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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23.9.2008 How to Install Windows 7 or Windows Vista on Physical Machine Without DVD Media
A lot of Windows Vista and Windows 7 license has been sold media-less nowadays, where buyers only receive a piece of authenticated certificate with a genuine and legitimate product key printed on it.
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23.12.2008 Windows 7 beta testers find critical Windows Installer Bug
Mary Jo reports that a number of Windows 7 Beta testers have come across a bug that crashes the system randomly whenever they try to start a Windows Update or install anything using Microsoft's MSI installer.
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19.1.2009 AeroBar: Show Titlebar Text in Explorer Windows Under Windows Vista
Have you ever wondered why Explorer Windows don't show titles in Windows Vista?
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13.2.2009 Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 SP2 reaches RTM
Microsoft has finally finished and compiled the RTM version of Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008. The full version string being 6.0.6006.18005, which company officials have confirmed is the final RTM version of SP2.
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28.4.2009Meet the man behind the Windows 7 wall
Anyone using Windows 7 can't help but have noticed the array of creative and vibrant content that comes preloaded with it and is also available to
download. Will Austin is just one of the photographers who will find his way onto millions of desktops worldwide when Microsoft's new operating
system launches later this year. 7tutorials.com have managed to get hold of Will for an interview about his experiences of photography, dealing with
Microsoft, and ultimately having six of his photographs featured as part of the default wallpaper that will come with Windows 7. As the interview
reveals, Will is a professional photographer who met one of Microsoft's designers whilst doing a photo shoot of some architecture.
Read full story.....
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27.08.2009Microsoft to simplify downgrades from Vista to XP
Microsoft is simplifying the
processes via which its
PC-maker partners will be able
to provide "downgrade"
rights from Windows Vista to
Windows XP for their
customers.
Microsoft
will implement the first of
the policy changes for its
Gold Certified (top-tier) OEM
partners within the next
couple of weeks. The company
will streamline
downgrade-rights policies and
procedures for the broader
channel somewhat later, said
John Ball, general manager of
Microsofts U.S. Systems Group.
Under current
licensing terms, Microsoft
allows customers buying PCs
preloaded with Windows Vista
Ultimate and Vista Business to
roll back to Windows XP until
they are ready to make the
move to Vista. For OEMs, the
process via which these rights
can be activated has been
quite cumbersome, Ball
acknowledged...
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28.06.2007Vonage Puts Phone on USB Stick
Vonage is expected to unveil a
new device as early as
Wednesday that would allow the
user to turn any computer into
a phone by attaching a USB
memory drive preloaded with
voice over IP software. The
company today held an event
for press in New York City...
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29.06.2006EMI Signs Video Deal for
Microsoft Zune
Microsoft's highly
anticipated Zune media player
will get a boost from record
label EMI, which said Thursday
that the devices will come
preloaded with music videos
from its artists. The deal
also seems to confirm that at
launch the device will have
video support...
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18.08.2006Microsoft TechEd Australia attendees to receive free HP Mini Notebook with Windows 7
If any Aussies out there wasn't entirely sure of going to the
Microsoft TechEd
Australia conference on the Gold Coast this year or not, then here's an offer to nitro-boost your thought process a little. Microsoft Australia
is going to be hosting the largest hands-on Windows 7 evaluation in the world by offering each paying attendee with one of 2,300 HP Mini netbook
preloaded with Windows 7 for free.
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30.06.2009Business licensees to get final Windows 7 release in July
Microsoft officials have said the company expects to release Windows 7 to manufacturing before the end of this month. But they have been less
forthcoming about when users will be able to get their hands on the product other than users who buy at retail
new PCs with it preloaded starting October 22.
On July 10, however,
Microsoft notified its reseller partners that it plans to allow business users who’ve purchased volume licenses plus Software Assurance
contracts to get Windows 7 before the end of July.
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11.07.2009Official: Microsoft extends Windows XP's stay
Bowing to pressure from customers and computer makers, Microsoft plans to keep Windows XP around a little longer.
Large PC
manufacturers were slated to have to stop selling XP after January 31. However, they have successfully lobbied Microsoft to allow them to continue
selling PCs with all flavors of Windows XP preloaded until June 30, a further five months. Microsoft also plans to keep XP on retail shelves longer
and will allow computer makers in emerging markets to build machines with Windows XP Starter Edition until June 2010.
The move
indicates the continued demand for the older operating system, some nine months after Windows Vista hit store shelves.
In recent
weeks, several PC makers launched programs that allow new PC buyers to more easily "downgrade" their Vista Business and Vista Ultimate machines to
Windows XP. Fujitsu, which was among those lobbying for the change, has started including an XP restore disc in the box with all of its laptops
running Vista Business. ..
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28.09.2007System builders still waiting for Windows 7 tools
In early August, some PC makers were complaining
they still didn't have access to tools they
needed to get Windows 7 preloaded on new systems. A month later, system builders smaller, custom PC makers still don't have access to tools
like the OEM Preinstallation Kit (OPK).
The OPK is designed to allow PC makers to
automate the installation and customization of Windows and other Microsoft
products on multiple PCs.
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03.09.2009Nokia Taps Symantec for Phone
Security
Leading mobile phone
manufacturer Nokia has chosen
Symantec to protect its Series
60 based smartphones, the two
companies announced Wednesday.
Symantec Mobile Security will
be preloaded onto the handsets
and other Symbian OS based
devices from Nokia to stem the
emerging threat of mobile
malware...
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06.10.2005CES: Microsoft still trying to ignite Windows home server market
Microsoft Corp. today said two smaller Taiwanese hardware makers will ship PCs preloaded with its year-old Windows Home Server operating system,
joining PC market leader Hewlett-Packard Co. and others.
At the International Consumer Electronics Show, Via Technologies Inc.
and Shuttle Computer Group both plan to show off two models of home servers, which are meant to be easily managed central repositories for storing and
backing up photos, movies and other files.
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08.01.2009Microsoft: Windows 7 Upgrade deal maxes out at 25 PCs
There's one more bit of small print regarding Microsoft's
Windows 7 Upgrade Option program,
which the company unveiled officially last week, that may be of interest to business customers.
Via the program, users who
purchase new PCs with Windows Vista preloaded from participating PC makers and retailers, as of June 26, will get
coupons entitling them to a free copy of Windows 7 some time on or after October 22. The fine
print: As InformationWeek noted,
the
Upgrade Option program maxes out at 25 upgrade coupons per customer.
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30.06.2009Microsoft (finally) speaks out on 'Fiji'
It only took two-plus years, but Microsoft finally issued on August 8 its official comment about Fiji, a k a "Windows Media Center TV Pack."
Although Microsoft isnt going to
make Fiji commercially available until
September 3, when certain OEM partners start shipping the new Vista Media Center update preloaded on new systems, the Fiji team finally decided to
talk to śclear up some of the speculation and rumorsť about it.
<...> For what its worth, heres Microsoft statement from Ben
Reed, Product Marketing Manager, Windows Media Center...
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08.08.2008Dell extends window for XP systems
Dell has extended the availability of systems preloaded with Windows XP, citing customer demand for the older operating system. The vendor started to
charge purchasers of certain lines to downgrade the operating system from Vista to XP last week.
However, Dell has said on its website that
XP machines will still be available in the Inspiron and XPS ranges. "We are able to offer the opportunity to purchase a Dell desktop with an OEM
Windows XP licence until 26 June at 5.59am central time," said the company. "After 26 June you have the option to purchase Windows Vista Business or
Windows Vista Ultimate with a downgrade service to Windows XP Professional.
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24.06.2008Will Vista Pump Up
Microsoft's Future Profits?
While the release of
Microsoft's next-generation
Windows operating system is
still months away, Microsoft
execs already are projecting
strong sales.
Here's why they are so
bullish. Microsoft executives
already are counting their
Vista chickens before the
next-generation Windows
release has hatched.
Microsoft expects
200 million new PCs to ship
with Vista preloaded in the
first 24 months that the
operating system is available,
said Michael Sievert,
corporate vice president,
Windows Product Management &
Marketing. Comparatively,
Windows 95 shipped on 67
million new PCs during its
first two years of life.
Thanks to Boytoy
for the heads up on this
one!
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06.02.2006First 'Fiji' Media Center systems start rolling out
As Microsoft watchers may recall,
Microsoft's gag order on "Fiji" (Windows Media Center TV
Pack) was slated to officially end this week, concurrent with the
CEDIA Expo show.
Announcements regarding the first PCs preloaded with Fiji are expected from...
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04.09.2008I say crapware; you say 'performance enhancer'
Mary Jo Foley: Do you consider Microsoft products like Windows Defender antispyware tool and
Windows Live OneCare
security/management service to be crapware that you don’t want preloaded on your PC, or performance-enhancement tools?
In an e-mail exchange this week with a spokesperson for Microsoft’s OEM unit over what kinds of
tweaks Microsoft is encouraging its PC partners to make to provide a
better end-to-end user experience, I learned that Microsoft is touting some of its products as de-crapifiers. Specifically, the Redmondians are
telling partners and customers that Windows Defender and Windows Live OneCare can be used to clean up their PCs so they run better and faster.
Here is part of the message I received from the Microsoft spokesperson...
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02.08.2008Windows XP Departs: Good Riddance or Sad Farewell?
The forced retirement of Microsoft's Windows XP is set--with some exceptions--for Monday. To quell XP separation anxiety and the rancor of
seething Vista haters, Microsoft has agreed to offer Windows XP updates and security patches until April 2014.
However, PC retailers such
as Dell have pretty much stopped selling computers preloaded with the venerable OS. XP's disappearance has stirred much conversation. In fact,
more than 200,000 people signed a petition to keep XP--a campaign championed by our sibling publication InfoWorld. In the long run, though, Microsoft
refused to yield to the entreaties of XP-philes.
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27.06.2008Microsoft Still Cleaning Up With Windows
Whether from Linux open-source technology or virtualization, many have predicted the demise of Microsoft's traditional software business. So far the
company that built its house on Windows isn't caving in to soothsayers.
The latest figures from consulting firms indicate that
although Linux sales are growing by number of servers shipped with the operating system, the software is losing ground to Microsoft's Windows.
Microsoft picked up 2 percentage points, bringing its market share to 67.1% of servers shipped during the second quarter, according
to data from Gartner. Of 2.06 million servers shipped overall, nearly 1.4 million came preloaded with proprietary OS. That works out to an extra
77,650 Microsoft-based servers sold during the quarter, year over year.
Linux accounted for 22.8% of server shipments, down from
23.1% the year before. In spite of the lost ground in market share, strong sales of servers created a bigger pie for the slight growth of commercial
Linux.
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28.08.2007Top OEMs to sell Windows XP PCs down to the wire
Three of the top four PC sellers worldwide plan to sell systems with Windows XP right up to the Microsoft-mandated deadline of June 30. Of the four,
only Dell plans to call it quits before the last day of this month.
Microsoft has set June 30 as the final day of Windows XP availability
to retailers and major computer makers, although the company recently also said that the date won't mark a sudden disappearance of the old
operating system. "The exact cut-off day for selling Windows XP is determined by OEMs and retailers, who can keep selling standalone versions as well
as PCs with Windows XP preloaded by OEMs distributed prior to June 30, 2008, as long as their supplies last
," a Microsoft
spokeswoman said two weeks ago in an e-mail.
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Windows XP to be phased out by year's end
Computer makers have been told
they'll no longer be able to
get Windows XP OEM by the end
of this year, despite consumer
resistance to Vista and its
compatibility problems.
By early 2008,
Microsoft's contracts with
computer makers will require
companies to only sell
Vista-loaded machines. "The
OEM version of XP Professional
goes next January," said
Frank Luburic, senior ThinkPad
product manager for Lenovo.
"At that point, they'll have
no choice."
Despite Microsoft's
relentless promotion of Vista,
manufacturers are still seeing
plenty of demand from
customers for systems
preloaded with XP, especially
in the finicky SOHO market.
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