Ed Bott: My Windows 7 wish list
Cynics see the new Engineering Windows 7 blog, which launched last week, as a pure PR play from Microsoft. Maybe its just a matter of setting expectations properly.
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20.8.2008 List Of Windows 7 Leaks
We already mentioned that Windows 7 is probably the Microsoft operating system with the most leaks in history (read: Microsoft we have a leak).
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4.4.2009 Ed Bott: My Windows 7 wish list
Cynics see the new Engineering Windows 7 blog, which launched last week, as a pure PR play from Microsoft. Maybe its just a matter of setting expectations properly.
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20.8.2008 Windows 7 SKU feature list
Microsoft yesterday announced its plans for the Windows 7 SKU. Here is the feature list I created based on the information that is currently available.
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4.2.2009 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 List of Available Windows Mobile 6.5 Build 23041 ROMs
Ready to install cooked ROMs of Windows Mobile 6.5 Build 23041 are now available for a variety of popular Windows Phones.
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3.9.2009 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 Windows 7 top feature request list leaked to the public
With Windows still managing to find its way to over 95 percent of the desktop computers sold each year, it's not surprising that one can find plenty of people interested in giving their feedback about what future versions of Windows should be able to do.
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18.11.2007 Windows 7 top feature request list leaked to the public
With Windows still managing to find its way to over 95 percent of the desktop computers sold each year, it's not surprising that one can find plenty of people interested in giving their feedback about what future versions of Windows should be able to do.
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27.1.2008 View Windows 7 Startup Program List With Portable Starter
If you have tight control over auto starting applications on startup then you can stay safe from malicious programs, worms and viruses without any antivirus software.
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13.10.2009 Bill Gates' to-do list
NEW YORK--It's still a year before Bill Gates shifts from a full-time Microsoft worker to a part-timer. Which is good, because there's plenty he still wants to achieve.
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4.2.2007 Gates still has a long to-do list
For years, the Microsoft chairman has been a fiery advocate, inside the company and out, for the notion that computers should be controlled, not just by mouse and keyboard, but also by more natural means, such as voice, touch and digital ink.
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19.10.2007 Microsoft's List Of 800 Windows Vista-Compatible Apps Excludes IBM, Adobe
Microsoft has released
a list of 800 applications that should run properly on its new Windows Vista operating system.
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25.2.2007 Updated List of updates for Vista SP1
This guy Aaron Tiensivu keeps a VERY good list of non-critical Vista updates and this looks like it could be part of SP1.
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14.6.2007 Heres the list of fixes in those new Vista fix packs
I linked to an AeroXP post this morning listing hot fixes for Windows Vista provided in two new Knowledge Base postings. The AeroXP post is gone now. Poof!
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30.7.2007 Bill Gates tops Forbes' list of billionaires
New York (NY) - Bill Gates leads Forbes' list of the world's richest people for the 13th time in a row. The Microsoft co-founder's wealth is estimated at $56 billion.
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11.3.2007 List of Google Search Strings for Finding MP3
This How-To will teach you how to use Google to find mp3s. This How-To will be highly pragmatic and will focus on the hows and not the wherefores of the various search strings.
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10.4.2007 Bill Gates Again Tops List of Richest Americans
Microsoft founder Bill Gates is the richest person in America for the 14th year in a row, followed by investor Warren Buffett, according to Forbes magazine's latest list of the wealthiest Americans.
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21.9.2007 How to Clear & Stop Displaying Windows Media Player 12 Frequent List in Windows 7
Windows 7 Start Menu is almost similar to Windows Vista however Windows 7 Taskbar aka superbar is way different from Vista & XP Taskbar. In Windows 7 Taskbar you have access to jump list and recently opened document list of Office word and for Windows Media Player you will get frequently played video list.
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20.7.2009 IE 8's list of 2,400 incompatible sites - including Microsoft.com!
Internet Explorer 8 (IE 8) is nearing the finish line, with a March release to manufacturing looking like a distinct possibility. But is IE 8 or, more accurately Web site developers and owners really ready?
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18.2.2009 First actual pictures of Xbox 360 Arcade bundle leaked, with packing list
Here it is, straight from our super-secret inside source. A few things are now confirmed: the system will come with a composite cable, both the system and the controller are still white, and a Pac-Man and Uno game are coming with the system.
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13.10.2007 Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Michael Dell Top List of IT Influencers
Gates was named by 84% of the participants, Jobs by 73%, and Dell by 53% of CompTIA voters.
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7.11.2007 Windows 7 Features Complete Features List with Demo Videos
Windows 7Windows 7 is next iteration of almost-monopolistic Microsoft Windows operating system, after Windows Vista.
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21.7.2009 View Windows 7 Startup Program List with Startup Discoverer
Windows 7 has several ways to start applications & programs automatically commonly referred as startup locations.
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17.11.2009 COMPLETE List of Original Xbox Games Playable on Xbox 360
The folks at Xbox are working hard to add more of your favorite games to this list, so check back often for the latest updates.
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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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28.2.2008Windows Vista Application Compatibility Downloadable List for IT Professionals
The Application Compatibility List for IT Professionals is a Microsoft Office Excel-based spreadsheet containing software applications which have
earned the status of Certified for Windows Vista or Works with Windows Vista.
Additionally, this list contains applications
with a status of Compatible. "Compatible means that the application has been reported by the publisher as compatible with, or supported on,
Windows Vista. These applications have not gone through the Microsoft Windows Vista Logo Program.
The Application Compatibility
List for IT Professionals is current as of July 31,2008 and published as of the Date Published, noted in Quick Details, above.
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09.10.2008Microsoft gets an earful on what users want in future Windows releases
In December 2006, Microsoft
requested feedback from a
select group of invitees
regarding what they would like
to see fixed, changed and/or
added to future Windows
builds. The Windows team got
an earful: Nearly 800 new
feature requests, another
560-plus change requests and
almost 400 defects.
That list has been
winnowed down to about 70 of
the most popular requests and
posted the week of July 9 to
Microsofts Connect beta site.
This isnt the
official Windows Seven or
Windows Eight feature list.
But the list does indicate
some of the features that
testers are the most
interested in seeing make it
into the next Windows release
or two.
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12.07.2007How to Delete a Windows Service in Vista or XP
If you are a fan of tweaking your system and disabling services, you might find that over time your Windows Services list becomes huge and unwieldy
with a large number of services in the list that will never be enabled.
Instead of just disabling a service, you can
alternatively completely delete the service. This technique can be especially helpful if you've installed some piece of software that doesn't
uninstall correctly, and leaves an item in the service list.
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26.09.2008Intel's Nehalem: The 'tock' heard 'round the world
There's a list of features which have historically pertained to Intel processors -- a list that's now smaller today than ever before. It's
the list of features AMD has and Intel doesn't, leaving AMD at a widening disadvantage...
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18.11.2008Windows 7 OEM prices unveiled, 50% off list price
ComputerWorld is reporting that online retailer Newegg.com has unveiled Windows 7 OEM pricing. Newegg.com has priced the OEM version of Windows 7
Home Premium at $99.99 which is a price reduction of 50% down from the recommended retail price of $199.99. Other savings are available for
Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate at $134.99 and $174.99, respectively. This is a saving of approximately 50% on each version from
the list price. OEM editions are priced lower as you typically do not get retail packaging, little official support and you're not able to
transfer the operating system license from one PC to another.
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29.09.2009MySpace, Hulu and others roll out in Windows Live this week
Late last year, Microsoft announced a rather large list of partnerships with some of the web's biggest social networks allowing Windows Live
customers to share what they were doing with their network. Microsoft likes to call these "web activities". Earlier this spring one of the most
popular social network sites joined the list of partners Microsoft had that powers web activities, was Facebook. Today they once again have announced
23 new partnerships, for a total of 54 activities to choose from (A full list of web activities available on Windows Live can be found here).
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15.09.2009Firefox named most vulnerable Windows application
In a list, published by security firm Bit9, of 12 most vulnerable applications for the Windows platform, Firefox finished at the top of the list.
The browser has earned the reputation from Mozilla patching 10 vulnerabilities which could be used to gain control, access, or execute miscellaneous
code via buffer overflow, malformed URI links, javascript, documents and third party tools. The browser is well respected throughout its
open source community. Users can download add-ons, themes and many other tweaks that users can be used to adjust, modify and tweak their browser for
maximum performance and appearance.
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16.12.2008Windows 7 Feature Request List Leaks Out
Although the Vista transition is far from complete, that doesn't mean Microsoft isn't already hard at work on Windows 7, the next version of the
venerable operating system - and this list of user-requested features unearthed by the folks at Neowin might hold some clues as to the future.
The "wish list" was sent out by Microsoft before Windows 7 development even began, so most of these features probably aren't
even on the radar, but what's most interesting is that seemingly small fixes like "Window Update progress indicator" vastly outnumber big-ticket
items like "integrated audio / video codec manager" and "Windows 'Game' Mode."
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13.11.200730 Windows 7 Tips
Tim Sneath put together a great list of "
30 Windows 7 Secrets". If you're using the
Windows 7 beta, this is a
must-read. Some of the keyboard shortcuts include moving windows a half screen at a time with Windows+Right (or
Left) Arrow, or using Windows+Up/Down to minimize/maximize. You can hit Windows+Home to minimize all the windows except the current one. Windows+T
will give focus to your taskbar, allowing you to zip through the windows with the arrow keys.
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13.01.2009PC World names the 25 Most Innovative Products of the Year
PC World has put together a top 25 list of the most innovative products of the year 2007, noting the “Innovation”, the
“Benefit” and a brief overview of each. All entries on the list are somehow tech-related and all are available either in-store or online
right now. I personally can’t wrap my head around how the order of this list was devised, or how some products even made it on the list, but
I’m sure the reasoning is clear to someone. Have a look at the list and let us know what you think of it, and what your top 25 would be!
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29.12.2007AMD Moves Up Supercomputer
List
IBM said Wednesday that the
company built 243 computers on
the list of the world's top
500 supercomputers in the
world. However, the bigger
story may be AMD's continued
rise in the rankings...
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28.06.2006Oops! Microsoft forgets to trademark 'Windows Azure'
Although Microsoft registered the Web site for its new Windows Azure more than 14 years ago, it has not trademarked the name of its new cloud-based
operating system, Windows Azure, Internet searches revealed Monday.
According to searches conducted by Computerworld, Microsoft has not
applied for a trademark for either "Windows Azure" or "Azure Services Platform" with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Microsoft used both
names to describe its software-plus-services technology.
Microsoft's own trademark list also omits Azure, though that list has not been
updated since earlier this month.
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28.10.2008Microsoft: Pay no attention to post-Vista plans
Microsoft declined to comment
Friday on post-Vista plans by
releasing a comment -- a move
bloggers attributed to buzz
about a list of most-asked-for
features to Vista's
successor. The list was yanked
from a Microsoft forum earlier
this week.
The
company's statement,
attributed to Kevin Kutz,
director of the Windows client
team, was among the shortest
on record from the company.
"The launch of
Windows Vista was an
incredibly exciting moment for
our customers and partners
around the world, and the
company is focused on the
value Windows Vista will bring
to people today," Kutz said.
"We are not giving official
guidance to the public yet
about the next version of
Windows, other than that
we're working on it. When we
are ready, we will provide
updates." ..
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14.07.2007No plans to release public Vista app-compat checklist
If you were wondering when
Microsoft plans to publish an
official list of applications
that don't work well with
Windows Vista, the answer is
never. When Microsoft released
Windows XP Service Pack 2, the
company subsequently published
a list of applications that
didn't work properly (or at
all) with the SP2 update. But
with Windows Vista, Microsoft
has decided not to issue a
public list.
Instead, the company is
advising both business and
home users with compatibility
concerns to get a copy of the
Microsoft Application
Compatibility Toolkit (ACT),
which includes technology that
will allow users to log
compatibility problems and
cross-check (privately, with
Microsoft and other customers)
compatibility results for
selected applications.
Until this month,
Microsoft officials had been
noncommittal when asked about
plans for publishing a full
Vista app-compat list, like
they did with Windows XP SP 2.
But just over a week ago, when
I asked Brad Goldberg,
Microsoft's general manager
for Windows client product
management, about Microsoft's
plans to make such a list
public, I got a more
definitive answer.
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12.12.2006NetBIOS browsing across subnets may fail after upgrading to Windows Server 2008
When installing a new Windows 2008 server or upgrading an existing server to Windows 2008, the Computer Browser service is set to disabled by
default.
If you upgrade the Domain Controller that is assigned the PDC FSMO role or you move that role to a Windows 2008 DC, you
may see the domain wide NetBIOS-based network browse list get smaller and remote subnet machines will disappear from the list. Eventually you may
only see computers from the local subnet in the network browse list. If you have subnets with only one server and it is Windows 2008, then you may
also see inconsistent local subnet browse lists due to clients taking a master browser role and they may be rebooted, turned off, etc.
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28.07.2008Gates regains Forbes rich list top spot
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has found himself back at the top of Forbes magazine's list of the richest billionaires as the worldwide economic
downturn takes its effect on the wealth of many of the world's richest people. 332 people have been wiped off the list completely after their
fortunes have fallen below the $1 billion mark, according to BBC News, leaving just 793 total places. One of those booted off the list, also
loosing the title of world's youngest billionaire, is the founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg.
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12.03.2009WSUS users get a surprise: Windows 7 client
Some Windows Software Update Services (WSUS) users got a surprise on their patching servers on August 20: A mention of Windows 7 Client.
The actual Windows 7 client code was not distributed via WSUS. But the appearance of Windows 7 on the list of products that will be serviced
over WSUS paves the way for Microsoft to start pushing something Windows-7-related to customers in the coming months.
“WSUS
doesn’t push products - just patches. so this could just be in preparation for something that is weeks or months in the future. It’s just
a new category.” said one WSUS customer, who confirmed that he saw the “Windows 7″ box on his update check list this morning.
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20.08.2008Over 4000 Comcast customer passwords exposed
A list of over 8000 (4000 after duplicates were removed) Comcast customer usernames and passwords has been floating around the web for the past two
months, unprotected. The list was made available on Scribd, a file-sharing website where someone by the name of ‘vuthanhan2004' had uploaded
the list, which had been viewed over 345 times, and downloaded over 25 times, according to an article by the NYTimes. "It is possible that the
people on the list divulged their passwords in response to some kind of phishing message, and that Comcast itself is not to blame," said Kevin
Andreyo, an educational technology specialist in Reading, Pa.
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17.03.2009Microsoft details changes in Windows 7 RC
Microsoft's Windows 7 team today posted a detailed list of changes that they will be making in the Release Candidate build based on feedback from
testers.
Many of the changes made appear to be fairly major to usability. Not only are we now more in control with the changes they have
made, they make sense and increase usability.
View the source to read the long list.
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27.02.2009IBM Still Dominates
Supercomputer List
IBM continues to dominate the
supercomputing industry,
according to the Top500
Organization's latest list of
the most powerful computers in
the world. Altogether, the Big
Blue's systems comprise 219
of the 500 systems included in
the bi-annual survey...
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