Top 2 week news:
Pirates navigate around Windows 7 activation again
Pirates have put together tools to remove and disable Windows Activation Technologies (WAT) in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, and also take care of all the side effects.
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11.11.2009 Windows 7 RTM Activation Cracks Available for Download in the Wild
It was only a matter of time before methods designed to illegally circumvent the antipiracy measures in Windows 7 made their way into the wild.
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14.11.2009 7 Things to Try after Installing Windows 7
On October 22, 2009 Microsoft reached the final milestone of the Windows 7 release schedule, namely general availability.
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7.11.2009 Download Windows 7 RTM Free Ultimate Extras Games Soon
The Ultimate Extras live to see another day. In all fairness, it will not be the whole of Ultimate Extras that will survive, but just two components, both being games which will be delivered as standalone downloads.
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10.11.2009 Fix Windows 7 Activation Status Not Available or SLMgr 0×80070422 Error
Windows 7 displays the system activation status in System Properties, which can be accessed via Control Panel -> System and Security -> System. However, sometimes, Windows activation may display error message which saying activation status not available, together with product ID which is also not available.
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6.11.2009 Windows 7 RTM Activation Crack: Live in the Wild
Windows 7 RTM Activation is hacked for keyless activation, this time it doesn’t require an OEM key at all, and instead bypasses the verification DLL completely.
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16.11.2009 Free Windows 7 Themes and Wallpapers on the Personalization Gallery
Concomitantly with the worldwide general availability of Windows 7, on October 22nd, 2009, Microsoft also released a collection of new content designed to enable users of certain editions of the operating system to personalize their desktops.
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4.11.2009 Malware breaks Win 7 UAC defenses
A recently conducted test by malware researchers reveals that eight out of ten malware samples used in the test, successfully bypassed Windows 7’s default UAC (user access control) settings.
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7.11.2009 What you should know about Windows 7 licensing
Microsoft offers many ways to buy Windows 7. You can buy the operating system preinstalled on a new PC, upgrade an existing PC using a shrink-wrapped retail package, purchase an upgrade online, or build a PC from scratch and install Windows yourself.
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4.11.2009 Download Windows 7 Remote Desktop Connection 7.0 for XP SP3 and Vista SP1 and SP2
While Windows 7 technologies are, as a general rule, available exclusively with the latest iteration of the Windows client from Microsoft, there also are exceptions.
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4.11.2009 Your top Windows 7 questions, answered
Since Windows 7 launched on October 22, my e-mail inbox has been deluged with questions, comments, and pleas for help.
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17.11.2009 Windows 8 in 2012
With Windows 7 and Windows Server R2 release Client and Server are in sync again, this was the case back in NT 3.1 in 1994, NT 3.51 in 1995, NT4 in 1996 and Windows 2000 in 2000. With Codename Whistler Windows XP (NT5.1) and .NET server (later named 2003, NT5.2) release went out of sync. Windows Vista (NT6.0) and Windows Server 2008 (NT6.0) the kernel got back in sync (not the release).
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19.11.2009 Internet Explorer 9 Announced, Demoed at PDC 2009
Today, when speaking at the PDC, Steven Sinofsky has officially announced plans for the next version of IE: Internet Explorer 9.
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18.11.2009 Did Microsoft copy Mac OS for Win 7?
Yesterday there appeared an interview with a Microsoft group manager who claimed that Microsoft copied the “Mac look and feel in terms of graphics” in Windows 7.
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12.11.2009 10 Windows 7 features IT Professionals and enthusiasts need to know about
By now, I’m sure most of you have seen the “main” features in Windows 7 targeted towards the general pubic such as Homegroups, Aero Shake, Aero Snap, Aero Peek, and the Superbar, among a few others.
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13.11.2009 Microsoft Patch Tuesday for November 2009: six bulletins
Microsoft will release six security bulletins this Tuesday. Three are rated as "Critical" and the other three are marked "Important."
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5.11.2009 Internet Explorer 9 Screenshots and Video Demo
IE Team today on Day 2 of Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC09) unveiled Internet Explorer 9 (aka IE 9) which they have only started working on three weeks, prior to the event today.
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18.11.2009 Windows 7 In Box – All Windows 7 Settings at One Place
So you have recently switched from Windows Xp to Windows 7 and finding it difficult to change simple settings like System settings, keyboard & Mouse settings, managing user accounts, starting various Windows tools etc.
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13.11.2009 Microsoft opens up Windows 7 to advertisers via downloadable themes
The same way that it already allows advertisers to buy placement on various Microsoft sites and properties, Microsoft may allow them to extend their brands onto Windows 7.
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13.11.2009 Netbook users not happy with Win 7?
Microsoft has pulled an update tool for Windows 7 from the Microsoft Store site after a report indicating that the tool incorporated open-source code in a way that violated the GNU General Public License.
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10.11.2009 Google Chrome OS to launch within a week?
Previously said to launch in the fall, rumors are circulating that Google's Chrome OS will launch within the next week.
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14.11.2009 Free Windows 7 RTM USB and DVD Download Tool Pulled Down
Microsoft has yanked a tool designed to streamline the creation of bootable Windows 7 RTM DVDs and USBs from its online commerce outlet.
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11.11.2009 10 Ways Vista is more annoying with Windows 7 available
We all know Windows Vista got a bit of a bum rap. Its biggest sin was that it shipped earlier than it should and its reputation has never recovered.
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5.11.2009 Microsoft to Release Vista Ultimate Extras on Windows 7
Remember Ultimate Extras from Windows Vista’s era? Well, it seems like some of those Ultimate Extras are going to make a comeback on Windows 7, but this time in the form of free apps.
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11.11.2009 Microsoft confirms detailed Windows 7 exploit
Microsoft has issued a security advisory to acknowledge a crippling denial-of-service flaw affecting its newest operating systems — Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
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16.11.2009 Translate Windows 7 RTM in Over 35 Languages
There are more ways than one in which end users can translate Windows 7 into different languages. For some users, Windows 7’s Multilingual User Interface (MUI), including Windows Language Packs and Language Interface Packs (LIPs), is the most known way to translate the operating system.
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9.11.2009 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 Windows 7 RTM December 2009 Cumulative Time Zone Update
Microsoft has made available for download a new Cumulative Time Zone Update for all currently supported Windows platforms, designed to implement time-zone changes that reflect modifications introduced around the world.
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18.11.2009 Internet Explorer 9, the Evolution
While just a single month into the development of Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft has opened up to participants at the Professional Developers Conference 2009 in Los Angeles, and subsequently to the world, revealing the first details about the next generation of IE.
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19.11.2009 Windows 7 surpasses Snow Leopard in under two weeks
In only two weeks since the official commercial launch of Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows 7 has managed to surpass Apple's Snow Leopard market share.
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6.11.2009 Microsoft Windows 7 download tool may have violated GPL
According to a report by Rafael Rivera, Microsoft's recently released Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool has used GPL code illegally.
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10.11.2009 Vista SP2 and XP SP3 Patch Security Release ISO Image Available
A DVD5 ISO image file containing all the security bulletins made available on November 10th, 2009 for all supported Windows platforms, is now up for grabs via the Microsoft Download Center.
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13.11.2009 Windows 8 planning and preparation underway
According to a job posting on Microsoft's career site, Windows 8 planning and preparation is currently taking place.
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12.11.2009 Microsoft Bans 1 Million Xbox Live Accounts
It's being reported today the Microsoft has banned up to 1 Million Xbox Live Accounts.
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12.11.2009 Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 of 10 viruses, FUD alert
Yesterday, a senior security advisor at Sophos, who is responsible for working with the security community and communicating information on security threats to IT professionals, posted an entry on his blog entitled "Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses".
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4.11 Bing 2.0 debuts
Microsoft is rolling out over the next few weeks its first major release of Bing since the search engine launched in June.
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11.11.2009 Thousands of web sites compromised, redirect to scareware
Security researchers have detected a massive blackhat SEO (search engine optimization) campaign consisting of over 200,000 compromised web sites, all redirecting to fake security software (Inst_58s6.exe), commonly referred to as scareware.
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17.11.2009 Office 2010 Public Beta to be announced at PDC 2009?
Neowin reported on an email being sent out to Click-To-Run Technical Preview participants stating that we may likely expect to see an official public beta next week. This email, quoted below, came after the closing of the Office 2010 Technical Preview last week:
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10.11.2009 Microsoft confirms another 800 job cuts
Microsoft is laying off another 800 employees this week, and will likely make more cuts in the months to come.
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4.11.2009 Microsoft opens up Windows 7 to adsw
Since Windows 7 launched on October 22, my e-mail inbox has been deluged with questions, comments, and pleas for help.
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13.11.2009 Windows 7 sales exceed Vista sales by 234%
Consumer Market Research firm NPD has confirmed that initial sales of Windows 7 have surpassed those of the Windows Vista launch.
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6.11.2009 Zero-Day Windows 7 RTM DoS Vulnerability Has PoC Published in the Wild
Windows 7 might not have been affected by any of the November security bulletins released by Microsoft, but this doesn’t mean that the operating system is bulletproof.
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12.11.2009 Inside the Google Chrome OS security model
Google plans to use a combination of system hardening, process isolation, verified boot, secure auto-update and encryption to thwart malicious hackers from planting malware on its new Google Chrome OS.
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19.11.2009 Windows 7 touch comes to life at PDC 2009
All week long, Neowin is live at PDC09 and we found some interesting demos of the future of multi-touch screens.
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17.11.2009 Xbox 360 update coming November 17
Microsoft is ready to launch their next big update to Xbox LIVE dashboard, with Twitter, Facebook, Last.fm and Zune video will all be available. The update will be available to all Xbox LIVE members on November 17.
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12.11.2009 Botnet Authors Crash WordPress Sites With Buggy Code
Webmasters who find an annoying error message on their sites may have caught a big break, thanks to a slip-up by the authors of the Gumblar botnet.
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7.11.2009 Windows 7 Beta Bots Caused the Build 7000 Availability Delay
Microsoft offered the first taste of Windows 7 to the general public at the start of January 2009.
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12.11.2009 Windows 7 Seeing fantastic Sales in Japan, Says Ballmer
Initial sales of Windows 7, Microsoft's newest operating system, were "fantastic" in Japan and helped spur PC sales in the country, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday.
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5.11.2009 Silverlight 4 beta now available
Microsoft have just announced Silverlight 4 beta today at PDC09, that is available for download today. Silverlight 4 promises to enhance the overall user experience, improving speed, performance and rendering for browsers.
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18.11.2009 Microsoft Office 2010 beta available on MSDN and TechNet
Today Microsoft has made the official Office 2010 beta bits available on TechNet/MSDN, so those of you who have subscriptions to either service may now get your hands on it before the official unveiling on November 18th.
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