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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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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
11:51 GMT |
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Microsoft is investigating reports that updates are silently forced into Windows operating systems. The company has indicated that it is aware of customers claiming to be affected by the issue, but has failed so far to either confirm or deny the cases reported. Users indicated that Windows XP and Windows Vista could ... |
29 June 2009
11:55 GMT |
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Debuted last week for customers worldwide, the Windows Upgrade Option Program is designed to deliver customers and small businesses that buy designated PCs with premium versions of Windows Vista pre-installed free upgrades to equivalent flavors of Windows 7 once the operating system becomes available. The initiative ... |
29 June 2009
09:28 GMT |
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Microsoft ripped through the last translucency veil covering Windows 7 and made the pricing details for the operating system public. Furthermore, the company also started selling the platform, albeit it is only accepting pre-orders at this point in time, since Windows 7 will only be released to manufacturing next mon... |
27 June 2009
07:10 GMT |
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Pricing was the last detail that Microsoft still had to reveal when it comes down to Windows 7. The Redmond-based company certainly took its due time, but the prices for the retail and upgrade packages of Windows 7 have now been finally made public. According to the software giant, the prices for Windows 7 will enabl... |
25 June 2009
09:35 GMT |
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“Here’s how it works:” is a line from official Microsoft resources designed to provide information on the Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program. The Redmond-based company is, of course, continuing to keep mum on the matter of free Windows Vista to Windows 7 upgrades as far as the general public is concer... |
23 June 2009
03:22 GMT |
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With the advent of Windows 7, Microsoft is making sure that it will keep Windows XP available for an additional 18 months after October 22, 2009, the official launch deadline for the operating system. Through the Windows 7 downgrade rights, customers with select licenses and SKUs of the next iteration of the Windows ... |
22 June 2009
03:21 GMT |
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When it launched Windows Vista at the start of 2007, Microsoft applauded the advantages related to power consumption that the operating system delivered over its precursor. The Redmond company is doing the same thing now, except that this time around it is focusing on Windows 7. The next iteration of the Windows clie... |
17 June 2009
04:46 GMT |
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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
11:00 GMT |
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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
09:10 GMT |
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Concomitantly with this month's security bulletin releases, Microsoft has also made available for download the June 2009 Security Release ISO Image. The ISO image is designed as a package containing all the patches released by Microsoft on June 9th, 2009, but only those plugging vulnerabilities in Windows client... |
12 June 2009
11:41 GMT |
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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
04:55 GMT |
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Pricing is one of the last details that Microsoft is yet to unveil for the next iteration of the Windows client. However, the Redmond company is by all means taking its time when it comes down to making public the prices for the Windows 7 SKUs (Stock Keeping Unit strategy). A leaked memo from a company partner reveal... |
9 June 2009
12:11 GMT |
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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
06:29 GMT |
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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
10:02 GMT |
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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 |
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The now discontinued Windows XP is staging a comeback to haunt its maker. Microsoft managed to generate an antitrust probe against itself when it went ahead with plans to discontinue the availability of Windows XP through retail and OEM channels. The Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service has announced that it has star... |
5 June 2009
06:57 GMT |
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Windows Vista, just as previous Windows releases, ships with a range of pre-installed games. Users are undoubtedly familiar with such titles as Minesweeper, Solitaire, FreeCell, Spider Solitaire and Hearts. Windows Vista adds to these casual games such as Chess Titans and Mahjong Titans. However, even though these ga... |
4 June 2009
04:08 GMT |
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The Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program has been officially confirmed by Microsoft, although the only certain aspect of the initiative is the label, at this point in time. The incentive program that the Redmond-based company will run together with OEM partners was previously referred to as the Windows 7 Technical Guaran... |
3 June 2009
13:37 GMT |
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At almost six months since it was initially introduced to the public in Beta stage, Windows 7 has gathered an audience almost half the size of all distributions of Linux available on the market, according to statistics from Net Applications. While Linux is flirting with the 1% usage share mark, Windows 7 has grown to... |
2 June 2009
14:01 GMT |
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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
06:44 GMT |
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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
09:05 GMT |
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As it moved forward with the development of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft promised that the Windows Web Services application programming interface, included by default in both operating systems, would be made available to older releases of Windows client and server platforms. The Redmond company man... |
26 May 2009
10:47 GMT |
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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
04:56 GMT |
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Microsoft is gearing up to unveil the prices for Windows 7 SKUs (Stock Unit Strategy), with the public scheduled to get a taste in less than a month. Along with the specific RTM and General Availability deadlines, the actual prices that the Redmond company plans to charge for its next version of the Windows client ar... |
26 May 2009
02:17 GMT |
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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
11:51 GMT |
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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
05:49 GMT |
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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
02:23 GMT |
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The latest step in the evolution of Windows Media Center in Windows Vista is synonymous with the integration of the Netflix service directly into the default component of Windows. According to Microsoft, Netflix membership in combination with Windows Media Center in either the Home Premium or the Ultimate SKUs of Vis... |
20 May 2009
08:34 GMT |
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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 |
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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
15:01 GMT |
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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
12:11 GMT |
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As some of you (well, especially those of you who've paid a visit to our Gadgets section) probably know already, a Softpedia team has recently had the chance to take NVIDIA's GeForce 3D Vision system for a quick test and we were very impressed by the potential of this amazing technology. However, back then,... |
15 May 2009
03:29 GMT |
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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
10:02 GMT |
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Windows Vista Service Pack 2 made an appearance on MSDN and TechNet today, April 30, 2009, alongside Windows Server 2008 SP2 RTM. But there's nothing actually there. Both MSDN and TechNet subscribers can see the following item - Windows Vista Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 for all editions... |
30 April 2009
16:03 GMT |
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Microsoft was yet to announce the releasing to manufacturing of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 that the bits had already been leaked to torrent trackers. On April 28, the Redmond company indicated that Vista SP2 (a package that also contains Windows Server 2008 SP2) had RTM'd. But signi... |
29 April 2009
07:22 GMT |
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The second service pack for Windows Vista has been released to manufacturing. Microsoft provided official confirmation of the RTM of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 as well as Windows Server 2008 SP2 on April 28, 2009. However, as was the case with the RTM of Vista SP1, the SP2 gold bits are not yet available for downlo... |
29 April 2009
02:23 GMT |
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Pirated copies of Windows 7 will be kept just as safe as non-genuine variants of previous Windows releases, by Microsoft via security updates. Responding to questions related to how Microsoft keeps Windows users protected on an ongoing basis, Paul Cooke, Microsoft director, Windows Client Enterprise Security, emphasi... |
28 April 2009
13:51 GMT |
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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 |
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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 |
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Ironically enough, an Apple tool designed to deliver zero-configuration networking to Windows clients manages to kill off Internet access for Windows Vista Service Pack 2, according to Microsoft. The Redmond company indicated that all Vista editions could be affected, whether from the RTM, SP1 or SP2 releases. In cer... |
17 April 2009
06:38 GMT |
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Windows Vista Service Pack 2 is the absolute apex in security when it comes down to operating systems, Kevin Turner, chief operating officer for Microsoft, has indicated at the Midmarket CIO Summit earlier this week. Turner has had no problems applauding Vista SP2's superiority over rivals open source Linux and ... |
10 April 2009
13:08 GMT |
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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 |
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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 |
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Windows 7 is still far from General Availability and RTM, although closing in on the Release Candidate stage, but despite this the operating system, now in pre-RC, is getting a lot more love compared to its precursor. According to a survey performed by ChangeWave, no less than 44% out of 68 Windows 7 Beta testers ind... |
8 April 2009
15:01 GMT |
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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 |
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For the next development milestone of the Windows 7 operating system, Microsoft is asking the community of testers currently running the Beta and pre-RC builds of the platform to not upgrade directly to the Release Candidate bits. Instead, the Redmond company wants users to revert back to Windows Vista and then perfo... |
7 April 2009
13:54 GMT |
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Microsoft confirmed officially that it would allow Windows 7 customers to downgrade the operating system to not only Windows Vista but also Windows XP. The scenario is limited to the software giant's volume licensing customers, and does not involve end users. Windows 7 copies will come with what the Redmond comp... |
7 April 2009
04:05 GMT |
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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 |
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