Raise your hand if you're tired of negative Vista articles
eowin member ispamforfood (interesting nickname!) has posted an interesting question on our Back Page News forum asking "Raise your hand if you're tired of negative Vista articles".
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27.11.2007 In-Depth Technical Information about Windows 7
The next major iteration of the Windows client, Windows 7 has been under development, taking into consideration the planning stage, for approximately two years, and yet outside of the leaked information and then the Milestone 1 Build, little to no details at all are available about the operating system.
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15.8.2008 Windows Vista Volume Activation 2.0 Technical Guidance
Technical documentation focusing on planning, deployment and operational guidance.
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6.12.2006 Free Online Windows 7 Compatibility Technical Support
Having learned the incompatibility lesson the hard way with Windows Vista, Microsoft is pouring a consistent amount of efforts into ensuring that the next iteration of the Windows client will work smoothly from the get go with as many applications as possible.
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15.6.2009 Todays Microsoft Technical Chats
Tablet PC
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition paves the way for the most versatile computing experience ever. The mobility of Tablet PC is combined with ink and speech tools to let you take your PC many more places and use it in many new ways. Join Microsoft experts as we engage in a fun and interactive online chat about Tablet PCs
Exchange Server - Migration to Exchange Server 2000/2003
As we approach to the end of the extended support lifecycle for Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 on Dec 31, 2005, it's time to migrate to Exchange Server 2000/2003! Please join us to discuss the best practices on the migration process and share the tips you have. Our topics include but not limited to Active Directory Connector (ADC), Exchange Migration Wizard, as well as administration in mixed mode.
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7.12.2005 Beta 2 Technical Refresh Available Tomorrow
This morning, we announced that starting tomorrow (Thursday, Septemeber 14) you'll be able to download the Beta 2 Technical Refresh build of Office 2007 (build 4407.1005).
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13.9.2006 Microsoft Office System Beta 2 Technical Refresh
According to a German blog, Microsoft plans to release Beta 2 Technical Refresh on the 14/15th September.
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31.8.2006 Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview download
Thus far, our thirst for new stuff to rip to bits has been kept quenched by Windows 7, and now that there won’t be anything really new with Windows 7 builds except for under the hood bug fixes and performance improvements here and there.
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16.5.2009 Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview screenshots
Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview has officially been leaked onto the internet. Showing the first look at the technical preview of the next big version of Microsoft Office.
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20.5.2009 Microsoft's Office 2010 Technical Preview program closing
As Microsoft gets closer to a public beta of the next version of Office (Announced last week), the company has just announced that the Technical Preview program for Office 2010 is coming to an end.
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23.10.2009 Microsoft Office 2010 Beta Technical Preview Nomination Page Up
Slowly Microsoft is moving towards first beta version of office 2010 and invitation to join for office 2010 beta testers is available to Microsoft connect users.
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31.5.2009 Download Microsoft Office 2010 Mondo Beta 1 (Technical Preview v14.0.4302.1000) x86 and x64
Not feeling confident or miss out downloading the pre-beta version of upcoming Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview (TP) version 14.0.4006.1010 or 14.0.4006.1008?
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13.7.2009 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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17.10.2007Office 2010 optimized for Windows 7
Since a technical preview version of Office 2010 leaked barely a day ago it seems to have spread to anyone and everyone, despite a limited official
technical preview scheduled for July. We already knew that Office 2010 will ship in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions (and the technical preview was
leaked in both these flavours) and earlier this week it was confirmed that it will run on Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista and Windows 7 as well. Robert
McLaws is one of the many who has downloaded and installed the leaked build on Windows 7, and has discovered that parts of the Office suite have been
optimised for Windows 7 by utilising the new jump lists feature.
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17.05.2009Windows Mobile Technical Library now LIVE on Technet
Jason Langridge: The Windows Mobile Technical Library is now LIVE on TechNet!
The Technical Library is the first place many
ITPros look for answers to help learn about products and solutions from Microsoft as well as deploy technologies.
Windows Mobile
has now been added to that Technical Library!
Check it out!!
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13.03.2008Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview screenshots
Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview has officially been leaked onto the internet. Showing the first look at the technical preview of the next big
version of Microsoft Office. Available in both 32-bit and 64-bit, possibly available on the same disc on launch, the newest Office release fits
smoothly into Microsoft next big operating system, Windows 7. The ribbon is commonly used across all the Office applications to give users a better
and easier navigation. Installation: Word 2010: Excel 2010: Outlook 2010: OneNote 2010: PowerPoint 2010:
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20.05.2009Microsoft launches Recite: Technical Preview
If you're a Windows Mobile fan Microsoft has just launched a technical preview of it's upcoming release of Microsoft Recite. The application
will record short clips of notes, and you can later search for a specific phrase and be displayed by shades of blue in order of the strongest result.
The application doesn't use voice recognition but uses voice patterns, which has been noted to give better results when searching through your
notes. It's as simple as one, two, three: During this technical preview only a limited number of devices are officially supported.
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16.02.2009Windows Server Protocols (WSPP)
The WSPP technical documentation set provides detailed technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary protocols (including extensions to
industry-standard or other published protocols) that are implemented in Microsoft Windows Server work group server software and that are used to
deliver file & print and user & group administration services to Windows work group networks. The documentation set includes a set of companion
overview and reference documents that supplement the technical specifications with conceptual background, overviews of inter-protocol relationships
and interactions, and technical reference information, such as common data types and error codes.
The scope of communications
covered by this technical documentation set includes all protocols implemented and used in Windows Work Group Server Operating Systems (namely Windows
NT Server 4.0, Windows 2000 Server Standard Edition, Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, and Windows Server 2008) to provide file & print and user &
group administration services to Windows client operating systems (namely Windows 98 and successors up to and including Windows Vista) and other
Windows Work Group Server Operating Systems.
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21.02.2008Mark Russinovich On The Future Of Security
Windows IT people everywhere owe thanks to
Dr.
Mark Russinovich, now a Technical Fellow at Microsoft and his less-famous partner Bryce Cogswell. Russinovich is famous both as an author, making
the technical details of Windows accessible to the rest of us who dare to think we are technical, and as a programmer writing utilities that give us
better command of Windows and teach us about it at the same time.
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22.09.2008Windows Server 2008 Technical Overviews
These technical overviews provide IT Professionals with information about how a Windows Server 2008 technology works. They may also cover design and
planning considerations and basic setup and operating instructions.
The download contains the following documents:
- DNS Server Global Query Block List
- Installing and Configuring and Troubleshooting the Microsoft Online Responder
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What's New in Failover Clusters
- What's New in Terminal Services for Windows Server 2008
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08.11.2007Microsoft Highlights Changes to the Windows Kernel
Attendees at
Microsoft's Windows Hardware
Engineering Conference here
got an in-depth and deeply
technical keynote outlining
the changes to the Windows
kernel and other key areas,
and how partners can take
advantage of these.
In his presentation
on May 16, Mark Russinovich, a
technical fellow in
Microsoft's platform and
services division and the
third keynoter of the day,
talked about how uniprocessor
kernel variants were now gone
from Windows Server 2008,
which reduces the need for
downtime by supporting
hardware configuration changes
without the need to reboot the
system.
The new
server product, which is the
basis for Microsoft's new
virtualization offering, also
introduced a new common
infrastructure called WHEA
(Windows Hardware Error
Architecture)...
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17.05.2007Now Hiring: Neowin Writers
This autumn, Neowin has several news poster positions available. If you have a passion for writing informative and inspiring news articles, Neowin
might be the right place for you. What are our expectations? Be active: We require no less than 4 articles a week, but the more the better. We pay
our writers per original article depending on the comments/hits. This won't replace your full time job, but is an easy way to earn extra cash for
an MP3 player or copy of Windows 7. We expect all articles to be originally written, we have strict guidelines for approvals. You must be proficient
in English and grammar.
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03.11.2009New and Updated Windows Home Server information
There is some new content available that some of you may find interesting. The first of a series of Technical Briefs has been published, and a
troubleshooting document to help people get the Windows Home Server Connector installed and configured on their home computers is now available.
Additionally, the Windows Home Server Reviewer's Guide has been updated with a little additional information, the new document version is
1.0a.
More Technical Briefs are in the works, and there are also a growing number of
Knowledge Base articles for Windows Home Server.
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04.10.2007Microsoft Office 2007 SP1 Technical Preview Available
If you were a member of the
Microsoft Office Product
Evaluation TAP, you should now
have access to the Microsoft
Office 2007 System Service
Pack 1 Technical Preview. Just
log into Connect, and check
under Microsoft Office. This
is going to be a short one
preview. Microsoft is only
accepting feedback for about
30 days, so start downloading
now!
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15.08.2007Windows 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.
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25.10.2008Configuring Granular Password Settings in Windows Server 2008 “ The Easy Way
Jakob H. Heidelberg: In the article series "Configuring Granular Password Settingsť (
part 1 &
part 2) we demonstrated how
to configure Granular Password Settings for individual users or global security groups in a Windows Server 2008 Active Directory environment, using
built-in methods. This article will demonstrate śThe Easy Wayť of how to handle these additional password policies in your Windows Server 2008 domain
environment.
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19.03.2008Google's Answer to Wikipedia
Google recently announced Knol, a new experimental website that puts information online in a way that encourages authorial attribution. Unlike
articles for the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which anyone is free to revise, Knol articles will have individual authors, whose pictures and
credentials will be prominently displayed alongside their work. Currently, participation in the project is by invitation only, but Google will
eventually open up Knol to the public. At that point, a given topic may end up with multiple articles by different authors. Readers will be able to
rate the articles, and the better an article's rating, the higher it will rank in Google's search results.
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17.01.2008Windows '7' Technical Evangelist: Are YOU The Person We're Looking For?
Tim Sneath: It's not a state secret that
we're in the early stages of development for the next version of Windows (given the internal name of Windows '7'). The
specifics of what comes next are always the subject of fevered and sometimes inaccurate speculation, but you can be sure that we're not resting on
our laurels. Windows is one of the most complex and sophisticated pieces of software in existence, and since it's about the most widely-used piece of
software on the planet, it's a pretty exciting project to be working on.
I've got a once-in-a-lifetime open position on my team
that I'm currently trying to fill - a Technical Evangelist for the next Windows client release. In fact, the Technical Evangelist at this point in
time. This is an extremely challenging, high-profile senior role, with tremendous reach and influence across the organization. Not only will you be
the first to see what's coming down the pipeline, but you'll actually have an influence in setting the agenda for Windows development. This isn't
just any software gig - it's one of those career-defining roles that puts you at the heart of the software revolution. In years to come, you'll be
able to look back with pride and say, "I was part of that".
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01.02.2008US delegation to ISO votes in favor of OOXML
A Microsoft technical evangelist and member of the INCITS V1 technical committee reports that after deliberating the many comments raised on Office
Open XML's viability, the US contingent has voted to maintain its "Approve" recommendation...
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08.03.2008First Look Under Windows 7's Hood in October
Windows 7, for the most part, has remained fairly mysterious so far. Granted, we wouldn't expect anything different since it's still years ahead
from being released, but it's always good to get bits of information sprinkled here and there. The new Engineering Windows 7 (E7 for short) blog,
which was created by engineering managers Jon DeVaan and Steven Sinofsky, points out two upcoming conferences in which "in-depth technical
information about Windows 7" will be revealed. The Professional Developers Conference (PDC) on October 27 will the first of the two, and the
aforementioned duo has promised to keep a steady stream of details flowing on their blog during the run-up.
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15.08.2008How Windows Vista Handles Wireless Networking
Each new version of Windows has made significant improvements in the operating system's networking capabilities. Back in the days of Windows 95 and
Windows 98, networking was a complicated affair for technical experts only; you could set up and configure a network from within Windows, but it took
a lot of work. Things got much better with Windows XP, where networking became more or less a plug-and-play operationalbeit one that required a lot of
user interaction and didn't always work as promised.
With Windows Vista, things again have changed for the better. Microsoft
completely rewrote the networking stack in Vista, which means that networking not only is more reliable, it's also much easier to set up. In fact, in
most instances you don't have to do much setup at all; Windows Vista recognizes your network and equipment, and automatically configures the system
as necessary. (At least theoretically; networking in Vista can still be counterintuitive at times, and occasionally things don't work quite as
promised.)
This is good news if you're setting up a new network for your Vista-based computersbut also useful if you're
connecting a Vista PC to an existing network or Wi-Fi hot spot.
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04.01.2008More Countries Added to the Live Mesh Technical Preview
General Manager Amit Mital, who runs Live Mesh & Developer Platform,
has
posted today that the Live Mesh Technical Preview (
www.mesh.com) has
expanded to 3 new countries: Canada, India, and Ireland. In signing up for the Live Mesh Technical Preview, folks from these countries will still need
to run with an English locale for now.
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18.08.2008Windows Home Server Technical Brief for User Accounts and Shared Folders
You can use the Shared Folders and User Accounts features in Windows Home Server to centrally store, protect and access your data on your home server.
Files can be accessed from both within your home network and remotely from the web.
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