Windows Vista vs Legacy Windows OS)
The combined features of Windows Vista create the best choice for a mainstream operating system for businesses of all sizes. Whether a corporation
deploys Windows Vista on a single computer or through a worldwide network, Windows Vista increases your computing power while lowering the total cost
of desktop ownership.
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13.01.2008RIP Ultimate Extras
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Back in
September of last year I wrote a piece about
how the Windows Ultimate Extras window from the RTM version of Windows Vista differed from the pre-release SP1 code that was floating about at the
time. Is Microsoft going to do right by Windows Vista Ultimate customers and start handing over the goodies or not? Looking at SP1, it seems that
Windows Ultimate Extras as good as dead.
OK, time for a little trip down memory lane. Heres what the Windows Vista Ultimate
screen looks like for Windows Vista Ultimate RTM...
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08.02.2008Windows Vista vs Windows XP SP2 Vulnerability Report 2007
Jeff Jones: In the wake of my
Windows Vista One Year
Vulnerability Report, I have received many questions regarding the current vulnerability record of Windows Vista as compares with Windows XP
SP2.
This short paper is a compilation of vulnerability data for Microsoft Windows Vista and Microsoft Windows XP SP2 for
calendar year 2007 and a brief analysis to see if any benefit is apparent for users of one OS over the other.
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15.05.2008Windows 7 -- Approach to System Performance
Steven Sinofsky: Many folks have commented and written email about the topic of performance of Windows. The dialog has been wide rangingfolks
consistently want performance to improve (of course). As with many topics we will discuss, performance, as absolute and measurable as it might seem,
also has a lot of subtlety. There are many elements and many tradeoffs involved in achieving performance that meets everyones expectations. We know
that even meeting expectations, folks will want even more out of their Windows PCs (and thats expected). Weve re-dedicated ourselves to work in this
area in Windows 7 (and IE 8). This is a major initiative across each of our feature teams as well as the primary mission of one of our feature teams
(Fundamentals). For this post, I just wanted to frame the discussion as we dig into the topic of performance in subsequent posts. Folks might
find this post on
IE8 performance relevant along with the
beta 2 release of IE 8.
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28.08.2008Windows 7 Enterprise Edition Customer Benefits
Gavriella Schuster: You may have caught Brandons
post last week looking at our SKU
strategy for Windows 7. In addition to the guidance
we provided earlier
today for commercial customers looking at deploying Windows Vista, I want to also take a closer look at Windows 7 Enterprise specifically and what
it means for our largest commercial customers.
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12.02.2009Windows 7 build 6956 vs. Windows XP SP3
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Several of you have asked me to add data for Windows XP to my
Windows 7 vs. Windows Vista benchmark post. Well, you asked for it!
Rather
than build this into a large post, I’ll just post the data here. For any background check out the
original post...
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12.12.2008Windows 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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30.09.2008Windows 7: What does 'feature complete' mean?
Last fall, when Microsoft officially took the wraps off Milestone 3 of Windows 7, company execs told testers that
a true, feature-complete Windows 7 release wouldn't hit until Beta 1. Now
that
Beta 1 which the Windows team built on December 12, 2008 has started leaking on
torrents and is poised to make its public debut at the Consumer Electronics show, it’s time to revisit that “feature-complete”
promise...
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30.12.2008Windows 7 RC users get new IE 8 'tab responsiveness' feature
Even though Microsoft already released
the final standalone version of Internet Explorer 8 (IE
8) in March, the company is continuing to add new functionality to the version of IE 8 that is bundled with Windows 7.
One of
the new features not in the standalone build but present in the version of IE 8 that is in the
Windows 7 Release Candidate is a new tab-responsiveness capability...
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05.05.2009Microsoft tweaks deployment tools for Windows 7
Microsoft officials have said relatively little about the features and functionality the company is building into Windows 7 for business (as opposed
to home) users. But a new blog post on the Windows System Deployment blog previews
some of the changes enterprises can
expect around Windows 7 deployment tools.
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21.01.2009Windows 7 to scale to 256 processors
Microsoft has been hinting that even though it had no plans to make major changes to the Windows kernel, it did have a scheme up its sleeve to
make Windows 7 and Windows 7 Server better suited to working on multicore/parallel systems. Now
details are becoming clearer as to how Microsoft plans to do this.
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30.10.2008Using Windows Server 2008 as a SUPER workstation OS (Continued)
Vijayshinva Karnure: This is a continuation of my previous post
Using Windows Server 2008 as a
SUPER workstation OS Here are a couple of things I missed in my previous post...
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