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Desktops 1.0 from Sysinternals is designed to kick the flexibility of the Windows desktop up a notch. The solution to an overcrowded working space has always been simple, and Microsoft is by no means reinventing the wheel. What the Sysinternals utility will do, is allow the end users to stretch across no less than fo... |
22 August 2008
08:51 GMT |
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Microsoft has slashed the price of the Ultimate SKU of its Office 2007 System by no less than 91%, taking into consideration the estimated retail price offered by the company. The resulting offering made available under The Ultimate Steal brand umbrella is an initiative geared towards students on several markets worl... |
21 August 2008
13:13 GMT |
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August 2008 has been synonymous with three separate releases of DirectX for a variety of Windows operating systems. The DirectX refreshes are tailored to Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Server 2008 RTM/SP1, but also to Windows Server 2003. Microsoft made available for download upda... |
19 August 2008
12:56 GMT |
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Microsoft has made available for download a free synchronization tool tailored to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and to Windows XP Service Pack 3, but also to earlier versions of the two clients such as Vista RTM and XP SP2. SyncToy 2.0 has been taken out of Beta stage, and the gold version of the code is live as of th... |
18 August 2008
16:11 GMT |
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Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008, labeled as codename Windows Fiji, throughout the development process, has been released to manufacturing in mid-July 2008. Designed as an upgrade for the Windows Media Center component of the Home Premium and Ultimate SKUs of Windows Vista, Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008 has been... |
18 August 2008
07:48 GMT |
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Back in 2007, because of the ubiquity of 32-bit architectures, and the market's slow migration pace toward 64-bit computing, Microsoft announced that the next version of the Windows client, Windows 7, would be delivered in both x86 and x64 flavors. In the year of Vista's launch, and even after the general a... |
15 August 2008
15:21 GMT |
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Hot on the heels of this month's security bulletins released on August 12, Microsoft made available for download the Security Releases ISO Image. Designed to deliver a manageable package with multiple individual language version patches for the Windows client and server platforms, the Security Releases ISO Image... |
14 August 2008
09:31 GMT |
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The latest Critical security patches for Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1 are available from Microsoft. Of course, that the two Windows client versions are not the only software products patched by the Redmond company as a part of its monthly security update cycle. Although Microsoft was pla... |
13 August 2008
09:03 GMT |
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Microsoft has released the latest set of Daylight Saving Time and Time Zone updates for both Windows client and server operating systems, including Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1. The releases have already been available via the Microsoft Download Center since the beginning of July 2008, a... |
11 August 2008
10:01 GMT |
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New DirectX downloads are available for a range of Windows operating systems, including Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3. The August 2008 DirectX Software Development Kit and DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer went live on the Microsoft Download Center this past week. In addition to the ... |
11 August 2008
04:03 GMT |
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Users of embedded devices and mobile phones running the Windows Mobile operating system need to get ready for an updating infrastructure and experience similar to that offered by Microsoft for its client and server platforms including the recent releases of Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3. A... |
5 August 2008
07:17 GMT |
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Despite constantly downplaying the relevance of Linux and Mac OS X, because of a variety of reasons, from high Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) to security risks and inferior shipment volumes, Microsoft is well aware of the real threat to Windows represented by the open source platform and Apple's operating system.... |
1 August 2008
09:50 GMT |
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Microsoft has poured a consistent amount of effort into occupying a place as close as possible to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games which are scheduled to debut next week. In this context, the Redmond giant has ensured that MSN and Silverlight 2 would be in the spotlight via NBCOlympics.com, but it is also going one st... |
1 August 2008
06:05 GMT |
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Microsoft has made available for download a Solution Accelerator designed specifically to handle the deployment of the company's desktop and server software products including Windows XP Service Pack 3, Windows Vista Service Pack 1, the Office 2007 System, as well as Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2003 R... |
1 August 2008
03:29 GMT |
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Microsoft is hard at work building the next iterations of both the Windows client and server operating systems. But while the company has already opened up a tad about Windows 7, the successor of Windows Vista, it has managed to all but completely avoid the Windows 7 Server subject. There has been little to no offici... |
28 July 2008
12:20 GMT |
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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 fro... |
18 July 2008
13:07 GMT |
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Microsoft plans to debut serving Windows Search 4.0 automatically to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 by the end of July. With the final version up for grabs through the Download Center since the beginning of June 2008, the Redmond company is now wrapping up Windows Search 4.0 for delivery through Windows Update. However... |
18 July 2008
06:48 GMT |
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Two security bulletins, from December 2007 and from June 2008 respectively, affecting the DirectX components of a wide range of Windows operating systems including Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3, have been updated. According to Microsoft, the modifications were designed to simply add Direc... |
17 July 2008
11:52 GMT |
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Over six months since the RTM of Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft has made available a new wave of downloads with the gold bits of the service pack. In this manner, Vista SP1 continues toward the finish line of the availability process. Having been released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, along with Windows Server ... |
17 July 2008
03:29 GMT |
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Not a lot has been confirmed about Windows 7, the next iteration of the Windows client. However, Microsoft was comfortable enough with the level of integration of multi-touch technology into the successor of Windows Vista to publicly demonstrate the added capabilities, at the end of May 2008. But the fact of the matt... |
16 July 2008
11:38 GMT |
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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 next iteration of the Windows server operating system. But make no m... |
15 July 2008
10:30 GMT |
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With Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista and Service Pack 3 for Windows XP already made available to the general public, it would be a tad late for Microsoft to introduce a redesign into its Windows clients. But not the same is valid for an overhaul of the Windows, Windows Vista and Windows XP websites on Microsoft.com.... |
14 July 2008
07:22 GMT |
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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 ... |
14 July 2008
06:15 GMT |
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Microsoft confirmed that there is still some life left into the pre-release versions of Windows Vista Service Pack 1. Traditionally, all development milestones for Microsoft products, such as Beta and Release Candidate builds, designed for test-driving, are time bombed. This means that testers can only play around wi... |
11 July 2008
13:54 GMT |
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On July 10, 2008, Microsoft made available for download the ISO image containing the July 2008 Security Releases. As it is tradition over at the Redmond giant, security bulletins for the Windows client and server operating systems are not released exclusively through Windows Update and Automatic Updates, but are also... |
11 July 2008
06:01 GMT |
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Microsoft is going head over heels in order to convince customers that the road to Windows 7 is paved with nothing but "good" Windows Vista(s). Actually, it's paved with Windows Vista Service Pack 1, and for enterprises making use of downgrade rights, Windows XP Service Pack 3, although Vista's predecessor ... |
11 July 2008
04:15 GMT |
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Forget about Windows XP Service Pack 3, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows 7, Microsoft is gearing up to kill off a classic. In this regard, November 1, 2008 will mark the death of Windows 3.11 for Workgroups. Released on November 1, 1993, Windows 3.11 for Workgroups managed to survive a whole 15 years on the m... |
10 July 2008
03:57 GMT |
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Following the availability of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Microsoft seems keen of throwing its entire weight behind its latest Windows client. As far as pushing Vista to the foreground goes, the Redmond company's main gambit was to discontinue offering Windows XP through the retail and OEM channels as of June ... |
9 July 2008
12:09 GMT |
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On July 8, 2008, Microsoft released a total of four security bulletins plugging soles in both its Windows operating systems as well as in its Server solutions. Even the latest versions of the supported Windows clients, namely Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Window XP Service Pack 3 are affected. However, the Redmond... |
9 July 2008
07:43 GMT |
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Believe it or not but Windows 7 will only better Windows. Already labeled as the agent of the evolution of Windows, rather than the platform's revolution, Windows 7 is getting better and better, due mainly to its advances through the stages of the development process, a growth which will guarantee that the final... |
9 July 2008
03:53 GMT |
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At the end of the past week, Microsoft announced a refresh to the Windows Update agent in Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3. However, accompanying the new version of the Windows Update client being rolled out to Windows users, there is an infrastructure update which spans well beyond Vista SP... |
8 July 2008
08:26 GMT |
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Gone are the days when end users had to spend hours in order to integrate Internet Explorer into a copy of the Windows operating system. The slipstreaming process when it comes down to Internet Explorer 8 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1 has been simplified to a maximum. Now, putting together a singular image by usin... |
4 July 2008
12:18 GMT |
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Microsoft is cooking patches for a new round of vulnerabilities impacting its Windows client and operating systems and Server software, including Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3. The Redmond company is preparing no less than four security bulletins for release on July 8, 2008, two of them d... |
4 July 2008
10:42 GMT |
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In Microsoft's grand scheme of a digital lifestyle, there is absolutely no room for Windows XP Service Pack 3. It's just Windows Vista Service Pack 1 from start to finish. In this context, Microsoft's vision manages to ignore and exclude in excess of 70% of operating system users world wide who are han... |
4 July 2008
07:46 GMT |
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A major update is coming to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3, but Microsoft guarantees that end users won't feel a thing. However, they will enjoy the benefits introduced by the refresh, as the very back-end updating infrastructure of the Windows clients will be kicked up a notch along ... |
4 July 2008
03:47 GMT |
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Even with the latest service pack releases for the two supported Windows clients, rival operating systems Linux and Mac OS X are still eating away at the install base of Microsoft's proprietary operating system. Concomitantly with the retirement of Bill Gates from his day to day role with the Redmond company, Wi... |
3 July 2008
11:20 GMT |
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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 serve... |
1 July 2008
12:12 GMT |
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Select Plus is a new way for purchasing Windows Vista Service Pack 1 at a discount, but the licensing option introduced by Microsoft on July 1, 2008, is not limited to the company's latest Windows client, this because Select Plus also covers applications and server products in addition to client operating system... |
1 July 2008
09:23 GMT |
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Even following the releases of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3, Microsoft has yet to curve the descendant trajectory of Windows' share on the operating system market. In this context, the Redmond company was reportedly pouring another $500 million into new marketing campaigns for the u... |
1 July 2008
07:23 GMT |
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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 ... |
1 July 2008
03:32 GMT |
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Like it or not, this is the right time not only to upgrade to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 but also to tell hasta la vista to Windows XP. Even though Service Pack 3 for XP has only been available for a few months, almost two in fact, today, June 30, 2008, is the last day when Microsoft will allow retailers and OEMs t... |
30 June 2008
13:11 GMT |
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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... |
30 June 2008
11:23 GMT |
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The first bits and pieces of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 die today June 30, 2008. Microsoft announced from mid-June that the release candidate builds of Windows Vista are scheduled for expiration at the end of the month. As an integral part of the development process, the Redmond company is allowing participants in ... |
30 June 2008
03:41 GMT |
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Windows 7 will need to tame Apple's Mac OS X Leopard and Snow Leopard, a task that Windows Vista has failed at. Neither Windows XP, nor Vista have been able to stop the combination of Mac computers and OS X gaining more and more market share, and increasing inroads into the Windows and PC territory. At this poin... |
27 June 2008
05:00 GMT |
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Windows users are at a juncture in terms of operating system choices at this point in time, caught between Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP SP3 and Windows 7. Well, choosing Windows 7 is still selecting between Vista or XP, plus opting to wait at least a year and a half until Microsoft offers the next version of the Win... |
24 June 2008
11:13 GMT |
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Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1 have quite a healthy playground at their disposal, no less than 1 billion PCs worldwide. According to market analyst firm Gartner, the number of computers in use worldwide has passed the 1 billion milestone. The company emphasized having taken into considerat... |
23 June 2008
07:45 GMT |
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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 spe... |
23 June 2008
06:37 GMT |
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In the first half of June 2008, when they gave a taste of the new features cooking for Internet Explorer 8 which are planned for integration starting with Beta 2, Jane Maliouta - IE Program Manager and James Pratt - IE Product Manager pointed out that IE8 would come with slipstream support by default. This is valid a... |
23 June 2008
04:00 GMT |
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Microsoft is closing in on the final stage of Windows Vista SP1's availability. In this context, the service pack is being wrapped up for delivery through Windows Server Update Services. Windows Vista SP1 was released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, and to the general public on March 18. In addition, the a... |
20 June 2008
06:52 GMT |
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The final version of Windows Installer 4.5 went live on June 2, 2008, being delivered in packages tailored for Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows XP. Version 4.5 of the Software Development Kit accompanying Windows Installer 4.5 is also available for download, coming with support for ... |
19 June 2008
05:27 GMT |
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