Windows 7 Software Logo Toolkit Beta Available
The resources designed for developers to have their products labeled with the Compatible with Windows 7 logo have evolved into Beta stage.
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29.5.2009 Windows 7 to have only one "compatible" logo
The Register is reporting on an interesting story from WinHEC about how Microsoft is planning to change how it will run the “compatible with Windows 7” logo program.
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6.11.2008 New Windows 7 Logo Design
It seems that the email on “translucency” sent out by Steven Sinofsky, Senior Vice President, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group, back in 2007, got lost in translation on its way to Microsoft China. Remember the leaked images featuring the new Windows 7 boxes?
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20.5.2009 The Windows 7 Logo Program
First, let me introduce myself. My name is Mark Relph and I am a Senior Director with the Windows Product Strategy Group and I lead a group known as the Windows Ecosystem Team.
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30.9.2009 Windows Vista Boot Logo Generator Beta
I know a lot of people were disappointed by the lack of a decent boot logo in Vista, so I’ve thrown together a tool that should simplify the process of creating the new high resolution boot logos!
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16.1.2007 OEM Logo and Information for Windows Vista - Auto Patch
Thanks to Steve Jobs for this post in forum. You have successfully activate Windows Vista instantly in OEM style by using hardware-level BIOS ACPI-SLIC mod, or one of the two software based OEM BIOS emulator such as softmod SLIC BIOS bootloader and Paradox OEM BIOS Emulation Toolkit.
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20.3.2007 'Compatible with Windows 7' Logo Sees Strong Momentum
Windows 7 was released to manufacturers about a week ago, and Microsoft also made it available to MSDN and TechNet users as of today.
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6.8.2009 New IE 7 Icon and Logo
Hopefully, by now you?ve seen from our posts that there are a lot of new features and work going into IE 7. As part of this update, we?re refreshing our icon and logotype. We considered more radical departures from our current logo, but blue ?e? with the ring is very recognizable and familiar to users, so we elected instead to make more subtle changes.
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Intel going for a new logo(?)
The new Intel processor, codename 'Yonah', announced for the 3rd of January 2006, will according to X86-secret simply be called 'Core Solo' or 'Core Duo'. Depending on the amount of cores (no way! where did they come up with that). It's more than 10 years ago since Intel created ax X86-architecture CPU that wasn't called 'Pentium'. Machines with Centrino CPU's will also get a new sticker-logo from now on, saying only 'Centrino', without the real CPU name. The amount of cores will still be mentioned on the sticker.
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16.11.2005 Vista Capable Logo Revealed
The Vista Capable PC program allows Microsoft partners that have a PC product that passed the Designed for Windows XP logo program to ship a new logo on those products that states "Designed for Microsoft Windows XP - Vista Capable."
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2.4.2006 Hybrid Drives to Become Vista Premium Logo Requirement
At a discussion of flash memory technologies to be included in Windows Vista and "Longhorn" here at TechEd 2006 this morning, Microsoft's program manager for Windows Client Performance Matt Ayres confirmed that inclusion of hybrid hard drives will be a requirement for mobile systems that carry the Vista Premium logo, beginning in June 2007.
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14.6.2006 MS: Nobody Wants to Pay $500 for Apples Logo These Days
Steve Ballmer, the head of Microsoft Corp., has made a rather radical prediction: sales of Apple computers were about to drop since the biggest thing Macintosh systems provide is the Apple logotype on them.
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26.3.2009 Microsoft trademark reveals Microsoft Store logo
A fortnight ago, detailed plans of the long anticipated Microsoft Store were revealed in all its theoretical glory when Gizmodo published over 50 slides from a Powerpoint presentation prepared by the project’s consultancy firm.
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5.8.2009 Is Microsoft working on software center for Windows?
Questions arise as to why Windows Vista and Windows 7 have renamed the "Add and Remove Programs" to "Programs and Features", alongside "Windows Updates".
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23.1.2009 Free Software Foundation trashes Windows 7
And that's exactly what the Free Software Foundation plans to do on Wednesday, staging a demonstration in Boston where it will encourage businesses to throw away Microsoft Windows in favor of free alternatives.
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27.8.2009 How to check software or hardware for Windows 7 compatibility
Microsoft has put up an extremely useful site that will allow you to check your software and hardware for Windows 7 compatibility.
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27.10.2009 Ultimate List of Free Windows Software from Microsoft
Microsoft has over 150 FREE Windows & Office Programs available for download -- finding them all is extremely difficult . . . until now.
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2.1.2007 New Windows Home Server Hardware and Software Partners
In his keynote address at the Microsoft® Windows® Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) 2007, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates today demonstrated Windows Home Server and announced new hardware partners for the upcoming product, which include Gateway Inc., LaCie and Medion International.
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15.5.2007 Certified for Windows Vista Software Demo Video
Over the past few weeks, we have been talking about the Certified for Windows Vista Logo Program specifically related to devices. That’s only half the story.
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24.6.2007 Windows Vista Beta 2: Largest software download in history
In an instant message chat, Microsoft has told the Windows Featured Communities that the demand for Windows Vista Beta 2 has been overwhelming.
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10.6.2006 Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (KB890830)
The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool checks Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 computers for and helps remove infections by specific, prevalent malicious software—including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom.
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12.9.2006 A Software Compatibility List for Microsoft Windows Vista RC 1
Iexbeta has a nic Wiki page with a huge list of software and its compatibility with Windows Vista.
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29.9.2006 Microsoft Integrates Electronic Software Distribution Into Updated Windows Marketplace
Site offers more than 60,000 Windows-compatible software titles online for safe, secure downloads.
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28.8.2006 Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool 1.19 (August 2006, KB890830)
The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool checks Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 computers for and helps remove infections by specific, prevalent malicious software—including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom.
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8.8.2006 Microsoft changes Software Assurance licensing
Microsoft has made changes to its Software Assurance licensing program, including benefits and asking corporations to pay up for Windows Vista enterprise edition when the new operating system finally ships next year.
Software Assurance (SA) was launched in the US in 2001. Customers paid an annual fee of 25 to 29 percent of the outright licence for the right to upgrade over a two or three year period.
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Microsoft: No Office Software for Linux
Future of open-source software debated at LinuxWorld conference.
Microsoft will not release a version of its Office suite software for open-source rival Linux, though the company is actively studying how Linux works and how it can integrate with the platform, a Microsoft representative says.
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Used Microsoft Software for Sale: Cheap!
When Microsoft software reseller
Disclic began selling secondhand Microsoft software last week, a number of Microsoft watchers proclaimed "They can't do that, can they?"
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15.11.2005 Google developing eavesdropping software
The first thing that came out of our mouths when we heard that Google is working on a system that listens to what's on your TV playing in the background, and then serves you relevant adverts, was "that's cool, but dangerous".
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3.9.2006 Tesco.com moves into software sales
Tesco has announced it is to move into the software market, with the launch of a range of low-cost office productivity applications set to challenge Microsoft, Symantec and other big-name incumbents.
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4.10.2006 Microsoft Robotics Software Out of Beta
Microsoft on Wednesday officially released its robot software development environment, aiming to put the company in the center of robotics by licensing out its operating system to hobbyists and companies alike.
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13.12.2006Microsofts releases Alpha of Windows 7 Software Logo Toolkit
As we had with Windows Vista, Windows 7 will sport a similar "Software Logo Program", assuring the applications customers purchase are fully
compatible with the new operating system and
just work<..
jcxp.net - 15.04.2009
Windows 7 Software Logo Technical Requirements
Windows has a broad ecosystem of products and partners that all support Windows. Displaying the Windows brand on your product represents a
relationship and a shared commitment to quality between Microsoft and your company. Customers trust that seeing the Windows brand on your product
ensures that it has been verified to work well on Windows.
The Windows 7 Software Logo program is made up of policies and
requirements that help ensure logod applications are easy to install and reliable on PCs running Windows 7.
The purpose of this
document is to outline the technical requirements an application must meet in order to participate in the Windows 7 Software Logo Program.
winbeta.org - 25.10.2008
Windows 7 Client Software Logo Program Documentation (v1.3)
The Windows platform has a broad ecosystem of products and partners that supports the platform. Displaying the Windows logo on your product represents
a relationship and a shared commitment to quality between Microsoft and your company. Customers trust that seeing the Windows brand on your product
ensures that it meets compatibility standards and performs well on the Windows platform.
The Windows 7 Software Logo program is
made up of policies and requirements that help ensure logod applications are easy to install and reliable on PCs running Windows 7.
The purpose of this document is to outline the technical requirements and eligibility qualifications an application must meet in order to
participate in the Windows 7 Client Software Logo Program.
winbeta.org - 05.03.2009
Windows 7 Beta Testing Will Be A Windows Vista Logo Requirement
Even before Microsoft has published the first beta of Windows 7 it is working to ensure it will not repeat the
same failings of Windows Vista. In a March 21 2008 update to the Microsoft Hardware Logo Program
Requirements Microsoft added a new provision for Logo Certification which will require every one requesting Windows Vista logo certification to
submit a test logs from Windows 7 as well, once a beta is available.
This new policy, which will become effective June 1, 2008,
says there is no requirement that you pass the Windows 7 test to get your Windows Vista Logo Certification, just that you submit it and resolve any
issue found before launch of the next OS (Windows 7).
winbeta.org - 29.05.2008
Microsoft store logo revealed
A post by Long Zheng from istartedsomething shows that the logo for the Microsoft store has been revealed, and was filed last week by Microsoft at the
United States Patent and Trademark Office. The logo, shown below, bears a strong resemblance to the Windows logo, and according to Zheng's post,
it's "registered to cover a multitude of goods and services including retail store services and online retail services featuring computers,
computer hardware, software, computer games, computer peripherals, portable music players and accessories, personal digital assistants, cell phones
and accessories, video game consoles and accessories, webcams, books, clothing, back packs, messenger bags, computer bags and novelty items".
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neowin.net - 06.08.2009
Update on Certified for Windows Vista
Brandon LeBlanc: I caught up with Deryl McCartney, Marketing Manager for the Windows Vista Logo Program, to get a general update on Certified for
Windows Vista product as of today.
Just to re-cap: Certified for Windows Vista products are products that carry the above logo.
This logo represents a group of applications and hardware that have gone through an extensive certification process that means they work great with
Windows Vista. We want users who are looking for devices, applications, or PC components to easily be able to identify the ones that will give them
the best experience in Windows Vista today. When I go into a store looking for something for my PCs I always " look for the logo ".
As
of April, we currently have over 5,000 products that are Certified for Windows Vista. Since last July, the amount of Certified for Windows Vista
products has almost doubled! As you can see - we've seen quite a bit of growth with new Certified for Windows Vista products entering the market.
winbeta.org - 09.05.2008
Microsofts releases Alpha of Windows 7 Software Logo Toolkit
As we had with Windows Vista, Windows 7 will sport a similar "Software Logo Program", assuring the applications customers purchase are fully
compatible with the new operating system and just work, assuming the application carries the "Compatible with Windows 7" logo.
Of course, the logo can't just be handed out willy-nilly and programs must meet a strict set of technical requirements in order to qualify. To help
developers with the process of testing their applications, Microsoft
announced today the first Alpha release of the Windows 7 Software Logo Toolkit.
The toolkit is an automated and lightweight
command-line tool which verifies whether an application meets the specified requirements:
- Comply with Anti-Spyware Coalition Guidelines
- Do not modify Windows Resource Protections (WRP) protected resources
- Ensure ongoing quality
- Technical Requirements
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Clean, reversable installation
- Install to the correct folders by default
- Digitally sign files and drivers
- Support x64 version
of Windows
- Do not block installation or application launch based on OS version check
- Follow User Account Control (UAC) Guidelines
- Adhere to Restart Manager Messages
- Do not load Services and Drivers in Safe Mode
- Support Multiuser Sessions
In order
to download the toolkit, you must first opt-in for updates on the Connect
program. Alternatively, we could just save you the trouble and provide you with the universal invitation code, like so: LOGO-RX8Y-64B9. Once you're
in, the toolkit and its accompanying documentation can be found under the program's Downloads page.
jcxp.net - 15.04.2009
Apple causes legal distress over revamped Woolworths logo
Halfway through last year, the company Woolworths Supermarkets announced that it was going to revamp its logo, in addition to making some other
changes, altering the entire corporate branding strategy. The company chose an "an abstract leaf symbol" as the new logo, hoping things would be
fine… but unfortunately, they weren't, particularly for Apple, Inc. AppleInsider has reported that the Cupertino-based company Apple,
known mostly for the the iPod, the Mac, and the iPhone, believes Woolworths' logo is far too similar to its own, wanting it to be changed.
Apple's had a history of legal battles with other companies over logo similarities, though it's expected for a company to want to defend its
brand.
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neowin.net - 05.10.2009
Windows 7 to have only one "compatible" logo
The Register is reporting on an interesting story from WinHEC about how Microsoft is
planning to change how it will run the “compatible with Windows 7” logo program.
Microsoft seems to have learnt its lesson
after the disaster that was the Vista compatible program which had 4 different logos and would eventually see Microsoft ending up in court facing a
class action lawsuit.
Microsoft confirmed to partners on Wednesday that there would only be a single sticker that covers all PC’s
peripherals and software that has been certified to work with Windows 7 when it’s released.
The changes are timed to coincide with
Microsoft’s continued push towards Windows 7, helping partners to start developing products earlier than with Vista, which had only a relatively
small number of compatible programs ready when it launched.
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neowin.net - 06.11.2008
Windows Vista Earns IPv6 Ready Logo Phase 2
On October 25, 2007, Windows Vista earned the IPv6 Forums IPv6 Ready Phase 2 Logo from the IPv6 Consortium and University of New Hampshire -
InterOperability Lab (UNH-IOL).
Vista earned its Phase 1 Logo, which focuses on interoperability of core protocols, and
compliance to MUST statements in core RFCs back in March of 2007. Phase 2 Logo is a more rigorous examination which is focused on daily professional
use of IPv6, and examines compliance to both MUST and SHOULD statements in a wider set of scenarios.
You can verify the Phase 1
logo status here, and the Phase 2 logo status here.
This is a great win for the team and
once again shows that IPv6 is ready. Are you?
winbeta.org - 14.11.2007
'PlaysForSure' logo being replaced with 'Certified for Vista'
Without much explanation, Microsoft's PlaysForSure Web page, which had once been the meeting ground for its portable media tech partners, now bears a
statement to users that the logo is being dropped...
betanews.com - 13.12.2007
Financial firm sued for re-packaging software company's service
betanews.com - 03.02.2009
Apple accuses web design school of using their logo
A Saanich web design school is holding its ground, following a threat by Apple to take legal action if the local firm does not change a corporate logo
it has used since 2005.
Calling his company a dedicated customer that uses Apple hardware and software almost exclusively in its
operation, Victoria School of Business and Technology vice-president Christopher Boag said he and partner Dieter Gerhard were surprised to receive a
strongly worded letter with no advance warning.
"It was a total shock," he said. "It was like the small guy was kind of getting blown
away and Apple was pushing hard in order to get us to (submit to their demands)."
Boag and Gerhard argue that the apple is a
"traditional representation of education" and that the logo in question, which incorporates the mountain logo of a sister company and has the words
VSBT in one corner, in no way can be confused with the Apple logo.
neowin.net - 07.10.2008
Interviews With Ruth Kedar, The Woman Who Designed The Google Logo
The Israeli woman behind the Google logo from Haaretz, an Israeli newspaper, has an
interview like story about Ruth Kedar. Ruth was contracted by Larry Page and Sergey Brin to design the Google Logo. Unfortunately, she did not
accept payment in shares of Google stock.
winbeta.org - 03.11.2008
Windows 7 box art leaks
Potential Windows 7 box art leaked earlier this week from Polish site Centrumxp. Originally many speculated that these images were fake but blogger
Long Zheng has unearthed Microsoft using the same logo on the box art, elsewhere. Microsoft has created a Windows Lounge site for internal employees
to join a Facebook group for information, training and marketing for Windows 7. The group uses the following image for its logo: Compared to the
box art that was leaked it's too similar. It appears as though this could be concept or final box art for the Windows 7 packaging. Microsoft
officials have said "off the record" that Windows 7 will RTM in the Summer and be available for the Fall.
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neowin.net - 12.05.2009
Microsoft takes heat after killing PlaysForSure
Microsoft's PlaysForSure logo program -- letting consumers know that their music devices would work with the music services and software they planned
to use -- has been surrounded by questions since the company's own Zune music player wasn't included.
Now, the company is dropping the PlaysForSure logo in favor of the Certified
for Windows Vista program. The reaction so far has been none too favorable, to say the least. Here's a sampling...
winbeta.org - 15.12.2007
Microsoft Redefines "Vista Capable" as Minimum Experience
Two weeks ago, Dianne Kelley
started a class-action lawsuit
against Microsoft alleging the
software company is engaging
in deceptive practices by
branding new computers with a
Windows Vista Capable logo
even if they could only run
Vista Home Basic. Although
Microsoft strongly refutes
Kelley's claims, the threat
of a lawsuit may have caused
the software giant to change
its description of the Windows
Vista Capable program from:
" Through the
Windows Vista Capable program,
Windows XP-based PCs that are
powerful enough to run Windows
Vista are now available from
leading PC manufacturers
worldwide, including Acer
Inc., Dell Inc., Fujitsu
Limited, Gateway Inc., HP,
Lenovo, NEC Corp., Sony Corp.,
Toshiba and more. The Windows
Vista Capable logo is designed
to assure customers that the
PCs they buy today will be
ready for an upgrade to
Windows Vista and can run the
core experiences of Windows
Vista ."
to
" A new PC running
Windows XP that carries the
Windows Vista Capable PC logo
can run Windows Vista. All
editions of Windows Vista will
deliver core experiences such
as innovations in organizing
and finding information,
security, and reliability. All
Windows Vista Capable PCs will
run these core experiences at
a minimum. Some features
available in the premium
editions of Windows Vista -
like the new Windows Aero user
experience - may require
advanced or additional
hardware ."
neowin.net - 09.04.2007
Only 104 Applications "Certified for Windows Vista"
Microsoft on Wednesday posted
a page listing 787
applications that have been
tested on Windows Vista, thus
far only 104 applications have
received certification, most
of them being Microsoft's own
applications along with
companies like Ahead,
Cyberlink and Trend Micro to
name a few.
The web
site splits the certification
into two areas, Certified and
"Works with Windows
Vista"The
"Certified for Windows
Vista" logo is a
compatibility designation for
applications and devices that
have passed a rigorous testing
program on computers that are
running Windows Vista. The
technical requirements for
this designation target four
core areas: reliability,
security, compatibility with
Windows Vista and future
operating systems, and
installation and removal.
The "Works with
Windows Vista" logo is a
compatibility designation that
is designed to encourage
Windows Vista compatibility
for the current generation of
Windows-based applications. To
receive this designation,
software companies test their
applications to make sure that
the applications meet the
program's
guidelines.
Betane
ws reports
that "McAfee and other major
vendors has yet to make the
list, which Microsoft says
will be updated each week. The
small number of applications
could be why Microsoft is
offering to pay up to
$1,000 to a third party
certification company for
software developers to test
their programs."
neowin.net - 22.02.2007
Only 104 Applications 'Vista Certified'
Microsoft on Wednesday
published a list of the
applications that have
received either "Certified
for Windows Vista" or
"Works with Windows
Vista" status. Of the 787
listed, 103 are Microsoft's
own products, indicating few
software developers have
completed the logo process...
betanews.com - 22.02.2007
Certified for Windows Vista Software Demo Video
Over the past few weeks, we
have been talking about the
Certified for Windows Vista
Logo Program specifically
related to devices. That's
only half the story. Today's
demo video is all about
Certified for Windows Vista
Software. The video is shot
using Canon's new high-def
HV20, which is a Certified for
Windows Vista device.
In this video I talk about
Certified for Windows Vista
software from a security,
reliability, performance and
compatibility perspective.
The video shows how easy and
seamless it is to install a
Certified for Windows Vista
software application. To
demonstrate that, I have
chosen CorelDRAW Graphics
Suite X3 to be installed on an
HP Pavilion dv9000z.
neowin.net - 24.06.2007
