Winstep Xtreme 7.1 - Black XP Visual Styles
Thanks to hwh1226 for this download. A powerful, multi-paged desktop replacement, program launcher and document organizer that can be used as an alternative or supplement to the normal Windows desktop.
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18.6.2007 7 Stylish Visual Styles for Windows 7
Windows 7 only hit the store shelves 9 days ago, but, as us geeks got our hands on it much earlier, we already explorered most of the OS—including the desktop customization aspect of it.
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1.11.2009 XP Black Edition USA 2007 DVD
Thanks to odeeee and other posters to for this download. No Viruses....Cracks....for the programs it comes with.....Falsly reported as Viruses....Coz they R Crackz.
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7.5.2007 Black Screen of Death for XP SP3 and Vista SP1 Upgrades
Microsoft has warned end users that performing Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1 upgrades from copies of XP SP2 and Vista RTM, respectively, that have Onekey Recovery 5.0 installed will cause the operating systems to display a black screen following reboot.
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9.8.2008 Visual Task Tips for XP like Vista
Visual Task Tips provides thumbnail preview image for each task in the Windows XP Taskbar.
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25.3.2007 Windows 7 Ultimate Black Edition 2009 Beta 32bit
Dont modify this Seven® Black™ Edition 2009 R1 Beta in anyway and for torrent uploaders dont add any viruses.
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11.3.2009 Windows 7 RTM Black Screen of Death after Forced Shutdown Actions
Microsoft has informed users of an issue that prevents Windows 7 from starting after the computer the OS is installed on has been forced shut down.
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7.10.2009 Black Friday brings down online retailers
Amazon, like many other online retailers were brought down yesterday from eager users trying to get their hands on some limited offers from the sites.
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29.11.2008 Black Xbox 360 With HDMI, Improved Features
Rumors of a hardware refresh for the Xbox 360 began earlier this year, when photos of a prototype console with HDMI output and a revised scaling chip appeared on the Web.
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22.3.2007 Black screen of darkness to haunt Vista pirates
Microsoft Windows' infamous "blue screen of death" has become synonymous with an operating system crash or freeze, but that's nothing compared with what users of pirated copies of Vista worldwide can expect from now -- a black screen of darkness.
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12.9.2007 Microsoft: Vista's 'Black Screen of Death' Is a Hoax
Many other news sites have just picked up the original article believing that it's legit. We have already updated our original post from last night and are posting the following to correct any disinformation out there.
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12.9.2007 MS preps black Xbox 360 as PS3 spoiler?
Is Microsoft preparing a spoiler for Sony's PAL-region PlayStation 3 launch on 23 March?
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9.2.2007 German hacker denied entry into U.S. for Black Hat training
Thomas Dullien, a prominent security researcher who has been a fixture at the annual Black Hat security conference, has been denied entry into the U.S. to attend and conduct training at this year’s confab.
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30.7.2007 Microsoft presenting at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas
Hi everyone, Stephen Toulouse here. As you probably know, all throughout the year we attend various security researcher conferences all over the world. One of the biggest and the best is the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas. And of course the MSRC, as well as a number of other Microsoft teams, will be down there this August.
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11.6.2006 Vista SP1 Application Compatibility Update Fixes Black Screens of Death
With the release of the gold version of Service Pack 1, but also with the maturing of the software and hardware environment orbiting around the Windows client, Windows Vista's compatibility level has continually increased.
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14.8.2008 Will Visual Studio ever ship with Windows?
Back in June, a blogger by the name of Jeroen van den Bos posted an article on his blog where he argued that Windows Vista should ship with one of the Visual Studio Express editions installed. van den Bos recalled the days when he could boot up his Commodore 64 and just start programming away.
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13.8.2006 Download Windows Live Tools for Visual Studio 2008
Microsoft has made available for download the July 2008 Community Technology Preview of the Windows Live tools for Visual Studio 2008.
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29.7.2008 What Does 'Visual Studio Live' Mean to You?
Microsoft officials asked for ideas for ways to extend its Visual Studio tool suite with add-on services. And ideas they got.
Pair programming and a "live" version of Visual Studio Team System are just two of
the many Visual Studio Live possibilities that Microsoft may be considering. The code name for whatever services end up part of this bundle is Tuscany. Not Visual Studio Tuscany.
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18.1.2006 Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2
The Beta Experience invites you on a journey to discover the new features of Visual Studio 2005. It contains the latest beta versions of Visual Studio 2005 Team System and SQL Server 2005, and provides you with a hands-on comprehensive training project to help you get the most out of Beta 2.
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Visual Studio Gets Database Edition
Microsoft on Wednesday announced a new addition to the Visual Studio 2005 Team System: Team Edition for Database Professionals. The product is designed to promote collaboration when building database driven applications, and is another step on the road to Visual Studio "Orcas."
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1.6.2006 Three Really Cool Vista Visual Tweaks
Andreas Verhoeven has released three really great Windows Vista tweaking applications, designed to improve some of the visual decisions Microsoft made in Vista without much effort on your part.
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4.9.2007 New Security Features in Visual Studio 2005
Visual Studio 2005 makes it easier for developers to write secure applications. Write unmanaged code that's safe, or get IDE tools that help you to build and deploy managed applications that take advantage of Code Access Security. (11 printed pages)
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Pinned: Has Visual Studio 2005 RTMed?
Although I haven't recieved any offical word yet, it seems as if Microsoft has let the RTM news out of the bag by mistake.
On ASP.NET's Atlas website, there is a box labeled "Get Atlas!".
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New Visual Studio, SQL Server Launch
With musical support from Cheap Trick, Microsoft heralded the arrival of Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 at a special "Rock" event in San Francisco Monday. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took the stage looking uncharacteristic in a suit, and even apologized for his formal attire.
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Microsoft Talks Up Visual Studio Future
Microsoft may have just shipped Visual Studio 2005, but the company is already starting to discuss its future plans for the development suite. Service Pack 1 is in the works for next summer, says Visual C# product manager Scott Wiltamuth, and Orcas -- the next VS release -- is being hashed out.
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Visual Studio 2005 Express free
Microsoft have released the Visual Studio 2005 express free. Company brings the power of code to growing community of hobbyist programmers who seek to integrate technology and software into their everyday lives.
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20.4.2006 Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Now Available
Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 continues Microsoft's investment in market leading development tools.
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17.12.2006 Visual Studio 2005 Update for Vista
Microsoft has released a new version of its Visual Studio toolset for Windows Vista development.
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7.3.2007 Microsoft christens Visual Studio 2010
Microsoft is naming the next release of its Visual Studio integrated development platform “Visual Studio 2010? — but that doesn’t necessarily mean it won’t ship until 2010.
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29.9.2008 Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Beta
This download installs Service Pack 1 Beta for Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005.
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30.9.2006Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 Service Pack 2 Available
Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0. SP2 provides the latest updates to Visual FoxPro 9.0, including fixes to customer reported issues. The
bug fix list for SP2 can be viewed or downloaded from this page.
System Requirements
- Supported Operating Systems:
Windows 2000 Service Pack 4; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2; Windows Vista; Windows XP Service Pack 2
Requires either:
- Visual FoxPro 9.0, or
- Visual FoxPro 9.0 SP1
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12.10.2007XP Pro to receive WGA similar to Vista SP1
Remember how everyone was excited about how Vista SP1 received a WGA update to not block you from your computer?
Well, the same is coming
to Windows XP. (Professional only, though. Who would want to pirate XP Home?)
From the WGA Blog:
With this update to
WGA Notifications in Windows XP, we've implemented a couple of related features that draw on the notifications experience we designed for Windows
Vista SP1. After installing this version of WGA Notifications on a copy of Windows XP that fails the validation, most users will discover on their
next logon that their desktop has changed to a plain black background from whatever was there previously (see below).
The desktop
background can be reset to anything else in the usual ways, but every 60 minutes it will change back to the plain black background. This will continue
to happen until that copy of Windows is genuine.
Also, the user will see the addition of what we call the "persistent desktop
notification." This notification is similar to a watermark but works a bit differently. The image (see below) appears over the system tray and is
non-interactive in the sense that you can't click on it or do anything to it.
As with previous releases, if a copy of Windows fails
validation, notifications will appear above the system tray regularly - and we will continue to have the pre-logon message, the logon interrupt
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27.08.2008New Windows Genuine authenticator can blank desktop backgrounds
If in the last week or so you've noticed that your desktop background in Windows XP Professional goes completely black exactly every 60 minutes,
don't worry, it's not a virus...
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28.08.2008Windowblinds comes to Vista
Version 5.5 of WindowBlinds
has been designed to enable
Windows Vista to become
skinnable. This is no easy
task for a number of reasons.
The biggest reason has to do
with the new Desktop Window
Manager (DWM). While
technically WindowBlinds could
have hacked its way to work on
Vista, it was important that
WindowBlinds work natively on
Vista and that means using the
new 3D composited desktop. By
using the DWM you get hardware
acceleration and a ton of
other possible effects.
The second challenge
was making visual styles
(skins) made for Windows XP
work on Windows Vista without
parts missing. So Stardock
developed "Smart Skinning"
in which graphical elements in
XP skins are translated to
take care of new parts in
Windows Vista.
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16.11.2006Windows Movie Maker & DVD Maker SDK Available
Microsoft has made a Software
Development Kit for Windows
Movie Maker and Windows DVD
Maker in Windows Vista
available for download.
The SDK allows you to
add custom effects and
transitions to Movie Maker and
the ability to add your own
transitions, buttons and menu
styles for Vista's DVD maker.
The requirements
to use it are:
. Windows
Vista,
. DirectX
SDK,
.
Visual Studio 2005 or Visual
Studio .NET.
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23.02.2007FAQ 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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23.04.2008Windows Movie Maker and DVD Maker SDK Available
Microsoft has made a Software
Development Kit for Windows
Movie Maker and Windows DVD
Maker in Windows Vista
available for download.
The SDK allows you
to add custom effects and
transitions to Movie Maker and
the ability to add your own
transitions, buttons and menu
styles for Vista's DVD
maker.
The
requirements to use it
are:
. Windows
Vista,
. DirectX
SDK,
. Visual
Studio 2005 or Visual Studio
.NET.
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26.02.2007Royale Noir: secret XP theme uncovered
Sometime after the launch of
XP, somewhere in Redmond,
someone on the Microsoft
design team was in the
progress of developing
something for Media Center. It
was believed to be too
powerful for public
consumption and forever
archived in the servers at 1
Microsoft
Way.
Devoted
Channel9 member W3bbo spotted
an interesting theme on one of
the people_ready television
commercials airing in the
States. After some dedicated
searching, he finally
uncovered this mystery XP
theme by Microsoft. W3bbo
writes,
"D
uring Royales development (the
XP Media Center theme), the
graphic artists also produced
a black version of the skin,
sans the overused glass
effect. The result is an
aesthetic black skin named
Royale Noir, it even works
with Office
2003.
Since the
skin was never released (or
reached final adjustments)
there are a few issues with
it: some of the colors dont
meet the overall feel (theyre
too purple-ish compared to the
greys of the bitmaps) and the
inactive titlebars are a
little too dark.
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31.10.2006Showcase: Aero Xtreme 7 XP (Developed by InTime Applications)
jcxp.net - 05.09.2009
Microsoft promises SP 'milestone' for Visual Studio 2008
First, it was Windows XP SP1. Then Windows Vista SP1. Now its the Visual Studio and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, due by the end of summer. The connection?
Microsoft's service packs keep growing in importance as a means of updating key products between official releases.
Promoting
the first SP for Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5, officially launched just six months ago, Microsoft has said SP1 - like its predecessors -
is no ordinary SP.
winbeta.org - 02.08.2008
Critical remote IE exploit patch due Tuesday
Microsoft is planning to release two out-of-band security patches on July 28, 2009. Officials warned in an advanced security bulletin that the
Internet Explorer vulnerability is critical for Windows XP (IE 6/7/8) and Windows Vista (IE 7/8). It's not yet clear whether Windows 7 is
affected. The issue is marked as critical and as a Remote Code Execution. Microsoft also plans to plug a moderate hole in Visual Studio. Microsoft
Visual Studio .NET 2003, 2005 and 2008 are all affected and it's thought the Visual Studio patch will solve an issue that can affect certain types
of applications.
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neowin.net - 25.07.2009
Visual FoxPro 9.0 Service Pack 2 and "Sedna" Betas Now Available
This download contains the
BETA release for Microsoft
Visual FoxPro 9.0 SP2 and the
"Sedna" add-ons. This
release has two parts:
The Sedna Beta download
contains six components:
VistaDialogs4COM, Upsizing
Wizard, Data Explorer,
NET4COM, MY for VFP and VS
2005 Extension for VFP.
The VFP 9.0 SP2 Beta
download contains a patch that
can be applied to VFP 9.0 or
VFP 9.0 SP1. In addition to
fixes to the core product,
this patch contains
significant enhancements to
the Reporting features.
System Requirements
- Supported Operating
Systems: Windows 2000 Service
Pack 3; Windows 2000 Service
Pack 4; Windows Vista; Windows
XP Service Pack 2
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Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0
- Microsoft .NET Framework
2.0
winbeta.org - 15.06.2007
Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio March 2009 CTP
Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio extend Visual Studio to enable the creation, building, debugging, running and packaging of scalable
services on Windows Azure. Installation includes the Windows Azure SDK.
winbeta.org - 19.03.2009
Windows XP lives on in the next embedded OS upgrade
The versatility of Microsoft's previous generation of operating system is about to be shown off some more, with a new edition that will be
customizable for various embedded devices, using a special version of Visual Studio...
betanews.com - 05.06.2008
Microsoft: 5573 Does Not Imply a Specific XP SP3 Build
Marius Oiaga: Microsoft is not saying much at all about the third and final service pack for Windows XP, and whatever information does manage to get
through the translucent filters implemented by Steven Sinofsky, Senior Vice President, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group,
presents little
relevance. A recent reference related to XP SP3 is Build 5573 from KB951126. Judging by the fact that XP SP 3 Release Candidate 2 Refresh 2 was Build
5508, speculation began circulating of a new version
number 5573, that could even be the RTM build for the service pack. I contacted Microsoft on the matter, and this is not the case.
"The reference comes from 'A multiprocessor computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows XP stops responding on a black screen after
you resume the computer from hibernation' KB article 951126 available here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951126/. The file versions discussed on the Microsoft Help and Support page, referring to a
hotfix for Windows XP SP3, are accurate," a Microsoft spokesman revealed in an email to Softpedia.
winbeta.org - 17.04.2008
Microsoft tweaks anti-piracy check for Windows XP
Microsoft has updated software that verifies whether a copy of Windows is genuine in its Windows XP Professional edition, making it similar to the
notification in Windows Vista and thus more persistently visible to users. In a blog posting attributed to Alex Kochis, a Microsoft director of
product marketing and management, the company said it made the changes to the Windows Genuine Notification (WGA) alerts for XP Pro because it is
"the product edition that is most often stolen."
Now when a version of Windows XP Pro is found to be pirated or counterfeit, the next
time a user logs on to the system, the desktop screen background will be black, replacing whatever custom desktop may have been set by the user. This
will reappear every 60 minutes, even if a user resets the screen's background. Previously, this was not a part of the WGA notification for Windows
XP Pro.
neowin.net - 27.08.2008
Windows 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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neowin.net - 03.01.2009
Apple to offer discounts of up to 15% on Black Friday
While Apple is remaining tight-lipped on what we can expect from their stores on Black Friday, one analyst is predicting consumers will see discounts
of up to 15%. According to Kaufman Bros analyst Shaw Wu, Apple's Black Friday sale will be more aggressive than usual. Apple products are
traditionally more expensive than their non-apple counterparts and price reductions are not commonplace for the tech giant. In past years, Apple has
offered Black Friday discounts between 5 and 10%. If Wu's prediction is correct, consumers will be seeing a reduced price on the iPod, iMac, and
MacBooks. However, Wu is skeptical as to whether or not the iPhone will be subject to the Black Friday discounts.
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neowin.net - 27.11.2008
'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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neowin.net - 25.04.2009
