How to Reduce Windows Animation Speed in Windows Vista
When you minimize, maximize or close any windows/applications, the animation speed to perform these tasks is a default setting and you cant really control it.
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10.2.2009 Windows 7 coming to Volume Licensing starting September
Microsoft announced that businesses with Volume Licenses will be able to receive Windows 7 starting September 1.
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14.7.2009 Microsoft Is Not Throwing Away the Windows Core and Starting from Scratch after Vista
Applause and criticism of Windows are nothing more than collateral products inherent with the success and ubiquity of the product on the operating system market.
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9.11.2007 Starting today, July 10, 2008 - Windows XP SP3 Is Live via Automatic Updates
The third and last service pack for the 32-bit version of Windows XP has debuted on the path to automatic distribution today, July 10, 2008. Initially, Microsoft was shy about pinpointing the actual deadline for XP SP3's availability through Automatic Updates, and only referenced an abstract "early summer" in order to give users a clue as to when they should get ready.
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10.7.2008 Banks Starting to Look to Microsoft Vista
In February, Microsoft launched its much-anticipated Vista operating system (OS). According to the company, the successor to Windows XP sports several new features that are designed to increase productivity for Microsoft's clients -- including, of course, banks.
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3.4.2007 Microsoft starting to win over Linux servers
Microsoft is showing some early signs of success with a version of Windows geared for a technical computing market that Linux dominates today.
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10.4.2007 Office Accounting 2008 Beta Starting Soon
Greetings! We're pleased to offer you an exciting opportunity to get your hands on the latest and greatest version of Office Accounting.
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20.7.2007 65nm Xbox 360s starting to trickle out?
We've been waiting and waiting, and after months of speculation, a hardware revision, a couple limited editions, and even a new SKU, it looks like Microsoft is finally shipping "Falcon"-equipped Xbox 360s with 65nm CPUs.
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29.9.2007 Want to test Vista SP1? Anyone can, starting next week
As you heard here last week, Microsoft is making the Release Candidate (RC) test build of Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 available to a private group of testers this week and to the general public the week of December 10.
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5.12.2007 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. Its 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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25.11.2007Engineering the Windows 7 Boot Animation
Steven Sinofsky: As we connect through this blog and through all of those talking about Windows 7 it is clear that folks have a lot of passion around
many topics. We learned early on about the passion around the boot/startup sequence and how important it was for that to go by quickly! At the same
time, we know that it is really dull to watch a HDD light blink when resuming a machine from hibernate or powering up a machine. To improve this first
connection with people, we set out to improve the boot sequencejazz it up if you will. It sounds pretty easy, but as we looked into solving this we
found it is a pretty significant engineering challenge. Our goal was to have fun while having no impact on the boot performance of the system. To
explain this engineering and describe the boot sequence, Karen Wong, a program manager on our Core User Experience feature team, authored this
post.
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19.02.2009Disney to Expand iTunes TV
Offerings
Starting with condensed
versions of the Tostitos
Fiesta Bowl and Nokia Sugar
Bowl, Disney on Tuesday said
it would expand its iTunes
offerings to include content
from ESPN, ABC News,
Touchstone Television, the
Disney Channel, as well as the
company's animation
department...
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04.01.2006Microsoft Unveils Windows
Honor Code
Microsoft on Wednesday
announced a set of principals
that it promises to
voluntarily follow during the
operation of its Windows
business. The 12 tenets apply
starting with Windows Vista
and continue with future
releases...
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20.07.2006New Vista Boot Animation &
Sound?
Could this be the
'spiritual' branding
experience Steve Ball, group
program manager for the
Windows Audio Video Excellence
team was
talking
about?
Even
though the sound is unique,
after playing it a few times,
I've already gotten used to
it. Somewhere through the deep
tones, it still reminds me of
Windows.
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25.09.2006Windows XP Embedded USB starting point
Windows XP Embedded is a modular version of Windows
XP Pro that comes with specific tools to create the OS, and Embedded features that enable scenarios specific to the Embedded area. So the first thing
you have to do to build a first Windows XP Embedded is to get the list of peripherals installed on the hardware you are targeting. This can be done
using a tool called Target Analyzer. This tool can be run from DOS, Windows or WinPE.
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01.04.2008Microsoft releases Windows Demo Toolkit for Windows 7
Microsoft has released the The Windows Demo Toolkit Foundation Suite which makes it easier to demo Windows 7 to your customers or clients. This is
very helpful if you are presenting to a small group or to your company regarding Windows 7 or you can use the toolkit as a starting point for demoing
your own products and services. The toolkit includes demos for Consumers and Enterprises. Whether selling Windows OS, Windows Live, or related
products and services, these demos give you a foundation to build your story!
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02.04.2009Microsoft announces 'Windows 7 Upgrade Option' for OEM PCs
Microsoft today has officially announced the start of the Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program allowing consumers and small businesses to receive Windows
7 when they purchase a qualifying Windows Vista PCs starting June 26. Under the program, PCs preinstalled with "premium versions" of Windows Vista
will qualify for a license equivalent of Windows 7. "There is a lot of excitement for Windows 7 in the marketplace today. However, many consumers
need a new Windows PC for school, work or home before October 22.
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25.06.2009Is Your Application Ready for Windows 7 RTM?
Yochay Kiriaty: As we approach October 22
nd you need to ask yourself: Is your application ready for Windows 7? What will happen when end
users install your application on Windows 7? Will your application run? Will your application behave like a Windows 7 first class citizen? Will users
see any difference when running applications on Windows 7 versus Windows Vista or XP? October 22
nd is just around the corner and we are
here to help you answer, YES! to these questions and be able to state with confidence that, Absolutely, my application rocks on Windows 7.
We want to help your users get the best possible Windows 7 experience from your application starting on Day 1...
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23.07.2009Apple: "Windows 7 is still Windows, complex and expensive"
Apple has come out swinging, or at least Brian Croll, Vice President of Apple's Mac OS X worldwide product marketing has when it comes to the new
offerings from Microsoft. Croll states that "Windows users are really tired of all the headaches that they've been getting over the years,
starting all the way back from Windows Me to NT to Vista and now Windows 7," he said. "As a result, I think people are looking for something
different, and the Mac offers real ease of use, stability and security." In his defense, Apple did just release their quarterly earnings which do
backup some of his statements.
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26.10.2009AutoRuns for Windows v8.71 Available
Mark Russinovich and Bryce
Cogswell from Sysinternals at
Microsoft released v8.71 of
AutoRuns for Windows a few
days ago. This utility, which
has the most comprehensive
knowledge of auto-starting
locations of any startup
monitor, shows you what
programs are configured to run
during system bootup or login,
and shows you the entries in
the order Windows processes
them. These programs include
ones in your startup folder,
Run, RunOnce, and other
Registry keys.
You can configure Autoruns
to show other locations,
including Explorer shell
extensions, toolbars, browser
helper objects, Winlogon
notifications, auto-start
services, and much more.
Autoruns goes way beyond the
MSConfig utility bundled with
Windows Me and XP.
Autoruns' Hide Signed
Microsoft Entries option helps
you to zoom in on third-party
auto-starting images that have
been added to your system and
it has support for looking at
the auto-starting images
configured for other accounts
configured on a system. Also
included in the download
package is a command-line
equivalent that can output in
CSV format, Autorunsc.
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31.07.2007Windows UX Taskforce
Long Zheng over at IStartedSomething has begun a taskforce to document the most significant failings of the Windows Vista user experience.
Everything from the ancient fonts dialog to the IE download animation are being documented. Users are encouraged to submit new ones or help promot
existing ones using a Digg-like system. The hope is that Microsoft or some third party will do something to address these short-comings in Windows
Vista.
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08.06.2008Updated: Windows Vista SP1 downloadable now, ships tomorrow
Despite Amazon's messages on Tuesday that it would be shipping commercial packages with Windows Vista SP1 starting today, those messages this morning
were found to be replaced with new notices that the new boxes aren't in stock yet...
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19.03.2008Windows Vista SP1 Update Resumes Tomorrow
From the Windows Vista Blog: I have a quick update for you about Windows Vista SP1. The Microsoft Update Blog contains some important information
about updates to the SP1 prerequisite distribution plan. Starting tomorrow, we are resuming the automatic update and installation of the Servicing
Stack Update.
In mid-April, we will begin distributing SP1 (in the first 5 languages) using the Automatic Update system. We have a lot of
Windows users, so not everyone will get it on the same day. In fact, it will go to a small percentage of Windows Vista users each day. The exact
timing of when you will receive it depends on when your PC is ready for Windows Vista SP1.
In addition to starting the automatic delivery
of the first 5 languages, I wanted to take this opportunity to tell you that also we're on track for the initial release of SP1 in the remaining
languages in mid-April.
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07.04.2008Test Updates for Windows 7 Beta Users
Brandon LeBlanc: Starting February 24, we will be releasing up to 5 test updates to PCs running the Windows 7 Beta (Build 7000) via Windows Update.
These updates allow us to test and verify our ability to deliver and manage the updating of Windows 7. We typically verify servicing scenarios during
a beta...
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20.02.2009Microsoft acquires trueSpace creator Caligari
The Virtual Earth team has grown once again with the acquisition of Caligari Corporation, a small company that has been pioneering 3D modeling and
animation since it was founded in 1986. In 1994, Caligari released the famous trueSpace, a powerful 3D graphics and animation package (originally for
Amiga and now for Windows). Caligari CEO Roman Ormandy, the man who heads the team that is based in California and Slovakia, has brought trueSpace
through many releases over its 20-year history.
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08.02.2008Microsoft to Offer Live.com
Addresses
Starting June 20, Microsoft
customers will be able to sign
up for a new e-mail address
from the company under the
@live.com and @windowslive.com
domain names. The address will
be associated with Windows
Live ID, formerly known as
Passport, and will work with
any MSN or Windows Live
service...
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14.06.2006Engineering Windows 7: Starting, Launching, and Switching
Lots of discussion on the taskbar and associated user interface. Chaitanya said he thought it would be a good idea to summarize some of the
feedback and thoughts. --Steven Wed like to follow up on some themes raised in comments and email. This post
looks at some observations on consistent feedback expressed (though not universal) and also provides some more engineering / design context for some
of the challenges expressed.
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30.09.2008Update on Windows 7 in Europe
Brandon LeBlanc: I want to provide a couple of updates for my friends in Europe today in regards to Windows 7.
I want to start
off with an update to our plans for the Windows 7 Family Pack.
As I mentioned last
month, starting with the launch of Windows 7 on October 22nd, customers will be able to buy a Family Pack in the US & Canada. This allows users to
install Windows 7 Home Premium on up to 3 existing Windows PCs for a reduced price. Its an easy and cost effective way to get customers entire
household on Windows 7.
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24.08.2009Reminder: Windows 7 beta download ends this week
Just a reminder to everyone that as we reported earlier, the general availability of Windows 7 Beta program is ending this week. Starting from Feb
10th (12am Pacific Time), there wont be any new downloads of Windows 7 beta available, and from Feb 12th (9am Pacific Time), no downloads of Windows 7
beta will be available. If you are already downloading your beta, better complete the download before Feb 12th! So, if you haven't yet started
your download or yet registered for Windows 7 Beta, then this is the right time. Download your beta here before it ends!
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10.02.2009Lessons learned from installing Windows 7, over 16 times
When the first Windows 7 beta (build 6801) was announced at PDC in late 2008, everyone was excited, myself included. Within a few days after release I
was happily running my very first version of Windows 7. Right around new years day, Microsoft released the first public beta (build 7000) of the next
gen OS. Since Microsoft was kind enough to share it with me, I decided to share it with everyone I know. Starting with my immediate family computers
and expanding to my network of friends and coworkers. I went on a upgrading frenzy, installing Windows 7 on just about any PC I could get my hands on.
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