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BizTalk Server 2006 R2 SP1 Released to Web

Although BizTalk Server 2009 has been available for almost an entire year, Microsoft continues to support customers running older versions of the company’s integration and connectivity server solution. In this regard, the first service pack for BizTalk Server 2006 R2 has been finalized and released to web. As ...

29 January 2010
07:56 GMT

Windows 7 SP1 System Update Readiness Tool Available

Microsoft is working to make sure that all future service packs, updates and software installations on Windows 7 will integrate hassle-free. The company’s way to ensure that Windows 7 will play nice with the forthcoming Service Pack 1, as well as Windows Update releases, and deployments of third-party software ...

27 January 2010
03:33 GMT

Windows SP1, Much Ado about a Standard Service Pack

Following the release of Windows Vista, Microsoft started to downplay the relevancy of major upgrades to the Windows operating system delivered via Service Packs. The Redmond-based company’s new perspective is that the best improvements would be delivered via Windows Update and Automatic Updates long before the...

26 January 2010
12:33 GMT

Windows 7 SP2 (Service Pack 2) Already in Planning

Starting to talk about a second service pack for Windows 7 when Microsoft has yet to offer the public any details on SP1 might seem like jumping the gun, but then again, it appears that what may be ridiculous for the world is just planning ahead for the company. Reports indicate that the software giant is already exp...

19 January 2010
11:14 GMT

Windows 7 SP1 Beta Builds Escrow and pre-Escrow

The leaked information on Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Build 7600.20588 that surfaced at the end of last week confirms the first service pack for the latest iteration of the Windows client is advancing in the development process, even though Microsoft is not yet ready to breathe a single word on the progress it’s ...

19 January 2010
03:28 GMT

Windows 7 SP1 Screenshots Emerge

When it comes to the evolution of Windows Vista's successor, Microsoft is as silent as it has always been with the products that haven't been officially unveiled. We're all aware of the work on a soon-to-arrive Service Pack 1 for Windows 7, but the few details emerged on the new flavor of Microsoft�...

18 January 2010
04:03 GMT

Windows 7 SP1 (Service Pack 1) Cooking, Tests Builds on the Horizon

Understandably, Microsoft is as reluctant when it comes down to talking about the first major upgrade to Windows 7 RTM as it is about sharing details with the public concerning the next iteration of the Windows client. After all, Windows 7 has hit the shelves on October 22nd, 2009, even though it was finalized almost...

15 January 2010
03:22 GMT

SQL Server 2008 RTM Support Ends April 13, 2010

Customers leveraging older releases of Microsoft’s data platform should be aware of imminent end of support deadlines and act accordingly by upgrading their IT infrastructure to the latest versions of SQL Server. Companies still running SQL Server 2008 RTM now have just three months to make the jump to the most...

11 January 2010
06:31 GMT

Windows 7 SP1 Is Cooking, External Testing Build Coming

Microsoft is gearing up for an important stage in the testing of its first major update to the latest iteration of the Windows client. The Redmond company traditionally releases the first Service Pack for a new Windows OS approximately one year after the platform was finalized, and is currently cooking SP1 for Window...

4 January 2010
11:05 GMT

Download Vista SP2 Startup Black Screen of Death Fix

Not all Windows system errors end up in the now ubiquitous Blue Screen of Death, as some might simply leave the end user starring at a blank black screen and nothing else beyond that, not even the cryptic information displayed by the BSOD. Black screens of death can affect operating systems such as Windows 7, but it ...

29 December 2009
07:12 GMT

Windows 8 and Windows 7 SP1 Preparations alongside Windows 7 Development

Microsoft started preparing for the next releases of the Windows client as the latest iteration of the operating system was still in development. The Redmond-based company already debuted work to ensure the servicing readiness for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and started planning for Windows 8, the successor of Windows 7...

22 December 2009
13:06 GMT

Download Free SQL Server 2008 Express Service Pack 1 (SP1)

While Microsoft is making its way toward the next generation of its data platform, the company is also kicking up a notch older releases of SQL Server. The free version of SQL Server 2008 is currently available for download, complete with the first service pack released earlier this year. Customers are free to levera...

11 December 2009
03:56 GMT

Download Expression Web 3 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

Just four months after the general availability of the third major installment of its Expression suite of development and designer products, Microsoft is offering the first service pack release for one of the components. Expression Web 3 Service Pack 1 is currently up for grabs from the Microsoft Download Center, wit...

24 November 2009
03:27 GMT

Windows 7 SP1 Beta by the End of 2009, RTM in Mid-2010

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
08:28 GMT

Antigen 8 for SharePoint SP1 and for IM SP1 Available

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
10:09 GMT

Download HPC Pack 2008 SDK SP1 Fix for Nehalem CPUs MPI Performance Degradation

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
06:46 GMT

Microsoft: SQL Server 2008 RTM Support Ends April 13, 2010

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
05:22 GMT

It Will Be Windows 7 SP1 to Go Against Google Chrome OS

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
12:01 GMT

No Need to Wait for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

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
05:31 GMT

Windows 7 vs. Vista - Upgrade Performance

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
04:31 GMT

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 SP1 Drops on September 1

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
07:59 GMT

Windows 7 Future Releases to Fix Post-RTM Issues

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
05:11 GMT

Vista SP1 with Antivirus Installed on Multiple CPU Systems Eats All Resources

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
10:56 GMT

SQL Server 2008 SP1 Automatic Upgrades Coming

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
04:37 GMT

Update Rollup 9 for Exchange Server 2007 SP1

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
03:36 GMT

Access Windows HPC Server 2008 SP1 Release Notes

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
10:03 GMT

Make Windows 7 Play Nice with SQL Server 2008

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
05:50 GMT

Dynamics NAV 2009 SP1 Update for Developer and IT Pro Help

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
05:49 GMT

Dynamics NAV 2009 SP1 CTP VPC Available

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
06:15 GMT

Free .NET Micro Framework Porting Kit Version 3.0

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
04:12 GMT

Windows Dynamic Cache Service for Vista SP1

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
08:42 GMT

Windows 7 Forked, Builds 7200 and 7225 with Service Pack 1

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
13:01 GMT

Windows 7 vs. Vista SP1 vs. XP SP3 – Feature Comparison

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
03:01 GMT

Microsoft Surface Service Pack 1 Is Here

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
04:00 GMT

.NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and Family Update Package Revisions on WSUS

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
04:57 GMT

Vista SP1 and XP SP3 Blocker Tool Kit Draws Close to Expiration

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
12:27 GMT

SQL Server 2008 SP1 Comes to Windows Update

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
04:37 GMT

Microsoft: Don't Wait for Windows 7 SP1

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
13:38 GMT

SQL Server 2008 SP1 Cumulative Update Package 1 (CU1)

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
04:51 GMT

Microsoft to Patch 2 Critical Vulnerabilities in Vista SP1 and XP SP3

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
09:38 GMT

Windows 7, Vista SP2 Pixel Density Changes Require Screen Height of Over 600 Pixels

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
06:07 GMT

Vista SP1 Infection Rate 60.6% Less than That of XP SP3

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
12:51 GMT

Download SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

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
05:11 GMT

Vista SP1 Incorrectly Reports Intel Core i7 (Nehalem) Processor Errors

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
05:00 GMT

The New Ferrari.com Is Powered by SharePoint Server 2007

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
06:46 GMT

Windows 7 RTM vs. Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

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
04:13 GMT

TurboCAD Mac Pro 4.0 SP1 Available – Download Here

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
09:53 GMT

Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Update Roll-up 7

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
05:34 GMT

Microsoft: Windows Vista SP1 Means Business

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
05:37 GMT

Unsupported Windows Easy Pray for Conficker Worm

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
07:20 GMT


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