Surprises in the Windows 7 EULA
Over the weekend, I had a chance to spend some quality time with the leaked Windows 7 build that’s zipping around the Internet.
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30.12.2008 Surprises in the Windows 7 EULA
Over the weekend, I had a chance to spend some quality time with the leaked Windows 7 build that’s zipping around the Internet.
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30.12.2008 Do you understand MS EULA?
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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23.9.2008Windows 7 EULA: watch this space
You have to hand it to those lawyers, always trying so hard to protect their mumbo jumbos. The placeholder page for the
Windows 7 End User License Agreement is now live (and has been for
at least 2 weeks).
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06.08.2008Blogger gets $200 check from HP for declining Vista's EULA
Blogger
uncle_benji went over to Best Buy and purchased an HP dv6815nr for $599.99
plus tax. When he saw the Windows Vista EULA and the HP EULA, he decided he wanted to move to Linux. He wasn't happy that there wasn't an option to
decline the EULA, but didn't take his revenge on Microsoft by just grabbing one of the many Linux distro install discs. Nope, first things first:
this user decided to call HP and demand a refund for Microsoft's latest operating system. After all, Microsoft's EULA does say to contact the
manufacturer if the user does not agree with it. This user simply took it a step further and made sure that he was not paying for something he wasn't
going to use.
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22.07.2008Surprises in the Windows 7 license agreement
Over the weekend, many Windows 7 lovers have been busy looking into the wild and Ed Bott, ZDNet blogger, was not an exception. Bott has found some
interesting information in the Windows 7 license agreement(EULA). Bott reports that the EULA ends with an revision ID -
EULAID:Win7_B.1_PRO_NRL_en-US which confirms that this leaked build is indeed beta 1. But no one from Microsoft is ready to confirm whether this build
is indeed the beta 1 which is going to be released at CES.
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30.12.2008Microsoft SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver 1.2
In its continued commitment to interoperability, Microsoft has released a new Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) driver with SQL Server 2005. The SQL
Server 2005 JDBC Driver 1.2 download is available to all SQL Server users at no additional charge, and provides access to SQL Server 2000 and SQL
Server 2005 from any Java application, application server, or Java-enabled applet. This is a Type 4 JDBC driver that provides database connectivity
through the standard JDBC application program interfaces (APIs) available in J2EE (Java2 Enterprise Edition).
This release of the
JDBC Driver is JDBC 3.0 compliant and runs on the Java Development Kit (JDK) version 1.4 and higher. It has been tested against all major application
servers including BEA WebLogic, IBM WebSphere, JBoss, and Sun.
Note: In order to download the SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver 1.2,
you must agree to the End-User License Agreement (EULA). Start by clicking the Download button at the top of this page and the EULA will appear. Read
the EULA and click the Accept link to download the package. Please print a copy of the EULA for your records.
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11.10.2007Google Updates Chrome EULA
As we
mentioned earlier,
Google's Chrome browser, though much hailed for its speed, does have its fair share of rust stains, including a EULA which originally gave Google
complete control over all content submitted through the browser. In this case, slightly worrying would be an understatement.
Fortunately,
the search engine has been quick to rectify this issue, attributing the whole issue to accidental copy and paste. Under Section 11 of Google's
Universal Terms of Service, Google retains a license to transmit or display content through its services, as per US copyright law. However, the
section in Chrome was not updated. Mike Yang, Senior Product Counsel at Google,
writes: "
license is limited to
providing the service. In Gmail, for example, the terms specifically disclaim our ownership right to Gmail content. So for Google Chrome, only the
first sentence of Section 11 should have applied. We're sorry we overlooked this, but we've fixed it now... "
The updated EULA now reads: " You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold
in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. " And, yes, these terms are retroactive.
Thanks for the
tip, CaptainSlow!
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neowin.net - 05.09.2008
More clues: Why Microsoft backtracked on its Vista virtualization plans
Last week, Microsoft nixed at
the last minute planned
changes to its Windows Vista
end-user license agreement
(EULA) that would have
broadened virtualization
rights. Since then,
speculation has been mounting
as to why Microsoft did this.
Fear of Mac OS X and
Linux on the desktop? A desire
to thwart Parallels and
VMWare? DRM concerns?
Queries to Microsoft
regarding why company
officials nixed the planned
easing of Vistas virtualiztion
license were met with śWe have
nothing further to say.ť
Period.
I realized
over the weekend that none of
us press/bloggers who was
briefed by Microsoft on the
planned changes had run the
text of the EULA wording
Microsoft officials provided
to us. Maybe one of you out
there will see some clues the
rest of us missed as to why
Microsoft decided to continue
to ban users from running
legally Vista Home Basic or
Vista Home Premium in
virtualized environments...
winbeta.org - 25.06.2007
Psystar to Challenge Mac OS X EULA?
InformationWeek spoke to an employee
of Psystar, the company responsible for the previously reported $399 Mac Clone. The employee
known as "Robert" claims that they will challenge Apple's Mac OS X End User License Agreement (EULA) which specifically prohibits the installation
of Mac OS X on non Apple-branded machines.
winbeta.org - 15.04.2008
The Real Deal: Licensing Changes to Windows Vista
Thanks to slimy for the
submitting this news story to
us.
Paul Thurott
has published an article
clarifying the rumours
circulating around the
Internet about the differences
in the EULA of Windows Vista
to Windows XP.
The
article shows that Microsoft
has clarified some
misunderstandings from XP's
EULA, and has actually
loosened up its rules on what
causes reactivations during
upgrading. The article also
addresses the issue of
installing Vista on virtual
machines, and the differences
between the rights of
customers who purchase Windows
with a new PC and those that
buy it at retail.
neowin.net - 14.10.2006
EULA Paradox: Apple says you cannot use Safari on Windows
In using Apple Software Update to slip his Safari browser onto millions of Windows PCs, Steve Jobs didn't just undermine "the security of the
whole Web". He's made a mockery of end user licensing agreements."
As spotted by our Italian friends at setteB.IT, Apple's Safari
license says that users are permitted to install the browser on no more than "a single Apple-labeled computer at a time." This means that if you
install Safari for Windows on a Windows PC, you're violating the license.
According to Jonathan Kramer, a tech-minded attorney with
the Kramer Telecom Law Firm, you aren't in any legal danger if you install Safari for Windows on a Windows PC. Apple can't enforce a contract
clause that doesn't make sense. "We call this an impossibility issue," Kramer told us. "You can't enforce a term that's impossible."
neowin.net - 27.03.2008
Microsoft XNA Framework Redistributable 2.0
The XNA Framework Redistributable provides the necessary runtime components to execute a game on Windows that was developed using Microsoft XNA Game
Studio 2.0. This release contains improved functionality along with new features. Installation of this runtime is not necessary on systems that
already have Microsoft XNA Game Studio 2.0 installed.
The End User License Agreement (EULA) for Microsoft XNA Game Studio 2.0
covers the terms under which developers may use the Redistributable. For full details, please review the Microsoft XNA Game Studio 2.0 EULA.
The runtime components in the XNA Framework Redistributable require .NET Framework 2.0 and the latest version of the DirectX 9 runtime.
These additional requirements are available at the links below.
winbeta.org - 13.12.2007
Weighing In on the Visual Studio Express EULA Debacle
There is a cold chill in the
air today. For those of you
that don't pay attention in
the developer world, there is
a
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din/archive/2007/05/30/microso
ft-vs-testdriven-net-express.a
spx>war brewing between
http://weblogs.asp.net/nunitad
din/archive/2007/05/31/microso
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07.aspx>Microsoft and a
one-person ISV. At the center
of the dispute is a
ridiculously ambiguous portion
of the Visual Studio Express
EULA, which also happens to be
at the center of the
Microsoft/ISV relationship.
Here's a little
backstory:
http://www.testdriven.net/>Tes
tDriven.NET is an add-in for
Visual Studio that enables
code testing with a particular
set of open source tools. It
hooks into Visual Studio to
provide the glue by which the
various open source components
can work together. It's a
pretty great tool, especially
if you can't afford
Microsoft's expensive Visual
Studio package that includes
unit testing (which is a more
expensive SKU then their
lowest paid version).
So what is the EULA
section in question? Straight
from Microsoft, below is the
section in question (emphasis
mine):
9. SCOPE OF
LICENSE. The software is
licensed, not sold. This
agreement only gives you some
rights to use the software.
Microsoft reserves all other
rights. Unless applicable law
gives you more rights despite
this limitation, you may use
the software only as expressly
permitted in this agreement.
In doing so, you must comply
with any technical limitations
in the software that only
allow you to use it in certain
ways. For more information,
see
www.microsoft.com/licensi
ng/userights. You may not
˘ work around any technical
limitations in the software;
winbeta.org - 02.06.2007
Vista Licensing Once Again Draws Scrutiny
Windows Genuine Advantage is a
term that grates on the nerves
of many, some of who are
legitimate legal Windows
license holders. Why? Because
more than just a few companies
and individuals have had their
legitimate Windows licenses
falsely fail activation or be
declined when validating for
things like Windows update or
bonus downloads such as
Windows Defender.
SecurityFocus columnist Mark
D. Rasch takes a look at
Windows Vista licensing and
its product activation
component and compares it to
walking on thin ice.
"The terms of the Vista
EULA, like the current EULA
related to the "Windows
Genuine Advantage," allows
Microsoft to unilaterally
decide that you have breached
the terms of the agreement,
and they can essentially
disable the software, and
possibly deny you access to
critical files on your
computer without benefit of
proof, hearing, testimony or
judicial intervention. In
fact, if Microsoft is wrong,
and your software is, in fact,
properly licensed, you
probably will be forced to buy
a license to another copy of
the operating system from
Microsoft just to be able to
get access to your files, and
then you can sue Microsoft for
the original license fee. Even
then, you wont be able to get
any damages from Microsoft,
and may not even be able to
get the cost of the first
license back."
neowin.net - 22.11.2006
Microsoft EULA lands it with $175m Indian tax headache
"The Product is licensed, not sold."
Those six words just cost Microsoft's Indian operation $87.5m (350 crore) in tax payments
and the same again in interest.
Basing its ruling on the terms of Microsoft's own EULA (end-user license agreement), an Indian
court has ordered the company to pay tax on royalty income generated in the country, Tax India Online (TIOL)
reports.
winbeta.org - 01.04.2008
Windows 7 build 7057 shows up in the wild
With few weeks left for Windows 7 RC to be released, some Neowin users have found Windows 7 build 7057 in the wild. The build string reads -
7057.0.x86fre.winmain.090305-2000 which means that this was compiled on March 5 The EULA reads this for now Yes, this makes it clear that
Microsoft is already cooking its Windows 7 RC builds (not final build though) The most immediate change users would notice is the new welcome and
shutdown screen
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neowin.net - 12.03.2009
Mac cloner plans to take on Apple's Mac OS EULA
Miami-based Psystar is now offering a Mac clone for $399, and is vowing to fight for its right to produce the device should Cupertino's lawyers come
a-knocking...
betanews.com - 16.04.2008
Psystar plans to use antitrust defense against Apple
Attorneys for the makers of Mac OS X-compatible computers told reporters Tuesday they plan to argue that Apple's EULA violates provisions of the
Sherman and Clayton antitrust laws...
betanews.com - 27.08.2008
Mac OS X Virtualization! Is It Trick or Treat?
When we talk about virtualization on the Apple Mac platform, we are usually talking about virtualizing Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems as
guest operating systems on either VMware Fusion or Parallels' Desktop for Mac products. But in this case, we are actually talking about virtualizing
the Mac OS itself.
Is this a Halloween trick? Or treat? I suppose it depends on the way you look at it. The good news, however,
is that there is definitely change in the air.
If you remember the long, drawn out discussions in the past, the idea of
virtualizing Mac OS X was clear. Apple stated that the license only allowed you to install and use one copy of the Mac OS X Server software on a
single Apple-labeled computer at a time. So it was a one license, one machine EULA. Which pretty much ruled it out as a guest operating system even
though both VMware and Parallels said it was "possible" to virtualize the OS.
Now, it looks as though a subtle change has been
made to Apple's End User License Agreement (EULA) in the new Leopard Server operating system. It reads...
winbeta.org - 01.11.2007
The Google Chrome EULA debacle: Whose content is it, anyway?
Yesterday, Google made some quick changes to the terms of service for its new Chrome Web browser beta, to alleviate users' fears of misuse of their
data. But how many other similar EULAs cast suspicion on the services they cover?..
betanews.com - 04.09.2008
Mozilla in hot water over use of EULA in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
The definition of just how free is "free" is once again the subject of debate, triggered this week by the inclusion of a typical-looking end
user license agreement from Mozilla Corp. amid the setup for recent builds of Ubuntu Linux...
betanews.com - 17.09.2008
Microsoft bails on virtualization licensing changes for Vista
Microsoft almost tweaked its
licensing terms for Windows
Vista yet again this time in
order to ease virtualization
restrictions that irked a
number of customers and
partners. But in the eleventh
hour, company officials
decided against the move,
resulting in Microsoft
cancelling its planned
announcement.
Microsoft officials were
preparing to announce
officially on June 20 that
Microsoft had a change of
heart and would allow users to
run all versions of Windows
Vista in a virtualized
environment. Microsoft
prebriefed a number of news
and blogging outlets,
including me, about the
planned change under
non-disclosure.
Currently, Microsofts
end-user license agreement
(EULA) specifies that users
can run only the Business and
Ultimate versions of Vista in
virtual machines from
Microsoft and other vendors...
winbeta.org - 20.06.2007
