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Microsoft has worked to improve the experience of Japanese users running Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 (including the SP2 releases) when it comes down to applications that leverage the Ribbon/Fluent graphical user interface. In this regard, the Redmond company has made available the Meiryo Font Collecti... |
18 November 2009
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A free Microsoft tool is available for download, designed to resolve failed installations of the second service pack for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Labeled the System Update Readiness Tool, the utility comes in handy in various scenarios when updates can no longer be integrated on top of Vista SP1 and Win... |
2 November 2009
03:06 GMT |
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Microsoft has wrapped up a package of technologies it is backporting from Windows 7 to Windows Vista. On October 27th, 2009, the Redmond company announced that the Platform Update for Windows Vista had been finalized and that it would be automatically served to customers running Vista plus the second Service Pack for... |
28 October 2009
15:21 GMT |
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Windows Vista has been anything but a smooth ride since it was released, being plagued with a range of issues that managed to deteriorate user experience. Granted, the UX got a lot smoother with Service Pack 1 and SP2, but the service packs themselves can contribute to introducing problems, and even render the comput... |
14 September 2009
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Microsoft is backporting a range of features from Windows 7 to Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 installed. Now, don’t expect Windows 7’s Windows Aero or multi-touch Natural User Interface, but there are details in which Vista SP2 will be on par with the latest iteration of the Windows client scheduled fo... |
11 September 2009
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Following the introduction of the second service pack for Exchange Server 2007, Microsoft is also updating the resources offered along with the product. One illustrative example is the Supportability Matrix. Made available via TechNet, the Exchange Server Supportability Matrix is meant to centralize information desig... |
10 September 2009
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Microsoft is constantly tending to the evolution of its Windows client and server platforms, not only through major upgrades, such as service pack releases, but also through minor updates made available through the Windows Update infrastructure. It is the case of the latest application compatibility update for Window... |
27 August 2009
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Microsoft made available for download the RTM release of the second service pack for Exchange Server 2007 on August 25th, 2009. Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 is currently available via the Microsoft Download Center. Customers who are looking to deploy the service pack should know that Windows Installer version ... |
26 August 2009
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Microsoft has released the second Service Pack for Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3.0, tailoring the solution to the latest iteration of the Windows client and server platform. As of August 25th, 2009, customers having deployed WSUS in their environments can download Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP2. WSU... |
26 August 2009
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At the end of July 2009, Microsoft was giving out signals that the second service pack for Exchange Server 2007 was just around the corner. Approximately one month later, Exchange Server 2007 users can now download Service Pack 2. The Microsoft Download Center has been offering Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 sin... |
25 August 2009
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It’s that time again! Microsoft traditionally doesn’t allow the benchmarking of its products as long as the software is still in development, but both the Windows 7 client and Windows Server 2008 R2 have been released to manufacturing on July 22nd, 2009. The RTM status opens up comparison scenarios, but ... |
18 August 2009
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In approximately one month, Microsoft will debut the next phase of the availability of Office 2007 Service Pack 2. In this regard, in the week of September 21st, 2009, Office 2007 SP2 RTM will become available via Automatic Updates. The Redmond company revealed that it would serve automatic upgrades to the second ser... |
18 August 2009
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Concomitantly with the first public details on the next iteration of Office for Mac, due in 2010, Microsoft also released the Web Services Edition of Entourage 2008 for Mac. Essentially, the promise from the Redmond company is that Entourage 2008 for Mac, Web Services Edition is capable of offering customers a closer... |
14 August 2009
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The upcoming second service pack for Exchange Server 2008 cannot be installed by default on Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008. The Redmond company has confirmed that Exchange 2007 SP2 fails to play nice with Windows SBS 2008, and has indicated that it is working to help customers circumvent the issue. At t... |
31 July 2009
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The need to squeeze every last drop of performance out of a specific system running Windows is even more stringent when it comes down to server infrastructures compared to client machines. Fortunately enough, the Redmond company is providing the necessary resources for customers to leverage all the horsepower that Wi... |
29 July 2009
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In mid-July 2009, Microsoft made available for download Update Rollup 9 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1. At the same time, the company indicated that the second service pack for Exchange Server 2007 was drawing close. It was back in May 2009, that the software giant confirmed officially that it was going to o... |
27 July 2009
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Microsoft has updated the development tools made available for the Groove component of Office 2007, in order to reflect the evolution brought to the table with the release of Service Pack 2. The update version of the Groove 2007 SDK is offered on the Microsoft Download Center since July 21st, 2009. Developers working... |
24 July 2009
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Concomitantly with the release of the second service pack for Office 2008 for Mac, Microsoft has tweaked Office Live Workspace, the company's online document storing and sharing service adjacent to the Office System client components, in order to play nice with the latest releases of Apple's browser. In thi... |
21 July 2009
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Starting on July 20, 2009, at 10 a.m. PDT, customers running the latest version of the office System for the Mac OS X platform will be able to access the second service pack for the productivity suite right from Microsoft. The Redmond company revealed that the downloads were scheduled to go live here, but that the bi... |
20 July 2009
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With the advent of Windows Vista, Microsoft praised the boost in energy consumption efficiency in comparison with Windows XP. Still, there are exceptions to every rule. And while Vista indeed uses less energy over XP, users of the operating system can still experience excessive power use. One such example involves Vi... |
12 July 2009
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Come July 14, Microsoft is gearing up to release six security patches for various software products, including the latest service packs available for its Windows clients. Half of the security bulletins coming next week target the Windows client and server platforms, with the rest designed to patch vulnerabilities in ... |
10 July 2009
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Are you looking to test drive Intelligent Application Gateway 2007 without having to go through the hassles associated with the deployment process? Then Microsoft has the right download for you. The Redmond company is offering a trial version of Intelligent Application Gateway 2007 packaged as a virtual machine. Cust... |
10 July 2009
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On June 30, 2009 Microsoft released not only the remaining localized versions of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 to web and through Windows Update, but also those for Windows Server 2008 SP2. Essentially, Vista SP2 RTM and Windows Server 2008 SP2 RTM have been bundled together in the same package. And with the Multiling... |
6 July 2009
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Following the availability of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 RTM/SP1 Microsoft has literally joined its client and server operating systems at the hip. So much so that the client can stretch all the way to the server and manage the hypervisor role. This scenario was valid with the first service ... |
6 July 2009
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With the second service pack for Windows Vista wrapped up and offered for download as standalone releases as well as updates through Windows Update, Microsoft is offering customers worldwide the option to install multiple languages for the platform, and seamlessly switch between them. The end of June brought with it ... |
6 July 2009
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Microsoft is offering Windows Vista SP1 users the chance to block automatic upgrades to Service Pack 2. In addition to making available Vista SP2 RTM as a standalone download, DVD ISO image, the bits are also released to Windows Update, and subsequently served to Vista SP1 users who have Automatic Updates enabled. Wi... |
3 July 2009
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A new wave of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 releases is currently available for download for end users running the first service pack of the operating system. With the latest Vista SP2 downloads Microsoft is offering all the gold versions of the second service pack for Windows 7's successor packaged as DVD ISO im... |
2 July 2009
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Microsoft released a new wave of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 packages on June 30, 2009. At over two months since Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 were released to manufacturing, the Redmond company is making sure that customers worldwide will be able to integrate the second service pack for the two plat... |
1 July 2009
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It has taken Microsoft almost two months since the release to manufacturing of the second service pack for the Office 2007 System to make available fixes for an issue plaguing select server solutions in the suite. In all fairness, Microsoft came out in May 2009 and indicated that the installation of the 2007 Office s... |
25 June 2009
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At the end of May 2009, Microsoft made available for download and started offering as an update the second service pack for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. In the time passed since the RTM of Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2, bundled in the same package, the Redmond company revealed that it had seen &ldqu... |
18 June 2009
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Capturing Windows 7 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 images, but also client assessment, updating and deployment are tasks that can be performed with System Center Configuration Manager 2007. More specifically, with the second service pack for System Center Configuration Manager 2007, Microsoft has also added support... |
15 June 2009
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Microsoft is making it easy for users running Windows Vista Service Pack 2, but also SP1, to resolve sound problems affecting the operating system after the deployment of a service pack. In this manner, the Redmond company is acknowledging that Vista users can run into issues related to sound once they upgrade their ... |
15 June 2009
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Customers running virtual machines leveraging the Microsoft server hypervisor role that are looking to update their server OS to the latest service pack release available can effectively cut access to virtualized platforms. Microsoft explained that the problem was associated with virtual machines put together with th... |
11 June 2009
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The JPG rendering process on 64-bit flavors of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 is inferior to that on the 32-bit variants of the operating system. As a direct consequence Microsoft explained that users would notice a degradation in operating system performance when digital images in the most common file format worldwide... |
10 June 2009
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Windows Vista, even before the advent of SP1, namely as RTM, while it had its sins when it came down to compatibility and support, was extremely stable in comparison to Windows XP. However, given the necessary amount of abuse and the right triggers, Vista reliability can suffer just as much as its precursors. It is t... |
9 June 2009
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Come June 9, 2009, Microsoft plans to release no less than 10 security bulletins for various supported releases of Internet Explorer, Windows client and server operating systems and the Office System. The majority of the patch packages impact Windows OSes, the Redmond company explains; however, users of operating sys... |
5 June 2009
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End users who are installing the second service pack for Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 can come across an error message informing them that the deployment has failed due to unsupported language files. Specifically the message displayed to users is “Windows has detected unsupported language files. To cont... |
1 June 2009
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Almost a month after the release to manufacturing of Windows Vista SP2, Microsoft has made the service pack available for download to the public. In this regard, the Redmond company started offering end users the 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 - Five Language Sta... |
27 May 2009
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Microsoft is adapting its updating infrastructure for the next iterations of the Windows client and server operating system. In this sense, the evolution does by no means stop with Windows Update, but also involves components specific to enterprise IT environments. In this regard, the Release Candidate of Windows Ser... |
27 May 2009
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The wait is over! Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) RTM is here. The bits were released to the Microsoft Download Center on May 25, 2009 and are now available for download to all Vista users who are already running the operating system plus the first service pack released by the Redmond company in the first half of ... |
26 May 2009
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The general availability of the second service pack for Windows Vista is just around the corner. Microsoft is reportedly gearing up to make the gold bits for Vista SP2 available for download for all users of the operating system on May 26, 2009. The Redmond-based company has so far failed to confirm or deny such a sc... |
25 May 2009
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Microsoft has acknowledged an issue with USB 2.0 Bluetooth devices that stop working intermittently when connected to computers running Windows Vista Service Pack 2. Although it’s managed to confirm that some users are indeed coming across problems with the latest service pack for Vista, the Redmond company has... |
22 May 2009
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Some customers running Office 2007 products should postpone the deployment of the second service pack for the productivity suite, unless they want to put their solutions on a path to expiration. An unfixed bug managed to make its way into the release to manufacturing build of Office 2007 SP2 and, in case the service ... |
22 May 2009
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Windows Vista Service Pack 2 RTM is just around the corner. Microsoft won't say just when the SP2 downloads will go live, but the Redmond company is providing an early notification to users to gear up for the general availability of the second service pack for Vista. It looks like the wait is almost over for bot... |
21 May 2009
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As Microsoft is making its way onto the next iteration of the Office system, it is gearing up to kill support for Office 2000 in just two months. Come July 14, 2009, the Redmond company will discontinue all support for Office 2000. The software giant traditionally provides support for its products spanning a consiste... |
20 May 2009
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Microsoft released Windows Vista Service Pack 2 to manufacturing on April 28, 2009. As was the case with Vista SP1, the RTM and General Availability dates failed to coincide. However, there are those lucky few that can already download and install the service pack 2 bits for Windows Vista. MSDN and TechNet subscriber... |
15 May 2009
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The second service pack for Windows Vista will fail to install on computers that have cloned disks or partitions via what Microsoft referred to as third-party disk management tools. This is valid not only for Windows Vista SP2, but also for Windows Server 2008 SP2. The Redmond company explained that the service pack ... |
15 May 2009
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Windows Vista Service Pack 3 gets its first hotfix from Microsoft. Yes, Service Pack 3, and yes, the error lies with Microsoft. The Redmond company is offering a hotfix designed to fix Event Viewer crashes associated with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 opening large event log files and attempting to sort log e... |
14 May 2009
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In addition to the Service Pack 2 for the Office 2007 System, Microsoft is also cooking the second service pack for Exchange Server 2007. According to the Redmond company, Exchange 2007 SP2 is expected to drop in the second half of this year, more precisely in the third quarter of 2009. As is the case with all Micros... |
12 May 2009
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Microsoft released the second service pack for Office 2007 to manufacturing and to web at the end of the past month. Office 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) downloads went live on April 28, 2009, and have since then been up for grabs. At the same time, the Redmond company is allowing users who have deployed the service pack... |
11 May 2009
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