XP SP3 vs. Vista SP1 - Which is fastest?
In the TalkBack section on my post looking at SP3 benchmarks, _deitrich asked a really good question:
Adrian, how about a comparison of XP SP3 vs Vista SP1? Oui? C’est possible?
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28.4.2008 Which supercomputer is the fastest?
It was November 2000 when the first supercomputer passed 4 teraflops, or 4 trillion calculations per second. Now, that's the minimum requirement to even show up on the latest version of a list of the 500 fastest machines.
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27.6.2007 Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 - Fastest browser yet!
I’ve had a little hands-on time with Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 now and initial testing shows it to be the fastest browser available.
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2.4.2008 Small Businesses Switch to Vista Fastest, Study Says
Nearly half of businesses are in some phase of preparing to update desktops to Windows Vista, with small businesses moving the fastest to implement the OS, according to a xreport released last week.
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21.1.2008 Halo 3 Becomes Fastest-Selling Pre-Ordered Video Game in History
Blockbuster consumer brands including 7-Eleven, Burger King Corp., Comcast, Mountain Dew and Pontiac unveil unprecedented support for the launch of this year’s biggest entertainment event.
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9.8.2007 Windows XP Service Pack 3 - Will it turn XP into Vista?
Microsoft is currently cooking the third and last service pack for Windows XP. Released back at the end of 2001, and overhauled in 2004 with the introduction of Service Pack 2, the next refresh for XP is long overdue.
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19.10.2007 XP SP3 Does Not Support Windows XP
Believe it or not, but Microsoft does not support Windows XP with XP SP3. Well, maybe that's not entire true. But it is true nonetheless. End users will find they they are unable to deploy XP SP3 on top of XP. What is the catch?
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16.1.2008 Windows XP LogonUI Changer - Change Windows XP Logon Background
Windows 7 has got built-in feature to change Windows 7 Logon background and we have already covered Logon Changer & LogonUI background changer for Windows 7. For Windows Vista & XP Logonstudio is best tool to use.
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12.8.2009 Vista SP1 RC Leaves XP SP2 in the Dust, but What About XP SP3?
Although Microsoft has indicated a strong disapproval of benchmarking tests involving development milestones of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, the temptation is simply too big to ignore.
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17.1.2008 Microsoft Makes Its Own Vista SP1 vs. XP SP2, Leaves XP SP3 Out
Ever since the advent of Window Vista, at the end of November 2006 for businesses and in January 2007 for the general public, Microsoft has virtually invited the comparison between the two operating systems.
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8.5.2008 Microsoft Hands out XP SP3 beta – Final SP for XP
In an email sent to selected testers telling them they have been accepted to begin testing XP SP3, Microsoft has also informed them that this will be the final Service Pack for the now aging OS.
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5.10.2007 Plus! for Windows XP
Thanks to gavo for this download. This is Plus! for Windows XP but users report, that it works with Vista too.
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28.4.2007 Which edition of Windows XP is right for you?
Five editions of Windows XP compared
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3 x DOWNLOAD Windows XP
DOWNLOAD Windows XP 9 IN ONE with service pack 2,
DOWNLOAD Windows XP Professional 64 Bit,
DOWNLOAD Windows XP Professional 32 Bit
This is Windows XP Unofficial Download page.
Windows XP is designed for businesses of all sizes and for home users who demand the most from their computing experience, Windows XP Professional delivers the new standard in reliability and performance.
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Hack Windows Xp All in One
Include:
CIA Commander
WPa kill
Activate
Enable Updates
Windows genuine validation bypass
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31.1.2006 Windows XP on a MAC?
Apple has formally given its thumbs-up to attempts to install and run Windows XP on Intel-based Macs. It has posted a tool called Boot Camp that allows iMac, MacBook Pro and Mac Mini owners to run the Microsoft OS more easily. The company also confirmed the next major Mac OS X release, Leopard, will integrate the twin-OS technology.
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5.4.2006 The Only Way for Windows XP SP3 Is Down
SP3 will do nothing for XP, but still more than what SP1 will do for Vista - The third and final service pack for Windows XP will do little to nothing for the operating system, but will manage to deliver a superior boost to the platform's momentum in comparison to Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista.
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12.4.2008 Windows XP gets another six months
Given its history of moving deadlines at a moment's notice, it hardly seems surprising that Microsoft is keeping Windows XP alive even longer than expected, but its latest move looks particularly bad for Vista.
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5.10.2008 XP to Windows 7 Migration
As far as the great majority of users are concerned, Windows Vista was the greatest flop in Microsoft history and few points of view dare to contradict this.
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29.9.2009 SevenMizer Windows XP
Following the same behavioral pattern as with the release of Windows Vista, software developers have striven to offer the masses the possibility to disguise Windows XP as Windows 7.
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2.10.2009 Windows XP Service pack 1
Windows XP Service Pack 1: XP SP1 (now called SP1a)
Microsoft continually works to improve its software. As part of this effort, we develop updates and fixes to recognized issues and release them for customers. On a regular basis, we combine many of these fixes into a single package and make the package available for you to install on your computers. These packages are called Service Packs.
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Windows XP Service pack 2
About once a year, Microsoft releases an update to Windows XP. These updates contain all the fixes and enhancements which have been made available in the previous year. The updates (called Service Packs) provide convenient, all-in-one access to the most up-to-date drivers, tools, security updates, patches, and customer-requested product changes.
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Windows XP Service pack 3
This is Windows XP SP3 - Service Pack 3 Unofficial Preview.
Mr. Ballmer made some interesting remarks: Microsoft might indeed ship SP3 for Windows XP before Longhorn comes out. Also, upcoming version 7 of Internet Explorer should have anti-phishing technology built-in.
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Hardening Windows XP Professional
Windows XP has considerably more functionality than Windows 2000. With this functionality come more services and more potential security holes. Some of the measures undertaken by IST to reduce the risk are outlined in the extracts below. These are the security-related sections IST follows when building a Windows XP image for distribution within Academic Support.
NOTE: Most of these changes require you to sign on as an administrator.
The first and most important change to be applied is to set a password on all user accounts. Next it is very strongly advised that you do not log on with an administrative account but rather a ?User? or ?Power User? account.
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Windows XP 64 Final
See why you should consider upgrading to Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.
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Update for Windows XP (KB900485)
Install this update to resolve an issue in which you receive a ?stop 0x7e in aec.sys? error message on a computer that is running Windows XP Service Pack 2. The error may occur during startup, or after the system has started. AEC.SYS is the acoustic echo canceling driver. After you install this update, you may have to restart your computer.
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9.1.2006 Windows XP SP3 Preview No. 5
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11.2.2006 Windows XP SP4 in the works!
Even though Windows XP Service Pack 3 has a long way to go before being released to the public, word is out that Microsoft has Service Pack 4 in the works. SP3, set to be released in mid-2007, will be a massive update for XP, and many people have said it may be the last for the OS because of Vista.
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14.6.2006 Happy Birthday Windows XP
5 years ago today Windows XP was launched worldwide after it had RTM'd a month earlier.
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27.10.2006 Windows XP will be around a lot longer than you think
Over at CNET News, the bold headline reads: No more Windows XP as of 2008. And the opening line continues the theme: “Starting next year you won’t be able to buy a new PC loaded with Windows XP…”
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19.4.2007JCXP Review: Logitech MX 1100 Cordless Laser Mouse
The Logitech brand has long been associated with quality and inexpensive PC peripheral solutions. Over the years, they have redefined the way we
interact with our computers with many new innovative products and technologies. In 2004, Logitech was the first company to introduce the laser optical
mouse to the mainstream market with the MX 1000 cordless mouse.
Today, we will be giving you a glimpse into one of Logitech's latest
offerings, the MX 1100 Cordless Laser Mouse; successor to the MX 1000.
"After the success of the Logitech MX 1000, a comfortable
mouse with buttons galore, I would never have thought that Logitech could come up with a true successor. However, when hearing about the brand new MX
1100 a few months ago, I thought that this could be a perfect replacement for my aging MX 1000..." >
Click here to read our extensive review of the Logitech MX 1100
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05.02.2009Logitech's MX Air Mouse with freespace motion control
Logitech unveiled its MX Air
Mouse this morning, a laser
mouse that works on the desk
and in the air. A somewhat
similar product from Gyration
has been available for a
while. However, the underlying
technology isn't quite the
same. The Air MX uses
Freespace motion control
technology, which interprets
how you move the mouse
regardless of where you point
it ensuring accurate and
responsive navigation at a
range of up to 30 feet. That
alone sets it apart from
Gyration's device which needs
to be pointed directly at the
computer.
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15.07.2007Windows finally breaks into the Top 10 among supercomputers
Although only five of the world's 500 fastest supercomputers ran Windows -- the same number as last June -- the fastest among them has finally
claimed the #10 spot...
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19.11.2008Storm botnet stages Fourth of July attacks
As predicted, hackers tried to trick users into downloading the Storm bot Trojan Friday by unleashing a flood of Fourth of July spam bearing links to
malicious sites, several security companies reported.
The spam campaign,
anticipated earlier in the week by
MX Logic Inc., used
messages with subject headings ranging from "Amazing firework 2008" and "Celebrating Fourth of July" to "Light up the sky" and "Spectacular
fireworks show," said U.K.-based Sophos Plc. in an alert posted to the Web Friday.
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05.07.2008FAQ on the Windows XP Expert
Zone
Columnist Charlie Russel
explains how to use FAQs to
find answers to frequently
asked questions about Windows
XP, Windows XP Tablet PC
Edition, and Windows XP Media
Center Edition...
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04.01.2006Windows XP SP3 Final Available at MajorGeeks
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the operating system. This update also includes a small number of new
functionalities, which do not significantly change customers experience with the operating system.
Supported Operating Systems:
Windows XP; Windows XP Home Edition ; Windows XP Home Edition N; Windows XP Media Center Edition; Windows XP Professional Edition ; Windows XP
Professional N; Windows XP Service Pack 1; Windows XP Service Pack 2; Windows XP Starter Edition; Windows XP Tablet PC Edition.
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23.04.2008Mag names Mac Pro 'fastest PC in UK'
Apple's four-core Intel-based
Mac Pro desktop has been named
the UK's fastest PC after it
was lined up against a
top-of-the-line Windows
machine by British magazine PC
Pro.
According to
the publication's upcoming
November issue, out in two
weeks' time, the 3GHz Mac Pro
was run alongside a Pentium
D-based machine. The Mac Pro
has two dual-core Xeon 5160
CPUs, 4GB of DDR 2 memory
mounted on FB-DIMMs, a Quadro
FX 4500 graphics card and
1.75TB of hard disk capacity.
Windows XP was installed on
the Mac using Apple's Boot
Camp utility.
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05.10.2006Fastest: Apple MacBook Pro
The fastest Windows Vista notebook weve tested this year is a Mac. Try that again: The fastest Windows Vista notebook weve tested this year--or for
that matter, ever--is a Mac. Not a Dell, not a Toshiba, not even an Alienware. The $2419 (plus the price of a copy of Windows Vista, of course)
MacBook Pros PC WorldBench 6 Beta 2 score of 88 beats Gateways E-265M by a single point, but the MacBooks score is far more impressive simply because
Apple couldnt care less whether you run Windows.
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31.10.2007Fastest Windows Vista Notebook? A Mac
PC World's "
In Pictures: The Most Notable Notebooks of
2007" is a beauty parade of laptops: a pret-a-portable, if you will. While some of the categories might make a prom queen weep (
heaviest), the real surprise is the pick for
the fastest Windows Vista machine: The 17" MacBook Pro:
The fastest Windows Vista notebook we've tested this year is a Mac. Try
that again: The fastest Windows Vista notebook we've tested this year--or for that matter, ever--is a Mac.
Sure, it's maxed out
with memory (4GB ) and a fancy graphics card, but the $3000 configuration still thrashes the Toshiba Portege, which is $500 more. Plus, the Mac is the
only one which will run OS X.
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30.10.2007Windows 7 Beta 1 Vs Windows Vista Vs Windows XP
After Windows 7 beta 1 leaked, many bloggers caught hold of it very soon and started testing/using Windows 7. We saw Ed Bott from ZDnet reporting
about the changes in the Windows 7 beta 1 license agreement. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes from ZDnet has benchmarked Windows 7 with its successors Windows
Vista and Windows XP. The Windows 7 build 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400 was considered for testing. Since its 32bit, it was tested against 32bit versions of
Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3.
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03.01.2009'Windows XP Mode' revealed for Windows 7
Remember that major announcement that was planned for Windows 7 a while back? Well, it's finally here, revealed on Paul Thurrott's Windows
SuperSite. So, what is it? It's a feature of Windows 7 called 'Windows XP Mode'. So, what exactly is this new mode? As you can probably
tell from the name, it's a method to provide better compatibility in Windows 7, and to pull it off with as little trouble as possible. It's
also dubbed XPM, or formerly Virtual XP.
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25.04.2009Windows XP Mode final release coming October 22
Microsoft's Windows XP Mode for Windows 7 Professional or higher has RTM'd (Release to Manufacturing) today and will be available for download
from Microsoft Download Center on October 22. OEM manufactures will be able to offer Windows XP Mode on their PC's, based on their shipping
schedules to consumers. The design purpose for Windows XP Mode is to help put businesses minds at ease when upgrading to Windows 7 to ensure their
applications are backwards compatible. Windows XP Mode will allow any program to run smoothly in Windows 7 Professional or higher just as it does in
Windows XP.
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02.10.2009Windows XP will be sold to some OEMs after all, says Microsoft
BetaNews has confirmed that, although most of Microsoft's shipments of Windows XP did end on June 30 as scheduled, it is still making XP available to
both makers of low-end Netbooks and 'systems builders,' large and small...
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02.07.2008Record-breaking 'Storm' Trojan linked to spam surge
Storm, the Trojan that Hoovers
PCs into hacker-controlled
botnets, roared back into life
last month in several waves,
security researchers said
Monday, and has blown by
2005's Sober to become the
most prolific e-mail-borne
malware ever.
"This is the biggest
since Sober in mid-to-late
2005," said Sam Masiello, the
director of threat research at
MX Logic, referring to a
long-lasting worm whose
variants struck repeatedly in
the second half of 2005, often
in extremely high numbers. In
November 2006, for instance,
e-mail filtering companies
reported malware-laden e-mail
counts spiking 1,500 percent
in a week, and said they were
intercepting four times the
usual number of infected
messages.
According to MX Logic,
Storm -- a bot Trojan that
collects compromised computers
into large networks of
ready-to-use PCs -- has broken
Sober's records. Thanks to
Storm, the Englewood, Colo.
managed e-mail security vendor
tracked a July jump in
malicious e-mail of 1,700
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14.08.2007Microsoft will allow Windows 7 downgrade to XP
After many requests and company IT departments pushing Microsoft to make Windows 7 available to downgrade not only to Windows Vista, but to Windows
XP, Microsoft has finally officially stated that the downgrade will be available if company's or users require a downgrade. The downgrade will
not only allow consumers to downgrade to Microsoft most recent predecessor, Vista, but will allow users to downgrade to Windows XP, and technically
allow users to go back to Windows 2000 or even Windows 95.
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07.04.2009Microsoft releases XP mode RC for Windows 7
Microsoft has released updated bits of Windows XP Mode for Windows 7. XP Mode is a method to provide better compatibility in Windows 7, and to pull
it off with as little trouble as possible. It's also dubbed XPM, or formerly Virtual XP. XPM is built on the next generation Microsoft Virtual PC
7 product line, which requires processor-based virtualization support (Intel and AMD) to be present and enabled on the underlying PC, much like
Hyper-V, Microsoft's server-side virtualization platform. XP Mode will bring a Virtual PC-based environment, as well as a fully licensed version
of Windows XP SP3, free for all owners of Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate editions. XPM will provide 100% compatibility with Windows
XP.
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04.08.2009Microsoft will not extend availability of XP
Microsoft announced yesterday the worldwide extension of the availability of Windows XP Home for an emerging, new class of mobile personal
computers commonly known as ultra-low-cost PCs, or ULCPCs. Windows XP Home for ULCPCs will be available until the later of June 30, 2010, or one year
after general availability of the next version of Windows.
That extension does not apply to other editions of Windows XP; such as
Professional, Tablet and Media Edition.
PressPass: Will Microsoft extend sales of other editions of Windows XP?
Dix: No, there
is no plan to extend sales of other editions of Windows XP beyond June 30, 2008. We are very proud of the progress that we have made with Windows
Vista over the last sixteen months. Since its launch, Windows Vista has become the fastest-selling operating system in Microsoft history, and more
than 100 million Windows Vista licenses have been sold worldwide.
Last fall, our OEM partners asked us to extend sales of Windows XP to
give their customers more time to transition to Windows Vista while we worked with other software vendors to expand application compatibility. Today,
more than 2,500 applications have received the Windows Vista logo (a ten-fold increase since launch) and more than 78,000 devices and components are
supported by drivers either in-box or on Windows Update. On NPD’s list of the top 100 consumer applications selling at retail, 98 are now
compatible—and the latest versions of the top free downloads (Adobe Reader, Shockwave and iTunes) are all compatible.
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04.04.2008Asus announce fastest smartphone
Today Asus announced a new smartphone coming on the market very soon and they claim it will be the fastest out there. The Smartphone itself will be
running a 800mhz Marvell processor that will allow anyone who wants to use it for quite intensive processes be able to do achieve what they want
without the need of worrying because there's a lack of speed, the device also comes with a nice sized screen as well (2.8 inch 480 X 640 Touch
Screen). In terms of connectivity the smartphone has 3G, GPRS and Edge and if those are never present around where you do business then you can
take advantage of the built in Wi-Fi (802.11b/g).
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17.11.2008Low-Cost Windows XP Comes to
Africa
Microsoft is bringing its
Windows XP Starter Edition
operating system to Africa,
the company announced
Thursday. The lower-priced
version of XP drops home
networking and limits the
number of programs that can be
opened simultaneously...
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28.04.2006OEMs to Continue Shipping XP
If you already own an XP license and are still hesitant to switch to Vista, Microsoft's "downgrade rights" policy, which initially began to be
exercised in 2001, may be in your favor if you would still like to purchase a machine running Windows XP after the June 30, 2008 deadline when
Microsoft will stop offering the operating system. OEMs such as Dell have said that they still have no plans to stop offering XP as an option:
"Dell has the ability to exercise 'Windows Vista downgrade rights' on your behalf in the factory if your business is still reliant upon
Windows XP and you'd prefer to have Windows XP Professional preinstalled on your PCs," according to their new downgrade policy section for XP.
"Downgrade Rights means that anyone with a Windows Vista Business or Windows Vista Ultimate operating system can downgrade to Windows XP
Professional provided they have the media for Windows XP Professional."
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