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| STORIES ABOUT: Windows Server 2008 |
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| Vista SP1 Update Makes Intel Turbo Memory Play Nice with SCSI Devices |  | According to Microsoft, Intel Turbo Memory, a caching solution associated with Intel Centrino Duo and Intel Centrino Pro processors, fails to play nice with SCSI-class devices via Windows Vista Service Pack 1. The Redmond company informed that it is not only Vista SP1 that prevents nonvolatile (NV) cache commands from being transmitted to SCSI hardware products, but also the RTM editions of the latest Windows client, as well as Windows Ser ... [read more >>] | | 18 July 2008, 13:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft: Windows 7 Server, the Next Major Release of Windows Server |  | If there is one thing that Microsoft is more mute than Windows 7, then it’s Windows 7 Server. While the Redmond company has been saying close to nothing about the successor of Windows Vista, it has managed to keep the lid even more tight on the nex ... [read more >>] | | 15 July 2008, 10:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft: Windows 7, Perfect Target for State-of-the-Art Hacking Tools |  | Believe it or not, but Microsoft is setting up Windows 7 as the perfect target for what the company referred to as state-of-the-art hacking tools, some of them not even created yet. Windows 7 is heading straight for a feast of attacks, and Windows 7 Server will be joining it at sharing the menu. Sporting new bulletproofed cores, the successors of Windows Vista and respectively Windows Server 2008 are being designed to raise the bar in term ... [read more >>] | | 15 July 2008, 04:25GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Vista SP1 Volume Activation 2.0 Resources Available for Download |  | The introduction of Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista marked the evolution of various aspects of the Windows client with some reverberating all the way to Windows Server 2008 RTM/SP1. As far as changes to the anti-piracy mitigations set in place are concerned, Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 SP1 both share not only the absent Reduced Functionality Mode (which has made it into Windows 7 Milestone 1), but also the evolution of Volume Activa ... [read more >>] | | 14 July 2008, 06:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| It's Game Time for Microsoft Virtualization |  | It's game time for Microsoft in virtualization, revealed Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer at the company's Worldwide Partner Conference 2008 in Houston, Texas on June 10, 2008. The CEO's focus is intimately connected with the release to manufacturing of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and the start of the hypervisor's distribution as automatic updates for the latest Windows Server platform.
Microsoft has ... [read more >>] | | 11 July 2008, 07:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Hyper-V RTM Automatic Distribution Gets the Green Light |  | On July 8, 2008 Microsoft gave the green light to the automatic distribution of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V via Windows Update. The hypervisor component of the latest Windows server operating system was finalized at the end of June 2008, and at that time, it went live on the D ... [read more >>] | | 09 July 2008, 12:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Vista SP1 and Widows Server 2008 Virtualization Licensing |  | Windows is still a long way away from shipping with virtualization as a default component of the operating system. However, Microsoft has made consistent advancing in terms of embracing virtualization with both its server and client operating systems. In the end, whether a copy of Windows runs on physical hardware or as a guest operating system inside a virtual machine taking advantage of emulated resources, its usage is still bound to the ... [read more >>] | | 03 July 2008, 06:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Makes Vista SP1 Play Nice with the VIA 64-bit CPU |  | Even though the processor market is dominated by Intel, with AMD struggling to expand its elbow room, new players are able to find a little room to breathe. VIA Technologies is an illustrative example in this respect, with its products embraced even by Microsoft. However, the marriage between Windows client and server operating systems and VIA chips is not necessarily a match made in heaven. Case in point: computers with Windows Vista Serv ... [read more >>] | | 01 July 2008, 12:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows for Supercomputers Hits Release Candidate 1 |  | With May 2008 set from the get go as the last month when Microsoft planned to make available CTP builds of Windows HPC Server 2008, fully-fledged betas were the next releases in the evolution of the latest version of Windows for supercomputers. On June 30, 2008, the first Release Candidate of Windows HPC Server 2008 became available for download to all the participants in the Beta testing program through Connect. Windows HPC Serv ... [read more >>] | | 01 July 2008, 06:14GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows Kernel Patch Causes Vista SP1 to Restart Randomly |  | An update to the Windows Kernel fails to play all that well with Windows Vista Service Pack 1 causing the operating system to restart randomly. Microsoft informed that KB932596, an update designed to improve Kernel Patch Protection in the 64-bit versions of the Windows client and server operating systems, is in fact resp ... [read more >>] | | 01 July 2008, 03:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Vista SP1 Solution Accelerator Available for Download |  | The latest version of a solution accelerator initially dubbed Windows Vista hardware Assessment is now available for download. The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit is now at version 3.1 and has hit RTM stage. The latest build of the assessment and planning solution accelerator is tailored specifically to the most recent Windows client and server operating systems, namely Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 SP1/RTM ... [read more >>] | | 30 June 2008, 11:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| All You Need to Know About Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V RTM |  | Even though it might seem like an overstatement, the fact of the matter is that Microsoft is actually providing all the information consumers need to know about Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, and centralizing it proved quite a task. Hyper-V is delivered as an update for Windows Server 2008, available for download as of June 26, 2008, which can be installed as a role in the latest Microsoft Windows server operating system.
Hyper-V was ini ... [read more >>] | | 27 June 2008, 13:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Hyper-V RTM Supported Platforms, Including Vista SP1 and XP SP3 |  | Microsoft released Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V to manufacturing on June 26, 2008. The final version of Hyper-V is designed to integrate exclusively with the gold build of Windows Server 2008, RTM'd on February 4, and launched on February 27. The hypervisor-based virtualization technology is available as a role in select SKUs of Microsoft's latest Windows server operating system, both the ... [read more >>] | | 27 June 2008, 06:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Has RTM'd |  | Even though its has released to manufacturing Windows Server 2008 on February 4, 2008, alongside Windows Vista SP1, and was launched on February 27, Microsoft is still wrapping up the latest Windows server operating system. In this context, the Redmond company announced that Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V was released to manufacturing today, June 26, 2008. In excess of 1.5 million Beta copies of hypervisor-based virtualization technology whic ... [read more >>] | | 26 June 2008, 12:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Over 650 Microsoft.com Servers Will Be Virtualized |  | At the beginning of June 2008, Microsoft ended its transition to Windows Server 2008 by upgrading the last box running Windows Server 2003 to the latest Windows server operating system. At the same time, the end of the Windows 2003 era marked the start of yet another migration for the Redmond company's servers. This time, to ... [read more >>] | | 23 June 2008, 10:17GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| XP SP3 Features Peer-to-Peer Networking Enhancements Just as Vista SP1 |  | With Service Pack 3 for Windows XP, Microsoft added little functionality and features to the operating system. One thing that the company did in this context was to pour stand-alone updates available for XP SP2 into the third and final service pack for XP. This is how it is possible for XP SP3 to include features specific of Windows Vista (now with SP1) and Windows Server 2008. In this context, Peer Name Resolution Protocol (PNRP ... [read more >>] | | 23 June 2008, 06:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering, the Evolution |  | With the advent of Windows Server 2008, Microsoft is taking failover out of what it referred to as a "dark art" status, and making the technology more mainstream. The software giant's latest Windows server operating system brings to the table streamlined failover clustering management capabilities designed to make the process both practical and accessible. Additionally, Microsoft introduced the Failover Clustering ... [read more >>] | | 20 June 2008, 05:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 Killing Support for 32-bit Processors |  | Windows Server 2008 was released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008 and became available to the general public as of February 27 via the Heroes Happen Here launch. Development on the next versions of the Windows server platform has already debuted. And [ADM ... [read more >>] | | 12 June 2008, 06:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Killed the Last Windows Server 2003 Box |  | As of June 10, Microsoft has completed the migration to Windows Server 2008 from the previous version of the operating system. The last Windows Server 2003 box that was powering Microsoft.com has been upgraded to Windows Server 2008. Even as early as the beta development stages of the latest server operating system, the Redmond company started migrating its infrastructure away from Windows Server 2003. Just ahead of the official ... [read more >>] | | 11 June 2008, 04:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 27 Vista SP1 Copies Running Simultaneously on the Same Machine |  | Microsoft never contested the fact that Windows Vista's hardware requirements qualified the latest Windows client as resource hungry, but at the same time, the company did point out that, given the right system, the platform would deliver quite a performance. And performance is the correct word to describe a little experiment put together by ... [read more >>] | | 09 June 2008, 11:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Download Windows Firewall with Advanced Security |  | Both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 include the next-generation of Windows Firewall, which has become a standard aspect of Microsoft's client and server operating systems. Windows Firewall with Advanced Security, although not marketed as a replacement for more complex solutions designed to manage network traffic, has the advantage that it ships as a default component integrated with the platforms. On top of this, Wind ... [read more >>] | | 09 June 2008, 07:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Download Free Windows Server 2008 Virtual Hard Drive Images |  | Microsoft is offering a taste of its latest Windows server operating system available as a free download. Multiple Virtual Hard Drive Images containing Windows Server 2008 Enterprise can be grabbed straight from Microsoft, permitting the integration of the platform in a virtual machine running on two different Microsoft virtualization solutions. In this context, Hyper-V or Virtual Server 2005 is necessary for the deployment of Wi ... [read more >>] | | 04 June 2008, 05:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| XP SP3 and Vista SP1 Get Windows Search 4.0 Upgrade |  | Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (released on March 18) and Windows XP Service Pack 3 (dropped on May 6) are still fresh stages in the evolution of the two operating systems but Microsoft is taking additional aspects across the platforms to the next level. Case in point: the release of the final version of Windows Search 4.0, not only for Vista SP1 and XP SP3, but also for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2003. Windows Search 4 ... [read more >>] | | 04 June 2008, 04:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Applauds Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Interoperability |  | At the start of 2008, Microsoft indicated to customers, partners and competitors that it was committed to a new business strategy involving a strong focus placed on interoperability. Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V is, in this context, an illustrative example of the R ... [read more >>] | | 03 June 2008, 04:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Offers TCP/IP Fundamentals for Windows |  | TCP/IP, an acronym for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, is a suite of protocols supported by Microsoft with the Windows family of platforms. Essentially, through its components, TCP/IP is used for communications on both private networks and on the Internet. As far as the world wide web is concerned, the most common aspects of TCP/IP are IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4) and IPv6. The Redmond company is offering e ... [read more >>] | | 02 June 2008, 05:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Vista and Windows Server 2008 Application Compatibility Tool |  | Windows Server 2008 is bound to bring on a new round of compatibility problems, similar to those experienced with Windows Vista deployments, for customers making the jump from older versions of the operating system. One of the biggest issues in this context is the readiness of the ecosystem of solutions orbiting around Microsoft's server platform for the new version of Windows Server. Microsoft is well aware that real softwa ... [read more >>] | | 29 May 2008, 09:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows Server 2008 RODC Compatibility Pack for XP SP3 |  | One of the reasons why Microsoft synchronizes the releases of Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 is the need to emphasize a high level of interoperability between the latest Windows client and server platforms. A level which is not reflected in the interaction between Windows Server 2008 and down-level operating systems such as Windows XP and Windows Server 2008. And in order to make all Windows products play well together, Microsof ... [read more >>] | | 29 May 2008, 05:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Hyper-V RC1 Distributed Automatically via Windows Update |  | On May 20, 2008 Microsoft made available for download Release Candidate 1 for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. The RC1 build was served through the Download Center at that time, although it was packaged as an update for Hyper-V Release Candidate 0. RC1 via Windows Upd ... [read more >>] | | 28 May 2008, 03:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Roots of Windows 7 Are Buried Deep into Windows Vista |  | Windows Vista is an operating system defining of how Microsoft will shape Windows 7. According to Steven Sinofsky, Senior Vice President, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group, the way to Windows 7 started from Windows Vista and went on to also integrate the evo ... [read more >>] | | 27 May 2008, 09:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows Boss: Windows 7 Drops Ahead of February 2010 |  | In case there were any more doubts left, the Windows boss himself, Steven Sinofsky has come out and re-confirmed what was by now nothing more than common level, the fact that Windows 7 would drop by the end of January 2010. Microsoft is looking at a three year development timetable for the next iteration of Windows, taking into consideration January 30, 2007 as the general availability date for Windows Vista. Sinofsky followed Ji ... [read more >>] | | 27 May 2008, 08:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows 7 Server Dog-Fooded in Redmond |  | Following the releases of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, Microsoft has moved onward to the next iterations of both its client and server operating systems. And just as Windows 7 is the successor of Vista, so Windows 7 Server is designed to be the next version of Windows Server, and to replace Windows Server 2008. The Redmond company is completely mute on Windows 7 but it did manage to point to 2010 for a potential general ... [read more >>] | | 26 May 2008, 10:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows Vista Enterprise Optimized Desktop Scenarios |  | Windows Vista's rich variety of flavors is designed to satisfy different users’ needs, from consumers in developing markets to home users and corporate customers. But even among a general consumer segment, there are smaller divisions focused on specific tasks and processes, especially in business environments. This is why, in addition to tailoring Windows Vista Enterprise on corporate users, Microsoft offers a total of five ... [read more >>] | | 26 May 2008, 08:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Updates Fix XP SP3, Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 Data Loss |  | Despite representing fresh stages in the evolution of Microsoft's client and server operating systems, the three service packs released for Windows in the first half of 2008 are not without problems. In this regard, Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 SP1 are all affected by a malfunction and even data loss issues when the Microsoft Data Access Components are in use. Microsoft has released an update for ... [read more >>] | | 21 May 2008, 07:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Introducing the Next Level of Windows Application and Services Delivery |  | The next level of Windows application and services delivery comes via a collaboration between Microsoft and Citrix and is aimed at branch offices. Citrix Synergy 2008 was the stage where the companies unveiled the product of their partnership: Citrix Branch Repeater. According to the duo, Citrix Branch Repeater is situated at the intersection between application delivery, virtualization and networking. The new solution is address ... [read more >>] | | 21 May 2008, 05:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Hyper-V Release Candidate 1 (RC1) Available for Download |  | Hyper-V Release Candidate 1 for Windows Server 2008 is available for download through Windows Update. On May 20, Microsoft started serving the RC1 build of Hyper-V for the latest Windows server operating system via WU. The update is designed for both 32-bit&l ... [read more >>] | | 20 May 2008, 07:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| New Windows Server 2008-Based Server Products Available |  | Windows Essential Server Solutions are basically designed as a bundle of SQL Server 2008, Exchange Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008, along with additional Microsoft technologies, set up as an all-in-one IT offering for small and midsize customers. As of May 13, 2008, Microsoft is debuting the tes ... [read more >>] | | 13 May 2008, 11:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows Server 2008 Is Windows Vista SP1 Minus the Pain |  | Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn, is essentially intimately connected with Windows Vista Service Pack 1, to the level in which the RTM version of Microsoft's latest server operating system features the SP1 label. Released to manufacturing at the ... [read more >>] | | 06 May 2008, 07:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft: Use Windows Server 2008 RTM for Free, Please |  | Microsoft is exhibiting the generous side of its nature with free Windows Server 2008 offerings. Released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, but labeled Service Pack due to the client-server platform synchronization with Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft is offering free trial versions of Windows Server 2008 for download. And in order to further stimulate users to test-drive Windows Server 2008, the Redmond company is also prepared to offer ... [read more >>] | | 24 April 2008, 12:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| New CTP Release of Windows for Supercomputers Available |  | While it has wrapped up Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 SP1/RTM, Microsoft is still hammering away at a bit of unfinished business related to its latest server operating system. Just like Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, the successor of Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003, Windows HPC Server 2008 is yet to be finalized. However, Microsoft has reached another milestone this month by making available for down ... [read more >>] | | 23 April 2008, 11:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Unleashing IT24-7 from Microsoft - New Wallpapers, Screensavers and Info |  | With the Windows Vista wallpapers old news over a year since the operating system hit the shelves, and with Vista SP1 bringing nothing new, Microsoft has turned to the latest Windows platform for the delivery of new content. Via the IT24-7 robot and the Server Unleashed website, the company's Toy Box comes complete with new wallpapers and screensavers. IT24-7 is the "face" of the Server Unleashed ad campaign for Wi ... [read more >>] | | 17 April 2008, 04:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows Server 2008 Multilingual User Interface (MUI) Language Packs |  | At the end of the past week Microsoft made available for download the Multilingual User Interface (MUI) language packs for Windows Server 2008. The packages enable customers to implement multilingual graphical user interfaces into the Redmond company's latest Windows server operating system. A total of 12 packages are now up for grabs straight from Microsoft delivering support for a variety of languages. The smallest MUI pac ... [read more >>] | | 14 April 2008, 03:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Updated Automated Installation Kit for Vista SP1 Available, XP SP3 Ignored |  | Microsoft delivered a revamped version of the Automated Installation Kit at the beginning of February 2008. The February build of AIK was tailored on Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 SP1/RTM, following the release to manufacturing of the two milestone releases of the Windows server and client platforms. On April 9, 2008, the Redmond company re-released the Automated Installation Kit for Vista SP1 and for Windows Server ... [read more >>] | | 10 April 2008, 08:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft to Start Serving Its Hypervisor as a Windows Update |  | Microsoft is planning to start the distribution of its hypervisor as a Windows Update for all Windows Server 2008 editions starting on April 9, 2008. Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V was initially served via the Microsoft Download Center starting with mid-March 2008. At that time, Microsoft ... [read more >>] | | 08 April 2008, 04:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Vista SP1 Performance Analysis Tools – Free Download |  | Following the availability of Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft is now offering additional resources tailored on the service pack. Case in point: Windows Performance Tools Kit, version 4.1.1. The Windows Performance Tools Kit is a set of performance analysis tools designed to integrate seamlessly with both Vista SP1 as well as Windows Server 2008 SP1/RTM. On April 1, 2008, Microsoft updated Windows Performance Tools Kit to version 4.1.1, permit ... [read more >>] | | 04 April 2008, 10:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Crouching Robot Windows Server 2008, Like You've Never Seen It Before |  | Windows Server 2008 is Microsoft's latest server platform and the successor of Windows Server 2003. Initially scheduled to be released to manufacturing by the end of the past year, Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn, was pushed back until the first quarter of 2008 due to what appeared at the time to be quality concerns. But since the end of February 2008, Windows Server 2008 has been ready to take on the world, with Micr ... [read more >>] | | 04 April 2008, 05:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Download Free Vista SP1 Windows NT Backup - Restore Utility |  | Microsoft has updated and re-released Windows NT Backup on March 27, 2008, making it available as a free download. The move comes as the utility needs to keep up the pace with the evolution of the latest Windows client and server operating systems. Microsoft released both Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 RTM/SP1 to manufacturing on February 4, 2008. Windows Server 2008 was launched officially at the end of th ... [read more >>] | | 28 March 2008, 10:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Tweak Vista SP1 to Gain Control Over the Windows Server 2008 Hypervisor |  | An update made available for both the x86 and x64 editions of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 enables administrators to remotely manage the Windows Server 2008 hypervisor. The update is essentially designed to introduce the Vista SP1 tailored management tools for the Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Release Candidate. Via the Hyper-V remote management tools, administrators will be able to handle hypervisor-based virtualization software in [ADMARK= ... [read more >>] | | 27 March 2008, 10:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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