Windows 7 security enhancements
Windows 7 makes remote connectivity to corporate networks seamless, protects data on thumb drives, and offers fewer user account control prompts to bug users compared to Vista, Microsoft said on Monday.
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24.4.2009 Windows 7 DirectX11 High-Fidelity Graphics Enhancements
DirectX debuted back in 1995, and, with the upcoming Windows client, the underlying graphics technology of the operating system will evolve to the next level.
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1.12.2008 Power efficiency enhancements in Vista SP1
Most if not all the attention surrounding Windows Vista Service Pack 1 has been around performance, reliability and compatibility, but you probably didn’t know SP1 also makes short strides in terms of Vista’s power efficiency.
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23.2.2008 Microsoft Adds Xbox 360 Warranty "Enhancements"
Microsoft has made some new changes to the Xbox 360's warranty. The last change was made back in late December when the console warranty was boosted from 90 days to a full year. The latest changes, however, should go a long way to fill in any gaps that may have been missing/lacking in the Xbox 360's warranty service.
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6.4.2007 Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 BETA – Includes enhancements for Windows 7-based computers
We are pleased to announce the Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta which improves the Windows Home Server experience with Windows 7 and Windows Media Center by providing the following new features: Backup and restore of computers running Windows 7, Windows 7 Libraries integration, enhancements for Windows Media Center, and better support for netbook computers.
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20.7.2009 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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16.6.2008Be You: Windows Vista Computers Epitomize Form, Function, Self-Expression
Windows Photo Gallery and
Windows Mobility Center are
among the enhancements
designed to help people pursue
their passion, whether at home
or on the go...
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23.07.2007Web Services Enhancements 3.0
Hands On Lab -- Exploring
Messaging
Learn how to use Web Services
Enhancements 3.0 to provide
messaging abilities such as
hosting ASMX Web services in
console applications, using
MTOM to send binary data
efficiently and build your own
peer to peer instant messaging
program...
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24.11.2005Vista Stakes Its Future on
Security
Microsoft Corp. is
banking on enhancements to
what it has dubbed the
fundamentals to entice
enterprises to upgrade to the
next version of Windows, known
as
Vista.
The
company will use upcoming
industry shows to sing the
praises of improvements to the
Windows networking stack and
secure networking techniques
such as server and domain
isolation to sell both Vista
and "Longhorn," the planned
update to Windows
Server.
However,
Microsoft may be swimming
upstream against current
technology trends and
advocating changes that could
roil enterprise networks,
according to one
analyst.
Microsoft
will use the RSA Conference in
San Jose, Calif., in February
and the company's TechEd
conference in Boston in June
to demonstrate and evangelize
the security enhancements in
Vista and its upcoming
"Longhorn" version of
Windows, said Mike Schutz,
group product manager for
Microsoft's Windows Server
Division, in Redmond, Wash...
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12.12.2005Get Web Services Enhancements
3.0 to build Secure Web
Services with Visual Studio
2005
Download the final release of
Web Services Enhancements
(WSE) 3.0. This add-on to the
.NET Framework 2.0 is designed
to build secure Web services
using the latest security
protocols...
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17.11.2005Windows Vista Performance
Enhancements
MVP Charlie Russel describes
the new features in Windows
Vista that improve overall
system responsiveness and
reduce startup and shutdown
times...
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22.07.2006Microsoft: Windows 7 to boost solid-state drives
Will solid-state drives thrive on Windows 7? Microsoft is set to address that question at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference this week.
Microsoft will speak to both overall support for solid-state drives and Windows 7 support for Netbooks in Los Angeles at WinHEC
2008, which kicks off Wednesday.
In a conference abstract titled "Windows 7 Enhancements for Solid-State Drives," Microsoft
states that "PC systems that have solid-state drives are shipping in increasing volumes" and that it is planning "Windows enhancements that take
advantage of the latest updates to standardized command sets, such as ATA."
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05.11.2008Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 BETA “ Includes enhancements for Win 7-based computers
Update: It appears that Microsoft has removed the blog post regarding the Power Pack 3 Beta.
Windows Home Server Team: We
are pleased to announce the Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta which improves the Windows Home Server experience with Windows 7 and Windows Media
Center by providing the following new features: Backup and restore of computers running
Windows 7,
Windows 7 Libraries integration,
enhancements for Windows Media Center, and better support for
netbook computers.
If you are running Windows 7 on your home computer and are a current Windows Home Server user, we need your help!
Important : You will need to sign up as a beta participant of the Windows Home Server program on
Microsoft Connect in order to download the Power Pack 3 Beta.
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17.07.2009New enhancements on the Google content network
Rajas Moonka: Today we're announcing some key enhancements on the Google content network (partner sites for which we provide advertising) that will
offer a better experience for users and better value for advertisers and publishers. These enhancements are the latest result of our integration with
DoubleClick and our commitment to making advertising on the Google content network more efficient and accountable. When we purchased DoubleClick, we
talked about how we would empower agencies, advertisers and publishers to collaborate more efficiently and effectively, and provide a better
experience for our users. We are happy that we have been able to deliver on this promise already, like
support for third party vendors on the
Google content network.
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07.08.2008Microsoft Details Vista's
Media Features
Microsoft on Monday detailed
innovations coming in Windows
Vista that the company
believes makes the operating
system superior in the
delivery of multimedia. This
would include several
enhancements to Windows Media
itself as well as expanded
functionality within Windows
Media Center, now standard in
Vista...
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24.04.2006Windows 7: HomeGroup Overview
So far, in our Windows 7 Overview series, we have published the following: Windows 7 beta quick review Windows 7: BitLocker To Go & Biometric
improvements overview Windows 7: Easy Connect Windows 7: Problem Steps Recorder Windows 7: Action Center Overview Windows 7: User Account Control
(UAC) Overview Windows 7: Calibate Your Display Windows 7: Federated Search Windows 7: Device Stage Windows 7: Internet Explorer 8 Overview Over the
next few weeks we will be adding many more focus items on Windows 7 including Touch, Windows 7 networking and media enhancements. Stay tuned for the
ultimate Windows 7 focus from Neowin.net. Here is an overview of HomeGroup in Windows 7.
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13.01.2009Windows 7: Superbar Overview
So far, in our Windows 7 Overview series, we have published the following: Windows 7 beta quick review Windows 7 Tips and Tricks Windows 7: HomeGroup
Overview Windows 7: BitLocker To Go & Biometric improvements overview Windows 7: Easy Connect Windows 7: Problem Steps Recorder Windows 7: Action
Center Overview Windows 7: User Account Control (UAC) Overview Windows 7: Calibate Your Display Windows 7: Federated Search Windows 7: Device Stage
Windows 7: Internet Explorer 8 Overview Over the next few weeks we will be adding many more focus items on Windows 7 including Touch, Windows 7
networking and media enhancements. Stay tuned for the ultimate Windows 7 focus from Neowin.net.
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15.01.2009Windows 7: Easy Connect overview
So far, in our Windows 7 Overview series, we have published the following: Windows 7 beta quick review Windows 7: Action Center Overview Windows 7:
User Account Control (UAC) Overview Windows 7: Calibate Your Display Windows 7: Federated Search Windows 7: Device Stage Windows 7: Internet Explorer
8 Overview Over the next few weeks we will be adding many more focus items on Windows 7 including Touch, Windows 7 networking and media enhancements.
Stay tuned for the ultimate Windows 7 focus from Neowin.net. Here is an overview of Easy Connect in Windows 7.
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11.01.2009Windows Server 2003 R2 RC0 Ships
Microsoft has shipped the first release candidate of its interim update to Windows Server 2003, known as R2. Rooted in Windows Server 2003 SP1, R2 delivers many enhancements and several new components, while leaving the core of the operating system unchanged to facilitate faster development...
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31.08.2005Microsoft to Add More
Enticements to Software
Assurance
Microsoft will
announce next week a number of
enhancements to its
subscription-licensing
program, including Vista,
Eiger and Virtual Express
additions.
Microsoft is continuing to
seek to undo the negative
perception many customers
share about its Software
Assurance
subscription-licensing
program.
On
September 15, the company is
set to unveil via Webcast the
latest bunch of new benefits
designed to entice more
customers to sign up for
Software
Assurance.
Among
the enhancements set to be
unveiled are new offerings
covering Windows Vista,
Windows 'Eiger' and Virtual
PC Express, according to an
updated benefits-entitlement
chart viewed by Microsoft
Watch.
Other
additions to the program will
include additional 24X7
problem resolution support and
extended hotfix support...
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10.09.2005Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2
Out
Microsoft on Thursday released
a second beta of Windows Media
Player 11, providing some
performance enhancements, bug
fixes and the integration of
Windows Media Connect
functionality into the player
itself...
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01.09.2006Secrets of Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008, popularly known by its code name Longhorn, is a significant release for Microsoft and represents the result of a very long
development cycle.
We've all heard about many features that made it into the final release. But what you may have missed is the
actual impact that Longhorn's final version will have on your organization.
Some of the enhancements work pretty much as
expected: restartable ActiveDirectory Domain Services (AD DS) and several integrity-related NTFS enhancements are two examples. Other Longhorn changes
can take quite a bit of planning to deliver what you'd want, plus may require you to buy new hardware to take advantage of them: Server Core, RODCs
(read-only domain controllers), failover clustering, multi-path I/O, and Next Generation TCP/IP.
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25.02.2008Windows 7: Internet Explorer 8 overview
So far, in our Windows 7 Overview series, we have published the following:Windows 7 beta quick reviewWindows 7: Action Center Overview Windows 7: User
Account Control (UAC) Overview Windows 7: Calibate Your Display Windows 7: Federated SearchWindows 7: Device StageOver the next few weeks we will be
adding many more focus items on Windows 7 including Touch, Windows 7 networking and media enhancements. Stay tuned for the ultimate Windows 7 focus
from Neowin.net. Here is an overview on the new and fresh Internet Explorer 8 browser.
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11.01.2009Windows 7: Vista Upgrade & Anytime Upgrade overview
So far, in our Windows 7 Overview series, we have published the following: Windows 7 beta quick review Windows 7: HomeGroup Overview Windows 7:
BitLocker To Go & Biometric improvements overview Windows 7: Easy Connect Windows 7: Problem Steps Recorder Windows 7: Action Center Overview Windows
7: User Account Control (UAC) Overview Windows 7: Calibate Your Display Windows 7: Federated Search Windows 7: Device Stage Windows 7: Internet
Explorer 8 Overview Over the next few weeks we will be adding many more focus items on Windows 7 including Touch, Windows 7 networking and media
enhancements. Stay tuned for the ultimate Windows 7 focus from Neowin.net. Here is an overview of Windows Vista to Windows 7 Beta upgrade.
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13.01.2009Windows 7: Device Stage overview
So far, in our Windows 7 Overview series, we have published the following:Windows 7 beta quick reviewWindows 7: Action Center Overview Windows 7: User
Account Control (UAC) Overview Windows 7: Calibate Your Display Windows 7: Federated SearchOver the next few weeks we will be adding many more focus
items on Windows 7 including Touch, Windows 7 networking and media enhancements. Stay tuned for the ultimate Windows 7 focus from Neowin.net. Here is
an overview on the new device stage feature. Device stage promises to be a huge part of Windows 7 and the way you interact with devices and hardware
attached to your system.
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11.01.2009Windows 7: BitLocker To Go & Biometric improvements overview
So far, in our Windows 7 Overview series, we have published the following: Windows 7 beta quick reviewWindows 7: Easy ConnectWindows 7: Problem Steps
Recorder Windows 7: Action Center Overview Windows 7: User Account Control (UAC) Overview Windows 7: Calibate Your Display Windows 7: Federated Search
Windows 7: Device Stage Windows 7: Internet Explorer 8 OverviewOver the next few weeks we will be adding many more focus items on Windows 7 including
Touch, Windows 7 networking and media enhancements. Stay tuned for the ultimate Windows 7 focus from Neowin.net. Here is an overview of Problem Steps
Recorder. Microsoft has introduced BitLocker To Go with Windows 7.
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