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Microsoft released Windows 7 to manufacturing on July 22nd, 2009, and then the operating system to the general public on October 22nd. But this does in no way mean that work on the platform stopped. In fact, as soon as it signed off on the Windows 7 code, the Redmond company moved forward with work on the first major... |
2 November 2009
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Customers running multi-engine AV protection from Microsoft are advised to upgrade as soon as possible, as the Redmond company made available for download two major updates related to Antigen 8. On October 28th, the software giant released Antigen 8 for SharePoint Service Pack 1 and Antigen 8 for IM Service Pack 1. B... |
29 October 2009
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Microsoft has made available a performance update designed to help customers dealing with high performance computing environments overcome issues associated with HPC Pack 2008 SDK Service Pack 1. The Redmond company reveals that applying the first service pack for the HPC Pack 2008 software development kit for Window... |
13 October 2009
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Customers running older releases of SQL Server should start preparing to migrate to more recent releases of the data platform or risk using the product with no support from Microsoft. Christina Gendrano, program manager, SQL Server Sustained Engineering, has provided a heads-up to the imminent support retirement for ... |
9 October 2009
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In the second half of 2010 Microsoft’s client operating system will have a new rival platform hungry for a piece of its market share. The Linux-based Google Chrome OS will be generally available to customers worldwide in H2 2010, and it will fall not on Windows 7 RTM, but on Windows 7 Service Pack 1 to neutrali... |
16 September 2009
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Windows 7 RTM is sufficiently tested and mature that end users need not wait for the first major upgrade of the platform to make the jump. Back in early 2007, and in late 2006 with the business launch of Windows XP’s successor, the Redmond-based company said the same thing about Windows Vista. It took Service P... |
9 September 2009
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Windows 7 is “outrunning” Windows Vista in more ways than one. Microsoft has labored to ensure that the latest Windows client outpaces its precursor in a variety of scenarios, from startup time, to common usage tasks, and to shutdown, to name just a few. Another aspect in which Windows 7 has Vista beat is... |
4 September 2009
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In just a few days Microsoft will make available for download the gold development milestone of the first service pack for Dynamics NAV 2009, revealed Phil Newman, Microsoft Dynamics NAV Partner Technology specialist. The exact delivery deadline has now been made public, and Microsoft Dynamics NAV 20089 SP1 is litera... |
26 August 2009
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Windows 7 has been a remarkably polished operating system even as early as Beta Build 7000 and Release Candidate Build 7100 development milestones. But even after the platform was released to manufacturing, Microsoft confirmed that there were additional rough corners to be softened, and that it would do so with what ... |
24 August 2009
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Microsoft has warned customers of a problem affecting both Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 RTM/SP1, where the two operating systems in combination with some antivirus software, and running on machines with multiple processors, can eat all the system resources available to them. In such scenarios,... |
10 August 2009
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Customers running SQL Server 2008 that have so far stuck with the RTM release of the data platform need to get ready for automatic upgrades to the SP1 milestone. Microsoft revealed that, come September 2009, it would start distributing Service Pack 1 to all customers currently using SQL Server 2008 RTM in their infra... |
31 July 2009
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Update Rollup 9 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 is available for download since the end of the past week, with Microsoft gearing up to serve the refresh via Windows Update by the end of this month. The Redmond company stressed that the update rollup was considered highly recommended to all customers running t... |
20 July 2009
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Microsoft has updated the content made available for the latest version of Windows for supercomputers. In this regard, customers running the Windows platform in high-performance computing environments can now access Windows HPC Server 2008 Service Pack 1 release notes, as well as additional refreshes and new topics v... |
17 July 2009
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Microsoft is providing KB955725 in order to help customers make Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 play nice with its data platform. The Knowledge Base article contains a list of known issues associated with the process of installing SQL Server on the next iterations of the Windows client and server operating syste... |
8 July 2009
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Microsoft has updated the resources available to developers and IT professionals for Dynamics NAV 2009 in order to keep up the pace with the evolution of the solution. In this regard, the Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 Developer and IT Pro Help has been kicked up a notch and adapted to the first Service Pack release fo... |
7 July 2009
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Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 Service Pack 1 has advanced into the next stage of its development process. In this regard, the Redmond-based company is now offering for download the Community Technology Preview of the first service pack for Dynamics NAV 2009. The download has been packaged as a virtual PC (VPC) image de... |
23 June 2009
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Microsoft is pressing onward with plans to open up .NET Micro by allowing the community of developers leveraging the framework access to the source code. An integral part of the evolution of .NET Micro Framework is the release of the Microsoft .NET Micro Framework Porting Kit Version 3.0. The Redmond company is curre... |
16 June 2009
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The Windows Dynamic Cache Service is designed to alleviate problems related to excessive cached read I/O. Microsoft does provide APIs set up to help mitigate potential issues, but with inherent limitations related especially to the lack of conflict resolution when it comes down to multiple applications, and to the ab... |
5 June 2009
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Microsoft has reportedly passed the 7200 build string milestone in the development of Windows 7. At the same time, reports indicate that the Redmond-based company is also building and testing the first Service Pack for the next iteration of the Windows client and server operating systems, even though both Windows 7 c... |
1 June 2009
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With Windows 7 Release Candidate Build 7100 already out the door, and the next iteration of the Windows client heading straight for RTM, it was only bound that Microsoft would kick start the Windows operating system measuring contest. The Redmond company needs to ensure that all potential customers understand the add... |
20 May 2009
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The Microsoft Surface hardware-software bundle representing the Redmond company's first commercial example of surface computing managed in no way to steer clear of the tradition involving major updates via service packs. In fact, on May 11, 2009, Microsoft Surface got its very first service pack. SP1 for Surface... |
12 May 2009
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In January 2009 Microsoft made available for download a series of updates designed to take .NET Framework to the next level. At that time, the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 and .NET Framework 3.5 Family Update were made available for download. Now the Redmond company is gearing up to revisit the refreshes. The .N... |
8 May 2009
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Soon, there will be nothing standing between Windows XP and Windows Vista users and the automatic distribution of the latest service packs for the two operating systems. Microsoft provided a heads up related to the imminent expiration of the Windows Service Pack Blocker Tool Kit, a tool that is designed with the sole... |
24 April 2009
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At the start of April 2009, Microsoft made available for download the first service pack for SQL Server 2008. The end of this month will make the Redmond company's next move in the strategy designed to serve SP1 for the latest iteration of its data platform. In this regard, the software giant announced that a fe... |
24 April 2009
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There's no need to wait for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 in order to embrace the next iteration of the Windows operating system from Microsoft. At the end of March 2009, analysis company Gartner revealed a similar conclusion, indicating that Service Pack 1 was no longer the OS evolution milestone it once was, especi... |
17 April 2009
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After the first service pack for SQL Server 2008 was made available earlier this month, Microsoft is now providing the first cumulative update package designed to refresh the release. Cumulative update package 1 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 is offered as a hotfix for this specific milestone of the Redmond compa... |
16 April 2009
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Microsoft is gearing up to patch a couple of Critical security vulnerabilities affecting Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP SP3 next week. Come April 14, 2009, the Redmond company will release no less than eight bundles of patches aimed at a wide range of products. In addition to Vista and XP, Microsoft also... |
10 April 2009
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In order to be able to change the pixel density on Windows 7 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2, users will need devices with screens of at least 600 pixels in height. According to Microsoft, DPI Scaling will not work on computers on which the display resolution is lower than 600 pixels vertical. The Redmond company ex... |
10 April 2009
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Microsoft has applauded Windows Vista for its superior level of security compared to Windows XP since the operating system hit the shelves back in January 2007. But at the same time, the Redmond company has constantly provided statistics designed to back its claims, the latest of which come from the sixth volume of i... |
8 April 2009
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The first Service Pack for SQL Server 2008 has been released to web. SQL Server 2008 SP1 went live on April 7, 2009, and is now available for download in the following language versions: Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. Customers running Microsoft's da... |
8 April 2009
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Windows Vista Service Pack 1 will incorrectly report Intel Core i7 (Nehalem) processor errors under the label Event 19, Microsoft reveals. This is true not only for the first service pack of Windows Vista, but also for Windows Server 2008 RTM/SP1. The Redmond company informs that only the two Windows client and serve... |
31 March 2009
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At the end of the past week Ferrari introduced their new Ferrari.com website, which is powered by SharePoint Server 2007, according to Owen Allen, SharePoint product manager. SharePoint Server is used for all the “heavy lifting” related to publishing. Microsoft is in fact mentioning capabilities involving... |
30 March 2009
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Microsoft’s upcoming Windows client and server operating systems have the potential to break the mold of the RTM vs. Service Pack 1 milestones in the context of customers giving themselves green light to embrace the platforms. Windows 7 will make reality what the Redmond company has gone head over heels promoti... |
25 March 2009
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IMSI has updated TurboCAD Mac Pro, a professional CAD application that enables Mac users to create innovative designs for a wide range of activities, as well as the industries revolving around them. The software is packed with professional level 2D drafting tools, 3D modeling tools, and thousands of parts, symbols an... |
20 March 2009
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Microsoft has made available for download the new step in the evolution of Exchange Server 2007. Update Rollup 7 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 went live on March 18, 2009, and is currently up for grabs. The bits are already live on the Microsoft Download Center, and the Redmond company informed that it also... |
19 March 2009
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Even with Windows 7 on the horizon, Microsoft continues to focus on Windows Vista, and on a consumer segment that failed to warm up to Windows XP's successor as much as the Redmond company would have hoped – businesses. An illustrative example of this is the Windows Vista Means Business Campaign debuted fo... |
6 March 2009
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One aspect that contributed to the latest widespread infection affecting the Windows platform was the fact that customers were running unsupported copies of the operating system. Microsoft is currently fighting the Conficker worm, a piece of malicious code that can compromise a variety of Windows platforms including ... |
3 March 2009
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Microsoft is kicking Virtual PC 2007 Service Pack 1 up a notch with a new update designed to enhance existing capabilities as well as resolve issues that survived past the introduction of SP1. In this regard, the Redmond company has made available for download a hotfix rollup package for both the 32-bit and the 64-bi... |
27 February 2009
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SQL Server 2008 is evolving toward the Service Pack 1 milestone. At the start of this week, Microsoft made available for download the Community Technology Preview of SQL server 2008 SP1, indicating that the first service pack for its data platform is designed to resolve the issues that have survived past the RTM stag... |
24 February 2009
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Microsoft has decided to breathe additional life into Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 Promotional Software Kits by prolonging the deadline by which the recipients will be able to register and receive a product key to activate copies of the operating system. Vista Ultimate SP1 Promotional Software Kits are copies of the hi... |
3 February 2009
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Microsoft released Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3 to manufacturing in the first half of 2008, and subsequently made the service packs available both as standalone downloads and via Windows Update, Microsoft Update and Automatic Updates. Soon enough, there will be nowhere to hide from the f... |
30 January 2009
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Following the downloading and deployment of over 1.5 million Beta copies of the Microsoft hypervisor-based virtualization technology in testing environments, Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V was released to manufacturing at the end of June 2008. However, even as early as the Release Candidate stages of the solution, the R... |
7 January 2009
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With SP2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 available as a Beta since the start of December 2008, Microsoft continues to deal with the isolated SP1 issues outside the service pack cycle. An illustrative example in this context is an issue that causes Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 RTM/SP1 to fail bo... |
29 December 2008
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At the end of October 2008, Microsoft made available for download a Community Technology Preview of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0. The CTP, released as a virtual hard disk image designed to integrate with Virtual PC 2007 SP1, is set to expire at the start of 2009. However, testers have the possibility to ... |
22 December 2008
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At the end of the past week, Microsoft announced the availability of System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Service Pack 1. With the release of SP1, the Redmond company enhanced the protection capabilities available for SQL Server 2008, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, Exc... |
22 December 2008
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Microsoft is tiding up some of the loose ends that survived after the availability of the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1. The Redmond company informed that a range of problems in the RTM (release to manufacturing) version of .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 were addressed by the .NET Framework 3.5 Family Update. In this con... |
18 December 2008
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Just as it is cooking Windows Vista Service Pack 2 and the first Beta of Windows 7, Microsoft has added a new item to its lineup of Vista editions. Come December 15, consumers will be able to get their hands on the standalone SKU of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Ultimate Product (RED). Introduced at the start of 2008 ... |
10 December 2008
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Back in January 2008, then full time Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates joined Michael Dell, founder and Chairman of Dell, and U2 lead Bono in order to debut a new edition of Windows Vista. Microsoft tweaked its high-end edition of the Windows client and rebranded the SKU under the (PRODUCT) RED initiative designed to fig... |
9 December 2008
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In order to support applauding the security enhancements in Windows Vista, Microsoft has played the vulnerability counting game on more than one occasion, comparing the volume of security flaws in the latest edition of the Windows client with previous releases, and even with Linux and Mac OS X. However, Windows Vista... |
27 November 2008
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Microsoft is laboring to serve Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista a little over a year after the availability of Service Pack 1, beating Windows 7 to the market. The first development milestones of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 have already shipped to testers and are even available for download for users of the operatin... |
24 November 2008
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