Internet Explorer 7 a Disappointment as Big as Windows Vista?
Is Internet Explorer 7 matching Windows Vista in the level of disappointment delivered to end users? Well, such an answer lies ultimately within you. But at the same time, IE7 has not been submitted to the same barrage of fire that Vista had to face throughout 2007.
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28.12.2007 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. 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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23.12.2008 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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19.1.2009Zune HD Specification sheet revealed, disappointment ensues
Microsoft has made available the specification sheet for the Zune HD, which explains the formats that the device can read and the approximated battery
life of the device. The battery life for listening to music seems adequate but the battery life for watching videos seems very low. The Zune HD will
be able to read the following video formats: "Windows Media Video (WMV) (.wmv) – Main and Simple Profile, CBR or VBR, up to 3.0 Mbps peak video
bit rate; 720 pixels x 480 pixels up to 30 frames per second (or 720 pixels x 576 pixels up to 25 frames per second). Zune software will transcode HD
WMV files at device sync.
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14.08.2009Acer: PC Industry Disappointed with Vista
In an interview with
Financial Times
Deutschland , the president
of global #3 PC manufacturer
Acer once again conveyed his
overall disappointment with
the lack of contribution he
believes Microsoft's Windows
Vista provides to PC sales,
reportedly saying, "The
entire industry is
disappointed with Windows
Vista."..
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25.07.2007Gates: Vista is Moving at a "Rapid Sales Rate"
Windows Vista seems to be everyone's favorite whipping boy these days.
PC World labeled it the
#1 Biggest Tech Disappointment of
2007 and mini "
E-Wars" are
guaranteed to prop up anytime the names Windows Vista and Windows XP are uttered with the same breath.
Despite the explosive
nature regarding any discussion of Vista, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates says that the operating system is
doing just fine. According to Gates, Microsoft
has sold over 140M copies of Vista globally since its consumer launch on January 30, 2007.
"That's a very rapid sales rate,"
said Gates who has been very supportive of the operating system despite the backlash.
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08.05.2008EchoStar Responds to Fox Ruling
EchoStar responded to a
injunction that would prevent
it from transmitting network
television stations to those
who may not be able to receive
the programming otherwise over
the air on Monday, expressing
its disappointment with the
ruling...
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24.10.2006The Buzz: Origami Draws
Cheers, Jeers
Microsoft finally unveiled its
much-hyped Origami Project,
now called Ultra-Mobile PCs,
early Thursday at CeBIT in
Hanover, Germany. While many
pundits saw promise in the new
platform, a palpable sense of
disappointment has been a
common theme among many
consumers...
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10.03.2006Scoble Warns: Origami
Over-Hyped?
Speculation continued over the
weekend regarding Microsoft's
Origami Project, with a
purported video of the product
further feeding the rumor
mill. Microsoft admits the
video of the portable PC is
legit, but says it was an
early concept. Company
evangelist and blogger Robert
Scoble warns the hype may lead
to disappointment...
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27.02.2006AMD's bid for server redemption: 45 nm high-perf, low-power Opterons
In the second phase of its effort to put the disappointment of Barcelona behind it, AMD yesterday launched its low-power and high-performance versions
of its 45 nm server processors...
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28.01.2009SoundExchange Rejects NAB Compromise Radio Royalties Proposal
In a public show of disappointment, National Association of Broadcasters President and CEO David Rehr wrote an open letter to SoundExchange Executive
Director John Simson last Monday, indicating that SoundExchange had rejected its compromise royalties offer for radio stations with Internet streaming
operations...
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17.09.2007Yahoo! + WLM Interop Rolling
Out Tonight!
Back when the final Windows
Live Messenger build was
released, many users were
disappointed by the temporary
drop of what is one of its
most important features: The
Yahoo! Messenger-Windows Live
Messenger
interoperability.
This disappointment should
now be forgotten, as the two
services are rolling out
support for the
interoperability as soon as
tonight! (PST) In a blog post,
the project's Program Manager
Dan mentioned:
"
Technically, this
wasn't easy; we have been
working on this for a while
and had to try a few different
ways to make it work. We're
pretty excited about the
solutions we've come up with
for our first version of yahoo
+ messenger. "
He also noted that
there would be a few new
features added in a future
release and that the build
being released tonight will
only be covering the
basics.
More to
come...
Thanks to Jas for
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13.07.2006Will Bing make a ding?
Since Microsoft officially announced their new search engine Bing on Thursday it seems to have impressed many critics and is showing definite
improvements over its predecessor Live Search. But does Bing have what it takes to make an impact and claim a decent chunk of the market share? Here
we will look at various aspects and issues that may contribute to Bing being either a success or another disappointment for Microsoft. Does it have a
ring? So to start off, does the name have a ring to it?
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31.05.2009Windows Vista Build 5219
Ultimate Edition - Quick
Review
The
Facts:
Build
String:
5219.winmain_idx02.050830-2010
ISO Size:
2.73 GB (2,937,989,120
bytes)
On Tuesday
at PDC (Professional
Developers Conference)
Microsoft proudly unveiled the
latest incarnation of its new
flagship desktop operating
system. Windows Vista build
5219 is to date the most
complete and stunning look at
this new next-generation OS
we've seen yet.
It
seems that with every major
release so far of Vista we've
had a bit of controversy. This
time it was leaked screenshots
that were from another build
date of 5219. Those shots show
quite a number of things that
you won't see with this build
(or they're just disabled by
default). It will come as a
disappointment to many of you
who were looking forward to
all of those features. Fear
not though, there are many
many changes in this PDC build
that will keep you poking
around for quite some
time.
I've had the
opportunity to play with this
build some and can report a
few changes before we get
started taking a look at
it.
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15.09.2005IT Execs Say Vista Uptake Slow
Adoption of Windows Vista is lagging and will continue to do so as 2008 begins, channel and IT executives said Wednesday at the Raymond James IT
Supply Chain Conference in New York.
"That's been a disappointment. Our customer surveys tell us
are adopting at a
slower rate than we -- or anyone else -- thought. Even those that have licenses and can move quickly are not," said John Edwardson, chairman and CEO
of CDW (NSDQ:CDWC ), Vernon Hills, Ill.
Customers still do not see the benefits of upgrading to Vista from XP, Edwardson added.
winbeta.org - 13.12.2007
AT&T's MMS service live for some iPhone customers
When Apple announced the third version of their iPhone OS earlier this year, there was much excitement; unfortunately though, some of this excitement
turned into disappointment. Yes, some handy new features were added, but also some that people believe should have been there from the
beginning… MMS being one of those. To add to the frustration from American users, Apple stated that MMS for the U.S. would be delayed due to
issues on AT&T's end. Fortunately, that period of MMS drought is quickly coming to an end, and has already done so, according to a post at TUAW.
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neowin.net - 14.09.2009
Ray Ozzie ticks off Tablet PC fans
"I won't go so far as to say it's the next mouse, meaning it will be on everything and you have to use it. But it's not going to be like the
Tablet PC, where it was truly niche." -- Ray Ozzie, discussing Windows 7's touch features during our interview with him last week in Los
Angeles.
That might seem like an innocuous remark, but those were fightin' words to some Tablet PC enthusiasts.
In a series of blog posts this week, the Tablet brigade has expressed disappointment that Microsoft's chief software architect would
confine their beloved slates and convertibles to mere niche status.
winbeta.org - 04.11.2008
Win7 Improves SSD Performance
After some advancements in SSD performance announced last week, there are more!
A lot of re-engineering has gone on in Redmond to make
Windows 7 truly take full advantage of what SSDs have to offer, and also to expand their lifespan by treating them in a special way when they are
detected.
Read/Write cycles with SSDs running on 7 will be much faster due to the more efficient partitioning technique it will use. It
turns off defragmentation (a huge factor in decreasing the lifespan of SSDs) while the drive is in use. Defragmenting is unnecessary because of the
already fast read cycles they provide.
It also uses specially-tuned ATA commands to increase the lacking write speeds.
Read more by following the link below...
jcxp.net - 10.11.2008
Apple shares take a pounding as Air fails to impress
Apple Inc. shares continued to take a pounding for a second straight day Wednesday, with investors and some industry analysts expressing
disappointment with Apple's latest announcements at the annual Macworld Expo.
Apple's stock cut its losses, but was still down by
$7.47, or 4.4%, to trade at $161.66 in afternoon action, adding to the previous session's losses in which the stock gave up more than
5%.
Part of the reason for the decline was attributed to concerns about Intel Corp.'s disappointing outlook, as Apple exclusively uses
Intel processors in its line of Macintosh PCs.
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neowin.net - 17.01.2008
Microsoft's Small Business VoIP Fails To Impress
Microsoft's first foray into
the small business telephony
market has some partners
scratching their heads over
its lack of key VoIP features.
Response Point, a
small business VoIP system for
companies with up to 50
employees, consists of
software from Microsoft and
phones from D-Link, Uniden and
Quanta. Version 1.0 of
Response Point is currently in
beta 2 and is running the full
feature set.
However,
after getting first hand look
at Response Point at
Microsoft's Worldwide Partner
Conference in Denver last
week, one partner said he came
away "thoroughly
unimpressed."
"From a telephony point
of view, it's a
disappointment. It doesn't
support T1 trunking, which is
important, even for small
businesses," said the
Microsoft partner, who
requested anonymity. "All it
does support is regular POTS
(plain old telephone service),
which isn't a long term
solution for most businesses
because there's no growth
path."..
winbeta.org - 19.07.2007
Vista "Express Upgrade" anything but express
When news hit of Windows
Vista's final major delay,
OEMs were depressed. Several
contacts in the industry told
me that not having Vista on
PCs in time for Christmas was
a major disappointment. Big
surprise. For all of the
negative press Vista was sure
to garner, it still would
drive PC sales. Many OEMs
adopted Microsoft's "Express
Upgrade" plan, offering
holiday shoppers the option of
getting an upgrade to Vista
for little or no additional
cost. If you purchased a new
PC with Windows XP after
October 26, chances are
you're entitled to a free or
discounted upgrade, depending
on the deal the OEM
offered.
But as the
January 30 launch date came
and went, customers waiting
for their Express Upgrade have
found that there's nothing
"express" about it. Some two
weeks after launch, few-if
any-customers have received
their upgrades from major
OEMs, despite the fact that
you can walk into any retail
computer store and pick one up
right off the shelves. What
gives? Dell cited initial
customer demand and server
problems for part of their own
delays, but now that
everything is working, the
company is still saying that
Express Upgrades will not ship
before the end of the month.
Furthermore, the company
states that orders are filled
on a first-come/first-served
basis, so some users have
longer waits in store. Indeed,
the company is warning users
that shipping itself may take
6-8 weeks.
neowin.net - 19.02.2007
Microsoft OneCare fails virus test
Microsoft's Windows Live
OneCare security suite has
failed a test to detect or
stop 37 malicious programs on
Windows Vista. Independent
security certification body
Virus Bulletin tested 15
security suites on Windows
Vista against a set of malware
from the WildList database.
"The tests conducted in our
secure labs were against the
most significant viruses and
worms affecting real-world
users," said John Hawes,
technical consultant at Virus
Bulletin.
"In
these days of hourly updates,
it is always a surprise and a
disappointment to see major
products missing them.
Computer users deserve to see
a better performance than this
from security vendors."
OneCare detected about 99.91
per cent of the threats,
picking up on all macro
viruses. But it failed to stop
some viruses, file infectors
and polymorphic malware which
constantly changes in an
effort to avoid detection by
security software.
Microsoft's offering was one
of four suites which failed to
detect all malware. The others
were G-Data AntiVirusKit 2007
v.17.0.6353, McAfee VirusScan
Enterprise 8.1i and Norman
Virus Control 5.90.
neowin.net - 06.02.2007
Free Vista Sunday, 3D desktop with Real Desktop Light
Jonathan Schlaffer: Vista has been an all-around disappointment and even those with SP1 have reason to complain. Those with problems are probably
more outspoken than those that dont but the issues keep piling up and Microsoft does little about them. This program may brighten up your Vista
experience a tiny bit.
Real Desktop comes it two
forms, Real Desktop Standard and Real Desktop Light; major differences set the two apart. With Real Desktop Standard you get all the features and
with Light, not so much.
The ślightť version gives you a basic, fully 3D desktop environment. You can stack icons, drag them
anywhere on the śdesk,ť flip them around, upside down and several other neat things. What you cant do is change the wallpaper or orientation of the
camera. The other thing thats annoying is the light version lacks the ability to reset the icon positions; as you can see below, its very easy to
mess them up.
winbeta.org - 02.03.2008
