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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
04:59 GMT |
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On October 22, 2009 Microsoft reached the final milestone of the Windows 7 release schedule, namely general availability. Customers worldwide have already started embracing the product, buying 234% more boxed retail copies of Windows 7 since the official launch compared to the first few days after Windows Vista GA. T... |
7 November 2009
07:54 GMT |
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Windows customers will need to get ready and deploy security patches come next week, with the exception of users that have already upgraded to the latest iteration of the client. Microsoft is readying a total of six security bulletins for release on November 10, 2009, no less than four of them targeting Windows rele... |
6 November 2009
07:17 GMT |
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Windows 7’s overall superiority to Windows Vista has translated into the latest iteration of the Windows client, leaving its predecessor in the dirt in terms of commercial success as well. Windows 7 RTM has been embraced by over three times more customers compared to Vista RTM in the first week on the market al... |
6 November 2009
03:35 GMT |
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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. Illustrative examples are DirectX 11, which will be backported to Windows Vista, a smaller part of the Platform Update for Windows Vista, which features... |
4 November 2009
10:57 GMT |
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Microsoft has made available for download an automatic fix designed to resolve failed upgrades from Windows Vista to Windows 7 in scenarios in which the process gets stuck at 64% indefinitely. With Windows 7 having hit the shelves on October 22nd, 2009, eligible users running Vista proceeded to upgrade to their recen... |
4 November 2009
03:21 GMT |
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Following the general availability of Windows 7, Microsoft has started backporting bits and pieces of its latest Windows client to previous releases of the operating system. At the end of the past month, the Redmond-based company released the Platform Update for Windows Vista and the Platform Update for Windows Serve... |
2 November 2009
12:45 GMT |
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Only time will tell whether Windows 7 will be capable of providing end users with more security compared with its precursor. Fact is that, out of the barrage of criticism that hit Vista almost from the get-go, complaints largely avoided the security offered by the operating system designed to succeed Windows XP. Stat... |
2 November 2009
10:58 GMT |
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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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For those who have watched closely the launches of Windows Vista and Windows 7, one thing must be perfectly clear. There is less hoopla when it comes down to the latest iteration of the Windows client compared to its precursor, a smaller footprint Wow as far as marketing efforts are concerned. Nowhere is this more tr... |
27 October 2009
09:40 GMT |
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On the General Availability deadline of Windows 7, Microsoft has stopped selling Windows Vista altogether via its online store. Microsoft Store offers exclusively Windows 7 editions under the Windows section, and Vista is nowhere to be found. The Redmond company has been mum as far as banishing Vista from the Microso... |
22 October 2009
08:04 GMT |
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The fact that attackers were using infected pre-release copies of Windows 7 to spread their malware to unsuspecting users is simply an example of the most recent releases of the Windows client being turned into vessels for malicious code. Fact is that pre-release versions of Office 2010 were also infested with malwar... |
21 October 2009
14:01 GMT |
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If you feel like you need a Windows expert’s recommendation when you’re buying a new laptop, then a new interactive guide from Microsoft might just be the thing for you. The Windows PC Scout is a web-based application that will allow users with absolutely no experience to find a laptop that is best suited... |
21 October 2009
09:42 GMT |
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Windows 7 has been receiving high praises as far as performance goes since the operating system debuted into Beta. Not even at the Beta Build 7000 level and not at Release Candidate (RC) Build 7100 was Windows 7 criticized for any sort of performance issues. On the contrary in fact, Windows 7’s new task executi... |
20 October 2009
13:02 GMT |
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Microsoft has made available for download a tool designed to ensure that software installed on top of various Windows operating systems gets updated correctly. The Patch Registration Cleanup Tool is a utility offered by the Redmond company free of charge with a rather self-explanatory name. Designed to clean the patc... |
13 October 2009
09:31 GMT |
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Keeping Windows 7 and Windows Vista running under normal parameters takes much more work than is done in Redmond alone. Fact is that the ecosystems of software and hardware products designed to integrate with the Windows clients have to do this seamlessly, especially when dealing with solutions that hook into the cor... |
13 October 2009
04:46 GMT |
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Users that upgrade Windows Vista OEM computers to Windows 7 might find that the recovery applications set in place by the original equipment manufacturer are no longer accessible. This scenario is valid for some OEM machines that were acquired with Windows Vista pre-installed, the Redmond company explained. OEMs, in ... |
9 October 2009
14:11 GMT |
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Although Microsoft itself demonstrated an 11-second Windows 7 boot, with some configurations being able to go as low as a 10-second startup, one company developing PC tune-up utilities claims that Windows 7 in fact is slower than Windows Vista. According to iolo Technlogies, a new computer running Windows 7 can take ... |
8 October 2009
12:31 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
03:11 GMT |
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A total of five security bulletins designed to patch no less than eight vulnerabilities impacting various Windows releases was made available via Windows Update on September 8th, 2009. As it is customary, Microsoft also bundled the patches for security holes in Windows operating systems in a single package and made i... |
11 September 2009
10:58 GMT |
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Microsoft is gearing up to release a tool that will permit users of Windows Vista and Windows XP computers to connect to Windows 7 machines, and to take advantage of features that only the latest version of the Windows client brings to the table. Bridging Vista and XP with Windows 7 will be possible through the Remot... |
11 September 2009
09:42 GMT |
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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
08:01 GMT |
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Microsoft has kicked up a notch the level of control of codecs parsing, with a focus on Windows Vista and Windows XP. Essentially, the Redmond-based company has worked to enhance the Graphics Device Interface (GDI) of Windows releases, preceding Windows 7. According to Microsoft, the GDI+ update for Windows operating... |
8 September 2009
03:32 GMT |
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According to Microsoft, the maximum amount of time that a Windows Vista Service Pack 1 to Windows 7 upgrade can take is 1,220 minutes. Yes, Microsoft has identified a scenario in which moving from Vista SP1 to Windows 7 lasts almost an entire day, over 20 hours. Affected by this are what the Redmond-based company ref... |
4 September 2009
12:42 GMT |
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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
04:31 GMT |
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Microsoft’s latest iteration of the Windows client is less hungry when it comes to energy compared to its precursors. In this regard, Microsoft and Intel demonstrated at a recent event how Windows 7 bests both Windows XP and Windows Vista when it comes down to energy consumption. In addition to the obvious envi... |
2 September 2009
12:46 GMT |
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Microsoft continues to offer free copies of its Windows Vista and Windows XP operating systems for download, in a tradition that started approximately a couple of years back. Earlier this week, the Redmond company has updated the range of offerings that provide users with free copies of the two supported Windows clie... |
28 August 2009
13:31 GMT |
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Microsoft released the Windows Daylight Saving Time and Time Zone on August 28th,2009, and the refresh is currently up for grabs via Windows Update or as standalone download. If you would rather grab the update yourselves from the Microsoft Download Center then you will find the links to do so at the bottom of this a... |
28 August 2009
07:04 GMT |
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Microsoft already confirmed October 22nd as the official launch for Windows 7, but no details are available related to just what the company has in mind for the retail availability of its latest Windows client. However, it appears that Microsoft’s Chief Executive Officer will be the one to introduce Windows 7 o... |
27 August 2009
12:46 GMT |
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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
10:50 GMT |
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On July 22, 2009, with the RTM of Windows 7, Microsoft also released to manufacturing PowerShell 2.0, with the promise that work was underway to make the solution available for previous releases of Windows. The first step to backporting PowerShell 2.0 to operating systems such as Windows Vista has been made. Microsof... |
14 August 2009
15:11 GMT |
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On the heels of releasing the August 2009 security bulletins via Windows Update and as standalone downloads, Microsoft has also made available the patches targeting supported Windows releases packaged as an ISO image. Now, all administrators have the possibility to leverage automated solutions for patch deployment su... |
13 August 2009
11:58 GMT |
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Microsoft released no less than eight security bulletins for the various supported releases of Windows client and server operating systems, including for the latest service packs of Windows Vista and Windows XP. Out of the total of patch packages impacting Windows, half feature a maximum severity rating of Critical, ... |
12 August 2009
11:43 GMT |
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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
10:56 GMT |
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Only users running .NET Framework 4 Beta 2 on top of Windows Vista will be able to perform upgrades to Windows 7 and retail all the functionality of the framework. At this point in time however, upgrading from Vista to Windows 7 will generate a range of problems for .NET Framework 4 Beta 1 and leave it unusable in ce... |
10 August 2009
09:57 GMT |
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Microsoft's efforts to make the Windows client behave in accordance with European antitrust laws are in no way limited to Windows 7. Sure enough, Windows 7 is the only release of the operating system with E editions, designed to offer the platform stripped of Internet Explorer 8. But, at the same time, the Redmo... |
28 July 2009
11:36 GMT |
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What better sign that Windows 7 is not a repeat of Windows Vista, as far as Microsoft is concerned, than Intel acknowledging a consistent level of excitement for the next iteration of the Windows client? Some of you might still remember the chip maker's reaction to Windows Vista, following the 2007 launch of the... |
24 July 2009
11:56 GMT |
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Concomitantly with signing off its next iterations of Windows client and server platforms, Microsoft also released to manufacturing PowerShell 2.0. On July 22nd, 2009, the Redmond company announced the official RTM for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Both operating systems include the latest version of PowerShe... |
24 July 2009
07:12 GMT |
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Users of Windows 7 pre-RTM development milestones will not be able to perform in place upgrades to the gold release of the operating system, according to Microsoft. The Redmond company has made available for download the Windows 7 Upgrade Paths, a resource designed to provide information on the “supported and u... |
21 July 2009
15:01 GMT |
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Microsoft will sell approximately 180 million copies of Windows 7 by the end of 2010 is the forecast IDC offered in a study assessing the market impact of the next iteration of the Windows client that was sponsored by Microsoft. The market analysis company indicated that Windows 7 would catalyze a brisk uptake, and t... |
17 July 2009
10:42 GMT |
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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
08:19 GMT |
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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
06:29 GMT |
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DirectX Video Acceleration can be extended with support for H.264/AVC decoding, and Microsoft is offering a resource designed to streamline the process. DirectX Video Acceleration Specification for H.264/AVC Decoding is a whitepaper authored by Microsoft's Gary J. Sullivan that is currently up for grabs via the ... |
10 July 2009
05:27 GMT |
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Yes, Microsoft is on the verge of releasing Windows 7 to manufacturing while making its way to general availability planned for October 22, 2009, but the Redmond company continues to tend to previous releases of the Windows client, in this regard Windows Vista. The software giant has made available for download an ap... |
10 July 2009
04:53 GMT |
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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
08:28 GMT |
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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
02:50 GMT |
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One of the issues that plagued Windows Vista when the operating system was launched in January 2007 was the slow copying speeds delivered. Over two years later, and after SP1 resolved the initial issues, Microsoft informed users that there were additional problems impacting performance. In this regard, the Redmond co... |
5 July 2009
07:23 GMT |
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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
10:16 GMT |
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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
02:50 GMT |
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