Vista RTM and SP1 Windows Fiji Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008
Developed under the codename Windows Fiji, and released to manufacturing under the label Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008, the first major update to the Windows Media Center component included by default in the Home Premium and Ultimate SKUs of Windows Vista RTM and SP1, is right on track to be a disappointment.
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11.8.2008 Windows Vista SP1 codenamed "Fiji"
From Microsoft: Longhorn Server RTM/ Windows Vista SP1 RTM Second half of 2006/first half of 2007 (Client RTM + 6 to 9 months).
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13.12.2006 Windows Fiji beta testing begins
Speaking of Microsoft information lockdown, theres been no word in ages from Microsoft about Fiji, the next version of Windows Media Center Edition.
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20.5.2008 Will Windows Vista's Delay Push Back 'Fiji'?
Microsoft has a code name for the next version of Windows. But what is the planned delivery date for the product, as well as its successor, 'Vienna'? No one's talking, but plenty are speculating.
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12.4.2006 Never mind Vista, here's Fiji and Vienna
Face it, Windows Vista is just so played these days. With that preliminary biz release under its belt, we're ready for bigger and better things, and luckily a certain "jameskyton" drive-by-blogger has the low-down for us on Vista's successors, Fiji and Vienna.
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1.1.2007 Nation upset at use of name Microsoft Fiji
Fiji's government says it's still trying to contact the Microsoft Corporation to discuss the company's plans to launch a product called Microsoft Fiji.
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28.6.2008 Vista Media Center update "Fiji" delayed
Fiji, the suspected codename for the next version/upgrade of Media Center might be held up by a lack of frequent flyer miles. The beta program, which many of you may have registered for isnt exactly moving along.
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19.6.2007 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 Vista RTM and SP1 Windows Fiji Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008
Developed under the codename Windows Fiji, and released to manufacturing under the label Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008, the first major update to the Windows Media Center component included by default in the Home Premium and Ultimate SKUs of Windows Vista RTM and SP1, is right on track to be a disappointment.
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11.8.2008 Microsofts Windows Fiji on track to debut before Windows Seven
With Microsoft constantly switching up codenames, it's tough to keep track of what's on and what's off. But "Fiji" is on.
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19.3.2007 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 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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14.1.2008Microsoft sending mixed messages about Windows futures with Fiji?
Mary Jo Foley: After a brief blip of news following
the mid-July release to manufacturing of
Microsoft “Fiji,” it’s back to radio silence again. But the quiet shouldn’t be interpreted as all is well.
In fact, a number of Fiji testers who asked not to be named and with whom I’ve communicated are not happy with how the test process for
Windows Media Center TV Pack (Fiji) was conducted or the product that resulted.
In fact, one tester made a convincing argument
that Microsoft is doing more harm than good with Fiji, by sending mixed messages around whether users should wait for Windows 7 or upgrade now to
Windows Vista coupled with Fiji.
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06.08.2008Windows Fiji: Now second half of 2008?
Because Microsoft won't
comment officially on
"Fiji," the expected,
standalone update to Windows
Media Center, its tough to
confirm a date slip.
But Chris Lanier, a
Microsoft Most Valuable
Professional (MVP) in the
digital media arena, is
predicting that Fiji wont
debut in 2007, as Microsoft
and other interested parties
had been predicting. Instead,
Laniers betting Fiji is now a
second half of 2008 update.
In a blog post dated
June 12, Lanier blogged:
Don't
expect Fiji this year.
Dont expect Fiji early next
year. Based on water-cooler
talk Ive heard, I wouldnt
expect to see it released
until around Q3-Q4 2008 which
would bring the platform back
to Sep/Oct releases as has
been customary since 2002. .
Date is highly subject to
change if things like DIRECTV
support are to be
included. ..
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19.06.2007Windows Fiji' beta testing has begun
Speaking of Microsoft information lockdown, there’s been no word in ages from Microsoft about “Fiji,” the next version of Windows
Media Center Edition. But that isn’t because Fiji has evaporated. In fact, the Fiji beta began a few weeks ago, according to a few sources with
whom I’ve spoken and who’ve asked to keep their identities under wraps.
It’s not clear how many testers are part of this
current test phase. There’s also no word on when and if Microsoft is going to tap the many other Fiji testers whom the company has signed up
over the past year-plus or when Microsoft expects Fiji — also known as “Media Center Edition +1″ in some circles — is due
out.
Last anyone heard, Fiji was supposed to build on the functionality that Microsoft delivered as part of Vista Service Pack 1. Some
potential testers said they heard that Fiji would deliver some of the fit and finish that was missing in the Vista release. DirectTV support also is
expected to be added to Media Center with the Fiji release.
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21.05.2008Nation upset at use of name Microsoft Fiji.
Fiji's government says it's still trying to contact the Microsoft Corporation to discuss the company's plans to launch a product called
Microsoft Fiji.
Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum told Fijilive his country wants an amicable resolution about the use of the name for
Microsoft's commercial gain.
Microsoft has revealed the next version of its Windows Media Center will be known as Windows Fiji.
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28.06.2008Windows Fiji beta testing has begun
Mary Jo Foley: Speaking of
Microsoft information lockdown, there’s been no word in ages
from Microsoft about “Fiji,” the next version of Windows Media Center Edition.
But that isn’t because Fiji has
evaporated. In fact, the Fiji beta began a few weeks ago, according to a few sources with whom I’ve spoken and who’ve asked to keep their
identities under wraps.
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20.05.2008Microsoft (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 clear up some of the speculation and rumors about it.
<...> For what its worth, heres Microsoft statement from Ben
Reed, Product Marketing Manager, Windows Media Center...
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08.08.2008Microsoft Fiji beta over; final 'TV Pack' due soon
Microsoft is done testing "Fiji," its update to Windows Media Center and is preparing to release the product officially known as "Windows Media
Center TV Pack 2008."
Microsoft notified testers that it had RTMd (released to manufacturing) Fiji on July 17, according to
testers who requested anonymity. From the alleged release note...
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18.07.2008Windows Fiji: a world class failure
Zack Whittaker: Before I get blasted by the uber-nerds, I’ll tell you now. I’ve been playing with
Windows 7 (6519) for a while, and
Fiji, the new Windows Media Center TV Pack supposedly for Windows 7 for Windows
Vista (ta, MJ) for a good few days..
For the life of me, I cant see any differences in Fiji anywhere...
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09.08.2008Adding to the Confusion; Fiji = MCE?
After months and months of
speculation about whether Fiji
is simply the codename for
Windows Vista's first Service
Pack (SP1), Vista R2 and even
a whole new version of
Windows, it seems yet another
possibility has been added to
the table.
Today, Mary Jo Foley posted
an interesting article on her
blog claiming that Fiji is
indeed an interim release of
Windows and will be the next
version of Windows Media
Center. It was also noted that
Fiji is expected to be
released before Windows Vienna
(or "Seven").
Foley also sourced a
blog
post from back in November
2006, which was posted by
Charlie Owen, one of the
product managers for Windows
Media Center. The post claims
that Fiji is indeed the next
version of Windows Media
Center.
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20.03.2007Fiji' on track to debut before Windows Seven
Before you get all excited, I
should emphasize that the
source of this news post is a
blog. In my defence, it is a
fairly trusted one and
Bink has
already approved it. Fiji
has often been referred to as
the codename for Windows Vista
Service Pack 1. You might as
well throw that association
out the window. It seems Fiji
is actually the next version
of Windows Media Center. This
is a bit odd for many reasons,
even if you don't realize
that the last two WMC
codenames have been precious
stones. Windows Vista's
successor is codenamed Vienna,
formerly codenamed Blackcomb,
but it appears that Microsoft
is now internally referring to
it as Windows Seven.
Microsoft's plan is to
release Fiji before Windows
Seven, much like Windows Media
Center 2005 (codename Emerald)
was available before Windows
Vista.
This seems
to leave us with more
questions than answers. If not
Fiji, what is the codename for
Windows Vista SP1? Why has
Vista's successor gone
through three different
codenames? Doesn't Windows
Vista already include the
latest Windows Media Center
(codename Diamond)? Shouldn't
Windows Seven include the next
version of WMC? I guess
not.
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20.03.2007First '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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04.09.2008Microsoft seeks new Windows Media Center testers
Microsoft is in the midst of a quest for new testers for some kind of new Windows Media Center product, which may or may not be connected to
“Fiji,” the next version of Windows Media Center Edition (MCE).
Late last week, Microsoft posted to its
Connect private beta-tester site a “Windows Media
Center Tester Application” survey, sources said. Microsoft is seeking a pool of testers for some new client-based product and is closing the
tester application process this Friday, February 1, sources said.
One tester said he believes the survey is for Fiji, known these
days as “MCE+1.” Microsoft officials would not confirm whether the survey is aimed at lining up Fiji testers. All they’d say (via a
statement from a corporate spokeswoman, was...
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30.01.2008Vista Media Center Update "Fiji" Delayed
Fiji, the suspected codename
for the next version/upgrade
of Media Center might be held
up by a lack of frequent flyer
miles. The beta program,
which many of you may have
registered for isn?t exactly
moving along. The invites
that were supposed to be sent
out on May 31th have gone no
where fast. This leads me to
think that the target ship
date for Fiji is no where
close.
Typically, a beta program
for a product as large as
Media Center is going to last
for at least eight months to a
year, and depending on the
features included even longer.
As my main feature
predictions revolve around
DIRECTV/Dish support, and HD
DVD playback/Managed Copy I
expect the beta to be a long
one. Getting something like
DIRECTV tuners working isn?t
going to be easy, just look at
the current problems with
CableCARD.
Don?t expect Fiji this year.
Don?t expect Fiji early next
year. Based on water-cooler
talk I?ve heard, I wouldn?t
expect to see it released
until around Q3-Q4 2008 which
would bring the platform back
to Sep/Oct releases as has
been customary since 2002.
Date is highly subject to
change if things like DIRECTV
support are to be
included.
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19.06.2007Apply to Test the Next Windows Media Center
Microsoft is now accepting
beta test applications for the
next version of Windows Media
Center, code-named
"Fiji." The update
will likely contain bug fixes
and some new digital media
features, arriving alongside
Windows Vista Service Pack 1,
say sources...
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18.04.2007What you won’t hear Microsoft talk about at WinHEC 2007
Usually, at the annual
Microsoft Windows Hardware
Engineering Conferences
(WinHECs), Microsoft provides
its system partners with some
information about what's
coming next on the operating
systems front. Even if not a
full-fledged roadmap, usually
there are a few hints, a
handful of futures slides, a
couple of thinly-veiled
references to general
directions.
This year: The future has
been ruled off limits, at
least on the Windows client
front.
Execs are not
talking at all about Windows
Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 or
"Fiji," the Media Center
update expected later this
year. And don't even think
about hearing/seeing anything
on Windows Seven, a k a
Windows 2009. ..
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16.05.2007What does Microsofts IPTV reorg have to do with Fiji?
Mary Jo Foley: I’ve been thinking about Microsoft’s quiet reorg, via which the company unified the IPTV, Media Center and HD DVD
initiatives into a single organization, known as
the
Microsoft Connected TV business group.
Just munging these three teams together doesn’t necessarily mean a cohesive set
of Microsoft TV products and services will suddenly emerge. As Microsoft Platform Strategy Advisor Harry Mower blogged:
“This is a step in the right direction as long as we also
begin to consolidate the underlying platforms and developer technologies. Today, if you want to build a media experiences that spans devices, you
are forced to use a hodgepodge of languages, tools and standards. Until we (Microsoft) realize that we need to deliver one unified platform for
multimedia development and consumption, these types of changes are not going to matter much to the general consumer or customer.”
As a result of the latest reshuffling, the Media Center team, which (supposedly) has been working on
the next out-of-band Media Center release, codenamed “Fiji,” is
now part of Robbie Bach’s Entertainment and Devices unit, rather than the Windows client one. So what does this mean, if anything for the
development and release of Fiji?
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28.12.2007Microsoft to Abandon Major SPs for Vista
Finished are those dreams of
Fiji being a major Service
Pack 1 for Vista: a Microsoft
spokesperson has just
announced that Windows Vista
won't be having any major
upgrades through its service
packs as XP's previous
service packs were.
Reasons that
Microsoft gave mainly revolve
around Vista being a high
quality operating system right
out of the box, as well as
small updates improving the
system gradually thanks to a
new integration of Windows
Update into the core system.
The company also believes that
a lightweight service pack
will benefit both enterprises
and individual users, since
fewer major changes to the
system's core will also
reduce compatibility issues as
well as prevent performance
problems that users have
historically been complaining
about after Windows service
pack releases.
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03.04.2007Onto the next version of
Windows
The day after releasing the
final Windows Vista bits to
volume-licensing business
customers. Microsoft issued a
call to testers asking for
input on the next version of
Windows.
"Many
customers have expressed the
desire to have an impact on
future releases of Windows. We
have often heard from
customers that they want the
opportunity to make
suggestions about the way
Windows works," according to
a copy of a note Microsoft
sent to Windows testers,
published on the ActiveWin.com
Web site.
"The
purpose of this program is to
gather that early feedback
from Windows customers and use
it to make the next version of
Windows the best release yet.
Who Can Participate Initially
this program will be open to
participants of the Windows
Vista Technical Beta
Community. At a future date
after general Windows Vista
consumer availability it will
be opened up to all registered
Microsoft Connect users," the
note said.
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04.12.2006Test the Next Windows Media Center
Interested in testing the next
version of Windows Media
Center? Now's your chance.
Today,
Jessica Zahn, a program
manager for Windows Media
Center, announced a new
nomination survey available on
Connect for the upcoming beta
program.
The news was officially
announced over at
The Green
Button forums. At the time
being, it's not quite certain
what type of release this will
be, whether it's just an
update to the current Media
Center found in Vista, or if
it is the much debated
"Fiji" interim release.
Whatever
it is... count me in.
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19.04.2007No DirecTV HD for Vista Media Center until 2010?
Ben Drawbaugh: It has been three months since
we received leaked confirmation that the
yet to be officially announced DirecTV HD tuner for Vista Media Center
(VMC) was part of an upcoming update code named Fiji (expected in October). The fact that so much time has passed and our sources still haven't
actually received a tuner was really starting to bother us. So we got even more concerned when we learned that the first release candidate issued to
testers was missing required pieces to make the HDPC-20 possible...
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