Security warnings over Windows Vista
Microsoft is coming under increasing fire over the security of its Windows software.
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3.10.2006 AT&T to start sending copyright warnings
AT&T Inc., the nation's largest Internet service provider, will start sending warnings to its subscribers when music labels and movie studios allege that they are trafficking in pirated material, according to an executive.
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28.3.2009 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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25.11.2007 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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23.12.2008Google, Microsoft and Others Contest Copyright Warnings
Diehard baseball fans can
recite by heart the familiar
copyright warnings that run
with every game on
television.
Now, a computer-industry
trade group is crying foul,
saying those warnings and
others like it on movies and
books are trampling over
consumers' rights to fair use
of copyrighted content.
Today, the
Computer and Communications
Industry Association -- a
group representing companies
including Google Inc.,
Microsoft Inc. and other
technology heavyweights --
plans to file a complaint with
the Federal Trade Commission,
alleging that several content
companies, ranging from sports
leagues to movie studios to
book publishers, are
overstepping bounds with their
warnings. The group wants the
FTC to investigate and order
copyright holders to stop
wording warnings in what it
sees as a misrepresentative
way.
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01.08.2007Microsoft Prepares Next Windows Home Server Update
Microsoft announced earlier this week it’s plans to release a new update (or rather a second update) to Windows Home Server (WHS), this update
is scheduled for delivery on Tuesday, November 27, 2007.
Microsoft first posted notice of this update on it’s WHS blog on November
20, 2007.
"The main benefit of the update is that it will improve the remote access experience for Windows Home Server users by
providing them with a “trusted SSL certificate” for their home servers. That means customers will be able to access their home server from
outside the home more seamlessly, without any security warnings." according to the blog post at the WHS blog.
The update will allow
you to obtain a trusted certificate for your WHS computer during Remote Access configuration for you personalized domain. After you apply this update,
you will no longer receive certificate warnings in the Web browser when you access your Web site by using an external URL, such as
https://your_name.homeserver.com.
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22.11.2007Virgin Media to begin penalizing users for illegal downloads
The British ISP is set to throw down the gauntlet on those who download music by disconnecting those who fail to heed warnings...
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31.03.2008Google search currently broken, warnings on every query
Google Search is currently not functioning correctly and returning "this site may harm your computer" on every search link. If you search for BBC
News you will get the following: And if you attempt to visit any search results you will be met with "Warning - visiting this web site may harm
your computer! Suggestions: * Return to the previous page and pick another result. * Try another search to find what you're looking for.
Or you can continue to http://news.bbc.co.uk/ at your own risk. For detailed information about the problems we found, visit Google's Safe Browsing
diagnostic page for this site. For more information about how to protect yourself from harmful software online, you can visit StopBadware.org.
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31.01.2009Analysts: Dell reclaims market share, but HP is gaining faster
Somebody needed to tell the world's PC manufacturers there was a recession scheduled for the first quarter of 2008. Anyway, they didn't seem to pay
much attention to those warnings, and iSuppli thinks the industry looks pretty healthy...
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28.06.2008Dell: Microsoft warnings haven't hurt Linux uptake
Claims made by Microsoft that Linux violates its software patent have not affected sales of Linux-based hardware, according to Michael Dell.
Speaking to CNET News.com sister site ZDNet UK at a conference Thursday, Dell's chief executive said his company has seen Linux uptake
for servers increase faster than Windows server products, despite Microsoft's claims.
"On the server side Linux continues to
grow nicely, a bit faster than Windows," said Dell in an interview during the
Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando. "We're seeing a move to Linux in critical applications, and Linux migration has not slowed
down."
However, for those customers who might be concerned about whether Microsoft's claims of patent violation could result in
legal action, Dell added that there were "certainly mechanisms if customers are concerned about patents."
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13.10.2007Download links on Yahoo may include malicious content warnings
Yahoo has launched the beta of its McAfee SiteAdvisor-powered search security feature called SearchScan. Users can now opt to have potentially
malicious results marked as such or omitted entirely...
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07.05.2008Microsoft releases Windows Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2
Microsoft has released a standalone installer for Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 today. The software giant posted some things to know
about the service packs last month, one of the warnings is if "vLite" was used to customize your Windows Vista installation, you may have removed
required system components which prevent Service Pack 2 from installing. Microsoft has a workaround for this issue. Microsoft is expected to post the
bits to Windows Update in the coming weeks but if you are eager to install SP2 today then the download links are listed below. Download: Vista
SP2/Server 2008 SP2 32 bit Download: Vista SP2/Server 2008 SP2 64 bit
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26.05.2009Apple Profits Soar, iPod Sales
Healthy
Despite warnings to the
contrary, Apple posted fairly
impressive quarterly revenue
on Wednesday, including
stronger than expected iPod
sales and Mac sales that
increased at a rate faster
than that of the broader PC
market...
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20.07.2006Bang On: We all need Apple
Even if you don't own an iPod or an iPhone and regardless of whether or not you run OS X, there is one inevitable truth that many people may
overlook: As consumers and geeks, you and I need Apple. I'm sure Apple fans are cheering and Windows and Linux users are getting ready to pelt
me with virtual tomatoes of disagreement and disdain. Apple is just one of those companies, though. They incite such strong loyalty in many and such
fervent hatred in others. Our very own forums and the accompanying log of warnings is a clear indication of that.
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17.02.2009Security lab warns of possible Chinese ISP DNS exploit
An apparent case of DNS poisoning in the caches of a major China-based ISP is causing extra concern today, in light of security engineer Dan
Kaminsky's recent warnings about just how serious a cache poisoning exploit could become...
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23.08.2008Google, Microsoft File FTC Complaint Against NFL, MLB, NBCU
Claiming that copyright
warnings are "misleading
consumers," the Computer &
Communications Industry
Association -- a trade
organization whose more
prominent members include
Microsoft and Google -- filed
a formal complaint with the US
Federal Trade Commission
yesterday...
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02.08.2007Apple Plugs iChat, Safari
Security Holes
In its first standalone
security update for 2006,
Apple on Wednesday plugged 17
flaws affecting both Mac OS X
10.3 and 10.4. The fixes come
after two potential
vulnerabilities -- one in
iChat and another in Safari --
were heavily publicized and
brought warnings from security
experts that Macs are not
immune from malware...
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02.03.2006Windows Vista (In)capable
Robin Harris: What went wrong? Ill tell you what went wrong: Microsoft execs - starting with Steve Ballmer - dont care enough about their customers.
Which is too bad for the thousands of smart, hard working softies who do.
I went through the Vista Capable lawsuit Exhibit A
emails. Lots of warnings that Vista was a train wreck, that its requirements exceeded the market, that the continual changes and slips were killing
OEMs and that many peripheral vendors had simply given up trying to stay in sync.
Where was Steve?
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03.03.2008Despite security firm warnings, its business as usual for malware writers
During US Thanksgiving week, there are a few stories you can expect to hear every year. People are traveling! The airports are busy! Black Friday
sales are coming! And prepare for spammer and malware attacks! This year is no different, with security firms coming out of the woodwork in order to
remind us to stay vigilant throughout this holiday season, for the hackers and scammers are out en masse and poised to attack vulnerable
cybershoppers. But for malware writers, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are business as usual.
"Symantec Corp historically
observes an uptick in spam volume coming into the year-end holidays, and 2007 is no exception," a Symantec spokesperson told Ars. "
pammers are
smart, leveraging some of the most popular products on the market in their scams," which they use to target the growing number of consumers who do
their holiday shopping online (39 percent of all consumers, according to the company). The most popular items to spam consumers with include laptops,
replica watches, business cards, male enhancement drugs ("always a popular sale during the holidays," says Symantec), digital music players,
software, cell phones, video games, weight loss drugs, and gift cards.
winbeta.org - 20.11.2007
Experts warn of satnav hacking
Security experts are warning
that mischievous hackers could
send bogus signals to
satellite navigation systems
via the radio. The problem
centres on the Radio Data
System, which allows FM
broadcasters to include data
in radio transmissions that
many satnav systems pick up.
The data is commonly used to
give traffic or station ID
information, but this can now
be hijacked, according to
researchers.
Andrea
Barisani, chief security
engineer at consultancy
Inverse Path, and Daniele
Bianco, a hardware hacker at
the same company, built a
system that can generate false
warnings for drivers using
off-the-shelf components. The
messages range from standard
traffic alerts to warnings of
an "exploding bomb ahead" or
that the road is "blocked by
a bullfight".
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Windows Home Server Update on the way...
Windows Home Server Team: Hi all. Next week on Tuesday, Nov 27 we will release a new update for Windows Home Server software. This is a scheduled
update - part of the ongoing process of continually enhancing the customer experience with Windows Home Server. The new functionality will be
downloaded via Windows Update and made available to existing Windows Home Server customers.
Details are available here, but the main benefit of the
update is that it will improve the remote access experience for Windows Home Server users by providing them with a trusted SSL certificate for their
home servers. That means customers will be able to access their home server from outside the home more seamlessly, without any security warnings. The
Windows Home Server team worked closely with Windows Live Domains and GoDaddy, a leading provider of Web domain addresses, to provide the certificate
for the homeserver.com web pages customers use for remote access.
In addition, this months update provides a new Delete All
button to let users delete all home computer backups that are stored on the home server, as well as a few improvements to the Shared Folders and
Server Storage components of Windows Home Server.
winbeta.org - 21.11.2007
Why I'm Skipping Windows Vista: IT Speaks Out
Despite warnings to businesses
about the dangers of skipping Windows Vista, many IT managers and CIOs are standing firm that the
risks of migrating to Vista outweigh the benefits.
The recent press coverage regarding performance efficiencies
seen in the Windows 7 pre-beta (delivered at Microsoft's recent Professional Developers Conference) has dimmed the
spotlight on Vista a bit.
winbeta.org - 05.11.2008
Windows Vista for Embedded Systems Information Available
Now, I didn't even know this
existed - I knew XP Embedded
had been around for a while,
but I wasn't sure that
Microsoft were actually going
to produce an Embedded version
of Windows Vista sometime
soon, but they have, and you
can get all the details from
http://www.microsoft.com/windo
ws/embedded/eval/vista/default
.mspx>here.
The great
thing is, even though you are
using Vista technology on
these small, and sometimes
custom devices, you can still
get many of the benefits of
the full blown Vista, such as
built-in protection against
malicious software,
intelligent warnings around
hardware failure and
sophisticated backup
technologies, and with the
Ultimate version (Business and
Ultimate are the 2 options
available), you even have
BitLocker, and the
Multi-Language User Interface.
This site is your
perfect launch pad to more
http://www.microsoft.com/windo
ws/embedded/eval/vista/default
.mspx>information - I'd
highly recommend checking it
out.
winbeta.org - 04.06.2007
Security warnings over Windows Vista
Microsoft is coming under
increasing fire over the
security of its Windows
software.
While
criticims of Windows security
vulnerabilities are nothing
new, Microsoft plans to take
control of security on Windows
Vista, their next release.
This means that
third-party software vendors
could be prevented from
protecting Windows Vista.
This comes after a
series of serious security
flaws were found in Windows
applications, with Powerpoint,
Word, and Internet Explorer
all vulnerable - and still
unpatched.
It
remains an issue of acute
embarrassment for Microsoft -
that a billion-dollar
multinational software
development company which
receives extensive revenues
from licence fees - not simply
allows the security exploits
to go unnoticed until
third-parties notify of them,
but also leaves user machines
vulnerable while third-party
security companies are able to
roll out fixes to the
public.
Additionally, third party
security development companies
have already released a patch
for the flaw - weeks before
Microsoft plans to release
their own version.
neowin.net - 02.10.2006
